World No. 13 Daria Kasatkina is one of the few top-20 players who has not withdrawn from the ATP tournament in Seoul this week.
As a result, she will be seeded number one in the tournament and hopes to take advantage of this to aim for the title.
Interviewed at length as part of the Russian podcast “TNNS”, the 27-year-old player returned to the frequent comparison made between the careers of Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.
Declaring her passion for the Spaniard’s game, Kasatkina nevertheless acknowledged that the Serb remains the best, at least in terms of record: “Since the age of eight, I started watching the game of ‘Rafa’, from Roland Garros 2005.
I fell in love with his game, his character, everything. Since that tournament, I started to love him as a player.
You know that when someone has an idol, he will love him even if the results are not up to par. And it is evident in my case, because it started since my childhood.
But objectively, if you look at the results, Novak Djokovic is the greatest. It would be stupid to argue about that.
The rest is a matter of taste.”
