WARSAW, July 22 (Reuters) - Russian tennis player Vera Zvonareva was blocked from entering Poland for reasons of state security and public safety, the Polish interior ministry said on Saturday.
"The Border Guard prevented a Russian tennis player from entering Poland.
Vera Zvonareva, using a visa issued by France, tried to get into our country on a flight from Belgrade to Warsaw," the ministry said in a statement.
Zvonareva, who landed in Poland on Friday, is on a list of people considered undesirable there, the ministry said.
"After arriving from Serbia, the tennis player stayed in the transit zone of Warsaw Chopin Airport and today after 1200 she flew to Podgorica."
Persons:
Vera Zvonareva, Zvonareva, Vera, Ukraine's, Anna Wlodarczak, Tommy Lund, Pearl Josephine Nazare, Christian Radnedge, Hugh Lawson
Organizations:
WARSAW, BNP, Warsaw, Guard, Warsaw Chopin Airport, Tennis Association, WTA, Thomson
Locations:
Russian, Poland, Polish, Beijing, France, Belgrade, Warsaw, Serbia, Podgorica, Russia, Belarus