• ITF announces ‘additional security measures’ including ban on bags
• We are taking every necessary step to ensure safety’As Brussels entered its third day of lockdown on Monday while police continued the hunt for “several terrorists” across the country,the much Britain team arrived in Ghent, 35 miles from the capital, or for this weekend’s Davis Cup final against Belgium,under the discreet care of an unprecedented security shield.
The 115-year-old competition has never had to deal with a situation like this, although Britain’s cup tie absent against Ecuador in 2001 immediately after the 9/11 attack in unusual York required careful handling.
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Source: theguardian.com