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                      <\/button>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5 border-b border-page\"><\/div>\n<section>\n<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5\">\n<figure class=\"aspect-h-9 aspect-w-16 relative\">\n                                        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"742\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover object-center !my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Daniil-Medvedev-press-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Daniil Medvedev speaks to reporters\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Daniil Medvedev speaks to the media                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Daniil Medvedev has arrived in California for the Indian Wells Open and admitted his \u201cunusual\u201d journey from Dubai made him feel like he was \u201cin a Hollywood movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former world No 1\u2019s participation in Indian Wells had been in doubt after he was stuck in Dubai amid conflict in the Middle East just days before the Masters event was due to begin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/daniil-medvedev\">Medvedev<\/a> was awarded the title at the Dubai Championships on Saturday when his scheduled final opponent Tallon Griekspoor pulled out due to an injury.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day,\u00a0the United States and Israel launched military action on Iran, and the latter retaliated by attacking various American bases in the region, including in the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE closed its airspace at 1pm local time on Saturday, which prevented over 40 ATP players, staff and officials from leaving Dubai on flights after the ATP 500 tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev and his Russian compatriots Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov were among this cohort, but the trio have managed to make it to Indian Wells in time to compete after a journey via Oman and Istanbul.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/atp-tour-statement-update-tennis-players-dubai-uae-conflict\"><strong>ATP Tour gives update on Dubai stars and makes U-turn after asking $5,800 from players to leave UAE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/atp-tour-star-drove-seven-hours-failed-attempt-leave-dubai-before-eventually-leaving-country\"><strong>ATP Tour star \u2018drove for seven hours\u2019 in failed attempt to escape Dubai \u2013 before eventually leaving country<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to tennis journalist Sofya Tartakova for Russian outlet <em>Bolshe<\/em>, Medvedev shared the details of his trip from Dubai to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe arrived in Oman by car. Someone was lucky to get there in four hours and 30 minutes, someone drove for nine hours, we drove for seven hours. Our driver couldn\u2019t find his passport,\u201d explained the 2021 US Open champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were the only ones who crossed the border, turned around and came back to the UAE. He found his passport in the parking lot and we drove to Oman. Stayed there for a night, the next day we flew to Istanbul, spent the night in a hotel and flew to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you tell [the story] in all the details, then of course, it\u2019s unusual. You feel like you\u2019re in a Hollywood movie: crossing the border with other people, visiting Oman for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe (Medvedev, Khachanov and Rublev) arrived in Oman separately, and flew to Istanbul and Los Angeles together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev, who is seeded 11th in Indian Wells, will face either Alejandro Tabilo or Rafael Jodar in his opening match.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old was a runner-up in Indian Wells in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/atp-indian-wells-predictions-carlos-alcaraz-vs-jannik-sinner-novak-djokovic-stars-on-return-to-action\">ATP Indian Wells Predictions: Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic stars on return to action<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Wells Open: Daniil Medvedev breaks silence after \u2018Hollywood movie\u2019 journey from Dubai Ewan West 05 Mar 2026 10:00 AM Daniil Medvedev speaks to the media Daniil Medvedev has arrived in California for the Indian Wells Open and admitted his \u201cunusual\u201d journey from Dubai made him feel like he was \u201cin a Hollywood movie.\u201d The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1808481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1808481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1808481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1808481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1808481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}