Top seed Aryna Sabalenka overcame Canadian qualifier Carson Branstine on a sweltering Court One to get her quest for a first Wimbledon title up and running with a 6-1 7-5 win on Monday.

Currently, Branstine is ranked 197th in the world and has made a bit of a name for herself in tennis with her collegiate tennis career at Texas A&M. Her story of how she funded her tennis career via modeling has helped her garner public attention over the years, as reported by The New York Post.

Carson Branstine is a budding player with a huge game and an even bigger story to tell, and in 2025 she will be playing her first match at Wimbledon. Following that, the most important thing is that her first opponent will be world number 1 Aryna Sabalenka.