Aryna Sabalenka and her boyfriend, Georgios Frangulis, revealed their engagement to the world on Wednesday, March 4, and the tennis star admitted she wasn’t prepared for the surprise proposal.
Sabalenka, 27, shared a video of herself showing off the ring via her Instagram Story, adding some lighthearted commentary.
“Well, I obviously had no idea this was happening tonight,” she wrote over the Story.
“All good guys, everything happened,” she said in the video. “But just look how I look.”
She then turned the camera on herself as she wore a white T-shirt and jeans.
“Pretty as f***,” Frangulis interjected.
The pair also shared joint posts to their feeds of the ring and the proposal itself, which showed Frangulis down on one knee with flowers behind him and candles surrounding them both.
“I can finally call him something else… FIANCÉ 💍,” Sabalenka captioned her Instagram carousel.
“You & me, forever ♾️ 3.3.26 💍🤍,” the couple captioned a video of the proposal.
The posts quickly drew congratulations in the comments from tennis royalty, including Carlos Alcaraz, Ben Shelton and Coco Gauff.
“Goosebumps, couldn’t be happier for you both 💜💜💜💜,” wrote Formula 1 driver Jack Doohan.
Injured Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn added a “congratulations” as well.
Sabalenka and Frangulis first met in January 2024 after she was named an ambassador for his Oakberry company.
“We signed the contract, then we got to know each other,” she told The Guardian in an August 2024 profile. “Somehow, we ended up being together.”
They went Instagram official that summer, and since then have not hesitated to share their lives together on social media.
In a June 2025 interview, she told Luxury Handbag Shopping exclusively that having Fragaulis on the road to support her while she plays has helped comfort her.
“His support means so much to me,” she told Us. “Being on the road and having him support me, to make me laugh and to be able to workout together, makes life on the road feel more like home.”
Frangulis was even on hand in September 2025 when Sabalenka captured the U.S. Open singles title. She greeted him in the stands and the two celebrated with a kiss. Sabalenka also joked at the U.S. Open about a potential proposal after a fan proposed to his girlfriend in the stands.
“I looked at my boyfriend,” she told reporters at the time. “No pressure.”
She joked about it again at the 2026 Brisbane International tournament, when she celebrated her win by thanking her “boyfriend.”
“Hopefully soon I’ll call you somehow else, right?” she added. “I just put on extra pressure, right?”
