Daria Kasatkina, who has previously voiced concerns about competing in Saudi Arabia as an openly gay tennis player, will feature at the WTA Finals in Riyadh on Thursday. Kasatkina, the Russian world No. 9, is at the event as an alternate and will replace Jessica Pegula of the United States, who withdrew from her final round-robin match against Iga Swiatek with a left knee injury. Pegula, who reached this year’s U.S. Open final, was already eliminated after losing her first two group-stage matche
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