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Gabriela Sabatini Reveals the People Who Matter Most to Her: “They Fill the Heart”

From La Nación · () Spanish

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  • Gabriela Sabatini shared photos from Newport, Rhode Island, where she attended Roger Federer’s induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
  • She posted images with former tennis stars and wrote that the reunions filled her heart and that she was grateful for her tennis family.
  • The post came amid continuing distance between Sabatini and members of her family following a dispute after her mother’s death.

“Encounters that fill the heart. Grateful for this tennis family,” Gabriela Sabatini wrote on Instagram after a reunion with former champions in Newport, Rhode Island.

The former Argentine tennis player visited the International Tennis Hall of Fame last week for Roger Federer’s induction ceremony. Sabatini herself entered the Hall of Fame in 2006. Her photos included Billie Jean King, Tracy Austin, Katrina Adams, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Kim Clijsters, Garbiñe Muguruza, Mary Pierce, Stefan Edberg, Marat Safin and Leander Paes.

Sabatini sat in the front row for Federer’s ceremony and attended the reception. She also played in the Hall of Fame Celebrity Pro Classic, a grass-court exhibition. Her doubles partner was Safin, while Federer and Martina Navratilova were her opponents.

Her warm tribute to the tennis community came as tensions within the Sabatini family remain unresolved. The dispute emerged after the death of her mother, Beatriz “Betty” Garófalo, amid disagreements over the distribution of assets and who had cared for her and paid for her needs. The family rift became public in July 2024, when Catherine Fulop said Sabatini would not attend her daughter Oriana’s wedding to Paulo Dybala.

Sabatini has not publicly addressed the dispute and continues to keep her distance from the family. She remains focused on tennis and shares her projects and sporting encounters online. Her brother, sister-in-law and eldest niece have spoken about the conflict and suggested that they hope to heal the wounds, but that the conditions are not yet right.

Encounters that fill the heart. Grateful for this tennis family.

· Gabriela SabatiniSabatini captioned an Instagram post featuring reunions with former tennis champions in Newport.
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