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After the Madrid Open, close friends, Aryna Sabalenka and Paula Badosa, reunited at the BNP Paribas Open this season. The WTA stars have always shared a close friendship while expressing their love and affection for each other. Their inseparable bond was quite evident during their practice sessions ahead of the Indian Wells Open.

Sabalenka and Badosa were captured sharing a number of warm hugs on the court. However, it was their hilarious intimate embrace picture that caught the attention of the entire tennis community. Taking note of their own photograph, the Belarusian player and the Spaniard were involved in a heartwarming banter on social media.

Aryna Sabalenka and Paula Badosa hilariously react to their own pictures

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The reigning Australian Open champion, who has been in great form this season, delivered some remarkable performances during the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Now, Aryna Sabalenka is gearing up to take that hot form to the BNP Paribas Open as well. However, her close friend, Paula Badosa, has not been at her best because of her recent injury struggles.

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Now, the popular tennis pair training hard on the courts together ahead of the Indian Wells Open. During their practice sessions, they have been involved in a number of affectionate embraces to express their close bond. Such heartfelt incidents were recently tweeted by the Twitter handle, Jimmie48 Photography.

Sabalenka and Badosa also took note of their own pictures clicked by the official WTA photographer. It was their hilarious intimate embrace photo that got them involved in banter on Twitter. While many questions were raised around the viral picture, Sabalenka cleared the air in the caption of her Retweet. She said, “Just to clarify…we have boyfriends😂”

Badosa also commented on that picture:

Even the American tennis prodigy, Coco Gauff, came across their hilarious conversation. She further commented on the post, “love this 😂”

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Sabalenka previously got pranked by her best friend

Over the years, tennis fans have witnessed many hilarious incidents between Sabalenka and Badosa. One such incident happened when they were in a restaurant in Guadalajara. The Spanish star revealed her mischievous side by pulling a hilarious prank on the reigning Australian Open champion.

Badosa arranged a birthday party for her best friend by tipping the staff of that place. However, it was all part of her fake birthday celebration prank for the Belarusian tennis player, as it wasn’t her birthday. Later, Sabalenka also cleared the air on her social media by saying that it was a part of Badosa’s ‘funny’ plans in Mexico.

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