Tennis Player Nearly Missed Tournament Due To Flight Error

Serbian tennis player Bojana Jovanovski had a rather interesting flight for a recent tennis tournament in Carlsbad, California.

Why you might ask? Well, she somehow ended up in Carlsbad, New Mexico. We get more from the Los Angeles Times:

The 19-year old Serbian got knocked out of the quarterfinals of the Citi Open in Washington on Saturday, and woke up Sunday morning ready to travel to Carlsbad for the Mercury Insurance Open. Her first match was scheduled for Monday afternoon.

Staring Sunday morning, she boarded a plane in D.C. bound for Dallas, then transferred from Dallas to Albuquerque. From Albuquerque she flew straight to Carlsbad.

There is a very small airport in Carlsbad, Calif. There is also a small airport in Carlsbad, N.M. Jovanovski was tired from a day of travel, so it took her a while to take in her surroundings. But when she got off the plane, she got a few signs she might be in the wrong place.

"One man asked me at the airport …'What are you doing here? Are you playing tennis?' " Jovanovski said. "I said, "Yeah, it’s a tennis tournament.' And he said, 'Here?'

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Jovanovski eventually made it to the tournament but ended losing her first round match.