Daniil Medvedev will no longer have a Russian flag next to his name. The ATP has removed the flag next to Medvedev’s name on its website. Tournaments will also follow a similar protocol to condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

Medvedev has also removed the Russian flag from his Instagram account. He will competing be as a neutral player without affiliation to any country. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has suspended Russia from team competitions.

But Daniil Medvedev is hopeful that he can play  under the Russian flag again. He said:

Our task is to develop tennis in the countries where each of us comes from and all over the world. For that, you have to play tennis every week at every tournament. At the moment, the only way to continue is to play without a flag, and I will follow this rule. But I hope that this measure will be temporary. I am waiting for the moment when we will be able to carry the flag again next to our names, of the Russian athletes.

But former Ukrainian player Alexandr Dolgopolov feels that Russian tennis players must be banned from the sport.

They (tennis tournaments) lack courage, above all they don’t want to assume the eventual consequences,

Frankly it’s not enough to say ‘We’re against the war”

Every Russian person must pay the price for this aggression

-Alexandr Dolgopolov

Dolgopolov will be fighting with arms to defend his homeland against Russia. He retired from tennis in 2021.

Taylor Fritz’s girlfriend Morgan Riddle is a social media influencer who is active on Instagram and TikTok. She follows Fritz and makes videos of her experiences on the tour.

Taylor Fritz was recently asked about Riddle’s work. He said that Riddle’s videos helps tennis reach a younger audience. The tennis audience currently is older and the younger generation is not tuning into tennis. While Morgan Riddle is clearly promoting herself as a social media influencer, she is also doing some good for tennis.

Taylor Fritz has good tennis genes. His mother Kathy May Fritz was a Top 10 player and his father Guy Henry Fritz also played professional tennis. At age 18, Fritz married Raquel Pedraza. The couple has a son but are now divorced.