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Good news for Sabadosa fans: the besties are back!
Aryna Sabalenka and Paula Badosa are ringing in the new season at the Brisbane International, where they’re set to reunite on court in doubles.
The Brisbane women’s doubles draw, released Friday, features “Sabadosa”—close friends Sabalenka and Badosa—in the 16-team field. The unseeded duo will face Liudmila Samsonova and Zhang Shuai in the first round.
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Sabalenka, the top seed and defending champion in Brisbane singles, will be making her first official doubles appearance since 2023. Her most recent outing came in Adelaide, where she teamed up with Lidziya Marozava and reached the semifinals. A few weeks later, Sabalenka went on to lift her first Grand Slam singles trophy at the Australian Open.
