Popular Tennis Player’s Boyfriend Commits Suicide, Jumped From Hotel Balcony

Konstantin Koltsov, the boyfriend of tennis world No 2 Aryna Sabalenka, is dead

He ‘died by suicide’ on Monday evening after jumping from a hotel balcony in Miami, police have confirmed.

The 42-year-old Belarusian, who played hockey for the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins, was announced dead by his former club Salavat Yulaev Ufa on Telegram.

Reports in Belarus claimed Koltsov, who has been dating Australian Open champion Sabalenka, 25, for three years, died of a ‘detached blot clot’ before police in Florida revealed that he ‘jumped from a balcony’ at a five-star resort.

Popular Tennis Player’s Boyfriend Commits Suicide, Jumped From Hotel Balcony

Authorities in Miami have taken over the investigation as an ‘apparent suicide’.

Miami Police Department told Mail Sport in a statement on Tuesday: ‘According to investigators on Monday, March 18, 2024, at approximately 12:39 am, Bal Harbour Police and Fire Rescue were dispatched to the St Regis Bal Harbour Resort, 9703 Collins Avenue, about a male that jumped from a balcony.

‘The Miami-Dade Police Department, Homicide Bureau, responded and has taken over the investigation of the apparent suicide of Mr. Konstantin Koltsov (04/17/1981). No foul play is suspected.’

Koltsov was in Florida supporting Sabalenka ahead of the upcoming Miami Open.

Despite Kolstov’s shock passing, the two-time Australian Open champion still intends to play the tournament in the Sunshine State, where she is seeded second, according to the Tennis Channel.