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Daria Kasatkina raised the problems and doubts that have been linked to the distribution of videos, interviews and highlights by WTA. The broadcast on social media and YouTube was supported by Tennis TV, but now the platform for women’s tennis is undergoing a schism.
The Russian tennis player criticized the WTA for what happened, sparing no harsh words.
“I wouldn’t separate the WTA from TennisTV. It used to be different, but now WTA TV is one of the worst platforms: you can’t even find it by doing a web search.
Tennis TV is the best, they promote tennis very well. The potential is enormous. It seems like they don’t intentionally promote women’s tennis, and that’s very disappointing. If you look at the WTA’s TikTok profile, it was created in 2020 during COVID-19 and the latest video was posted at that time.
After all, the WTA has the channel and the fans, it just needs to make this machine work. What’s wrong with them? To be honest, I can’t answer that question,” said the Russian player on Elis Kostik’s podcast and in an interview published in the Telegraph.
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