MELBOURNE, Australia — Russia-born Australian tennis participant Daria Kasatkina says she’s ending the season early for the sake of her psychological wellbeing after hitting “breaking point” on tour.
The Nineteenth-ranked Kasatkina, a French Open semifinalist in 2022, stated Monday she has been left drained by the fixed journey on the tour schedule, a tense course of to achieve everlasting residency in Australia, and being unable to see her dad and mom.
Kasatkina, who’s engaged to determine skating Olympic medallist Natalia Zabiiako, instructed the Instances of London in 2023 that she will’t return to Russia “as a gay person who opposes the war” in Ukraine.
“Truth is, I’ve hit a wall and can’t continue. I need a break. A break from the monotonous daily grind of life on the tour, the suitcases, the results, the pressure, the same faces (sorry, girls), everything that comes with this life,” Kasatkina wrote on Instagram.
“The schedule is too much, mentally and emotionally I am at breaking point and sadly, I am not alone.”
She added she plans to return in 2026 “energized and ready to rock”.
Kasatkina stated she had been “far from fine for a long time” and her outcomes on courtroom had suffered whereas she “kept a lid” on how she felt for concern of seeming ungrateful.
She’s the most recent in a collection of gamers together with Elina Svitolina and Beatriz Haddad Maia who’ve opted to finish their seasons early for further relaxation.
Kasatkina’s final match on tour was a straight-set loss to Sonay Kartal within the second spherical of the China Open on Sept. 27 and her final tour title was on the Ningbo Open in Oct. 2024.
