“I will represent the new homeland Australia”
Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkin will represent Australia in tournaments. He reported this on Instagram (the owner of Meta was accepted as pro -extremes in Russia and banned).
“A Australian country is an incredibly hospitable and I feel at home here.
In this context, I am proud to announce that I would represent my new homeland in my professional tennis career from that moment on.
– Kasatkina wrote.
The athlete said it was not easy for him to make such a decision for several reasons. He expressed gratitude and expressed his family, coaches and supporters during the sports road. Kasatkina promised to respect and love to remember his roots. At the same time, he said he was pleased with the beginning of a new stage in his career and the life expectations of the Australian representative.
Russia’s second racket
27-year-old Kasatkina-12. Number of Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). The athlete is the second racket of Russia, who participated in the 17 -year -old Mirre Andreeva championship. Kasatkina won eight tournaments under the auspices of the organization, and reached the Roland Garros semi -finals in large helmet tournaments -2022. In 2021, he won the Billy King Cup as part of the Russian team.
Finally, the tournament, which was realized by Daria, is the “thousand y year” in Miami. There he left the struggle in the second circle, the world’s 98th racket 6: 3, 4: 6, 5: 7 points lost to the American Haley Baptist.
Confessed to non -traditional orientation
In 2022, Kasatkina made a camera and said he was in a relationship with the skater Natalya Zabiyako. Kasatkina emphasized: does not see the kammaman as propaganda. According to him, he was not afraid to come to Russia because he accepted it under orientation and believes that he would not close his entrance to the country.
In an interview through Youtube “Attention, Sobchak” Kasatkina, in childhood and adolescence around the non -metrzoexual orientation of the “provokes” said nothing. According to him, it is often impossible to impose it.
Tennis player, “Double life was difficult, I wanted to be one hundred percent and not to hide anything. If I want to set up a photo with a person I love, I just do it and I will not think of who and what to think,” he said.
Daria also added that he went to accept himself for a long time due to the pressure of society. And did he just notice the indifference to his third -party views recently? The fact that parents easily perceive this fact when they opened this fact helped him.
He stated that Russia eliminated his dream
In September 2022, Kasatkina received the title of Honorary Sports Master’s License. At the same time, even before that, the athlete allowed the possibility of changing sports citizenship on the basis of sanctions against Russian sports.
“We’ve already leaned back.
In the same period, Kasatkina spoke critically about the necessity of speaking in international competitions of impartial status. He said that the Russian sports leadership dream of speaking under the flag of the Russian Federation.
“I think I cannot speak under the Russian flag during my professional career, because they will not only go back to us.
Sadly … Sorry, because my country took my dream from me, which moved me when I was very young. I didn’t do anything to get this dream from me ..
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Source: Gazeta
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