Russian WTA player Vitalia Diatchenko was refused boarding a flight from Cairo via Warsaw to Nice by LOT Polish Airlines because she holds a Russian passport. Despite having all the necessary documents and support letters from the WTA, ITF, and her father who works for the United Nations, she was not allowed to fly and will thus not be able to make it to a tournament in Corsica.
“Does it really help to improve the situation for peace,” Diatchenko wrote on Instagram as she described her distressing experience.