Russian top tennis player Daria Kasatkina comes out | Tennis

sport">“It’s difficult and it makes no sense to stay in the closet,” she said in an interview on Youtuber Vitia Kravtchenko’s channel.

sport">“You’re in trouble with yourself as long as you don’t tell. After that, everyone has to decide for themselves how they want to open up and to what extent. The most important thing is that you feel good about yourself,” said 25-year-old Kasatkina.

sport">She deplores the fact that homosexuality is still taboo in Russia. “There are many topics that are not discussed and that are banned, so it is not surprising.” According to Kasatkina, life in Russia is much more difficult if you “choose to live as gay.”

sport">A few hours after the interview, Kasatkina posted a photo on Instagram where she can be seen with another woman. There is only a heart in the comment.

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