Indian badminton participant PV Sindhu is the one participant within the prime 25 of Forbes’ annual record of highest-paid feminine athletes on the earth, ranked twelfth behind WNBA participant Candace Parker and forward of tennis participant Leyla Fernandez. The 27-year-old, after profitable singles gold and doubles silver on the Commonwealth Games, earned $7 million of her $7.1 million internet value from sources exterior the courtroom.
The record indicated that sponsorship and ambassadorship are extra profitable than prize cash or contract values ​​in ladies’s sports activities, as a big proportion of the best paid ladies earn extra off the sphere than they did on it. As is normally the case, tennis gamers dominated the record with 12 within the prime 25 and 7 within the prime 10, however success on the courtroom was not the explanation.
The 27-year-old, after profitable the singles gold and doubles silver on the Commonwealth Games, earned 1 million of his whole earnings from off-court sources.
World No. 1 Inga Swiatek was seeded sixth after a historic 12 months during which she received 37 consecutive matches and received the French Open and US Open titles. But Naomi Osaka tops the record, Serena Williams is second, and Emma Raducanu is fourth, whereas not one of the three are having a notable season or seeing any lively success.
Golf was one other well-represented sport on the record, with Minzie Lee from Australia and Lydia Ko from New Zealand being among the examples that earned extra from prize cash slightly than sponsorships. One of the highlights was eighth-ranked Simone Biles, the American gymnast who did not lose her spot within the prime 10 even in a non-Olympic 12 months with nearly no competitors earnings.
Americans additionally dominated the record, with 10 of the highest 25 coming from the United States.
prime 10:
1. Naomi Osaka (Japan) – Tennis – $51.1 million
2. Serena Williams (USA) – Tennis – $41.3 million
3. Aileen Gu (China) – Skiing – $20.1 million
4. Emma Raducanu (UK) – Tennis – $18.7 million
5. Anya Swiatek (Poland) – Tennis – $14.9 million
6. Venus Williams (USA) – Tennis – $12.1 million
7. Coco Gauff (USA) – Tennis – $11.1 million
8. Simone Biles (USA) – Gymnastics – $10 million
9. Jessica Pegula (USA) – Tennis – $7.6 million
10. Minjie Lee (Australia) – Golf – $7.3 million
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
