Tweets of the week: Rome airport fire causes delays for Italian Open players

After the main airport in Rome was showdown due to a fire triggered by an electrical fault in a bar, a slew of ATP and WTA tennis players were delayed and forced to sleep in the airport. Thanasi Kokkinakis was forced to withdraw from the tournament in Rome because he was unable to make his qualification match.

After the main airport in Rome was showdown due to a fire triggered by an electrical fault in a bar, a slew of ATP and WTA tennis players were delayed and forced to sleep in the airport. Headed from Madrid to Rome,Thanasi Kokkinakis was forced to withdraw from the tournament in Rome because he was unable to make his qualification match due to the airport's cancelations and delays. Here are the best dispatches from Twitter after the Rome airport fire. 

When all flights are cancelled to Rome because of a fire and you have no way of getting to the next tournament 😲🔫

— Thanasi Kokkinakis (@TKokkinakis) May 7, 2015

In the airport from 5 am... 😕 #delay #Rome #fire pic.twitter.com/VY2sXXzqXS

— Elina Monfils (@ElinaSvitolina) May 7, 2015

Pulling up to the airport seeing tennis players laying all over the floor... They been here since 7am. #TheLifeOfaProAtheleteSucksSometimes

— sascha Bajin (@BigSascha) May 7, 2015

Not everything is beautiful about the life of a pro athlete... pic.twitter.com/QeAX93ddGW

— sascha Bajin (@BigSascha) May 7, 2015

Hoping for the #thirdtimelucky! At different airports all day trying to get to Rome. Checked in 3… https://t.co/nkVeTWphxJ

— Anastasia Rodionova (@arodionova) May 7, 2015

Spending the night in a 24hrs McDonald's Madrid airport. The hustle is real #RomeNoBueno 👻💤😬🔫

— Thanasi Kokkinakis (@TKokkinakis) May 7, 2015

One more flight delay and I will sleep here! #tired #travel #longday #goingcrazy https://t.co/kFazDL8ST9

— Anastasia Rodionova (@arodionova) May 7, 2015

Wow we really made it to Rome.Felt like an oversea flight from the amount of time we've been sitting on the plane🙈😁Thx for the free sauna😬🙈

— Jule Goerges✌️🇩🇪 (@juliagoerges) May 7, 2015

Chaos,flights cancelled... But i'm here 🇮🇹💪😅#Ciao

— Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (@NastiaPav) May 7, 2015

After a long delay we made it 😁😁 The air at the airport here in Rome still smells like something was on fire... Crazy!!!

— sascha Bajin (@BigSascha) May 7, 2015

On my way to the airport...✈️ Try number two to get to Rome! Let's hope it works out this time. #itsgoingtobechaos

— Sabine Lisicki (@sabinelisicki) May 8, 2015