Former U.S. Open tennis champion Daniil Medvedev has indicated he’s one of what the ATP Tour calls “a small number of players and team members” stuck in Dubai as the war in the Middle East causes a widespread travel shutdown that has also caused issues for athletes heading to the Paralympics.

A swarm of bees forced a nearly two-hour disruption to the quarterfinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev at the BNP Paribas Open.

Carlos Alcaraz has moved up to No. 9 in the ATP rankings at age 18.

After a two-year hiatus due to Covid-19, the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship is underway at River Oaks Country Club.

The men’s professional tennis tour is surveying players on LGBTQ issues.

ST. PETERSBURG – American tennis player Sam Querrey was placed in isolation by Russian authorities after testing positive for the coronavirus and then left the country on a private plane, organizers of the St. Petersburg Open said Thursday. The tournament said Querrey and his wife tested positive on Sunday, the day before play started. Querrey was withdrawn from the competition and his family was asked to isolate at a hotel. As Querrey told an ATP representative, he left Russia with his family on a private plane,” the tournament said, citing information from the ATP Tour. "The ATP is aware of an incident regarding a player’s serious breach of protocol relating to COVID-19 at this week’s St. Petersburg Open," the tour said.