Russia’s first tennis player, Daria Kasatkina, shared her thoughts on her unsuccessful streak of two consecutive defeats, after losing to Kazakhstan representative Elena Rybakina in the final of the WTA 500 tournament held in Abu Dhabi. His words were quoted sports.ru.
“Sometimes disappointment works better than absolute happiness. This happened two years ago when I lost on match point against Ons in the Rome semi-final. [Жабер]. Thanks to this match, I really believe that I will play in the semi-finals of Roland-Garros later. Therefore, I will think that these defeats in the final will make me stronger and bigger,” said Kasatkina.
The match, which lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes, ended with Rybakina’s scores of 6:1 and 6:4. Before that, Kasatkina had lost the final of the tournament in Adelaide to Alena Ostapenko – 3:6, 2:6.
For Rybakina, this championship was the seventh in her career and the second this season. She won the WTA 500 tournament held in Brisbane, Australia, on January 7. The prize fund of the WTA 500 in Abu Dhabi exceeds 920 thousand dollars. Last season’s winner was Swiss Belinda Bencic, who beat Russian Lyudmila Samsonova in the final.
Russian and Belarusian athletes have been suspended from international competitions since March 2022 due to a special military operation on Ukrainian territory. Such a decision was taken in line with the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee on the exclusion of Russians and Belarusians from any international competitions. In tennis competitions, Russians compete without the national flag.
Previously was named The reason for Kasatkina’s crushing defeat in the final of the tournament in Abu Dhabi.