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Aryna Sabalenka pulled back the curtain on her 'dream double date' with tennis legend Novak Djokovic as she shared photos of the two couples enjoying each other's company in an Instagram post on Friday.
Sabalenka, 27, has taken a well-deserved break from the court since her stunning US Open triumph last month, regularly sharing her personal life with fans from holidays to dates with Brazilian businessman boyfriend Georgios Frangulis.
The world No 1's latest post caused a frenzy online as she revealed her and Frangulis went on a double date with Djokovic and his wife Jelena, chalking up over 200,000 likes on Instagram at the time of writing.
'Dream double date,' the Belarusian wrote with a winking and love heart emoji, sharing four images on the couples relaxing together away from the court.
Sabalenka is set to return to action at the Wuhan Open in China on October 6, having enjoyed a vacation with Frangulis in Athens recently.
Meanwhile, Djokovic returned to the court for the first time since his semi-final defeat against Carlos Alcaraz at the US Open last month, defeating Marin Cilic in straight sets at the Shanghai Masters on Friday.
Aryna Sabalenka shared photos of her 'dream double date' with Novak Djokovic on Friday
Sabalenka posted images on Instagram of the two couples relaxing in each other's company
Djokovic and Sabalenka, pictured in January 2024, clearly have a lot of respect of each other
The Serb married his childhood sweetheart wife Jelena in July 2014 and they have since given birth to two children — Stefan, 10, and Tara, 7.
Sabalenka clearly has a huge respect for Djokovic, who has won a record-breaking 24 Grand Slam titles in the men's game during his glittering career.
The US Open champion revealed during this year's Wimbledon that Djokovic had offered some crucial advice to help improve her game, having spent several days training with him in the build-up to the SW19 Championships.
'Talking a lot to Novak, like, he definitely has a lot of knowledge of the game,' she said in July. 'It's really helped me a lot several times. I mean, basically whenever I talk to him, it is really helping me.'
'One of the conversation went to like managing energy. Another one about the mental part of the game. Then we had another conversation about, like, mentally approaching those big finals.
'So yeah, I think mostly we're talking about the mental part of the game. I mean, also one time he really helped me with the return.
'Now he's always like making fun of me copying his return. I'm like, man, it's working. I'm copying the best. Actually maybe I have to talk to him a bit more about tennis stuff.'
