Daria Kasatkina explained Monday that “I really don’t have a choice” as a gay woman When he asked – and was given to him – play in Australia.
“With everything that happens in my country, I have no choice. As a homosexual declared, if I wanted to be myself, I had to take that step. And i gave it up“Kasatkina said before the start of the Charleston Tournament, where he officially played under the Australian flag for the first time.
The 27 -Year -old Tennis Player, which He has also been critical to the Russian invasion of UkraineIt was announced on Saturday that in the future he would play under the Australian flag, after getting a permanent home.
Therefore, the woman, that Now she lives in MelbourneHe said he was nervous for the Australian representative for the first time.
“This is a different sensation. It is emotional for me“, Expressed number 12 of the world, with eight WTA titles in its note.
“I have to get used to it. But I am very happy to start this new chapter of my life representing Australia On the biggest tracks in the world, “he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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