- Tennis star Arina Rodionova has announced her divorce from her husband
- Rodionova, who has started OnlyFans, revealed the news on social media
- Rodionova recently exited in the second round of Australian Open qualifying
Former Richmond and Hawthorn star Ty Vickery and tennis star Arina Rodionova have announced that they will be divorcing after nine years.
The pair took to Instagram last week to make the announcement, with Rodionova revealing that they had in fact split a year ago.
It comes after the tennis star, who had reached the second round of qualifying at the Australian Open two weeks ago, had recently set up an OnlyFans account.
During the Instagram clip, Vickery had said that the pair were on good terms, despite their split.
‘We’re good,’ the former AFL star said. ‘We’re good with each other and we wish each other the best. Thanks for the support.’
Rodionova then held up her hand as if to shake hands with Vickery, who joked with the tennis star by presenting her with a half-eaten banana, which she akwardly grabbed before the pair burst out laughing.
Tennis star Arina Rodionova has announced her divorce from Ty Vickery after joining OnlyFans
The 35-year-old recently exited in the second round of Australian Open qualifying to Eva Lys
Vickery, 34, played 119 matches for the Tigers between 2009 and 2016, with the tall forward going on to join the Haws in 2018 before announcing his retirement at the end of that year, claiming he had lost a passion for footy.
Rodionova had also spoken during the clip to announce that they would be separating.
‘We’re getting divorced. We’ve been separated for about a year. Friends and family know, but we just wanted to let the wider community know about this situation. Thank you.’
Rodionova captioned the post: ‘Life happens. We have lots of love for each other but sometimes it’s just not enough.’
Shortly after her Australian Open exit, the Russian-born player, who once achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No 97, unveiled her new venture on OnlyFans.
Announcing the launch of her profile, she said, ‘My account was confirmed, so here we go. Let’s do this.’
Addressing the buzz surrounding her divorce, she joked: ‘This seems like a good time to start posting all those bikini photos from the Maldives… on my OF account obviously.’
Rodionova and Vickery had been together for nine years but they also announced that they had been separated for a year before their divorce announcement
Rodionova, who describes herself in her OnlyFans bio as a ‘tennis player but a fun one,’ reached a career-high singles ranking of 97 in February last year.
She had reached the third round of the Brisbane International, notably beating former Wimbledon champion Sofia Kenin but suffered dfeeat by Mirra Andreeva in the round of 16.
Her best performance came at Wimbledon in 2017, where she bested 16th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to advance to the second round of the tournament. She also reached the second round in the s
