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Jessica Pegula (29) is the current number 3 in the world on the WTA Tour. But she has never progressed beyond a quarterfinal at a Grand Slam tournament. That should change on Tuesday.
A first qualification for the semi-finals would be another step to shake off her nickname of “richest tennis player” in the world. Jessica is the daughter of billionaire Terry Pegula, who made his living from natural gas and real estate. Mother Kim is also a businesswoman. The family also jointly owns the Buffalo Bills NFL team and the Buffalo Sabers NHL team. The entire fortune is estimated at seven billion dollars. The billionaire’s daughter would trade the entire fortune for a success at Wimbledon.
Sporty on the rise
It would be nice if they didn’t call her the richest tennis player in the world, Pegula is quoted as saying in the “Sun” ahead of her quarterfinal meeting with Czech Marketa Vondrousova (from 2pm). People would call them that, but “I personally don’t have that money. It’s from my dad or my parents.
Her nickname does not annoy her, but she does not want to overestimate the role of money. “I don’t think it really matters how much money you have.” She adds with a wink: “Winning Wimbledon would be great. Because then I would make money because I won Wimbledon.”
Would she trade her parents’ fortune for it? “I think I would trade, yes. I believe that (be a Wimbledon champion, d. editor) would probably be better.” As the winner of Wimbledon, she would have prize money of more than 2.5 million francs.
No more than peanuts given her origins. From a sporting point of view, reaching the last four of a Grand Slam would be the next milestone for a tennis player who has climbed from 55th to 3rd in the WTA rankings since 2020. (dti)
Source : Blick
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