Russian World No.1 Daniil Medvedev admits his country’s war against Ukraine has left his future in tennis under a massive cloud.

Medvedev hopes that Russian and Belarusian tennis players will continue to be allowed to compete but acknowledges there remains a chance of further restrictions.

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The governing bodies of tennis (the International Tennis Federation, ATP, WTA, and the four Grand Slam events) recently announced that Russian and Belarusian players can no longer compete under the flags of their respective countries.

Russia launched a full-scale military assault on Ukraine last month, a move that received the backing of Belarus, leading the ITF to revoke Russian and Belarussian membership and suspend the countries’ teams.

That decision followed in the footsteps of rulings relating to Russian teams or competitors in various sports, including football and athletics.

Russian athletes have been banned from sports such as athletics, badminton, canoeing and rowing and there are no athletes from Russia or Belarus allowed to compete at the Beijing Winter Paralympics.

Medvedev admits he’s concerned tennis might follow the same lead as the other sports, and ban him from being able to compete.

“We never know – some sports made this decision, especially I would think the team sports,” Medvedev said.

“Tennis is probably one of the most individual sports we have in the world. Everyone’s living in so many different places.

“There’s always a possibility, but I hope not.”

The Russian, who recently talked of his wish to “promote peace”, said he hopes to continue to play, ahead of the first Masters event of the year in Indian Wells.

“It’s always tough to talk on this subject because I want…