Caitlin Elizabeth Clark, one of the greatest players in college basketball history, is widely popular in the tennis world as well. Recently, some of the WTA tennis stars were spotted reflecting their admiration for the 22-year-old Iowa Hawkeyes star. Jessica Pegula even went on to draw a parallel between Caitlin Clark and Danielle Collins. What did Emma Navarro and Maria Sakkari say about this basketball phenom?

Clark led the IOWA women’s basketball team back to the Final Four with 41 points, setting two records: most career 3-pointers (538) and surpassing Pearl Moore’s scoring record (3,884 points). On Wednesday, she achieved another historic feat, drawing praise from WTA stars for her unstoppable record-breaking spree. She can’t stop breaking records right? Here’s what WTA stars said about Clark.

“Probably the G.O.A.T” – Jessica Pegula on Caitlin Clark

Caitlin Clark was named the Naismith Women’s College Player of the Year for a second consecutive time on Wednesday. Her NCAA heroics in WBB called in tennis players to shower praise on this American youngster. Jessica Pegula said, “She’s pretty unbelievable.” She added that Caitlin Clark seems to be breaking records all the time. Pegula even went on to draw a comparison between Danielle Collins, who is currently in red hot form, and Clark.

She heaped praise on Caitlin Clark’s competitive spirit and added, “I might say, just throw this out there because she just won a tournament, but Danielle Collins. Because in basketball, I feel like they show a lot more of their personality on the court, and I think Danielle Collins does an amazing job of that.” Jessica Pegula said, Clark is setting the bar higher and higher for herself and even labeled her as “Probably the G.O.A.T.” Another American tennis sensation, Emma Navarro called Caitlin Clark the “Beast.“

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While the Greek tennis star, Maria Sakkari said the way Caitlin Clark plays basketball is just “Too good.” She expressed her admiration for her never-give-up attitude and added, that she always wants to be the best. That’s something that makes Sakkari get reminded a little bit of herself. However, this isn’t the first time that Caitlin Clark has drawn attention from the tennis world.

“Absolute savage” – Serena Williams’ husband on Caitlin Clark’s historic feat a few months ago

In February, Caitlin Clark became the new NCAA Women’s Basketball All-Time Leading Scorer. After this historic feat, Billie Jean King and Serena Williams‘ husband, Alexis Ohanian jumped in to congratulate this young talent from the ‘Hartford of the West.’ Billie Jean King wrote, “She’s made history! Cheers to Caitlin Clark, the new NCAA Women’s Basketball All-Time Leading Scorer.”

While Alexis Ohanian took to X(formerly Twitter) to congratulate Clark on her historic achievement. He wrote, “Absolute savage.” Even Rennae Stubbs congratulated the youngster on her historic moment. Ben Shelton, Coco Gauff, and Frances Tiafoe are also a big fan of Caitlin Clark, and they have proved it time and again, What are your thoughts on the rapid rise of Caitlin Clark?

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