Athletistic/Tennis. Daria Kasatkina performed brilliantly at the San Jose tournament, winning the title. During the competition, she created several sensations. At first, the Russian knocked out new Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, representing Kazakhstan, then beat qualifier Taylor Townsend of the United States, then also beat two top 10 tennis players in a row – Belarusian Arina Sobolenko (4) and the Spaniard Paula Badosa (2).

In the final, Kasatkina faced 29-year-old American Shelby Rogers, who had never won a WTA title before. Previously, tennis players met twice and exchanged wins. Rogers won Miami 2017 and Daria won Roland Garros 2022.

The first series turned out to be viscous and prolonged. Daria was the first to break – 2: 1, then the tennis players returned to service once again. With this slight advantage, Kasatkina went to serve the match with the score 5:4, but did not convert the set point and allowed her opponent to level the score – 5:5. It came to a tie-break, where Shelby proved more effective – 7: 6 (7: 2) in 1 hour 18 minutes. In the second set, the situation on the field changed – Daria took a break in the fourth game, began to take match after match and after 38 minutes won the match – 6:1 – and equalized the score in the match. In the third set, Kasatkina immediately took a break, and in the end she only increased her advantage – 6:7, 6:1, 6:2 in 2 hours and 34 minutes of struggle.

This is how Daria Kasatkina won the fifth title of her career in her 10th final. She received a check for $116,340 and gained 470 ranking points, thanks to her return to the top 10 and became the world’s ninth-highest racket for the first time. Moreover, in the race for the WTA championship, Daria climbed to third place. Above, only Sviontek and Zhaber.

Here is how foreign tennis fans reacted to Kasatkina’s success on social media:

Simon peg:
– Yes! Kasatkina deserves all the best in this world! Such a true, funny and witty girl, and a true master of tennis strategy! Congratulations Darya!

John McDonald’s
– Daria enters the top 10 of the world rankings again! Fully deserved!

Michael Jurado:
– Kasatkina gave a real masterclass to all her rivals in the tournament! She really deserved this quiz!

Rick Hernando:
– Daria is a very patient and smart tennis player. His tactic worked perfectly against Badosa in the semi-finals and Shelby in the final. Due to long draws, she exhausted Rogers incredibly and once again demonstrated her ability to recover from previous matches quickly.

Arya Ng:
– Kasatkina still poses a big threat to her opponents considering the type of versatile tennis she shows. It’s nice to see that she broke through here. Well done!

GreenSky:
– A magnificent and well-deserved victory for Daria!

Oats and goat cheese:
– Kasatkina seems to be starting to enjoy life to the fullest!

Philip Bartoli:
– Congratulations, Darya! Impressive victory! I’m very happy to see that smart tennis is starting to take over on the circuit. Kasatkina doesn’t have too much power, but relies on her head in the game. She knows how to line up pranks the right way. Well, his footwork is something incredible. I wish him the best for the future.

M.G:
– And now, Daria Kasatkina should start at the US Open! Come on, you can do it, girl!

Remember that Kasatkina is the winner of five WTA tournaments (four of them are 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 Tolyatti.

Kasatkina’s favorite tennis player is Rafael Nadal. In women’s tennis, her idols are Petra Kvitova and Maria Sharapova. She prefers to watch 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 Dehas 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.