Russian tennis player Vitalia Diachenko on the air of “” said she was surprised by the decision of her compatriot Vera Zvonareva stealing from a tournament in Poland, calling it a stupid act.
Last week, reports appeared on the Polish government’s website that the border service did not let Zvonareva into the country “for reasons of state and public security”. The 38-year-old Russian was planning to play at the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournament in Warsaw. The WTA later said it was investigating Zvonareva’s incident.
‘Very surprised that she flew to Warsaw. I wouldn’t fly there for anything in the world. There are countries that are not welcome here. Poland, Finland, Baltic countries. There are recommendations not to go there. Vera was very stupid. We received notifications not to go.
When I was in Poland, I fulfilled all the conditions. But I stood at the check-in counter for four hours, the whole airport knew about my situation, they didn’t sell me tickets,” Dyachenko told .
In April, Dyachenko said she was not allowed to board a Polish airline flight because of her Russian passport. The athlete was going to fly from Cairo to Nice via Warsaw.
Zvonareva is a former second racket in the world. She has 24 WTA singles and doubles titles.
Source : MatchTV
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