Daria Kasatkina has had a good year and will soon be starting her journey in the WTA Finals. Further, she has also advanced in terms of her personal life. The Russian tennis professional opened up about her orientation for the first time in July this year.

Since then, she has been in a healthy and public relationship with figure skater Natalia Zabiiako. Recently, while speaking to the press prior to her first match in the WTA Finals, she spoke about her skating skills and Zabiiako’s tennis skills.

Daria Kasatkina made a comparison

The 25-year-old, when asked if Zabiiako’s tennis skills were better than her skating in an earlier press conference, chuckled and said, “I am zero figure skater (laughing). I mean, I like to skate, but she has to always carry me or else I will fall.”

Thereafter, she added, “I’m trying hard to learn how to do it, but I just cannot. Or maybe she’s teaching me bad. I’m enjoying this sport, honestly. It’s nice. I enjoy a lot watching her skating. But we never played with her. I would have to figure this mistake for sure.”

“We will see. Maybe I will be better skater just because I was practicing a bit more.” Kasatkina, after taking motivation from soccer player Nadezhda Karpova’s confession, decided to embrace her true self. She came out in an interview with Victor Kravchenko and introduced her Zabiiako as her girlfriend via an Instagram post.

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Speaking of the figure skater, she is also from Russia and has claimed an Olympic silver medal, a bronze medal at European Championships and World Championships, and a silver medal at Russian Championship. Further, she announced retirement in February 2020, but in May of this year resumed her career. However, now she competes under the Canadian flag.

What’s ahead of Kasatkina?

The World no.8 will have to get past Iga Swiatek to advance in the Texas-based WTA Finals of this season. She will lock horns with the Pole who executed a monstrous 37-match-long winning streak and claimed two Grand Slams this year on Wednesday 2nd November.

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The upcoming group stage clash will take place in WTA Finals Stadium Court and will be their sixth encounter. While Swiatek will eye her ninth title of the season, Kasatkina will look forward to securing her second win. Will the player who qualified last for the tournament be able to get the better of the current world no.1? Let us know in the comment section.