Two of this year’s Grand Slam winners, Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka, faced off during the WTA Finals in Riyadh on Thursday, with their respective athletic brand partners supporting their fast footwork.

21-year-old Gauff, who won the French Open this year, has been with New Balance since 2018; the 27-year-old Sabalenka, winner of 2025’s U.S. Open, signed with Nike in 2017. Gauff sported her second signature shoe, the Coco CG2, while Sabalenka wore the Nike Vapor 12.

Gauff competed in a white and blue-accented version of the CG2, which features a mid-cut silhouette, unconventional among tennis shoes, and a dual-density FuelCell midsole outfitted with a carbon fiber plate. Her second signature shoe with New Balance was released in August 2024, following the first shoe in 2022.

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