Belarusian tennis player Arina Sabalenka responded to a subscriber who asked the athlete to “post hot photos” in her Instagram stories (the owner of the Meta company is known as an extremist in Russia and is banned).
“Is this hot enough?” — Sabalenka asked, attaching a photo in which she showed her middle finger.
In January, the 25-year-old Belarusian won the Australian Open for the second consecutive year. In the main match of the tournament, she turned out to be stronger than the Chinese Zheng Qingwen. In the final in 2023, Sabalenka defeated Kazakhstan representative Elena Rybakina, who competed for Russia until 2018.
Sabalenka became the first person to defend her championship title at the Australian Open after her compatriot Victoria Azarenka.
Aryna Sabalenka (8905 points) ranks second in the updated rankings of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). The leader is Polish representative Iga Swiatek (10,300 points). Cori Gauff from the USA (7100 points) completed the top three. The best of the Russians is Daria Kasatkina, in 13th place (3063 points).
previously Russian loss in the first WTA final of her career.