{"id":678945,"date":"2026-05-19T04:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/678945\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T04:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:43:10","slug":"tennis-star-aryna-sabalenka-opens-up-about-ex-boyfriends-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/678945\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis star Aryna Sabalenka opens up about ex-boyfriend’s suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the most recent\u00a0edition of\u00a0Vogue\u00a0magazine<\/a>, women\u2019s tennis star Aryna Sabalenka discussed the suicide of her ex-boyfriend Konstantin Koltsov.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was fighting with the cop \u2014 like, I couldn\u2019t accept it,\u201d Sabalenka told the fashion magazine in her most recent cover story published on May 18.<\/p>\n

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Reports at the time stated that a man had jumped off a balcony at the St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort in Miami on March 18, 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo foul play is suspected,\u201d the Miami-Dade Police Department said in a statement the following day. The ex-NHLer was 42 at the time of his death.<\/p>\n

The Belarusian tennis ace learned of Koltsov\u2019s death the same day, when Miami police approached her on the practice courts.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Competed in match less than one week after death<\/p>\n

Since there is no definitive handbook on how to deal with the grieving process, Sabalenka forged ahead and played in the Miami Open less than a week after the incident.<\/p>\n

She beat Spain\u2019s Paula Badosa in the round of 64 on March 22.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t know if there\u2019s any clich\u00e9 about how you\u2019re supposed to grieve,\u201d she told Vogue.<\/p>\n

The Grand Slam champion then went on to lose in the third round to Anhelina Kalinina of the Ukraine the next day.<\/p>\n

In the aftermath of her on-court setback, Sabalenka smashed her racket and canceled her press conference, prompting online criticism for her immediate return so soon after Koltsov\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like in this situation, there is no right and wrong,\u201d she said. \u201cWe all need different things. For me, going back to work is the only way. I\u2019m 28, but sometimes I think I\u2019ve had everything in life that you could imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n

In August of the same year, Sabalenka told the\u00a0Independent<\/a> that taking a break after Koltsov\u2019s death would have been the proper thing to do at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking back, I definitely think that I should have just stopped and just separated myself from tennis, just have a little break, recharge and start things over again,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Koltsov played 144 NHL games, spread over three seasons, with the Pittsburgh Penguins. His last professional team was Minsk Dynamo in the KHL. Koltsov was also a forward with the Belarus national team at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

Currently, Sabalenka is dating Oakberry founder Georgios Frangulis. The pair got engaged in March of this year.<\/p>\n

Oakberry is a quick-service food chain that specializes in 100% natural a\u00e7a\u00ed bowls and smoothies.<\/p>\n

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