With the Rio Olympics scheduled to officially begin Friday (the women’s and men’s soccer competitions begin Wednesday and Thursday, respectively), athletes around the world are either making their way to Brazil or getting settled in their new accommodations. But in the case of two Russian tennis players, they’ve run into difficulties in their voyage to Rio de Janeiro.
Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova, ranked 24th and 30th in the WTA singles rankings respectively, were stuck in Montreal as of Monday night. Vesnina took to Twitter to explain the doubles tandem’s predicament, as the delays left them in a position where they needed to simply get to Miami, much less find two seats on a flight from Miami to Rio.