# Talk:Daria Kasatkina

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 21:17, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
I'll have a look at this tennis player's article as well. MWright96 (talk) 21:17, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose):  b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): 
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section):  b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR): 

It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects):  b (focused): 

It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias: 

It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.: 

It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales):  b (appropriate use with suitable captions): 

Overall:
Pass/Fail: 


### Lead
"She cracked the top 10 of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA)" - entered
Changed to "She made her top 10 debut" Sportsfan77777 (talk) 04:58, 11 January 2019 (UTC)


### Early life and background
"located about 1000 km southeast of Moscow." - use the {{convert}} template to cater for readers in countries that use miles to measure in distance
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 04:58, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
"Daria also has an older brother named Alexandr." - should be Kasatkina
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 04:58, 11 January 2019 (UTC)


### Junior career
"Kasatkina was ranked as high as No. 3" - use the  template to No.
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 04:58, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
Wikilink ITF Junior Circuit
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:15, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
Wikilink the first mention of United States to United States Fed Cup team
The senior team is different from the junior team, which doesn't have an article. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:15, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
"she defeated top-seeded Ivana Jorovic in the final," - the top-seed
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:15, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
"They finished runner-up to" - runners-up
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:15, 11 January 2019 (UTC)


### 2013–15: Grand Slam debut, WTA doubles title
"Kasatkina began her professional career with a wild card to compete in qualifying at the 2013 Kremlin Cup." - try Kasatkina began her professional career as a wild card qualifying entrant at the 2013 Kremlin Cup.
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:20, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
Wikilink wild card to Wild card (sports)
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:20, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
Aleksandra Krunic needs an acute accent with the c
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:20, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
"Before the end of the year, Kasatkina then won" - don't need "then" for this piece of text
Removed. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:20, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
"in each of singles and doubles." - in each of the singles and doubles events.
Changed to "Kasatkina won her biggest titles of her career to date in both singles and doubles." Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:20, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
"She was the champion of the ITF $50K singles event at the L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo." - how about She was the L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo ITF $50K singles event champion.
Changed to "In September, she won the L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo ITF $50K singles event." Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:20, 11 January 2019 (UTC)


### 2016: First top ten victory, top 25
"Kasatkina then made her debut at the Australian Open" - try Australian Open debut
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:25, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
"the longest streak on the WTA Tour since 1990." - change the word in bold to stretch for the avoidance close reptition of "streak"
"Stretch" usually refers to a time streak. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:25, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
Also, wikilink 1990 to 1990 WTA Tour
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:25, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
"Kasatkina continued her success at big tournaments" - major
"Major" means "Grand Slam" in tennis. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:25, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
"Kasatkina's last big singles result of the season" - same as above
Same. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:25, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
"Kasatkina ended the season at No. 27 in the world." - the world ranking of No. 27.
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk)


### 2017: First WTA singles title, Kremlin Cup runner-up
"Kasatkina had a much better clay court season on the strength of her first last tournaments" - an improved clay court season on the strgeth of her previous tournaments
Changed to "After struggling on hard courts, Kasatkina had a better clay court season on the strength of her first and last tournaments on the surface." (cut "much" and added a missing "and", which was a typo) Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:27, 11 January 2019 (UTC)


### 2018: Indian Wells final, Kremlin Cup title, Russian No. 1, top 10
"She also had another big result" - major
Same as above. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:33, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
"She defeated No. 2 Wozniacki for the third time this year" - in 2018
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:33, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
"she also cracked the top 10" - entered
Changed to "she also made her top 10 debut". Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:33, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
"in a match where she had to play on short rest" - short amount of rest?
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:33, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
Wikilink tiebreak to Tiebreaker for non-Tennis readers
This tiebreak criteria is different. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:33, 11 January 2019 (UTC)


### 2019
"Kasatkina started new season in Brisbane," - started the new season
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:33, 11 January 2019 (UTC)


### National representation
"Kasatkina did not participate in Fed Cup" - in the Fed Cup
"in Fed Cup" is the correct expression. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:34, 11 January 2019 (UTC)


### Playing style
Wikilink topspin, backhand, forehand, drop shots and groundstrokes to their respective articles for non-Tennis readers
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:35, 11 January 2019 (UTC)


### Coaches
"When Kasatkina was eleven years old, she began being coached by Maxim Prasolov." - Maxim Prasolov began coaching her.
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:36, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
"citing her preference to train away from a big city," - large
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:36, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
"He added that "I insist on" - a comma is missing between "that" and "I"
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:36, 11 January 2019 (UTC)


### Personal life
"Kasatkina's favorite tennis player" - shouldn't that be favourite as it has been written earlier in the article?
Yes. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:37, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
"She prefers to watch men's tennis." - any reasons as to why that is the case?
Added reasons. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:37, 11 January 2019 (UTC)


### Awards and nominations
The WTA Breakthrough of the Month awards and nominations need to have a reliable source(s) added to it
I had meant to cut this section since the awards are not that notable. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:29, 11 January 2019 (UTC)


### References
References 45 is missing the language that the source is written in
Added. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:42, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
References 63, 66 and 71 are missing the publishers of their respective works
Added. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:42, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
Reference 84 is missing the date it was accessed
Added. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:42, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
That's all I have from my read-through. Will put the review on hold for the time being. MWright96 (talk) 12:00, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

@MWright96: Thanks for another review! I addressed all of the points above. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:44, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
@Sportsfan77777: Am satisfied with the changes made. Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 13:48, 11 January 2019 (UTC)