Over the course of more than three nail-biting hours in last week’s final of the French Open, Maria Sharapova demonstrated the talent and determination that won her a fifth tennis Grand Slam title.
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Young Maria with parents Elena and Yuri [PH]
Yesterday she showed off her other self: the Maria Sharapova who by skilful self-marketing became a multi-million-pound concern.
Wearing a tiny mini-dress which showed off her endless legs she posed in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower with her French Open trophy, looking even more statuesque in the sky-high heels which added several inches to her 6ft 2in frame. The trophy was all about tennis, the teeny, flesh-baring dress showcased Maria the glamour girl. She has done exceedingly well at both.
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Her earnings from tennis in 10 years of top-level playing stand at £17.25million, a tidy sum to have at the age of only 27. Only the Williams sisters have won more prize money from their sport.
But it is nothing compared with her earnings off the tennis court. Thanks to carefully chosen and skilfully negotiated endorsement and sponsorship deals, Sharapova has amassed a jaw-dropping £55million. She is
regularly listed as the highest-paid female athlete in the world with an annual income of more than £10million.
Even when she took a year off tennis because of a shoulder injury she did not slip from the top spot.