"Now I hate everything" - Kasatkina vents after painful WTA Finals loss
WTA
Daria Kasatkina's WTA Finals campaign ended heartbreakingly. She narrowly missed out on the semifinals after losing a thrilling battle against Caroline Garcia.
Despite Kasatkina's terrific season, which allowed her to qualify for the WTA Finals, she was widely seen as a significant underdog to qualify for the semifinal out of a group containing Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, and Garcia.
Iga Swiatek, who became the first player to achieve two feats since Serena Williams at the WTA Finals, comfortably defeated Kasatkina in her opening match, but the Russian responded by beating Gauff in straight sets.
That meant whoever won the match between Garcia and Kasatkina would qualify for the semifinal. This year's French Open semifinalist took the opening set before Garcia responded, dominating the second to force a decider.
The third set was a titanic battle. Kasatkina showed her trademark resilience to hang on and force a deciding tiebreak, but Garcia's firepower eventually prevailed, allowing the Frenchwoman to progress to the semifinal.
Although Kasatkina is proud of what she achieved in 2022, calling it the best season of her career, the 25-year-old admitted to feeling empty after coming so close to the semifinal
"One or two points, obviously, in the tiebreak. I think level was pretty close. Third set, wasn’t a big difference between us. When you don’t want to lose, you squeeze everything you have, everything that’s left in your tank, so this is what I was doing. Now, I feel absolutely empty."
"Of course, now I hate everything. Super disappointed, I don’t want to do anything. Of course, I have to be objective and I have to say this season was the best in my career. Honestly, at the beginning of the season, if you tell me that I’m going to be here now sitting, I would probably not trust you."
Latest Comments
- Kyrgios will do anything to stay in the news.shirley19-12-2024
- A technical error.
MrMustard18-12-2024 - All that is said , all that is done. Nick has 0 grand slams wins. Everything else is hot 🥵 air.MrMustard18-12-2024
- All that is said , all that isMrMustard18-12-2024
- Kyrgios is a jerk.shirley17-12-2024
- If Jessica Pegula had to undergo such horror for using a bannes substance, so do these two tennis players. Penalty should apply to all players regardless of their excuses. They are professionals and know better!!
Stella112-12-2024 - All players should be treated the same for taking banned substances, if your no 1 in the world or no 300 man or woman you should not be allowed to keep playing,,VPH108-12-2024
- Ah, censored again. No one gets to read my comment. LOLjjluvsports08-12-2024
- Reynolds, could you list all the wars started by the U.S. and U.K., or will you run out of paper? Hypocrisy.jjluvsports06-12-2024
- IDK, it looks like to me that Raducanu should praise herself and her team for 'gaming the system' as in playing the points and ranking game. When you look at her season of wild cards, skipping tournaments (including the Paris Olympics!), retiring from losing matches and avoiding qualifying rounds, it seems like there was some plan to move up the ranks without actually playing a lot of tennis. And it worked! Congrats!RealityCheckers04-12-2024