{"id":289187,"date":"2023-08-30T07:34:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=289187"},"modified":"2023-08-30T07:34:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:34:58","slug":"worlds-richest-tennis-player-worth-billions-beats-lingerie-model-at-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/nba\/worlds-richest-tennis-player-worth-billions-beats-lingerie-model-at-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s richest tennis player worth billions beats lingerie model at US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"
The world\u2019s richest tennis player made short work of lingerie model Camila Giorgi at the US Open.<\/p>\n
Jessica Pegula, whose family is worth a staggering \u00a35billion, was too strong for Giorgi, who divides her time between tennis and modelling. American number one Pegula cruised through 6-2 6-2 to book a second round spot at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n
Pegula\u2019s father Terry is the owner of NFL side the Buffalo Bills and NHL outfit the Buffalo Sabres. He boasts a reported net worth of $6.7billion (around \u00a35.4billion). That ranks him in the top 500 wealthiest people worldwide. Terry made his fortune in the oil and gas industry before moving into sports.<\/p>\n
While Pegula can count on untold resources from her father, she has amassed a personal fortune of her own through prize money totalling more than \u00a36m and is keen to carve her own path.<\/p>\n
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"I know that's maybe not the story people gravitate towards, right? They may think it's interesting. I know some people do, but, yeah, I'm aware of that and I know that," she said when discussing her father\u2019s wealth last year.<\/p>\n
"But I also think I have a lot of people's respect as well. I think it's kind of known at least on tour and with players that, yeah, I have that respect."<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile, Giorgi\u2019s work away from tennis, which includes bikini and lingerie shoots, has netted her 729,000 followers on Instagram.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t the first time the pair had faced each other at a Grand Slam. Earlier this year, they met at the French Open, Pegula prevailed on that occasion too, albeit after Giorgi retired hurt after just one set. That set also ended 6-2 in Pegula\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n