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\u201cI can finally call him something else\u2026 FIANC\u00c9 \ud83d\udc8d,\u201d Sabalenka wrote.<\/p>\n
Her caption appeared to be a callback to a joke<\/a> she made after successfully defending her title at the Brisbane International in January.<\/p>\n “\u201cThank you to my boyfriend\u2026 Hopefully, soon I can call you something else. Let us put some extra pressure. I looked at my boyfriend. No pressure!” the 27-year-old joked during her speech.<\/p>\n Aryna Sabalenkaspeaks to the media during BNP Paribas OpenJayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/p>\n (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n Family members, friends, and figures from different industries sent their well-wishes to the couple in the comments section. Among them were actress Lily Collins, the official Instagram accounts of the Women’s Tennis<\/a> Association and Association of Tennis Professionals tours, Fabio Quartararo of the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team, model Abbey Clancy, and Jerry Rice.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n “Congrats GOATS,” wrote Rice in his comment.<\/p>\n Rice being there is surprising as there’s no documented interaction between him and Sabalenka. That’s greatness recognizing greatness. Rice himself is a Hall of Fame member in the National Football League. Sabalenka is still young to be in the HOF but she already accomplished a lot even if she has just entered her peak.<\/p>\n As for his romantic life, the former San Francisco 49ers<\/a> star’s record is not really good<\/a> although he has been part of long-term relationships.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Rice was married to his first wife Jackie Mitchell since from 1987 to 2009 and together they had three kids – Jaqui, Jerry Jr. and Jada. They divorced and Rice got married again in 2019 to Latisha Pelayo.<\/p>\n He also fathered a son with Djakarta Edwards. The kid, named Brenden, grew up to be a good football player and is currently playing as wide receiver for the Las Vegas Raiders<\/a>.<\/p>\n Related: Lindsey Vonn Reacts to Aryna Sabalenka’s Life-Changing Announcement<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Mar 6, 2026, where it first appeared in the NFL<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Current World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka is embracing a new chapter in her life after announcing her engagement…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[6005,49,48,204690,144122,26916,55472,204689,1736,122341,514,948,82],"class_list":["post-517849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-aryna-sabalenka","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-frangulis","tag-georgios-frangulis","tag-instagram-post","tag-jerry-rice","tag-konstantin-koltsov","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-lily-collins","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517849","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=517849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Aryna](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dea5e5e44fdaa00bb920e8ea95ff72a0.jpeg\"\/)
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