Daria Kasatkina: hope of Russian tennis

In the women's tennis in Russia is happening generational change. Gradually complete the active career many stars of the two thousandth's. Daria Kasatkina - one of those young talents who are to replace older friends. Despite his tender age, she successfully performed at many tournaments, pronounced himself in the junior competition.

The game style

Daria Kasatkina not allocated among the tennis players some outstanding physique. As a child, she was half a head lower than their peers, rivals from Moscow, and she was not even predicted a great future.

But she knows how to play smart and competent to hide the lack of power and take its due tactics. Favorite punch - forehand, prefers to play tennis on the back line. Darya idol is "the king of the soil", Rafael Nadal, hence the similar style of play, and even a similar rotation of the ball at impact. Prefers athlete unpaved.

The Junior years

Daria Kasatkina started playing tennis at age six. As a child, she did not particularly stand out among peers and did not achieve great victories in the competition. She did not have the physique, powerful serving. However, perseverance and hard work have made the business. An enormous contribution to the formation of athletes has made its first coach Damir Nurgaliev, who believed in her and gave her a long time to stand out from the rest of the pupils. In fourteen years I followed the first major success when Daria Kasatkina, tennis for which has become the main occupation, won at the local open tournament in Samara, where she was able to beat the strong peers from Moscow. Daria was attracted to the games for the national team of Russia in the Junior Fed Cup stages.

The first year she successfully performed on small events, learning to overcome them, and won the right to participate in the tournament Grand Slam. The peak of her junior career began in 2014 when she won the French Open, successfully performed at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing. Daria Kasatkina stood out among peers and reached third place in the junior ranking of WTA.

Adulthood

The first experiments at senior level began in 2013, when the tennis player to try his hand at several tournaments in Moscow and Antalya. A year later, ending with junior tour, Daria Kasatkina seriously focused on the competition and began to progress. She was able to win a few 10-thousanders, it began to take on more serious tournaments.

In 2015, tennis became a regular win on the 25000th tournaments, and has successfully participated in the WTA tournaments, one of which in Bagdastayne managed to reach the quarterfinals. These successes allowed her to take part in qualifying for the US Open tournament. Daria Kasatkina was able to reach the final qualifying competition, losing only Elizabeth Kulichkova. However, due to the failure of one of the athletes she got the chance to participate in major competitions and performed well there, reaching the third round.

has performed Daria Kasatkina and in doubles, and quite successfully. At the Kremlin Cup, along with Elena Vesnina she was able to win in the final game and take her first WTA title in doubles. Athlete does not stop in its development and in 2016. She regularly took part in the Grand Slam tournaments, reached the third round of the Australian, French, Wimbledon. Today Daria Kasatkina moved from his hometown of Togliatti, lives and trains in Slovakian Trnava, where there is a beautiful and compact infrastructure for doing things you love.