{"id":417035,"date":"2026-02-10T00:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/417035\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T00:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:29:10","slug":"rangers-legend-graeme-souness-spotted-with-tennis-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/417035\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers legend Graeme Souness spotted with tennis star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Avid tennis fan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/topics\/graeme-souness\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Souness<\/a> crossed paths with women&#8217;s world number one tennis star Aryna Sabalenka and posted a picture of them together on Instagram.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The pair were all smiles as he joked that they could be the &#8220;new mixed doubles partnership&#8221; at Wimbledon this year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Souness captioned the post: &#8220;A pleasure to meet the number 1 ranked women\u2019s tennis player, Aryna Sabalenko.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;New mixed doubles partnership coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wimbledon.com\/index.html?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wimbledon<\/a> this summer\u2026?&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Fans of the two sporting heroes were quick to flock to the comments, one said: &#8220;What a pairing!!!&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Another joked: &#8220;Great pic sir, I&#8217;m sure she will let you be ball boy.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  While a third added: &#8220;What an absolute winner!! Brilliant athlete, aggressive, Strong character never gives in, very talented, oh and there\u2019s souness anaw.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ NEXT:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Souness was a player-manager for\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/topics\/rangers\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ibrox side<\/a> from 1986 to 1991, leading the club to three Scottish titles and four league cups.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Souness is widely regarded as one of the most influential midfielders in British football during the late 1970s and early 1980s.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He was at the heart of Liverpool\u2019s midfield, and captained the club to multiple league titles and three European Cups, and won 54 caps for Scotland, many of them as captain.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Aryna Sabalenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player from Minsk and a multiple Grand Slam singles champion who has established herself as one of the dominant figures on the WTA Tour in the 2020s.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Known for her powerful serve, aggressive baseline hitting and combative on-court presence, she first rose to world No. 1 in singles in 2023 and has also held the No. 1 ranking in doubles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Avid tennis fan Souness crossed paths with women&#8217;s world number one tennis star Aryna Sabalenka and posted a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-417035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}