According to the business publication, the 23 Grand Slam singles champion earned $29.2 million in the 12-month period ending June 1, with just $4.2 million of that coming from prize money.
The issue was highlighted last year after Serena Williams married the entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian. She did not change her last name, and when she was referred to as “Mrs Williams” on the court, things turned awkward and the issue was brought to the notice.
Simona Halep earned her a second Grand Slam title. “I didn’t think at all against who I play. I’ve always been intimidated a little bit when I faced Serena,” she said.
Serena Williams is the prime sportsperson who has been vocal about her fight for gender and racial equality for years.
A promising teenage player Simona Halep will face-off with the dominating Serena Williams in the Wimbledon Final, and that’s the only block the American has on the way to achieving her long held ambition of equalling Margaret Court’s Grand Slam title record.
“Not only was a game taken from me but a defining, triumphant moment was taken from another player” said the 37-year-old Williams.
Murray and Williams won their respective Wimbledon singles titles in 2016, now according to him, playing with the 23 Grand Slam winner Williams is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity which he could not miss.
While talking about Serena Williams, John McEnroe warned that she, who turns 38 in September, only has a maximum of two years to win a record-equalling title, or she won’t be able to since she is multi-tasking in way too many paths.
In the recently released list of America’s Richest Self Made Women by Forbes, three women are of Indian-origin. They are Neha Narkhede, CTO and Co-Founder of Confluent, Neerja Sethi, Co-founder of Syntel and Jayashree Ullal, President and CEO of Arista Networks.
Serena Williams has now become the first athlete to make it to Forbes’ annual list of the World’s Richest Self-Made Women. She has an estimated $225 million fortune, Forbes noted.
