Casper Ruud raises questions about endorsement earnings of Emma Raducanu, Aryna Sabalenka, and Elena Rybakina

Casper Ruud, while reacting to the endorsement earnings of Emma Raducanu, said players' agents would never reveal exact details.

Casper Ruud raises questions about endorsement earnings of Emma Raducanu, Aryna Sabalenka, and Elena Rybakina

Elena Rybakina, Casper Ruud, Aryna Sabalenka, Emma Raducanu (Images via X)

Emma Raducanu, as per Sportico earned $14 million from endorsement deals, which is more than what Aryna Sabalenka ($8 million) and Elena Rybakina ($4 million) together acquired. When a tennis enthusiast shared the data, Casper Ruud questioned its accuracy.

Coco Gauff tops the list of Sportico’s top 15 highest-paid women athletes, winning $9.4 million from prize money and $21 million from endorsement. The other tennis players on the list apart from the aforementioned players are Iga Swiatek, Qinwen Zheng, Naomi Osaka, Jasmine Paolini, and Jessica Pegula.

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Raducanu, who hasn’t played much this season due to injuries, was seventh on the table with most of her earnings coming from lucrative endorsement deals. But Ruud doesn’t think all the data provided by Sportico is accurate as he replied to a post on X which was about Raducanu earning more than the combined earnings of Sabalenka and Rybakina.

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How do you/they know? Have you seen all of Emma, Aryna and Elena’s contracts with your own eyes?

Casper Ruud wrote on X

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When the user in response shared that Sportico‘s data was based on “conversations with those familiar with marketing agreements,” the 25-year-old tennis star claimed that Sportico guessed the earnings the agents would never reveal the exact details about the endorsements.

Fair enough, but even for them (sportico) it’s a guessing game.. there’s no way an agent would ever give access to their players contracts so in reality only the agent & player know the real numbers.. they should write «highest estimated payed athletes» in stead..

Casper Ruud wrote on X

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Casper Ruud says Jannik Sinner is different from Novak Djokovic

World No. 1 Jannik Sinner‘s game is often compared to that of 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic. Casper Ruud, who has faced both the players, explained how Sinner’s style is very different than the Serb’s.

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Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic (Images via X, Tennis365)

I don’t necessarily like to compare players because everyone has their own style. For me, you don’t realize how fast Jannik plays unless you watch him play live and you’re there in the stadium. On the TV, it’s not fair, the speed.

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Ruud lost all three of the matches he played against Sinner but against Djokovic, the Norwegian registered just one win from six matches, including the 2023 French Open final which Nole won. While Sinner finished the season with eight titles, Djokovic took home none on the ATP Tour.