A year ago, as Wimbledon began, Daria Kasatkina was nowhere to be seen. Banned from the championships due to her Russian nationality, she spent that time at her training base in Barcelona, already preparing for the tournaments that would follow.
During that time, Kasatkina participated in a YouTube documentary and what was presented as a glimpse into the banning of Russian tennis players, but instead took on even greater meaning: she came out as gay and clearly stated her opposition to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
