Daria Kasatkina says she’s at ‘breaking point’ as she ends tennis season early

MELBOURNE Australia AP Russia-born Australian tennis participant Daria Kasatkina says she s ending the season early for the sake of her mental wellbeing after hitting developing point on tour The th-ranked Kasatkina a French Open semifinalist in declared Monday she has been left drained by the constant excursion on the tour schedule a stressful process to gain permanent residency in Australia and being unable to see her parents Kasatkina who is engaged to figure skating Olympic medalist Natalia Zabiiako stated the Times of London in that she can t go back to Russia as a gay person who opposes the war in Ukraine Truth is I ve hit a wall and can t continue I need a break A break from the monotonous daily grind of life on the tour the suitcases the results the pressure the same faces sorry girls everything that comes with this life Kasatkina wrote on Instagram The schedule is too much mentally and emotionally I am at developing point and sadly I am not alone She added she plans to return in energized and ready to rock Kasatkina announced she had been far from fine for a long time and her results on court had suffered while she kept a lid on how she felt for fear of seeming ungrateful She s the latest in a series of players including Elina Svitolina and Beatriz Haddad Maia who have opted to end their seasons early for extra rest Kasatkina s last match on tour was a straight-set loss to Sonay Kartal in the second round of the China Open on Sept and her last tour title was at the Ningbo Open in Oct AP tennis https apnews com hub tennis Source