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emmsie69 · Masters Series Champion

Week 9 - ATP Challenger 50 - Fujairah, UAE (hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

emmsie69 wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/holger-rune-s-mom-reveals-the-dane-s-situation-as-the-tennis-star-gets-caught-in-a-war-zone/ar-AA1XjQzq?uxmode=ruby&ocid=edgntpruby&pc=U531&cvid=69a58fe7386c40b29e0407351a4afe85&ei=40

A story about Holger Rune, now stuck in Dubai, and he wasn't even there to play (he's out for most of 2026)
Yeah, he's in Doha, came to watch the tennis and rehab after it finished. I am not sure anyone going to Muscat is viable tbh, although Iran see's Oman as a neutral state, it is a tough drive. The Muscat airport is a bit ropey as well, nowhere as developed as Dubai or Abu Dhabi or Doha. Having said that, Muscat and Oman are beautiful, the country is the most stunning in the Middle East. Well worth a visit if the falseness of Dubai and UAE/Qatar don't appeal.
Was next on my to do list. Hopefully by October when I was planning to visit, things will stabilise.

-- Edited by emmsie69 on Tuesday 3rd of March 2026 06:54:28 AM

Fingers crossed!

wales1994 · County player

Players rushed off court as explosions heard nearby, looks like it's at the oil facility: news.sky.com/video/fire-at-uaes-fujairah-oil-facility-as-drone-attack-intercepted-13514579

Lambda · Masters Series Champion

Ivashka has posted a couple of emails on his Instagram stories, supposedly from the ATP, that this and next week's tournament have been cancelled

The first email that says the tournament is cancelled, if real, looks very suspicious and ask players for 5,000 Euros for a Charter flight to Milan and to use WhatsApp to register their interest. The second email which looks more professional says the ATP is not organising a charter flight but exploring available travel options with third party providers and to liaise with the ATP supervisor or Player Relations team for assistance.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

BBC running with it. The £5 or whatever it was per player seems a bad show from the ATP, I hope theyve reneged on that. It does seem to be from them.

Cancelling both events makes sense. Harri H and Henry still stuck there, Harri has his whole family with him.

Blue_Belle · Pro player

JonH comes home wrote:
BBC running with it. The £5 or whatever it was per player seems a bad show from the ATP, I hope theyve reneged on that. It does seem to be from them.

Cancelling both events makes sense. Harri H and Henry still stuck there, Harri has his whole family with him.

The Russians managed to leave. Upsetting that so many are still stuck there.

Madadman · Grand Slam Champion

Even if the tournament had carried on if a player had managed to sort a flight theyed have surely have taken it which would have made a bit or a mess of it. Not ideal but thats the world we seem to be currently in.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

PTPA rightly calling thenATP out

x.com/sventennis/status/2028963517752086976

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Atp covering the costs

Following the cancellation of the ATP Challenger Tour events in Fujairah, the ATP has been working closely with tournament organisers to support players on site.
Accommodation and essential needs continue to be covered by the tournament, and a charter flight has been arranged and fully funded by the ATP to assist with departures from the region at no cost to players.
Separately, the vast majority of players who were in Dubai have successfully departed today on selected flights. The safety and wellbeing of our players, support teams and staff members remains our highest priority, and we continue to remain in close contact with those affected.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Feels like the ATP made a complete mess of this

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cd6zzdylnylo

Presumably the British players here got out ok?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Feels like the ATP made a complete mess of this

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cd6zzdylnylo

Presumably the British players here got out ok?

If this paragraph of the article is to be believed:

Two players - Russia's Marat Sharipov and Uzbekistan's Sergey Fomin - remain stranded in the UAE, along with their coaches. Everyone else has found a way to leave.

yes.