Emma
Raducanu (who seems to be taking up 80% of the available space in British
newspapers at the moment) was handed a cheque for £1.8million after winning the
US Open last week. That seems an extraordinary pay packet for roughly three
weeks work, and I wondered whether tennis is a bit top-heavy, with only the most
successful two or three players earning big money, and much less available to
those who falter in the early rounds of tournaments. So I did a bit of
research:
The current world no.100 in the men’s game is Gilles Simon, who has won $303,000
in prize money in 2021. There are 99
players better than him, and he has earnt around a quarter of a million pounds
in 9 months.
Tomorrow, I’m buying Mathew a tennis racquet.
RC 22-9-21
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