In Pictures: Aryna Sabalenka glams up for date night in Abu Dhabi with 2 surprise guestsÂ
Aryna Sabalenka shared a sneak peek of her dinner date with her boyfriend Georgios Frangulis' daughter and another guest. The player concluded her 2024 season after competing in the WTA Finals.
The player is currently gearing up for her 2025 season in Dubai and this week shared a glimpse of her date night with two guests. She shared a post on Instagram, striking poses in a short black dress, and also shared some pictures with her boyfriend's daughter, in which the two struck cute poses in front of the camera, and the last photo of this post showed Sabalenka posing with a friend.
The Belarusian had a notable 2024 as she won multiple titles this year, starting with the Australian Open, where she bested several top-notch players such as Brenda Fruhvirtova, Lesia Tsurenko, Amanda Anisimova, Barbora Krejcikova, and Coco Gauff, to advance to the final. She beat Qin Wen Zheng in the final, dominating the match and winning 6-3, 6-2.
Following this, she continued her dominance by winning the Cincinnati Masters, the US Open, and the Wuhan Open. At the end of this year, she achieved the year-end World No. 1 ranking despite failing to win the WTA Finals.
Aryna Sabalenka opened up about winning the year-end World No.1 title
Aryna Sabalenka won the year-end World No. 1 ranking for the first time in her career and opened up about winning the title, in her appearance last month on the "Served with Andy Roddick' podcast. The Belarusian said that she was not focused on the award and was instead keeping her mind on her game. She said,
"Honestly, I wasn't really focusing on like, World No. 1 ranking and what should I do to like to finish the year as World No. 1? You know, I didn't do that math, you know, I was like, whatever. In an interview, they asked me like, 'do you know what you have to do to finish the year as world number one?' I was like, 'No, and don't tell me, please, I don't want to know that.' I just wanted to focus on my tennis and just stay focused" (at 7:30).
During the Wimbledon Championships 2024, Aryna Sabalenka was in the fourth position with 4,466 points on the WTA ranking, before she pulled out from the tournament, citing an injury. Following this, the player won multiple major tournaments, finding her way back to the top spot in the WTA rankings.