Daria Kasatkina and Karen Khachanov are facing a rather uncharacteristic threat. A member of the 8th State Duma named Roman Teryushkov recently disclosed that he had petitioned the Russian Ministry of Justice to designate Kasatkina as a ‘foreign agent,’ depriving her of various privileges in her own nation.
Teryushkov said he resented his request to have Kasatkina blacklisted after his initial appeal to the Russian Federation was denied.
On her telegram channel, Daria Kasatkina sarcastically commented: “How nice to have fans from the State Duma.”
In addition, Daria Kasatkina’s fellow Russian tennis players Karen Khachanov and former World No. 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov were attacked by lawmaker Roman Teryushkov for their opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which started in March of this year.
“Kasatkina, Khachanov, Kafelnikov openly criticize the actions of the Russian authorities, permanently residing outside the territory of the Russian Federation, act in a neutral status [without the Russian flag and anthem], demonstrating to the whole world distancing themselves from the NWO and Russian society. Their actions fall under the law on foreign agents,” Teryushkov stated.
Daria Kasatkina in 2022
WWWWWLWLWL Ranked no.8 (career-high), Kasatkina played her last match on the 5th of November when she surrendered to world no.4 Caroline Garcia 4-6 6-1 7-6(5) in the round robin in Fort Worth (draw).
During this season Kasatkina owns a composed 41-22 win-loss record. Kasatkina clinched 2 titles in 2022 in San Jose and Granby.
Karen Khachanov in 2022
Ranked world no.20, the Russian played his last match on the 3rd of November when he lost to world no.5 Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-1 in the 3rd round in Paris (draw).
Currently, during this season the Russian achieved a compiled 36-25 record. Karen Khachanov’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Adelaide.
