Sabalenka stars in holiday ad with Brady, Beckham, Hart

Aryna Sabalenka flexes acting chops in holiday ad with Tom Brady, David Beckham, Kevin Hart.

WTA World No. 2 tennis player Aryna Sabalenka is showing off a different kind of talent in a new holiday commercial for SharkNinja.

She joins athletic legends Tom Brady and David Beckham, along with actor and comedian Kevin Hart.

The premise of the ad is that Hart is house-sitting for Beckham over the holidays.

Sabalenka and Brady stop by Beckham's house for a visit.

They proceed to wreck the house while using SharkNinja products.

The commercial was released in early November 2026.

Fans and analysts have taken notice of Sabalenka's natural presence on camera.

The Big Lead described her as having "personality and flair like Sofia Vergara of 'Modern Family' fame."

No one wants to see Sabalenka exit professional tennis anytime soon, but she could easily be an actress.

This is not Sabalenka's first brush with pop culture.

She also made headlines recently for laughing during an awkward moment at UFC 333.

But her focus remains on the court.

Sabalenka is currently in Indian Wells, California, preparing for her sixth consecutive WTA Finals singles campaign.

She is the reigning Indian Wells champion and loves playing in the desert conditions.

Indian Wells is also a magical place for her because she got engaged to longtime boyfriend Georgios Frangulis there earlier this year.

The couple plans to marry after the 2027 US Open.

Sabalenka has never won the WTA Finals in either singles or doubles.

She played doubles with Elise Mertens in 2019.

There is also a Mercedes at stake for this year's WTA Finals champion.

She has never won Stuttgart but has always coveted the first prize Porsche.

WTA will offer to the winner of the finals a Mercedes-AMG SL R232 SL 63 or SL 55.

Could this be Sabalenka's year to achieve both career milestones — a WTA Finals title and a prize-winning car?

The WTA Finals draw has split tennis' two biggest stars into separate paths, setting up a potential showdown.

Sabalenka (world No. 2) and Coco Gauff (world No. 4) are on opposite sides of the draw, so they won't meet until the final stage.

The official draw has confirmed the paths of the elite eight-player field.

Sabalenka headlines Group B with No. 3 seed Mirra Andreeva, No. 6 seed Elina Svitolina, and No. 7 seed Karolina Muchova.

Each player will face the other three in a round-robin format.

The top two finishers from each group progress to the semifinals.

Group A features World No. 1 and top seed Elena Rybakina, No. 4 seed Coco Gauff, No. 5 seed Jessica Pegula, and No. 8 seed Linda Noskova.

Rybakina, who won two Grand Slams this year, enters as the world No. 1 seed.

Rybakina was very focused during the draw ceremony.

"It has been an unbelievable couple of months," Rybakina said during Tuesday's draw ceremony.

"It is, of course, pressure because of all of the attention, but at the same time it's motivation because you don't want to lose."

"In this sport, you still need to work a lot."

Fans immediately reacted to the draw.

Much of the discourse centered on Group 1, which fans regarded as the tougher bracket.

Pegula, in particular, earned grim predictions, having lost all six of her matches against the other three in 2026.

She suffered three defeats to Rybakina (Australian Open, Indian Wells, Miami), two to Gauff (Wimbledon, Cincinnati), and one to Noskova in the Berlin final.

"GROUP 1 IS NASTY, MY GOODNESS," one fan commented.

"It's so over for jpeg bye," another fan chimed in.

"Group 1 is TOUGH oof Jpeg might go 0-3 here," said another.

Others read the same draw differently, asserting that Sabalenka had been handed a clear route to the semifinals as she chases a first title at the event.

She finished as the runner-up to Rybakina last year.

"Literally the best draw sabalenka could have got," a user commented.

"Sabalenka has no excuse sorry x #strict," another fan wrote.

"I have to rethink my stanning of sabalenka if she somehow fumbles this breather of a draw," said yet another.

Sabalenka's first match in the group stage will be against Karolina Muchova, who is making her WTA Finals debut.

The match is scheduled for Day 2 of the tournament.

Elena Rybakina will get the WTA Finals underway on Sunday when she takes on Linda Noskova in their first meeting of 2026.

Noskova faces a difficult challenge as Rybakina has won all three of their previous matches in straight sets.

The action will then shift to the highly anticipated battle between Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula.

While their overall head-to-head is evenly poised at 5-5, Gauff has won both of their matches this season.

The two Americans are set to meet at the year-end championships for the fourth year in a row.

Pegula enjoys a 2-1 record across the previous three meetings.