Talk:Daria Kasatkina

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 21:17, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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

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[edit]

"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)[reply]

Early life and background[edit]

"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)[reply]
"Daria also has an older brother named Alexandr." - should be Kasatkina
- Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 04:58, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Junior career[edit]

"Kasatkina was ranked as high as No. 3" - use the template to No.
- Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 04:58, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Wikilink ITF Junior Circuit
- Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:15, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
"she defeated top-seeded Ivana Jorovic in the final," - the top-seed
- Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:15, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
"They finished runner-up to" - runners-up
- Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:15, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2013–15: Grand Slam debut, WTA doubles title[edit]

"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)[reply]
Wikilink wild card to Wild card (sports)
- Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:20, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Aleksandra Krunic needs an acute accent with the c
- Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:20, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
"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)[reply]
"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)[reply]
"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)[reply]

2016: First top ten victory, top 25[edit]

"Kasatkina then made her debut at the Australian Open" - try Australian Open debut
- Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:25, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
"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)[reply]
Also, wikilink 1990 to 1990 WTA Tour
- Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:25, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
"Kasatkina continued her success at big tournaments" - major
- "Major" means "Grand Slam" in tennis. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:25, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
"Kasatkina's last big singles result of the season" - same as above
- Same. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:25, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
"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[edit]

"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)[reply]

2018: Indian Wells final, Kremlin Cup title, Russian No. 1, top 10[edit]

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

2019[edit]

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

National representation[edit]

"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)[reply]

Playing style[edit]

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)[reply]

Coaches[edit]

"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)[reply]
"citing her preference to train away from a big city," - large
- Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:36, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
"He added that "I insist on" - a comma is missing between "that" and "I"
- Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:36, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Personal life[edit]

"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)[reply]
"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)[reply]

Awards and nominations[edit]

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)[reply]

References[edit]

References 45 is missing the language that the source is written in
- Added. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:42, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
References 63, 66 and 71 are missing the publishers of their respective works
- Added. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:42, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Reference 84 is missing the date it was accessed
- Added. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:42, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

@MWright96: Thanks for another review! I addressed all of the points above. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 05:44, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Sportsfan77777: Am satisfied with the changes made. Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 13:48, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]