Anastasia Potapova on Sunday played down fans’ reactions over similarities between the announcement of her nationality switch and that of fellow Russian-born player Daria Kasatkina, saying there was nothing wrong with borrowing “perfect words”.
In December, the world number 55 switched international allegiance to Austria and posted about it on social media, with sharp-eyed fans quickly spotting striking similarities to Kasatkina’s announcement from when she began representing Australia.
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