Gabriela Sabatini’s surprising appearance at the French Open
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Graceful and supple: Gabriela Sabatini is still in top form at the age of 52
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Gabriela Sabatini has avoided the public since she ended her career 26 years ago. Now the former tennis star surprisingly returned to the court at the French Open. The 52-year-old has lost nothing of her looks and her charisma.
DIn the meantime, she has lost the title of the most prominent family member to Oriana. Gabriela Sabatini’s niece is a star in Argentina. The model, who shares the same last name, acts, sings and has been in a relationship with Juventus football star Paulo Dybala for years.
On the other hand, after her successful tennis career, Aunt Gabriela deliberately sought her way out of the spotlight and quickly found her way to Switzerland.
Now, however, she’s resurfaced in Paris, causing a stir with her fitness and looks. The now 52-year-old has lost none of her attractiveness and charisma 26 years after the end of her career – and even picked up a tennis racket in front of an audience.
“I’ve hardly played tennis in recent years, I’ve only just trained a little before the tournament,” she coqueted, “but of course that’s something completely different than it was then.”
In Roland Garros, where she was in the semi-finals five times, she surprisingly played alongside her compatriot Gisela Dulko in the Champions Trophy for ex-professionals.
Fun on red ashes: Gabriela Sabatini played in Paris together with Gisela Dulko in the legends
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Gabriela Sabatini launched 18 perfumes
Until the mid-nineties, Sabatini had been one of Steffi Graf’s great rivals, won 27 tournaments, including – her greatest triumph – the US Open in 1990 and was also a very diligent businesswoman.
Even during her active life, the perfume named after her became one of the best-selling fragrance series in the world. Further care products for men and women followed. To date, a total of 18 different fragrances have been sold under her label.
As present as her articles were in public, it became just as quiet around Gabriela Sabatini. After the end of her career in 1996, which was forced by an abdominal muscle injury, she deliberately avoided appearances and visits to major tennis tournaments and successfully sealed off her private life. Their relationship status “single” has endured to this day.
No partnership? Gabriela Sabatini keeps her private life under wraps
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Since 2015 she has officially lived in Pfäffikon, a community of 10,000 inhabitants 15 kilometers east of Zurich. According to her own statements, she runs regularly and rides a lot of racing bikes, including complete stages of the Tour de France.
Au revoir: After her surprising performance in Paris, Gabriela Sabatini’s fans are hoping for more
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