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[Music] aren sabalenka defeated her good friend Paula Bosa at the Miami open arena sabalenka defeated best friend Paula Bosa at the Miami open and what was her first match since the tragic death of her ex-boyfriend Constantine colov the Belarusian ice hockey player passed away on Monday in Miami with local police later ruling his death and apparent suicide and Sabal Lanka shared a touching moment with her friend and rival after winning 6463 sabalenka 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 Bosa the former world number two and one of her closest friends the match was her first since her ex-boyfriend colov passed away earlier this week sabalenka and Bosa 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 sabalenka 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 Bosa who shared a heartwarming moment with her opponent at the conclus clusion of the match the pair embraced each other as the Spaniard complimented sabalenka on her level ahead of the match world number 80 Bosa admitted that it was uncomfortable facing sabalenka after a difficult week following her first round win on Tuesday she was asked whether she had spoken with the Belarusian following Cav's death I mean I don't want to talk about it but of course as I said before she's one of my best friends yesterday I spoke with her a lot of time this morning the same so I know what she's going through Bosa said I know the entire situation what is happening that for me is a little bit shocking also to go through that because at the end she's my best friend and I don't want her to suffer it's a very tough situation at the same point playing against her it's also uncomfortable yeah but I don't really want to talk about it because I said I am not going to talk about it she's my best friend and I promise that I am going to stay like this [Music] sorry [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] o [Music] [Music] [Music] o