​Aryna Sabalenko is going through difficult times, the champion of the Australian Open lost her boyfriend on Tuesday: Kostiantyn Koltsov died at the age of only 42. The athlete’s father (also a former hockey player) died at the age of 43 at the end of 2019.

Aryna SabalenkoPhoto: Manu Fernandez/AP/Profimedia

The series of tragic events for Sabalenka seems to be endless. At the end of 2019, Arina divorced her father.

Serhiy, who was also his coach, would die only at the age of 43 from a heart attack.

Some time after this painful episode, Arina talked about the promise she made to her dear father: to win at least two Grand Slam tournaments under the age of 26.

The goal was achieved in January of this year, when Sabalenko lifted the Australian Open cup for the second time in her career.

In fact, Arina kept the promise given to her father at the “last call” until she was 26 years old. Athletes from Belarus will reach this age on May 5.

“It was very important for me to fulfill this promise, it was my dream, but I still have a lot to achieve, a lot of goals that I didn’t have before.

Now I can look back and see that all the work of so many years was worth it, that I was on the right path.

My father was my biggest motivation, he was everything to me, but now I have my mother, sister and grandmothers, I have to think about them.

I feel that my dad is always there, I am very grateful to him for everything he has done for me, if it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be here now.

I’m where I need to be, that’s the most important thing” – Aryna Sabalenkoafter winning the 2024 Australian Open.

Soon, on April 17 to be precise, Kostyantyn Koltsov, also a former hockey player, like Aryna’s father, would have turned 43 years old.

According to People magazine, the relationship of Sabalenka and Koltsov first became known in June 2021, and the second racket of the world often published their joint photos on her Instagram account.

We remind you that Aina Sabalenko should play in the second round of WTA Miami (1000 category competition) with the winner of the match between Simona Halep and Paula Bados (the match will take place on Tuesday, around 22:00 Romanian time – LiveBLOG on HotNews.ro).

Given what happened, it is expected that Sabalenka will announce the arrest in the next few hours.