Meet the stunning model making her Wimbledon debut against world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka

She’s got style, she’s got grace, and Carson Branstine also has one heck of a serve. The 24-year-old tennis up-and-comer will face the top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka at Wimbledon on Monday as Branstine looks to make an impact in her first showing at the All-England Club.She’s currently ranked 197th in the world and has already made a bit of a name for herself during a dominant collegiate tennis career at Texas A&M and the story of how she’s funded her pro tennis career through modeling has captured the public’s attention.Branstine had described modeling as “a cool little side hustle” and a way to fund herself on the WTA tour without having to burden her parents for any financial help, she explained to a small gaggle of reporters recently, which included Clay and Wimbledon’s website. “I love being in front of the camera during a shoot.It’s fun, I love fashion.

It’s been one of the reasons I’ve been able to pay some of my trips.I didn’t want to ask my parents for anything — I wanted everything to come from me and from my tennis,” she explained. Branstine has signed with two agencies and her social media is a mix of her tennis and modeling activities. The American-born Canadian tennis player suggested there was one big similarity between tennis and modeling in her eyes: “You are an object a lot, and people sometimes forget you’re a person too.”Despite injuries over her career, Branstine still found plenty of success during her days at Texas A&M and helped the program win a national championship in 2024. Away from the court, Branstine studied Society, Ethics, and Law, with a double minor in Philosophy and Sports Management, and even assisted an attorney for one year. “I did family law shadowing a lawyer, which was very emotional,” she said. Following her tennis career, Branstine would like to return to law school and eventually start a family. But directly in front of her is a chance to pull off a major upset at Wimb...