Daria Kasatkina says women’s Slam matches are ‘more interesting’ than men’s

Daria Kasatkina says women’s Grand Slam matches have become ‘more interesting’ to follow than men’s.

On the ATP Tour, the Grand Slam stage has been dominated by Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner for the past two years, with each winning four Majors since 2024.

In the women’s game, five different players have won a Grand Slam title since 2024: Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Madison Keys and Barbora Krejcikova.

Some argue that the dominance of Alcaraz and Sinner has made the men’s Majors “boring” and that there is much more excitement in following the women’s Slams because of the greater variety of champions.

However, Kasatkina did not use that statement when she made her point. Instead, the 2022 French Open semi-finalist believes that, if you look at an entire tournament, more women’s than men’s matches feature high-level tennis and drama.

Kasatkina: The women’s matches have been more interesting than the men’s matches at the last few Grand Slams

“The level is so high, to be honest. I’ll probably get a lot of criticism for this, but I don’t care. I think the women’s matches have been more interesting than the men’s in the last few Grand Slams,” Kasatkina said on The Sit-Down.

“But because men only play best of five in the final because of the last match [people] remember it. For example, Sinner versus Alcaraz in the Roland Garros final was incredible. It was a great match. But the tournament the two weeks before was not as entertaining as the final.

“And with the girls, unfortunately, they can’t remember the matches for the whole two weeks because the final wasn’t that entertaining… So in my opinion we can’t judge the women’s tour based on just the final of the Grand Slams that they play.”

This year, Kasatkina’s Grand Slam year included round of 16 appearances at the Australian Open and the French Open, and consecutive third-round exits at Wimbledon and the US Open.