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Major twist: Latest reports claim Sabalenka’s boyfriend committed suicide in Miami

While recent reports from Belarusian media claimed that a blood clot caused the untimely death of Aryna Sabalenka’s boyfriend Konstantin Koltsov, the latest information reveals that the former hockey player committed suicide!

Sabalenka with boyfriend Koltsov

Koltsov regularly attended tennis tournaments around the world to support his girlfriend, so he also accompanied her in Miami as she was supposed to play the Miami Open tournament as the second seed. On Tuesday, the sports world was stunned to learn of his passing at the age of 42, a tragedy confirmed by the Russian club Salavat Yulaev.