Today, Washington Mystics forward Emma Meesseman was supposed to travel from Belgium to the United States. Unfortunately, she won’t be here.
According to Patrick Ceulemans of Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch), Meesseman went to Brussels Airport in Zaventem to take a flight to Frankfurt, Germany earlier in the morning (or overnight in Washington time). However, she was denied from boarding a flight.
Before you start panicking about the reason why the 2019 WNBA Finals MVP couldn’t get to the USA right now, let’s head straight to the star herself. Meesseman tweeted in Dutch that “there’s nothing to see with the coronavirus or a travel ban, but rather a very difficult last name.