Daria Kasatkina serves against Naomi Osaka of Japan in their women's singles third-round match during Day Six of the 2024 Italian Open, May 11, 2024 at Foro Italico in Rome. Dan Istitene/Getty Images ...

For the first half-dozen years of her pro career, Russian-born Daria Kasatkina was an ascending tennis player, not known for being political or particularly outspoken. Then, in February 2022 ...