Russia’s Zvonareva banned from Poland and will miss WTA 250 event

Russian tennis player Vera Zvonareva will not be able to enter Poland, as the politicians shared the news. She will not be able to participate in the upcoming WTA 250 tournament in Warsaw.

The ex-world number 2 landed in Poland from Belgrade, Serbia, but she was denied entry to Warsaw. After spending time in the airport’s transit zone, she flew to Podgorica, Montenegro.

BREAKING:

Poland has deported the Russian tennis player Vera Zvonareva after denying her entry into the country at the airport in Warsaw.

She was trying to enter on a French visa.

She was supposed to play an tournament in Warsaw, but the Polish Ministry of Interior put a stop… pic.twitter.com/CR2uwkYcMB

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The Russian tennis player, world number 60, was scheduled to compete at the PNB Paribas Warsaw Open event that starts at the beginning of the next week.

Zvonareva was still part of the tournament’s participants’ list a day before the tournament began. The WTA commented that they will investigate what had happened.

Poland, a huge supporter of Ukraine in the war against Russia, said that Russians can’t enter the country for security reasons, and the tennis player is no exception.