Daria Kasatkina comes out as gay and speaks out against Russian attitudes

• Russia's No 1 female tennis player is in relationship with woman
• Kasatkina: Living in peace with yourself is all that matters'

Daria Kasatkina, Russia's highest-ranked female tennis player, has come out as gay in a video interview posted online on Monday.

The current world No 12 told Russian blogger Vitya Kravchenko that she is in a relationship with a woman and found living in the closet" impossible. Kasatkina, who is not currently based in Russia, also posted pictures on Instagram with her girlfriend, the figure skater Natalia Zabiiako.