Sri Lanka, April 30 -- One of the few openly gay players on the WTA Tour, Daria Kasatkina, says she has been assured about her safety if she qualifies for the season-ending WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia.
The WTA Finals will be staged in Riyadh for the first time this November, with the 26-year-old Russian in contention to qualify.
Human Rights Watch told the BBC that Saudi courts had convicted people for promoting homosexuality online.
Speaking at the Madrid Open after her third-round victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Kasatkina said she has no qualms in travelling to the Middle Eastern country, which secured the end of season tournament for the next three years.
"I've been given guarantees that I'm going to be fine," the world No.11 s...