PV Sindhu among top 25 highest-paid female athletes in Forbes annual list

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India's badminton star PV Sindhu is the only Indian sportsperson to feature in the top 25 of Forbes' annual list of the world's highest-paid female athletes.

Important facts

• Sindhu, the 2016 Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, is ranked 12th in the list, which is topped by Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka.
• The 27-year-old Sindhu, who won the singles gold and doubles silver at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham earlier this year, earned $7 million out of her total earnings of $7.1 million.
• For the third year in a row, Osaka topped Forbes' annual list of the world's highest-paid female athletes. The list is once again dominated by tennis players.
• Naomi Osaka, the world number 42, topped the list with a total annual earning of $51.1 million, while Serena Williams is a distant second with $41.3 million and Eileen Gu, the freestyle skier, third with a total coffer of $20.1 million.

List of 15 highest paid female athletes of the year

• Naomi Osaka (Japan) – Tennis – $51.1 million
• Serena Williams (USA) – Tennis – $41.3 million
• Elieen Gu (China) – Skiing – $20.1 million
• Emma Raducanu (UK) – Tennis – $18.7 million
• Iga Swiatek (Poland) – Tennis – $14.9 million
• Venus Williams (USA) – Tennis – $12.1 million
• Coco Gauff (USA) – Tennis – $11.1 million
• Simone Biles (USA) – Gymnastics – $10 million
• Jessica Pegula (USA) – Tennis – $7.6 million
• Minjee Lee (Australia) – Golf – $7.3 million
• Candace Parker (USA) - Basketball - $7.2 million
• P.V. Sindhu (India) - Badminton - $7.1 million
• Leylah Fernandez (Canada) - Tennis -$7 million
• Lydia Ko (New Zealand) - Golf - $6.9 million
• Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) - Tennis - $6.5 million