PV Sindhu world’s 12th highest earning female athlete in 2022, Naomi Osaka on top

According to the Forbes list released last week, PV Sindhu is the world’s 12th highest-paid female athlete in 2022. The 27-year-old star Indian shuttler is the only Indian in the list of top 25 female athletes released by the American magazine. Sindhu, world number six in women’s shuttler, had won a historic gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.

Prior to that, he also won Syed Modi India International in Lucknow in January, Swiss Open in March and Singapore Open in July. Sindhu has not played since the Commonwealth Games due to injury. However, she has still managed to maintain her world ranking.

Sindhu will now be seen playing in the India Open in New Delhi later this month. According to the data released by Forbes, Sindhu’s total earnings in 2022 were $ 7.1 million i.e. Rs 59 crore. Japan’s tennis player Naomi Osaka is on top of the highest-paid female athletes. After him comes the number of USA’s legendary tennis player Serena Williams.