The Australian player believes that, this season, the women’s Grand Slam matches have offered more suspense and interest than those in the men’s draw.
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In two weeks, Daria Kasatkina will make her first tour of Australia with her new nationality, having become Australian at the start of the 2025 season.
The 28-year-old player, who has fallen to 37th place in the world, was the guest this Monday on the podcast The-Sit Down.
“Roland-Garros, as a whole, was not very captivating”
Comparing the men’s and women’s Grand Slams, she said that the women’s matches proved more interesting to follow this year than those of the men:
“The level is very, very high. I will certainly be very criticized for saying this, but I think that the women’s matches at the last Grand Slams were much more interesting than the men’s.
But, just because they play best of five sets, people remember it. For example, the Roland-Garros final was incredible, a great match. But the tournament, as a whole, was not as captivating as this final. »
“For men, after losing two sets in a row, there is still a chance”
“And for the girls, unfortunately, over the whole fortnight, we don’t really remember the matches because the final was not as entertaining.
The important point is that the final is a very special match: when you lose the first set in a two-set format and start to trail in the second, the match is, more often than not, almost over.
On the other hand, for men, with a three-set format, even after losing two sets in a row, there is still a chance. The third set then completely changes the appearance of the match, and we saw a lot of spectacular comebacks in this context.
This is why, in my opinion, we cannot judge the women’s circuit solely through the finals of Grand Slam tournaments. »
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