Futterman: The Australian Open women’s semifinal, Madison Keys over Iga Świątek in a deciding tiebreak. A match point saved. The outcome uncertain until the final ball. A player winning a monumental match on her way to fulfilling a life mission. All of it done and dusted in a two-hour-and-35-minute knot of tension.

The pair met after four-time Grand Slam winner Sabalenka became an ambassador for Oakberry, an acai bowl company founded by Frangulis. The superfood brand has gone from strength-to-strength, allowing its owner to amass a fortune that even eclipses the eye-watering earnings of his tennis superstar partner.

Aryna Sabalenka recently weighed in on the debate around trans athletes competing in women's sports. The Belarusian claimed that trans women have a ‘huge advantage’ over cis women and stated that it is ‘just not fair’ for the two to compete against each other.