Aryna Sabalenka breaks rackets in Miami Open loss in second match after boyfriend death

arena sabalenka is out of the Miami open after suffering an upset defeat at the hands of anhelina kalinina in round three Arena sabalenka a tennis player struggled in her match against anhelina kalinina at the Miami open round of 32 on Saturday losing 4 66 1 1 6 at the conclusion of an intense week the bellerian player shattered her racket in Rage with her ex-boyfriend Constantine colof dead sabalenka was striving to make it through the competition while carrying a sad heart playing on big stages against these elite players is always difficult Ukrainian player kalinina remarked following the game as reported by the telegraph today was really tough with nerves but I managed in the tough moments to deal with it following the game sabalenka and kalinina did not shake hands as has been customary amongst players from Russia barus and Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian conflict in that country the world's second ranked player found out earlier in the week that her ex-boyfriend had passed away by apparent suicide colof was 42 after that she made a statement regarding his passing Constantine's death is an unthinkable tragedy and while we were no longer together my heart is broken she posted to her Instagram account please respect my privacy and his family's privacy during this difficult time she wore black to every match at the Miami open and avoided speaking with media

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