Maria Sharapova became the highest paid tennis player in the world

Russian woman Maria Sharapova became the highest paid tennis player in the world according to Forbes magazine.

Shoulder injury and operation did not stop her from earned $ 22.5 million, mainly due to the advertising of goods of such well-known corporations as Canon, Colgate-Palmolive, Motorola, Nike, Tiffany and Land Rover.

According to RIA Novosti , only on promoting shampoo from the dandruff of Unileve 22-year-old tennis players will earn more than $ 2 million.

More managed to earn only the first racket of the world - Swiss Roger Federer. His earnings, mainly due to the prize pool of tournaments, amounted to $ 36 million.

In third place was his main opponent - Rafael Nadal with $ 20 million. The first dozen of the best tennis players in the world over the past year earned a total of 165 million dollars.