Aryna: TikTok key to new friendship with rival Swiatek

ARYNA SABALENKA has revealed how her frosty relationship with Iga Swiatek thawed over a Tik Tok dance.

- ARYNA SABALENKA BY NEIL McLEMAN

World No.1 Sabalenka and four-time champion Iga Swiatek will meet in a blockbuster French Open semi-final tomorrow.

It will be the first time the duo, who have been jousting at the top of the rankings for the past three years, have played each other at a Grand Slam since the 2022 US Open.

They barely used to speak until an impromptu bonding session at last year's WTA Finals in Riyadh.

"Before it wasn’t any communication, any practices with her, but now we are getting better," said 27-year-old Sabalenka.

"We get along better and we practice more often and we know each other quite well.