On the Tuesday before the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, Aryna Sabalenka, wearing a black crop top and wide-leg jeans, waltzed into the St. Regis for a grand-slam kickoff party hosted by Maestro Dobel, the official tequila of the U.S. Open that she represents.
After spending a few minutes playing a video game of herself playing tennis, she lounged in a back room decorated with floral wallpaper and velvet chairs, leisurely sipping the Marg-Aryna, a margarita made in her honor. “I like tequila; I feel like it’s much better on the body,” she says. She especially likes drinking reposado tequila. “You just sip it as a whiskey or Cognac, but it has a better taste, and the next day you feel great.”