Amid all the praise given to Jessica Pegula comes the tag of being the World's Richest Tennis Player which the top American weighed in on.
Pegula advanced to the Quarter-Finals of Wimbledon for the first time in her career after easing past Lesia Tsurenko 6-1, 6-3. She now faces Marketa Vondrousova.
The difference in headlines was evidenced by Christopher Clarey with many not even putting Pegula's name and instead she just goes by the moniker of being the richest and is often compared to other sports stars including Cristiano Ronaldo for her wealth.
Speaking to the media afterwards, she clarified that it's not her wealth and that she'd rather not be known as that and doesn't know why it stuck as a nickname.
"Yeah, I mean, people say that. I personally don't have that money. It's probably my dad or my parents. I don't know why that kind of stuck. I mean, I understand, though. My family obviously is pretty well-known back in America," she said.
"I mean, it is what it is. I mean, it doesn't really bother me. It would be nice if people didn't say that. But do I really care? I mean, not really. It is what is," Pegula added.
"But, yeah, I mean, I don't really think it matters how much money you have. Yeah, it would be great to win Wimbledon 'cause then I would also have a lot of money from winning Wimbledon," she concluded.
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