Oct 22, 2025, 06:30am EDTUpdated Oct 23, 2025, 02:49pm EDT

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Edited by: Maggie McGrath

Reported by: Sofia Chierchio and Erin Spencer Sairam

ForbesWomen Publisher: Moira Forbes

Contributing Editors: Erika Burho, Brett Knight and Michael Solomon

During September’s U.S. Open tennis tournament, ESPN cut away from a marquee match between two-time champion Naomi Osaka and the 2023 title-holder Coco Gauff to air an ad for other sports coverage on the channel. The athletes in the spot? Caitlin Clark and several of her WNBA peers.