Arena sabalenka who is currently ranked second in the world has stated that her heart is broken as a result of the demise of her ex-boyfriend who passed away this week it was on Monday in Miami when Constantine colov a former ice hockey player passed away he was 42 years old at the time of his passing the authorities have provided a description of his passing as a apparent suicide an unthinkable tragedy was the phrase that sabalenka who who is 25 years old used to characterize the passing of colov in a statement that she had written on Wednesday in his anticipated that the Belarusian who has triumphed in the singles division at the Grand Slam Tournament on two separate occasions will take part in the Miami open this week constantin's death is an unthinkable tragedy and even though we were no longer together my heart is broken savalen wrote in a message that she posted on Instagram my heart is broken please respect my privacy and his family's privacy during this difficult time according to the schedule sabalenka will compete against Paula badosa of Spain in the second round which is set to take place on Friday on multiple occasions Bosa has referred to the two of them as best friends badosa has indicated that it will be uncomfortable to play the champion of the Australian Open given the current circumstances this will be the case because of the existing conditions it's a very difficult situation the Spaniard who is 26 years old said describing the circumstance not so long ago I had a discussion with another person today the situation was exactly the same at this exact moment I am fully conscious of the entire situation and everything that is taking place that is a little bit shocking for me as well because in the end she is my best friend and and I absolutely do not want her to go through any kind of suffering the last thing I want is for her to go through that this is a very difficult circumstance not only did colov compete for Bellis at the Winter Olympics in 2002 in 2010 but he also spent 3 years playing with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League he was a member of the bouan national team at both of those competitions the Miami day Police Department issued a statement stating that no foul play is suspected after the news of his passing was made public playing against her sabalenka it's also uncomfortable Bosa said after he defeated Simona halop on Tuesday marking Hop's return from a doping sentence halop is a tennis player it had been decided to suspend halop for a certain amount of time as a result of the fact that I have already declared that I will not be addressing it I am not really interested in having a conversation about it anyhow a solemn promise was made to her that she would be my most trusted companion what a strong and impressive woman she is my intuition tells me that she will have the ability to obtain the power from some source with all my heart I am hoping that there will be a fight and more specifically a competitive combat