First&Tour: Darya Kasatkina

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Hi all. You are on the First Red channel. This is Yana Chekvitaza. And today Australia Nobol finally started. We'll definitely show you the best footage from the match between Aryna Sabalenka and Sasha Vovlik. We also prepared a special issue with Dasha Kosakina. Well, let's go. Hi all. You are on the First Red channel. Today we have a special guest, Dasha Kosa. Ah, so you're a full-fledged Australian now, huh? How does it feel? The sensations are actually interesting. It's unusual, but I like it. That is, I still feel like there is some new chapter in my life. You can really feel the difference. I don’t know what exactly it is about this particular state of health, but, well, something has changed, actually. But, well, it's cool. And to some extent, such a burden was lifted from my shoulders, because there was such a year, I still said, well, the transfer year in terms of all the documents, this whole process was still, eh, well, still, when it hangs in the air all the time, then you feel it, it’s somehow a burden. Here. And now I feel like she just let me go. You finally posted a photo with the certificate a few days ago. What does it mean? Have you received your passport yet? Ah, well, the certificate itself - it's given to you at the citizenship ceremony, where you take the oath, and they tell you everything there, and yes, it's like the main, like the final stage, before you get your passport, and then you go to the passport office and with this certificate there, and yes, it turns out, I'm literally getting it in a few days, it's just like it's being printed. Do you feel like a full-fledged Australian? I guess to feel like a full-fledged Australian, you still need to live here for a while, get your life in order, and so on. Still, this year I traveled more around the world. Well, as usual. Here. But during this time, I have become better acquainted with the Australians who work not with Australia, but with the federation, with the players. That is, we actually started communicating very closely. I feel like I'm learning a lot more about this country in general. Plus, I was preparing for the citizenship test. I just wanted to ask what the most difficult question was. Oh, to be honest, I was so nervous that I forgot them. But I prepared for like several months. That is, I really wanted to be 100% sure that I wouldn’t have any problems and that I would pass it the first time. How many questions were there? 20 questions. In fact, the test wasn’t there , it seemed to me that they had finished me off there , well, like our teacher, yes, [laughter] everything is so strict, like on the Unified State Exam, they check you there, they frisk you, God forbid you have some kind of device about No, in general everything is very, very calm. So, I scanned the barcode on the invitation. They gave me a ticket and that's it. I went there for the whole interview, which was with the person, it was literally there for a couple of minutes, he went through the documents, and then either on the computer or on the tablet they give you 20 questions, and you answer them. Well, that's it, I basically did it in 6 minutes. I did n't sing the anthem. I did n't sing the anthem. But there is no need to sing the anthem there. There is no need not to know the anthem. In general, there is no need to know officially. There is no such need. But Dasha Shevilga Gavrilova teaches me, she sends me voice messages where she sings, and I remember it that way. Well, a couple of lines. Well, the gem itself is called Advanced Tra and Fair. Well, you sing. You sang in our last episode. Let's. Love is not born, it remains. Pictures change, love remains. Fits. Good play. I'm not going to sing it until I learn it to the end, until it bounces off my teeth, until I learn it like that, I wo n't sing it. [laughter] Well, it’s still not Allegrovo. So, take this test to see how well you've integrated into the Australian mentality. Do you know Australian slang? What are breaks? Breki is breakfast. easy check. Bogan. Bogan is a collective farm. Gopnik. Well, well, well, yes, collective farmer. Kopnik. Damn, I just don't want to offend anyone. Well, well, that's clear. [laughter] Well, that'll do, I think. The forehead is completely on hinges. Well, yes, yes, yes. Like this. [laughter] Good day. Good day. Well, like good day. Well, sort of demey. Yeah, well, it's kind of a greeting. That's it, you're a passerby, you've passed. Yes. Have there been more contracts or attention from sponsors in general ? This is more for the agent, for my question. Well, uh, in terms of media attention, of course, this year there have been a lot, a lot of requests for interviews and so on. There is a lot of attention, actually, in terms of contracts too, yes, there is interest, sort of interest. In fact, for me , well, naturally, it wasn’t. I did n’t even think about it when I asked the question about changing citizenship. For me the priority was really cool. They made a great commercial with Tsitsepas. Oh, they were playing tennis in the air. Tell me how this was filmed. But in fact, I would like to say that they suspended the port on this sham [laughter] big hot air balloon, yes. Ah, but, well, no, of course, it wasn't like that. We filmed on a court, a regular one. We were filmed separately. Oh, you didn't even play with him. No, I even played, yes. We found a boy who matches his parameters. They put a curly wig on him , yes. And so, it turns out, they filmed me, then filmed him separately and put it all together. And it turned out really, really cool. Where was it filmed? But they filmed Kudacipas, but he didn't get there. Well, as far as I know, he was in Greece. He was in Greece, yes. Well, well, damn, I think it’s impossible for us, because the filming itself was, well, about an hour and a half, probably. Well, it would have been impossible to gather us, the Protyazhovka, in one place and rent it for an hour and a half. Actually, uh, the guys are great. Uh, I'll put it this way, they filmed on one iPhone. Mm, everything was filmed on one iPhone. I say, "Are you okay?" [laughter] I stand there and say: “Is this really going to work?” I'm absolutely sure. And how did it happen? Guys, if you haven't seen it, be sure to check it out. Yeah, not very cool. I mean, no, I had no doubt that it would turn out great, but when I saw it, I was like , damn, yeah, cool, cool, actually. Plus, sometimes when there is artificial intelligence, it is still very obvious that it is a montage and so on, but here, well, it is clear, it is visible, but many still ask: "Is the real?" And I think that guys, if this were real, I think everyone would have known about it in advance. You said that the Australian Open would be the most nerve-wracking experience of your life. How will you deal with him? This is your first time on court, right? Like an Australian. What sensations did you experience? Ah, it’s very exciting, very unusual, of course , but I was ready for it. I understood that such a big event, well, which happened in my life , it would not just pass without a trace. So naturally I knew that I would most likely be going out there for the first match with a new flag with the Australian flag and I would be shaking. I, well, I will have, I don’t know, I didn’t know what feelings I would have, what I would experience, but I knew something would happen. I knew that this would be a difficult match for me psychologically. Oh, yeah, by the way, well, for now everything is fine. Let's see what happens on Tuesday. But for now , how the training goes, how the days go in general. Well, I've actually dealt with worse . I do n’t know what will happen in the future, but for now it’s fine. So far so good. We'll see about that. Did you see how Nastya Potapova announced her change of citizenship on social media? Everyone saw it. Well, do you think that she really just copied your post? Well, it's copied, that's obvious. [laughter] There, I don’t know, it’s her or her manager, I don’t know who, but it’s obvious that it was copied. There they only changed the names of the strange cities. There wasn't much to change. Austraya, Australia. Well, we just played together in Brisbane in the first round , well, we played against each other. Here. And it would be a little strange to approach it almost before the match and start discussing all this. Here. And then somehow the moment passed. I somehow already let go of this situation. But yes, of course, at the moment I’m like, well, you can come up with statements yourself, I think. Plus, there's this situation, well, it's not like you're withdrawing from a tournament, roughly speaking, yes, when everyone has the same statements, but it's like a serious story, yes, a serious step there. Well, I approached it differently because it was an important story for me. Ah, well, I don’t know, well, if it’s okay for her, it’s just like checking a box for her, well, I mean, the state needs to be made, the box needs to be checked. Well, okay. Not from the heart, as if. Yes, well, not from the heart, of course. [laughter] Well, well, how could it not? Well, if you liked my statement so much, well, okay. OK then. What do you think about the situation with Avanisyan? She had a contract with the federation. Yes. Now she needs to pay the money. Yes. From a legal point of view, what can I say here? A contract was signed, uh, and then this contract was taken to court. The court decided that there was nothing to say here, right? As it is, as it is, so it is. I know that other tennis players who have changed their citizenship are also worried about this. Have you discussed this with them? Oh, by the way, no, not with anyone. Well, at least no one has approached me with such a question , because I don’t have such a problem, well, I don’t. Because you didn't have a contract initially or did you have one? He was, but these moments are questionable. Thanks to my parents, who understand all legal history . They agreed on this a long time ago. These controversial points did not exist. That's why, in this regard, I'm really grateful that I don't have this headache. But for the other girls, yes, apparently, such a story didn’t work out for them. Everything is different for them . And yes, it is sad. Do you think other players will be affected by the fact that they will have to pay the federation money if they transfer to another country ? Maybe they will think about it. Well, those who had contracts will probably think about it, and those who don’t have these contracts yet, uh, will read them and pay attention to the fine print. We are all given these contracts when we are still essentially children. Here. And parents, most likely, many just, well, don’t quite understand what it is, and they’re like, “Oh, a contract with the federation, well, you need to sign it. Well, it’s the federation, they won’t cheat you, right? They’ll help, they sign it, and then, yes, if something happens there, I don’t know, even if it’s not a change of citizenship, well, I don’t know what, what other force majeure circumstances can happen, but a situation like this arises, yes. So, well, you had a difficult last year. Yeah. You finished it early because you weren’t feeling very comfortable psychologically, you had a mental burnout. How did you get out of it? How do you feel now? Well, actually, I feel quite well mentally now. That is, in fact, I really needed this break. I really felt that, well, even if I go to, say, Wuhan, there are the next two tournaments that I was supposed to play, that I wanted to play, well, nothing It won't work out well, I guess. I'll most likely also fail the remaining matches and just waste time, basically. That's why I'm really glad that it worked out, yes, I was able to devote this time to myself, my loved ones, my friends, to whom I've paid very little attention throughout my entire career. I even attended my friend's wedding. That's a first, actually. Well, now it will sound like I made this up, but I didn't. That was the first time I was at some important event of someone close to me. So, basically , I miss everything. Birthdays, some important celebrations, like New Year's. I'm never, well, I'm never at these events. People don't even invite me anymore. They're like, "Dasha, we're kind of glad, well, you'll come, cool." Well, no, well, of course, we understand everything. Tennis has always been a priority for me, and it still is, but still, sometimes you need to balance a little, because, well, at least for me, it's very important to spend time there with your loved ones. Tennis players often change something in the team after slumps in their game. Yeah. Was your coach worried that maybe you'd invite someone else or there would be some kind of difficult conversation? But actually, for me, going to tell my coach that I'm ending the season three tournaments early, that was already a very difficult conversation and a very difficult decision for me, because I've never done that before. That is, for me, to withdraw from a tournament - well, something really fundamental has to happen . And so it happened, and for me, I had a feeling that I was letting someone down. Well, that's also our mentality. That's it . And he, in general, absolutely, naturally, says this, says, I understand, I see it. That's it. Was he worried, but it's not clear from outward signs. He's generally a very calm guy. That's why I, I do n't know, but for me it was kind of obvious that the problem wasn't, well, what was happening to me, it wasn't happening Because I have some problems in the team. These are purely my own fundamental, purely psychological, mental things. What exactly was it? Simply psychological fatigue, I got fed up with people on tour, [laughter] it's all the same. The game wasn't going well because of this. Well, in fact, it's all a combination of things. That is, it happens that, for example, on one hand, you're not going well, for example, a difficult year, yes, there, and, there, for example, yes, not my case, but in principle there, for example, in my personal life, yes. Well, did the fact that you changed the flag affect it, what do you think? Well, in general, it was, of course, stress. It was huge stress. Plus, in general, the last four years have been, well, quite a challenge. It was very difficult for me. Um, but the fact that the results were good for the first three years kept me afloat. And when, it turns out, both this and that sagged, that really undermined me. That's what it was about Sort of. Maybe if I, for example, and there were actually two or three matches where it went the other way, the dynamics were completely different, it would have played out completely differently, perhaps. Maybe I wouldn't have found myself in that situation. That's it. But in tennis, everything is very fragile. That's it. And, well, it turned out the way it did. And I had to, yeah, think about how to get out of that situation. And I, well, I understood that I just needed time to breathe. I just needed time without these constant tennis trips, when you have suitcases, you're late everywhere, [laughter] you don't have time, you have training tomorrow at 10:00, you fly in at 9:00 in the evening. Well, all of this, of course, is stressful. So I also wanted to take a little time, when I could, like, without all that, even with travel, but with pleasant ones. Where have you been, tell me, where did you like it? We went, we went to Tallinn, we went to Natasha's family, we went to New York We went to see our friends, too. And to Bela's concert, and I really liked Oleshka, by the way . Yeah, she's really cool, without any special effects, just a show, like Lady Gaga, for example, but she gives me a lot of heat. Well, I just, well, I can't say that I'm a real fan, but I kind of listen to a lot. I really like it. Then we went to Bahrain for my friend's wedding, and, of course, Dubai. That's it. And, basically, the vacation is over. [laughter] When you chop it up into many, many pieces like that, it also flies by very quickly . To reboot, maybe you watch some TV series? Have you watched any heated rivalries, for example? Well, I've heard about them. I've heard about this rivalry. By the way, now everyone is watching the series "Nareski" on TikTok , when I, you could say, watched it, yes, but really, to I have n't had time to sit down and watch it yet, but I know what I've heard about, I watched TikTok. Do you think art can influence people's relationships in general? 100%. Art is an interesting thing in general . Everyone sees it differently. That's it . But in general, when you broadcast something to the masses, and people take it into account. You can still show people a little bit that it's not all that bad. Dash, thank you for the frank conversation. We wish you good luck in the tournament. Thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] [music] [music] [ applause] A [ applause] [music] [applause] [music] the victorious arena. Now I know you can handle pressure. You've done it your whole career week now. [music] Oops, my heart. From soul to soul. From soul, soul to soul. Merci. We have prepared a quick survey for Australian Daria Kosatkina. Dash, what's a fact about Australia? Correct. Done. Let's go. This is the longest straight road in the world. No mountains, no rivers, always +30°. It's not always +30° here, exactly. There are mountains and rivers here, that's for sure. Well, then, it's the straightest road in the world. Bingo. Which of these players holds the record for the most Australian Open titles? Australian Djokovic. Men, of course, that's all. Bingo. Next. What surface was the Australian Open on before the hard courts? Yeah, I'm not even going to list all these options. What city is the capital of Australia? Mberos. Easy. The main thing is not Sydney or Meln. What ocean is Australia on? Atlantic, Indian, Pacific? Indian. And once again, here's a trick question. I already got it. I already got it. Be quiet. And which of this is true about Australia? More kangaroos than people. There are none here deserts. All the cities are on the coast. There's no snow. I think the first one is with the Kangaroo. Exactly. Yes. Because snow, I once thought, by the way, that it doesn't snow in Australia. Then I saw a video where there was snow in Australia. I was like, "Wow!" And well, and everything else, of course. Kangaroos - have you even seen kangaroos? Yes, of course. Here you can go to a nature reserve, roll around with them , touch them and feed them. I saw wombs, yes, I rocked them in my arms . Wow. Oh, well, the womba is my favorite local animal, but this one is just like his nat is bigger than Ala's even. Well, yes, he's so cheesy, he has such a snout. That's what it is. They dig these holes for themselves and the sweet ones hide in there. I can actually. But they can bite, though. I saw one video of some woman just going hiking , and she had these poles for walking, and she stopped, and a little vamt came and started rubbing his butt against this stick like this. I'll just get myself worked up, maybe. Well, I'm afraid that's not possible. Let 's move on. What do they call Australians in colloquial speech? Ozzy. Ozzy. Ozzy. Ozzy. Oh. Oh . I say Ozzy. Ozzy, Ozzy. Oh-oh-oh . [laughter] He knows everything. The last question. What unique element first appeared at the Australian Open and then became standard? Hawkeye, night matches, retractable roofs, timebreak in the final set. Retractable roofs? She just made us all, right? Because [laughter] I lived in the times when retractable roofs weren't everywhere. And I remember that yes, Australia was the first. I remember where even when it was raining, they still played at Ubledon. Everyone was sitting on the hill, everyone was sitting at the US Open, sitting around. So, yes. Yes. That's what Australia is like. Well, the last one Question. What's your favorite Grand Slam tournament? Australia. [applause] [music] [applause] Well, dear friends, the first day of play is over. Aryna Sabalenka and Sasha Gublik, our ambassadors, won their matches. Tomorrow we'll show you what a tennis fan can do here at the Australia Opel. Wait. Bye. [music] เฮ [music]