(VIDEO) Sabalenka, Fernandez, Andreescu, Pegula, Gauff craft ideal hockey team from fellow WTA players

The WTA tennis players Aryna Sabalenka, Leylah Fernandez, Bianca Andreescu, Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, and Rebecca Marino chose their dream hockey draft.

A fantastic week took place at the WTA National Bank Open Montreal, culminating in Jessica Pegula's commanding triumph in the final over Russian Liudmila Samsonova with a score of 6-1, 6-0 in just fifty minutes of play.

During the tournament days, several WTA figures were interviewed to learn how they would compose their own hockey draft with other players from the Hologic WTA Tour. Each had to select a goalkeeper, two defense players, a right wing, a left wing, and a center, also every athlete included herself on the team.

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The Belarusian world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka chose Elise Mertens (GK), Swiatek and Pegula (DF), Jabeur (LW), Badosa (C), and herself as a right wing.

In the team of the former Grand Slam champiion Bianca Andreescu, she picked herself as LW. She included Gabriela Dabrowski (GK), Daria Kasatkina and Leylah Fernandez (DF), Sabalenka (RW), and Rybakina (C).

Former US Open finalist Fernandez chose to play as Left Wing and picked Taylor Townsend (GK), Marie Bouzkova and Caroline Wozniacki (DF), Karolina Muchova (RW), and Alycia Parks (C).

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Coco Gauff partnered with her compatriot Sloane Stephens as defenders. Similar to Fernandez, she decided on Townsend as GK and selected powerful attackers, Rybakina (RW), Maria Sakkari (LW), and former tennis player Serena Williams (C).

The eventual Canadian Open champion Jessica Pegula put together a team with a mix of some of the best forehands and backhands on the tour. Luiza Stefani as GK, Sabalenka and Rybakina (DF), Madison Keys (RW), Petra Kvitova (LW), and herself as (C).

Finally, the local tennis player Rebecca Marino also composed her team with Gabriela Dabrowski (GK), Iga Swiatek and Caroline Wozniacki (DF), Beatriz Haddad Maia (LW), Sabalenka (C), and herself as RW.