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Tennis players flee court after UAE drone attack

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Players and officials ran from the court at an ATP Challenger event in the United Arab Emirates when a fire broke out at a nearby oil terminal following an Iranian drone attack.

Two matches were stopped in Fujairah - which is about 90 miles south-east of Dubai - shortly after the city's port was targeted on Tuesday morning. The ATP later confirmed play was cancelled for the rest of the day.

A live feed on the ATP website showed Japan's Hayato Matsuoka and Russia's Daniil Ostapenkov, along with the umpire and line judges, dash off court early in the third set.