Meet tennis No 1 Aryna Sabalenka’s fiancé, Oakberry founder Georgios Frangulis
Belarusian tennis star Aryna Sabalenka is launching her bid for her third consecutive US Open title, and cheering her on from her player’s box will be her new fiancé, Brazilian entrepreneur Georgios Frangulis.
The pair got engaged in March, when Frangulis popped the question with a 12-carat sparkler designed by Isabela Grutman, reported People. “It’s 12 carats with, like, two layers of emeralds and a very beautiful cut,” the world No 1 revealed in an Instagram video, with her husband-to-be adding that it was “not easy to find a beautiful, massive stone”. Although the ring fell three carats short of Sabalenka’s dream rock, Frangulis explained that the larger stone would’ve been “too tacky” and “too expensive”.
So what do we know about Georgios Frangulis?
He’s proud of his Greek heritage
Georgios Frangulis was born in São Paulo, Brazil. His father, Eleftherios, grew up in Brazil, but his grandfather, Georgios, hails from Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city. “I feel 100 per cent Greek,” Frangulis told The Greek Herald.
Frangulis studied law at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, but did not take the bar exam, per Harper’s Bazaar. He moved to Miami, Florida, and later, Venice Beach, California. In 2016, he married Isabella “Beh” Armentano, per Town & Country. It is unclear when they split. That year, he was also diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
He’s an entrepreneur and motorsport enthusiast
