Tennis
Suitable for fathers. The best tennis player in the world took away the father of three children from the family
The lovers hid from prying eyes for a long time, but declassified the relationship and found happiness.
Over the past two years, Arina Sobolenko has changed dramatically: she won her first Grand Slam tournament and became one of the strongest tennis players in the world. The athlete does not hide the fact that such an impressive progress would not have been without the huge support of her lover, hockey player Konstantin Koltsov.
However, a couple of years ago, Koltsov was happily married and did not even think about an affair with a bright tennis player. Did Sobolenko take the man away from the family?
Took her husband away from the family
After a long romantic relationship with the Belarusian hockey player Artyom Bozhko, Arina decided to focus on her sports career, and she preferred not to talk about her personal life. Only a year later, the tennis player announced her engagement, but hid the identity of her lover from the public. And five months later, Sobolenko got into an unpleasant scandal – they said that she took her husband away from the family.
In April, it became known that Konstantin Koltsov was divorcing his wife Yulia: the woman posted a long post on her social networks, where she said that their marriage could not stand the coronavirus, the birth of a child and the former hockey player’s lack of work. Julia also turned to all the girls, writing that hanging on other people’s husbands is mean, and noted Arina.
Subscribers began to deeply empathize with Koltsov’s ex-wife and sling mud at the Belarusian tennis player, although there was no evidence of an affair between Konstantin and Arina. Athletes crossed paths in public only once – at the scandalous opening of a restaurant near the Lebyazhy nature reserve in Minsk. But the young people did not have common photographs.
The former hockey player decided to shed light on the situation. Koltsov asked to leave Sobolenko alone, saying that she had nothing to do with his divorce.
“It’s impossible not to love her!”
After that, everything calmed down a bit: Arina continued to develop her sports career, and Konstantin got a job at the hockey club. Only with the beginning of the new season began to appear hints at the relationship of the couple. The tennis player began to be noticed more and more often at the matches of the Minsk Dynamo, where Koltsov was just working. The girl was sitting in the stands, chatting nicely with the fans and, smiling brightly, showed off her personalized jersey.
In 2021, the lovers finally told the world about their relationship. Konstantin accompanied Arina to the main tournaments of the season. The hockey player was noticed in the Sobolenko box during the competition in Rome, where the athlete lost to the American Corey Gauff and interrupted a series of seven victories in the tour. And after a couple of weeks, Koltsov went with his lover to Roland Garros. Arina already lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the third round and went to drink wine with Konstantin in the city of love – Paris. The lovers had a fun weekend: they walked around the city, got acquainted with the sights and tried French cuisine. After that, it became clear that everything was serious between them.
– She is an incredibly gentle, vulnerable, loving and worried person who is impossible not to love! It’s impossible not to love her! Koltsov wrote on his social networks.
Now Konstantin occasionally appears on the athlete’s social networks: while Arina is performing at tournaments, the hockey player works at Ak Bars. But at any opportunity, the couple spends time together and delights fans with happy pictures. Neither distance nor a big age difference (Arina is 17 years younger than Konstantin) became an obstacle for lovers.
Author: Xenia Antonova
Source: Sportbox
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Tennis
Yulia Starodubtseva – Ayla Tomlyanovich. Prediction and announcement for the Australian Open match
On November 19, Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 110) and Ayla Tomljanovic (WTA 76) will start competing at the Australian Open.
The meeting is planned to start at 08.00 Kyiv time.
Sport.ua together with a betting partner bet announcing the upcoming fight!
Yulia Starodubtseva
The Ukrainian athlete has already played six matches this season and won five of them. Starodubtseva started with a tournament held in Auckland, where she successfully qualified by beating Frenchwoman Ponchet and Austrian Tagger. Katie Boulter suffered defeat in the first round of the main round.
The tennis player also started the Australian Open with the qualifiers, where she beat the Frenchwoman Tubello 6:2, 3:6, 6:0. Then there were victories against the Greek Papamikhail, 6:1, 6:2. In the qualifying final, Starodubtseva defeated Bulgarian Tomova with sets 7:6, 6:2. The Ukrainian player is in good form ahead of this season’s first Grand Slam.
Ayla Tomljanovic
The Australian athlete is a typical middle player in world tennis. Even though there are breaks, it has been in the top 100 for a long time. Tomlyanovich is 32 years old, he can already be considered a veteran. Although the Australian Open is a tennis player’s home tournament, he performs worst here because he has never been able to advance beyond the second round.
Tomljanovic started this season with a tournament in Brisbane, where she defeated France’s Jacquemo with scores of 6:1, 6:3 and then lost in a tough fight to the powerful Carolina Muchova with scores of 6:4, 1:6, 6:7. There was also a tournament in Adelaide where they managed to beat Clara Towson 7:6, and the opponent refused. Ayla, who was ahead 2:0 in the first set of the second round, withdrew from the match due to a knee injury at 40:40 in her serve. It is unclear at this time whether he is 100% physically ready.
personal meetings
Tennis players met only once, it was in September last year, then in Beijing Tomljanovic managed to win in two sets: 7:6 and 6:2.
To guess
This couple does not have a clear favorite, maybe it will be easier for the Australian, the public will support him, his body is more accustomed to such a time zone. For tennis players at this level, every victory in a major is extremely valuable.
I am waiting for a difficult and unpredictable match that can end with any outcome, I will bet on more than 20.5 matches for 1.66.
Yulia Starodubtseva19.01.2026 –
08:00
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Turkish tennis player Zeynep Sönmez (WTA 112) has made a strong start to the 2026 Australian Open.
Turkish woman beat the world’s “neutral” 11th racket in three sets in the first round Ekaterina Aleksandrova In 2 hours 37 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals
Ekaterina Aleksandrova [11] – Zeynep Sönmez (Türkiye) [Q] – 5:7, 6:4, 4:6
In the third match, Sönmez lost a single break and came back with a score of 0:3.
Zeynep will compete in the main draw of the Australian Open for the second time in her career and advanced to the second round for the first time. Her next opponent will be either Anna Bondar or Elisabette Mandlik.
Sönmez achieved the highest scoring victory of his career. Zeynep became the first Turkish representative to win the Aus Open main draws.
During the match, one of the ball players fell ill due to the heat and lost consciousness. Realizing that something was wrong, Sönmez immediately came to the rescue and put the girl on the chair.
VIDEO. Zeynep Sönmez helped the girl who lost consciousness
With respect to Zeynep Sönmez, who went to the aid of the ball boy who fainted on the field ❤️ pic.twitter.com/iHnX2TDaZ7
— TNT Sports (@tntsports) January 18, 2026
Video review of Ekaterina Aleksandrova – Zeynep Sönmez match
Photo gallery of the match (Zeynep Sönmez)
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spanish tennis player Carlos AlcarazThe team, ranked No. 1 in the world, is off to a strong start at the 2026 Australian Open.
Spaniards in the first round Adam Walton (Australia, ATP 79) 2 hours 8 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) [1] – Adam Walton (Australia) – 6:3, 7:6 (7:2), 6:2
Alcaraz played their second head-to-head match against Walton. In 2025, Carlos defeated Adam in the 1/16 final of the competition in London.
Alcaraz got his first win in 2026. Carlos managed to reach the second round of the Australian Open for the fifth time in his career.
Alcaraz became the fourth player in the Open Era to win the opening match in each of the first 20 Grand Slam singles matches. Previously this was done by Arthur Ashe, Bjorn Borg and Rafael Nadal.
Carlitos’ next opponent will be Jannik Sinner’s namesake, Hanfmann. Sinner, on the other hand, is on the opposite side of the group, taking second place, and it is possible for them to meet Alcaraz only in the final. The Italian player will start the big tournament in Melbourne on January 20 with a fight against Hugo Gaston.
Video review of Carlos Alcaraz – Adam Walton match
Photo gallery of the match
Source: Sport UA
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