Nobody expected it: Kasatkina failed in the opener of the new season in Adelaide

Athletistic/Tennis. Russian Daria Kasatkina disappointed the fans in the opening match of the new season. At a tournament in Adelaide with a prize of 642 thousand dollars, a native of Tolyatti lost in three sets to the representative of the second hundred in the world ranking, the Czech athlete Linda Noskova – 3: 6, 7: 6, 3:6.

At the moment, Daria is 8th in the WTA rankings. It is curious that, being in the top ten, Kasatkina played 17 games during his career and lost 10 of them.

Here’s how foreign tennis fans rated Kasatkina’s game:

ComotMN:
– Wow! I certainly didn’t expect that.

Brengleis Goat:
– Big win for Linda. We can perhaps say that it is the first sensation of the year!

Monzanator:
– In the third episode, Kasatkina was physically exhausted and allowed Noskova to lead the case to victory without any problems.

Queen_Of_Spray:
– Wow. At some point it started to seem like Noskova couldn’t resist Dasha’s pressure, but I’m glad it all ended like this in the end.

Brengleis Goat:
– As for Kasatkina – who knows … sometimes it happens that after a bad start to the campaign in the future, the season goes well.

Samsonites:
– It was Dasha’s worst performance since 2020. Played extremely carelessly. She made too many unforced errors and it looked like she wasn’t physically ready. After the second set, I had the feeling that she would still be able to win, but in the third game, Kasatkina had no energy at all. It’s not reassuring.

Tim:
– As for me, this is quite the expected result. Dasha still fails in Australia.

A Last name:
To be honest, I’m not particularly surprised either.

Emerald:
– I would even say that after an impressive performance in qualifying, Linda was the favorite here.

Vesus Christ:
– Kasatkina always starts the season with a squeal. The last time she came to Australia in the status of one of the top 10 tennis players, she lost in Sydney to Kim Birrell, who hardly ever played professionally.

Youzou:
– Dasha looked very mediocre in this game. Not following the basics cost him the win. She entered the game for a long time and made a large number of unforced errors. Decision-making on really important games also left a lot to be desired.

Remember that Kasatkina is the winner of seven WTA tournaments (including six in singles); Winner of the Billie Jean King Cup (2021); winner of a Junior Grand Slam singles tournament (French Open 2014); former third racket in the world in the junior ranking; silver medalist at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in women’s doubles.

The Russian first took up snowshoeing when she was six years old. In the field, Kasatkina prefers to act near the back line, the best shot is the forehand, her favorite surface is clay.

Before the start of his professional career, Damir Nurgaleev was a mentor at a tennis school in Togliatti.

Kasatkina’s favorite tennis player is Rafael Nadal. In women’s tennis, her idols are Petra Kvitova and Maria Sharapova. She prefers watching men’s tennis and says the players serve better and move around the court.

Kasatkina generally likes to play sports, including football. She is a fan of FC Barcelona.

When Kasatkina was eleven years old, Maxim Prasolov began to train her. At the age of 14, she changed coaches to Damir Nurgaliyev. From 2015, she moved to Trnava in Slovakia to train at the Empire Tennis Academy, citing her preference for training away from the big city, which was less feasible in Russia. At the academy, she worked with former Slovak professional tennis player Vladimir Platenik.

Three years later, at the end of 2017, she hired the Belgian Philippe Dehaas as a new coach. Kasatkina broke up with Dehas in February 2019. She wanted to take a break from their work, but Dehas couldn’t accept the fact that he was out of work. After two months without a coach, she replaced him with Carlos Martinez, former coach of her compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova.

In November 2022, Kasatkina participated in the WTA Finals. Daria ended her performance in the group stage beating Corey Gauff (7:6, 6:3) and also losing twice to Iga Sviontek (2:6, 3:6) and Caroline Garcia (6:4, 1: 6).6:7).