Anastasia Potapova is opening up about her divorce from Alexander Shevchenko because the Russian admitted that there have been “problems” that they sadly could not resolve as a pair.
In 2022, the Thirty third-ranked WTA star and the ATP world No. 75 began courting and it did not take lengthy earlier than they turned one of the in style tennis {couples} on the Tour.
Already in 2023 September, the 24-year-old Kazakh participant proposed to the 23-year-old and she or he stated sure.
Shortly after the engagement, the marriage additionally got here as Potapova and Shevchenko tied the knot in December of that yr.
Anastasia Potapova and Alexander Shevchenko© Instagram screenshot
However through the summer time, followers seen that the WTA star eliminated their pictures from her Instagram account and that she additionally wasn’t following him anymore on social media.
And in November, the Russian confirmed the cut up by means of a social media announcement.
“I made some shockingly big decisions at the end of the year,” she instructed Russian tennis journalist Sofya Tartakova.
“But like I mentioned, that’s life. Unfortunately, things like that happen and you have to accept it. Of course, I’m very disappointed it all went the way it did.”
Potapova: We had issues however I want Shevchenko all the perfect
“I really wish Sasha—I can say it on camera, I’m not ashamed of these words—I really wish him all the best, and he deserves all the best,” the 23-year-old noted.
“I wish him all the best with his career, as well, because he’s very talented and he has to keep working and developing as a player.
“But I guess we had problems; some couples get over these problems, and some don’t. Unfortunately, we were one of the couples that didn’t.”
In the meantime, Potapova is 5-2 to begin the 2025 season.
This week, she is enjoying on the WTA 500 event in Linz, the place she meets Karolina Muchova as we speak within the quarterfinal.
Beforehand, the Russian reached the Brisbane round-of-16 and exited the Australian Open within the second spherical.
