{"id":175531,"date":"2025-09-28T14:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T14:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/175531\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T14:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T14:32:08","slug":"aryna-sabalenka-and-tennis-world-react-to-garbine-muguruzas-pregnancy-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/175531\/","title":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka and Tennis World React to Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza’s Pregnancy Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been almost a year since Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza married Arthur Borge, and now the tennis community has yet another reason to celebrate. The former world No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion announced through social media that she is expecting her first child.<\/p>\n

The heartwarming news sparked a wave of joy and congratulations from fans and fellow players. Here\u2019s what the top-ranked pros, including Aryna Sabalenka, had to say on her special day.<\/p>\n

How Did Aryna Sabalenka and Others React to Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza\u2019s Joyful Pregnancy News?<\/p>\n

Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza revealed her pregnancy through an adorable social-media post alongside her husband, Arthur Borge, sharing photos that hinted at her baby bump and captioning the moment with just one word: \u201cFamily.\u201d The announcement marked a new personal milestone for the two-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1, inviting heartfelt comments from peers.<\/p>\n

The world No. 1 WTA star, Aryna Sabalenka, who recently clinched the US Open title, commented: \u201cCongratulations \ud83d\ude0d\u2764\ufe0f So happy for you\ud83e\udd79\u2764\ufe0f.\u201d<\/p>\n

Conchita Mart\u00ednez, Muguruza\u2019s former coach and a Wimbledon champion herself, kept it simple and affectionate, saying: \u201c\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude18\ud83d\ude18.\u201d<\/p>\n

French player Caroline Garcia, a former world No. 4 and WTA Finals champion, added her congratulations with loving emojis. \u201c\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d congratulations \ud83e\udd79,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\"ArynaAryna Sabalenka, Caroline Garcia and others react to Garbine Muguruza\u2019s post \u2013 via Instagram<\/p>\n

Spanish padel star Martita Ortega also added to the joy, expressing her feelings with an enthusiastic note in Spanish. \u201c\ud83e\udd79\ud83e\udd79\ud83e\udd79\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\u2026 enhorabuena \ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

Muguruza\u2019s announcement comes nearly a year after her wedding to Borge. It follows her retirement from professional tennis in 2024. With her new chapter now underway, the response from colleagues and friends underscores the admiration and warmth she continues to inspire off the court.<\/p>\n

What Are Muguruza\u2019s Ties With Tennis Post-Career Retirement?<\/p>\n

Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza formally announced her retirement from professional tennis on April 20, 2024, after being on an extended break since January 2023. She cited a desire to shift focus to her personal life, saying she was ready to \u201copen this new chapter\u201d and acknowledging that she no longer missed the discipline and grind of tour life.<\/p>\n

Yet her departure has been anything but a full exit: Muguruza has returned to the tennis sphere in a new capacity, hosting Tennis Channel\u2019s VIP Tennis Lounge series. She reflected on the change, admitting<\/a>, \u201cAt the beginning, I never thought that I was going to come back here so quickly. I was like, \u2018Okay, I\u2019m retiring. Bye everybody!\u2019 But only for a little bit, you know? Like, I don\u2019t want to see a tennis ball for maybe three, four years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut then, I don\u2019t know. I think that tennis wants me back! And this; it\u2019s what I know. It\u2019s a part of me; it\u2019s in my heart. So I\u2019m happy to be here again,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

As she steps into media, ambassadorial, and organisational roles, Muguruza\u2019s involvement in tennis continues to grow. In mid-2024,\u00a0she was named tournament director for the WTA Finals in Riyadh. Through this and her new presence on platforms like Tennis Channel, she\u2019s positioning herself as both a steward and a storyteller of the sport she once dominated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been almost a year since Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza married Arthur Borge, and now the tennis community has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-175531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}