As Aryna Sabalenka is trying to come to terms with the death of her boyfriend, Konstantin Koltsov, at the age of just 42, media questioning the players about it has made tennis fans uncomfortable and criticized their role in not leave the subject aside.
Sabalenka will play Open from Miami the following week, despite the fact that Koltsov, who was with her at the time, had committed an “apparent suicide,” according to Miami-Dade police. But Caroline Wozniacki and even her best friend, Paula Badosa, who she faces in the next round, were questioned on the subject without specifically naming Sabalenka.
But tennis fans were not at all happy with the questions asked. “Can’t they be that intrusive?” we wrote. “I mean, what do you expect players to say about another player’s personal life and pain? It seems like these questions are just bait to grab headlines since the tragedy is unfortunately a trending topic,” wrote another.
While another said he even complained to the tournament that these questions were asked in the first place. “I wrote to the Miami Open about this. It is appalling that they would allow questions to other players about a personal matter regarding someone who changed the sport AND decided to stay in the tournament, which will only benefit her results. THE LEAST they could do is give her (and those who know her) the space they all need.”
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