“You & Me Forever”: Aryna Sabalenka Says Yes! World No.1 Engaged After Public Pressure Campaign Paid Off
Belarusian star’s multi-millionaire partner finally popped the question—two months after she called him out in front of the world
Published: March 4, 2026 | Updated: March 4, 2026 | 4 min read
She dropped hints. She applied pressure. She even called him out on live television.
And finally, Georgios Frangulis got the message.
Aryna Sabalenka, the world No.1 and four-time Grand Slam champion, is engaged. The Brazilian entrepreneur went down on bended knee Wednesday in a romantic setup featuring candles, flowers, and a candlelit swimming pool.
The world No.1 was genuinely surprised—despite spending the last several months doing everything short of hiring a skywriter.
The Moment
Sabalenka shared the news on Instagram with a simple caption:
“You & me forever” — accompanied by an infinity emoji, wedding ring, and white heart.
The video shows Sabalenka covering her face in shock before embracing and kissing her new fiancé. The ring? A massive diamond that caught every camera angle.
Congratulations poured in from across the sports world:
This didn’t come out of nowhere. Sabalenka has been dropping hints like anvils for months.
| Date | Event | Hint |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | US Open | Saw fan proposal in stands: “I looked at my boyfriend. No pressure.” |
| January 2026 | Brisbane International | Post-win speech: “Thank you to my boyfriend. Hopefully soon I’ll call you somehow else, right?” |
| March 2026 | Engagement | “I just put on extra pressure, right?”— and it worked |
The crowd at Brisbane laughed. Frangulis smiled in the stands. And two months later, he delivered.
Who Is Georgios Frangulis?
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Profession | Entrepreneur, founder of Oakberry (superfood brand) |
| Racing background | 128 races in Brazil’s Porsche 911 GT3 Cup |
| Connection to tennis | Oakberry sponsored Sabalenka; she created her own acai bowl for the brand |
| How they met | Unknown, but went public May 2024 |
Frangulis often posts affectionate messages to Sabalenka on Instagram. After her 2024 US Open win: “I’m in love with the queen of NY.” When she posted silly couple photos: “Always silly never boring, te amo.”
A Painful Past
The engagement marks a new chapter after a devastating loss.
Sabalenka’s ex-boyfriend, Belarusian ice hockey star Konstantin Koltsov, died in March 2024 after jumping from a Miami hotel balcony. They had been together for three years.
Sabalenka later opened up about coping with the tragedy:
“Once, I lost my father and tennis helped me to go through that tough loss. So at that moment [of Koltsov’s death] I thought I had to just keep going, keep playing, keep doing my thing to separate my personal life from my career life.
“But at the end I would say I was struggling a lot health-wise because I didn’t stop. It was really emotional and really stressful, and kind of damaged my mental health at that point.”
Sabalenka is currently ranked world No.1, coming off a 2025 season that saw her win the US Open and break Serena Williams’ single-season prize money record.
Now she adds a new title: fiancée.
The wedding date? Unknown. But if Sabalenka’s track record of applying pressure is any indication, Frangulis better start planning.