Tennis star Aryna Sabalenka continues to be aiming to play within the Miami Open later this week, regardless of the dying of her boyfriend, Konstantin Koltsov. Koltsov, who was an expert hockey participant, died in Miami in what the Miami-Dade Police Division are calling an “obvious suicide.”
Sabalenka, 25, is the No. 2 seed within the Miami Open, and is scheduled to face the winner of Tuesday’s match between Simona Halep and Paula Badosa on Friday. She acquired a first-round bye within the match.
Koltsov participated within the 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics as he represented his residence nation of Belarus. The winger was chosen with the No. 18 decide within the 1999 NHL Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins, and spent three seasons with the franchise.
Koltsov retired from the game again in 2016, and was an assistant coach with Salavat Yulaev Ufa in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League.
“The Penguins prolong their deepest condolences to the household and buddies of former Penguins ahead, Konstantin Koltsov,” the staff said in a statement on Tuesday.
Sabalenka additionally misplaced her father, Sergey, in 2019 when he died on the age of 43. Sergey Sabalenka was additionally a former hockey participant.
She is at the moment ranked because the No. 2 participant on the planet, and has received the Australian Open in each 2023 and 2024.
