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World No 2 Aryna Sabalenka has received her UK visa as the Belarusian tennis star is officially set to return to Wimbledon this summer. In mid-May, Sabalenka revealed that she was yet to receive a UK visa. On Thursday, Sabalenka suffered a shock French Open semifinal defeat to Karolina Muchova as the Czech stunningly recovered from a 2-5 third-set deficit to beat the Belarusian 7-6 (5) 6-7 (5) 7-5.
Sabalenka’s French Open didn’t end in the preferred way but the Belarusian still had some good news to share. “I received the visa. I can celebrate. I’ll be in London. I can’t wait to go back. I missed it so much last year,” Sabalenka said, via The Tennis Letter.
Aryna Sabalenka confirms she now has a UK Visa and will be at Wimbledon this year.
“I received the visa. I can celebrate. I’ll be in London. I can’t wait to go back. I missed it so much last year”. pic.twitter.com/A5GoMV0mfk — The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) June 8, 2023
Sabalenka set to return to Wimbledon
Last year, Wimbledon became the first and only tournament to impose player bans on Russian and Belarusian players due to the war in Ukraine.
Earlier this year, Sabalenka became a…
