Talk:Daria Kasatkina/GA1

GA Review
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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)
 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * 1) 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):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) 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):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 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 undefined 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)