Aryna Sabalenka was crowned the champion of the 2024 Australian Open on January 27 and received heartfelt congratulations from her boyfriend, Konstantin Koltsov.
Sabalenka was the No. 2 seed and the defending champion at Melbourne. She did not drop any set throughout the competition and easily swept aside her rival in the title contest, No. 12 seed Zheng Qinwen. The Belarusian applied a clinical finish to her spotless record at the 2024 Australian Open, downing Zheng in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2.
Sabalenka won the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup for the second consecutive year and received AUD 3,150,000 in prize money along with global praise. Her boyfriend Konstantin Kotlsov, posted a photo on Instagram congratulating Sabalenka on her triumph.
“Congratulations again my love,” Konstantin Koltsov wrote in an Instagram Story
Aryna Sabalenka and Konstantin Koltsov’s relationship became public knowledge in June 2021. They both hail from Minsk, Belarus. Koltsov is a former ice hockey player who has represented Belarus at the 2002 and the 2010 Winter Olympics.