Daria Kasatkina, once Russia’s top-ranked women’s player, marries Natalia Zabiiako, a figure skater who won Olympic silver for Russia’s squad in 2018
Daria Kasatkina, the Russian-born tennis player who now competes for Australia, has married figure skater Natalia Zabiiako, a silver medalist in the team event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Kasatkina is ranked No. 63 in the world. The couple announced the marriage on Instagram.
The ceremony was held in Athens, where same-sex marriage has been legal since 2024. The guest list included tennis players from Russia and Ukraine.
In March 2025, Kasatkina began competing for Australia, and in January 2026 she received Australian citizenship. Zabiiako, who was born in Tallinn and skated for Estonia until 2014, competed for Russia from 2015 to 2020 with Alexander Enbert. The pair won team silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics as part of the Olympic Athletes from Russia squad, which competed under a neutral flag because of Russia’s doping ban. In the pairs competition, they finished seventh.
Kasatkina came out publicly in 2022 and identified Zabiiako as her partner.
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