Russia’s first racket Daria Kasatkina does not plan to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, a source close to the matter told .
On Thursday, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) allowed all the strongest Russian tennis players qualified for the Games according to their ranking to participate in the Olympics. Among the girls, Kasatkina (14th racket in the world), Lyudmila Samsonova (15 years old), Ekaterina Alexandrova (16 years old) and Mirra Andreeva (23 years old) qualified. On Saturday, the president of the Russian Tennis Federation, Shamil Tarpishchev, said that Samsonova would not perform in the French capital, but that Anna Kalinskaya (24) should play in her place.
— Kasatkina does not want to go to the Games, most likely, Russia’s first racket will not go. Samsonova herself refused the Olympics. In such a situation, I could perform at the Games Pavliuchenkova , but at the moment she doesn’t want to go either. The composition of the Russians could be really young,” said a source.
The Paris Olympic Games will take place from July 26 to August 11.
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