Talk About Tennis 2.0

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 08, 2025 7:50 pm Crude.
But, as you say, this may be interesting.
And the Zheng comparison is wrong. Zheng is a citizen of the largest market in the world, plus is a gorgeous young woman (Saba is too). But nobody cares about Belarus, where probably 25 people play tennis in Minsk during the summer. So the endorsement issue will never be a proper gauge.

She is an indirect victim of Russia's war (not to compare this to actual victims) because the Russian speaking world would embrace her and give her the endorsements if she were able to be marketed to them at the moment without losing fans. It's no China but it's a lot of people

But anyway, she is number 1 in the world and just lost a major by getting outplayed, not losing focus. I think that commenter is way off around how she'd be winning more grand slams if she didn't care about endorsements/fame.

I agree—maybe I’ve just never seen it, but she doesn’t seem like a clout chaser to me.

Somewhat related, I just saw that Gauff is now the #1 paid player on the WTA tour with endorsements factored in.