'Completely false': The one thing many people have wrong about Costeen Hatzi
By Bronte Gossling|
Costeen Hatzi is a staple on the sidelines at many major tennis tournaments, but she's not sitting around and waiting for the matches to come around.
"I think people have this perception of me that, you know, I don't really do anything, and I just sit at home, which is completely false," the 23-year-old businesswoman and influencer tells 9honey.
"I have two businesses and I'm working every day as well as supporting my boyfriend."
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"It's actually a busy lifestyle, although some people might think that, you know, I don't have a busy lifestyle, so that's probably one moment where I feel like I've been underestimated," Hatzi, who has been dating Nick Kyrgios since December 2021, continues.
It was at Sony Foundation Australia's annual Wharf4Ward fundraiser จC known as Sydney's longest lunch จC where Hatzi was speaking.
She was attending the event, held ?on Thursday at Woolloomooloo Wharf, to support 28-year-old Kyrgios, who had donated items to be auctioned off to raise money for the foundation's You Can Stay program.
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"It's extremely important to raise awareness for all the cancer patients. It's a really important day. It's really good to give back to the community as well," Hatzi said.
"[Kyrgios] has donated a few things. He's donated a tennis lesson and an [Australian Open] kit as well.
"So hopefully that raises the funds, and we bring a lot of attention to the cancer patients and the Sony Foundation."
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The event ultimately raised more than $1.5 million for the You Can Stay program, which provides free, uncapped accommodation to regional youth cancer patients and their families who have to travel to the city to access lifesaving treatment.?
Her attendance at the event is one of the many ways Hatzi supports her partner, though how she does so is not always visible to the public.
"It's basically like an emotional rollercoaster being on tour," Hatzi admits.
"So I think just helping where I can, it could be making dinner, helping with his washing, like the basic things, but yeah, just providing a really stable relationship."
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?Like Morgan Riddle จC the 26-year-old American influencer and businesswoman girlfriend of Taylor Fritz, also known as "the most famous woman in men's tennis" จC the fact that Hatzi is under the 'Wives and Girlfriends' umbrella (a term she embraces) automatically means her relationship is in the spotlight.
But public interest in her and Kyrgios' romance is something she tries to separate from their actual private life together.?
"I just ignore it," she says of the noise.
"I just keep doing my thing, and yeah, just being positive."
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