Daria Kasatkina reacts to Anett Kontaveit's hilarious fail, as player blanks completely during tennis players' name challenge

Daria Kasatkina (in pic), and Anett Kontaveit

Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina recently reacted to a video of Estonian Anett Kontaveit struggling to name any player whose surname starts with A, B, C, D or E.

In a video posted by the ATP Tour, players took part in the A-Z Challenge where they were asked to state surnames of players past or present for each letter of the alphabet.

In the video, players like Frances Tiafoe, Dominic Thiem, Maria Sakkari, Aryna Sabalenka, Casper Ruud and Anett Kontaveit were all seen giving the game a go.

Hilariously, Kontaveit was facing problems from the very first alphabet.

"I'm trying to think of a name already, I am struggling," Kontaveit said.

Kontaveit struggled with the next two letters B and C as well, unlike other players who came up with a name sooner or later.

"Literally, my brain just shuts down, wait okay C, it's not that hard," the Estonian said.

For 'D' players came up with the names of Nikolay Davydenko, Novak Djokovic and Grigor Dimitrov while Kontaveit was still unable to register a name.

"I mean I don't know I can't think of any players, I mean what is tennis? I can't even remember," she exclaimed.

The game ended for the Estonian after being unable to come up with any names for E as well.

Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina, who also took part in the challenge and has teamed up with Kontaveit for doubles in many tournaments, reposted the video to her Instagram story and mocked the Estonian's performance in the challenge.

"@anett_kontaveit legend ," she captioned the story.

A look at Anett Kontaveit's best moments of her tennis career

Estonian Anett Kontaveit turned pro in 2010. She reached a career-high ranking of World No. 2 in June last year, making her the first Estonian player, male or female, to achieve this ranking.

In 2021, Kontaveit qualified for the WTA Finals, making her the first Estonian player to do so. She made it to the finals of the tournament where she was defeated by Spain's Garbine Muguruza 6-3, 7-5.

Kontaveit has won six WTA titles on tour. In 2017, she won the Ricoh Open which made her a WTA top 40 player.

Kontaveit won four WTA titles in 2021. She won the Tennis in the Land tournament in Cleaveland, her second title. She then won the J & T Banka Ostrava Open without losing a set in the process. She also went on to win the Kremlin Cup and Transylvania Open, marking her third and fourth title wins of the year.

Her best result in Grand Slams came at the 2020 Australian Open, where she reached the quarterfinals.

Edited by Siddharth Dhananjay