Amitabh Srivastava
Aryna Sabalenka, who recently once again became the number one player in the world of tennis, had a very painful past. She wanted to quit tennis after her boyfriend’s suicide. There were many reasons like lover’s suicide, fitness problem, overcoming which Sabalenka again came on the tennis court and now again stands at the threshold of number one. Why did the person she loved commit suicide? It’s still a puzzle.
Aryna Sabalenka, who reached the top spot in the WTA rankings by defeating Iga Swiatek, has laid the foundation for an exciting end to this season. The WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia next month could prove decisive in the race to finish the year as world number one. She was once in love with ice hockey star Koltsov, 42. She used to post pictures with her boyfriend on social media. She spent holidays with him, regardless of the fact that her lover was also the father of three children. There was an uproar when the lover died in Miami on March 18, 2024. It turns out that Koltsov’s lover died by suicide. He was in Florida at the time to support Sabalenka at the Miami Open. However, tennis player Sabalenka said she was not with Koltsov at the time of his death. Although Sabalenka and Koltsov had kept their romance away from the limelight, the former ice hockey player was seen several times at the tennis star’s matches. Sabalenka, who appeared in Netflix’s Break Point tennis docuseries, won her first Grand Slam women’s singles title at the 2023 Australian Open. When the athlete achieved her second consecutive Australian Open win in January 2024, Koltsov celebrated on Instagram, writing, ‘Congratulations again my love.’ Last August 2024, Sabalenka revealed that she wanted to quit tennis after Koltsov’s death. She admitted that ‘she was also struggling a lot from health point of view.’ He said, ‘Looking back I definitely feel that I should have stopped playing tennis and distanced myself from tennis. But this was not done and just a month later Sabalenka won the US Open in New York City. Sabalenka has now recovered from her boyfriend’s death and is dating her new boyfriend, Oakberry founder Georgios Prangulis.
Who is the international crush?
Kerr makes ups and downs by becoming a quarter-century.
The New Zealand team, which became the world champion in women’s cricket, has a player who is considered an international crush because she is the most liked cricket player in the world. As beautiful as she looks, her game is equally beautiful, due to which the Kiwi team has won the T20 World Cup by defeating South Africa. This beauty has created ups and downs in the entire tournament by being a 1.25 ser. He wreaked havoc by showing amazing skills with bat and ball. In the final, when the Kiwi team seemed to be on the verge of defeat, Kerr performed wonders with the ball and took 3 wickets for 24 runs. His leg spin devastated South Africa’s middle order. This made it difficult for the African team to chase the target. Kerr was named ‘Player of the Match’ and ‘Player of the Tournament’ in the final. Amelia Kerr comes from a cricketing family. His grandfather Bruce Murray played Test cricket for New Zealand. His sister Jess Kerr is also part of the national team. Cricket is an integral part of his family. Apart from scoring 2,082 runs in 74 ODI matches for New Zealand, Amelia has also taken 91 wickets. His highest score in ODI is 232. She has scored 1,296 runs and taken 93 wickets in 85 T20 matches.
(The author is a senior sports journalist and commentator.)
