The highest-ranked Russian in women’s tennis calls the war ‘a full-blown nightmare.’

For the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, a Russian tennis player has publicly criticized the war, a move that may land her in trouble if and when she returns to her home country.

Daria Kasatkina, currently the highest-ranked Russian woman at No. 12, described the war as “a full-blown nightmare,” and said the end of the war was what she wanted most in life right now. Read more

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