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Leylah Fernandez embraces basketball shoes on the tennis court

For a long time, Canada’s Leylah Fernandez stood as the only WTA player donning Roger Federer’s On tennis shoes. The 2021 US Open finalist has now switched to the Puma Stewie 2 women’s basketball shoe.

Leylah Fernandez of Canada wears Puma basketball shoes during the second round of the 2023 Guadalajara Open Akron WTA 1000 tennis tournament

Playing this month’s Guadalajara Open AKRON in Mexico, Fernandez introduced Puma’s kicks created in collaboration with American professional basketball player Breanna Stewart. In an interview with TennisONE, the current WTA world No.