hello everyone and welcome back to sky world Arina sabalenka has touching moment with bza in first match since ex-boyfriend's death Arina sabinka defeated her good friend Paula bza at the Miami open Marina sabinka defeated best friend Paula bza at the Miami open in what was her first match since the tragic death of her ex-boyfriend Constantine kov the Bell Russian ice hockey player passed away on Monday in Miami with local police later ruling his death and apparent suicide and sabinka shared a touching moment with her friend and rival after winning 64 63 Marina Sabal Linker Advanced to the third round of the Miami open on Friday after making the courageous decision to compete in the tournament the second seed received a buy and came up against bza the former world number two and one of her closest friends the match was her first since her ex-boyfriend cof passed away earlier this week Sabal Linka and bza stepped out onto the court 7 hours late due to a rain delay and fist pumped each other at the net before starting the match it was a strong serving day for Sabal Linka who won in an hour and 23 minutes the two-time Australian Open Champion received a lot of love from the crowd smiling when a fan shouted their support before a point and she also felt the love from bza who shared a heartwarming moment with her opponent at the conclusion of the match the pair embraced each other as the Spaniard complimented sabalenka on her level ahead of the match World know iy barder admitted that it was uncomfortable facing sabalo after a difficult week following her first round win on Tuesday she was asked whether she had SP spoken with the belarussian following CD