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Russia's head of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports has spoken out in support of the country's top-ranked WTA tennis player after she came out as gay. Daria Kasatkina received backlash from two politicians for appearing in a YouTube video in which she confirmed she had a girlfriend, shared the difficulty of making it as a tennis player without changing citizenship, and condemned the war.
Russian tennis star Daria Kasatkina has bravely come out as gay in a video posted online.
Russian world number 12 Daria Kasatkina criticised her country's attitude towards homosexuality in a video published on Monday as she announced she was a lesbian. The 25-year-old's comments come after Russian deputies proposed on Monday a new law which would ban information on all non-traditional sexual relationships in the public sphere. Broadcasting homosexual "propaganda" to youngsters has been banned in the country since 2013.
Russian’s No. 1 female tennis player Daria Kasatkina has come out as gay, stating in a video that “living in peace with yourself is the only thing that matters”. Kasatkina is the world No.
Russian world number 12 Daria Kasatkina criticised her country's attitude towards homosexuality in a video published on Monday as she announced she was a lesbian.
The 25-year-old, a semi-finalist at last month's French Open, said she was inspired to come out after Russian football striker Nadya Karpova revealed she was gay in a country where homosexuality is frowned upon. "Living in peace with yourself is the only thing that matters, **** everyone else," Kasatkina told Russian blogger Vitya Kravchenko after telling him that she has a girlfriend.
Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina announced on Monday that she is gay and found "living in the closet" impossible.
Novak Djokovic begins his bid to match Pete Sampras as a seven-time Wimbledon champion on Monday, with British Grand Slam title winners Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu also on Centre Court's opening day agenda. In the absence of the banned Daniil Medvedev and injured Alexander Zverev, 20-time major winner Djokovic takes top seeding. The 35-year-old defending champion starts his title bid against South Korea's Kwon Soon-woo, the world number 81. Djokovic has extra motivation this year as Wimbledon will be his last Slam of 2022.