ARYNA SABALENKA and her tennis ‘soulmate’ Paula Badosa have grabbed the attention again after showing off on a girls weekend ahead of the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia.
The tennis stars have been nicknamed ‘Sabadosa’ and capture the love of their fans for being besties off court.
Now, with Sabalenka preparing for the season-ending event in Riyadh, she has taken some time away from practice to hang out with Badosa once more.
Taking to Instagram, the world No.1 posted some behind-the-scenes of their weekend away including snaps which show off their stunning figures.
Sabalenka captioned her post: “Much needed girl’s day with my bestie”.
Badosa herself posted: “Weekend therapy with bestie”.
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Included in the set of pictures between them are the pair posing in bikinis in front of a large circular mirror as well as shots of a meal being had and relaxing on a balcony.
It is Sabalenka posing model-style in flowery bikini and revealing yellow outfit that saw some one fan to comment: “aryna the divine girl!! u are sooo tiger”.
Sabalenka also uploaded to her story and said: “I love this girl”.
They have both described each other as soulmates in the past and clearly didn’t enjoy the time away with Sabalenka adding: “it’s been a while #Sabadosa”.
Badosa wrote: “back together, how it should be”.
Sabalenka had teased their weekend together, also putting on her story: “on a date with someone special”.
Meanwhile, Badosa said she was with her “fav date finally!”.
More pictures saw them label each other as ‘babe’ and ‘hottie’ whilst tanning in the sun.
They appear to have dined at Greek restaurant Milos in a lavish Dubai hotel.
Both Sabalenka and Badosa have ties to Greece. Sabalenka’s boyfriend, Georgios Frangulis, is Greek-Brazilian, whilst Badosa has dated Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas previously.
Badosa and Tsitsipas have been together on-and-off but separated last year.
She is now focused on recovering from an injury which has seen a premature end to her season.
Badosa was beaten by Karolina Muchova at the China Open last month before announcing that she would be out of action until the first Grand Slam of 2026 at the Australian Open in January.
The two haven’t had to face each other in a competitive match since the semi-finals of the same tournament earlier this year.
Sabalenka, from Belarus, won 2-0 against her Spanish opponent and went on to admit: “I think after a couple of battles against each other, we spoke and we decided to put it aside.
“We both wanted it badly. It’s our dream. But here we’re just opponents. No matter what happens on the court, we’re going to be friends after our matches.
“It is tough to do but we agree well, I don’t know. I hope she’s still my friend.”
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‘I’m sure she’ll hate me for the next hour or day. I can handle that, but then after that, we’re back to being friends. And we can go out together, shopping.”
Sabalenka added: “I promise Paula, we’re gonna go shopping and I will pay for whatever s*** you want.”
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