Arantxa Sanchez Vicario was once had the world at her feet, being a four-time grand slam champion and World No.1. Now, the tennis icon finds herself bankrupt and struggling, all thanks to a betrayal from the man she once loved.<\/p>\n
Vicario has held her former husband responsible for the loss of her reported 31 million pounds fortune. The four-time Grand Slam singles champion was married to entrepreneur Josep Santacana from 2008 until their divorce in 2019.<\/p>\n
Vicario and Santacana have two kids together.<\/p>\n
\u201cI trusted him because he was the father of my children,” said Vicario on Spanish TV show Universo Callejo, as quoted by the Sun.<\/p>\n
\u201cI fell blindly in love, and he really isn\u2019t the person I thought he was.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sanchez Vicario and Santacana stood trial in 2023 on charges of concealing assets to avoid repaying a debt to the Bank of Luxembourg. The former tennis star received a suspended two-year prison sentence and was ordered to repay 5.5 million pounds.<\/p>\n
Vicario said that she never handled her own finances and trusted her husband with it. However, the alleged betrayal from Santacana has now left her to shoulder the entire burden.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s true, that\u2019s the amount that appeared in the press.”<\/p>\n
\u201cI focused on playing tennis and never handled my own financial affairs because I didn\u2019t know how.”<\/p>\n
\u201cI trusted my husband And the (31 million) vanished. I was left to shoulder the entire burden.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vicario said she is currently paying 50 percent of her earning to the bank to avoid jail time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did not go to jail because I am paying 50 per cent of my earnings to the bank.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am complying when deep down I was a victim.\u201d<\/p>\n
‘HAD TO GO TO THERAPY’<\/p>\n
Vicario said that she had to take up therapy to get over the trauma from the ordeal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a shock. I had to go to therapy because I couldn\u2019t believe it. It was like waking up from a dream and thinking, \u2018This can\u2019t be happening to me,’\u201d said Vicario.<\/p>\n