At the moment out of motion on account of a sore left knee, PV Sindhu has struck the headlines, this time for her cash, because the star Indian shuttler was named the world’s joint-16th highest-paid feminine athlete in 2023 by Forbes on Friday. In actual fact, Sindhu is the one shuttler and Indian within the listing of prime 20 feminine athletes launched by the American enterprise journal. She is joint 16th within the listing together with American gymnast Simone Biles. Each Sindhu and Biles have an estimate incomes of $7.1 million (approx Rs 60 crore).
With the likes of Serena Williams retired and Naomi Osaka sidelined for the yr, the listing is topped by Polish tennis sensation Iga Swiatek. Having gained the French Open this yr, Swiatek has made an estimated $23.9 million (approx Rs 199 crore) in 2023.
The listing is dominated by tennis stars, with China’s Eileen Gu (FREESTYLE SKIING) the one exception within the prime 10.
In the meantime, Sindhu has opted for a protected rank of No 10 which can be locked in BWF standings till she recovers.
She sustained the harm on her left knee and pulled out throughout her second-round ladies’s singles match towards Thailand’s Supanida Katethong on the French Open on October 26.
Eyeing a medal at subsequent yr’s Paris Olympics, Sindhu will now transfer her base from Hyderabad to Bengaluru to coach beneath the legendary Prakash Padukone within the construct as much as the Paris Video games.
The 28-year-old had a week-long stint beneath Padukone in September and earlier than the Asian Video games, she had indicated that she could be coaching beneath him. The 28-year-old, who’s nursing a niggle in her left knee, lastly revealed the transfer in a social media submit.
“For these questioning and consistently asking me, the cat is lastly out of the bag!!,” she wrote on ‘X’, previously twitter.
“Prakash sir is assuming the position of the mentor in my setup. I began coaching with him on the finish of August, and it has been uphill ever since,” wrote the previous world champion.
“He is greater than a mentor; he is my information, my guru, and, above all, a real good friend. I wholeheartedly imagine he possesses the magic to deliver out the very best from my sport.
(With PTI Inputs)
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