Gauff and Sabalenka buried the hatchet — with a TikTok dance on Centre Court, naturally — but their rivalry still burns as Wimbledon opens.

She still is young, by just about any measure, and she is a really good tennis player — Gauff owns the Grand Slam titles and No. 2 ranking to prove it as she heads into Wimbledon, which begins Monday — but the 21-year-old American is also more than that.

After finishing as runner-up in two Grand Slam finals already this year, Aryna Sabalenka will head into her third major in 2025 still searching for her first Wimbledon crown. Sitting at the top of the WTA rankings,