WTA Tour veteran Daria Kasatkina stated she is ending her season early to deal with her psychological well being after reaching a “breaking level.”
Ranked No. 19 on this planet, the 28-year-old Russian-born Australia resident has compiled a 19-22 singles report this yr with almost $1.5 million in prize cash however no titles.
Kasatkina, who was seeded 14th, is coming off a 6-3, 6-0 loss to England’s Sonay Kartal in her opening match on the China Open on Sept. 27.
On Monday, Kasatkina stated in a put up on Instagram that she feels drained by the fixed tour journey and a anxious course of to achieve everlasting residency in Australia.
“Reality is, I’ve hit a wall and may’t proceed. I would like a break. A break from the monotonous every day grind of life on the tour, the suitcases, the outcomes, the strain, the identical faces (sorry, ladies), all the things that comes with this life,” Kasatkina wrote.
“The schedule is an excessive amount of, mentally and emotionally I’m at breaking level and sadly, I’m not alone.”
Kasatkina peaked at No. 8 on this planet rankings in October 2022 and gained her eighth and most up-to-date singles title at China’s Ningo Open in October 2024. Her finest end in a Grand Slam was a semifinal run on the 2022 French Open.
Kasatkina is engaged to determine skater Natalia Zabiiako, a silver medalist on the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Kasatkina informed the Occasions of London in 2023 that she has been unable to return to Russia to go to household as a result of she is a “homosexual one that opposes the warfare” in Ukraine.
–Discipline Stage Media
