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Aryna Sabalenka has issued an emotional statement following news of Konstantin Koltsov’s death as she prepares to face best friend Paula Badosa at the Miami Open. The world No 2 has remained in the field for this week’s tournament after her former partner’s death. Koltsov, a former professional ice hockey player, died in what local Miami police described in a statement as an ‘apparent suicide’. The statement added that officers were called to a resort in Miami in the early hours of Monday morning after a male had “jumped from a balcony”. The 42-year-old had been a regular presence in Sabalenka…

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