Daria Kasatkina is a bright star of Russian tennis

Women's tennis in Russia for the last two or three years lacked new names. All the achievements were related to the already experienced athletes. At last Daria Kasatkina appeared - the new hope of Russian big tennis.

Childhood, the first steps in sports

Very often, future tennis stars are born in sports families, where, under the guidance of parents, they systematically go to success. Daria was born in the usual Samara family. My father worked at the VAZ, my mother was at home. In the spring of 1997, no one thought that a new tennis star was born.

Dasha was lucky with the first coach. Since six years she has been working with Damir Nurgaliyev, one of the best trainers in the Samara region. Since childhood, she has been distinguished by her iron character and will to victory. Favorite sites Dashi - unpaved.

Junior level

The key moment of her youthful career was the ITF tournament of the fourth category in her hometown. At the age of 14, Darya first had a chance to express herself in the open "Cup of Samara". At these competitions, she won without options the best young tennis players from Moscow. After that, they paid attention to her. Immediately began to receive proposals for participation in serious international tournaments from Russia.

Playing outside the homeland, Daria Kasatkina earns a name in world junior tennis. She excels at the Grand Slam tournaments for her age category. "Wimbledon", "Roland Garos" - in these tournaments Samara athlete earns a name. Finally, at the age of 17, tennis player Daria Kasatkina wins the Serbian Ivan Jorovic in the final of the French Open.

Professional career

The transition to the adult level is not easy for almost all athletes. Accustomed to winning at junior tournaments, it's not easy to earn a reputation again, playing with experienced rivals. I had to feel bitterness from the first offensive defeats and Daria.

At the first adult tournament in Marrakech, Dasha is inferior to the Spanish athlete and does not go into the second round. Competitions in Bad Gastein were more successful. There, she reaches the semi-finals, where in a stubborn fight losing more experienced Sarah Errani. The defeat was doubly offensive because of a series of unforced errors of the Russian tennis player.

But Daria Kasatkina did not give up, and the first success came to her in 2015. In Sharm el-Sheikh, she takes her first trophy on a professional level. Coaches of the national team do not leave unnoticed progress Kasatkina. It should be an honorable invitation to the Russian team for the Federation Cup matches.

Daria Kasatkina makes a successful debut at the US Open. 1/8 finals - a good result for a young tennis player. This time it was able to stop the more experienced Christina Mladenovic.

Now Daria Kasatkina is only 19 years old. Most importantly, the level of her game does not stand still. The progress of the sportswoman is evident, and all her fans, with bated breath, expect new victories from her.