Maria Sharapova talked about the gender gap between the women’s and men’s Tours, in fact making a criticism of the WTA and ATP regarding the difference in prize money between the two tours.In Toronto for the second annual UNMATCHED: Gender Equity in Sports conference, the former tennis icon highlighted only 15-20% of the Tour offers parity, while the rest there is a large salary difference between men and women.Sharapova, sharing the brutal truth about the gender gap in tennis, explained: “15-20 percent of the tour is equal.
But where’s the rest of the 80 percent? It’s not even close to being equal. Unfortunately, those events don’t have the biggest media rights, they don’t have the visibility, so therefore, that subject of equality doesn’t even get a platform because not too many people know internationally these tournaments exist.”
Maria Sharapova, postpartum training
With her 5 Grand Slam titles won during her career, Maria Sharapova is considered one of the strongest and most influential tennis players of her generation.
At the end of her professional career, the Russian, in addition to not neglecting fashion, another great passion of hers, she also performed with remarkable results as an entrepreneur.This is the case of the Sugarpova confectionary company.
As reported by The Sun, Maria has invested about 500,000 dollars in this company over the years and has significantly increased its value. Now Sugarpova has acquired a value of 187 million dollars, thus multiplying its initial value in an incredible way.While some initially smiled at this investment, Maria proved them all wrong and created a great new empire.
Now Sugarpova sells chocolates and other sweets in 22 different countries and earns a steady $20 million a year.Despite her advancing age, Maria is still splendid and shines on social networks with videos of her workouts.
She recently gave an interview to Self and revealed some details about her workouts: “Usually my workouts last about 30 minutes, the last time I have to say they were less intense but still a lot of fun. I tend to do them especially when little Theodore is asleep.”
