In the women's singles final of the 2018 Badminton World Championships, Indian star Sindhu defeated Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-19, 21-17 in 61 minutes to win the championship.

On December 16, Beijing time, in the women's singles final of the 2018 World Badminton Federation Finals, Indian star Sindhu defeated Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-19, 21-17 in 61 minutes to win the championship. Before this game, India's No. 1 sister had reached the finals five times in the Indian Open, Commonwealth Games women's singles competition, Thailand Open, Nanjing World Championships, and Asian Games women's singles competition, but she only finished runner-up five times. The richest man in badminton, who had an annual income of US$8.5 million (58 million + RMB) last year, finally made his fortune in the last major competition in 2018.

On August 22 this year, Forbes announced the 2018 income rankings of female athletes. This year, eight of the top ten female athletes in terms of annual income are tennis players. Indian badminton star Sindhu ranks seventh with $8.5 million, which is higher than tennis stars Halep and Kerber.

The top five are: American tennis superstar Serena Williams (USD 18.1 million), Wozniacki (USD 13 million), Stephens (USD 11.2 million), Muguruza (USD 1100) million US dollars), Sharapova (US$10.5 million). This ranking is based on surveys conducted from June 2017 to June 2018.

Indian badminton star Sindhu ranks seventh with an annual income of US$8.5 million. The 23-year-old Sindhu is the badminton women's singles runner-up at the Rio Olympics. Although she earned only $500,000 in bonuses on the court in the past year, she received $8 million in endorsement advertising revenue. 8.5 million US dollars is approximately 58 million yuan. This kind of annual income cannot even be achieved by Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei . Halep, the new French Open women's singles champion in 2018, ranked eighth with only $7.7 million, and three-time Grand Slam champion German star Kerber, 30, ranked tenth with only $7 million.

Why does Sindhu earn so much? In 2016, she reached the women's singles final of the Rio Olympics and historically won the women's singles silver medal for India. In September of that year, she signed an endorsement contract with the sports management company Baseline, which was valid for three years and worth 500 million Indian rupees (approximately 50 million yuan). This contract was also signed by Indian players other than cricketers. the most expensive contract. In October of that year, Sindhu became the brand ambassador of India's state-owned steel company Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. Next, Bank of Baroda, the second largest bank in India, signed a three-year endorsement contract with Sindhu. So far, Sindhu has endorsement contracts with famous brands such as Bridgestone, Gatorade, Nokia , Panasonic , Reckitt Benckiser, as well as six other domestic brands.

In the "Top 100 Chinese Celebrities Income List 2017" published by a certain media in 2017, Lin Dan ranked 88th with 31.6 million yuan. Li Zongwei's annual income is not much different from Lin Dan. But Sindhu earned US$8.5 million in the past year, which can be said to have directly become the highest-paid player in the world's badminton world. Another badminton star with more outstanding achievements is Taipei's Dai Ziying. Dai Ziying earned US$240,000 in bonuses in the 2017 season. According to local media estimates, Dai Ziying's competition bonuses + endorsements last year (main endorsement brands include Sharp , Heku bank credit card, badminton racket brand victory, etc.) at least NT$30 million. This amount of money is approximately equivalent to 6.668 million yuan. Tai Tzu Ying's annual income is less than 12% of Sindhu's.

In the 2017 Chinese celebrity income list, Lin Dan ranked 88th with 31.6 million yuan. Li Zongwei's annual income is not much different from Lin Dan. But Sindhu earned US$8.5 million in the past year, which can be said to have directly become the highest-paid player in the world's badminton world.

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