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):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. 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):

7. Overall:

   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 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)

References

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

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)

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

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