Daria Kasatkina will play a grand slam at Melbourne Park for the first time since switching allegiance from Russia to Australia and taking a break from tennis. Kasatkina became a permanent Australian resident in March, driven from Russia largely by the criminalisation, censorship and violence faced by the LGBTQ+ community. She now has citizenship, and her new passport was – as of Saturday – waiting for her at the post office. In an exclusive interview with Guardian Australia’s Jack Snape, she explains she is still getting used to the peculiarities of Australian life
Daria Kasatkina: ‘I’m really looking forward to playing in a home slam – I can’t believe I’m saying that’
Daria Kasatkina on playing her first grand slam as an Australian citizen
