Aryna Sabalenka calls Dubai as a home-away-from-home, often utilizing the city for both work and play in between tournaments. And now thanks to a new partnership with Emirates, she'll travel the world on the airline that calls the city home, too.
Emirates is the official airline of all four Grand Slam tournaments, but its newly-announced partnership with Sabalenka represents the first time that it has entered into a sponsorship agreement with an individual tennis player. To celebrate the milestone, Sabalenka helped unveil a Grand Slam-branded Emirates A380 Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open. Her grand entrance took place at Melbourne Airport ahead of the year's first Grand Slam event, which she's hoping to win for a third time.
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Sabalenka, who nearly doubled her off-court endorsement earnings last year to the tune of $15 million, said in a statement that the deal "highlights what we, as women in sport, can achieve on the world stage."
“In tennis, every little detail counts, so to align with a brand which matches my ambition and attention to detail makes this feel like a natural fit," she said.
