In the early years, sports were also divided into classes, divided into commoner and aristocratic sports, of which there were four noble sports in Europe, which referred to tennis, golf, bowling and snooker, for the rich and upper class, playing tennis was not just for the sake of strengthening the body, but was used as a social activity. Although these sports are no longer regarded as aristocratic in modern times, many celebrities will send their children to learn tennis.
Although almost everyone in these wealthy families can play tennis, most of them are cultivated as an interest, and there are very few people who have the ability or intention to become professional tennis players, after all, the family career may be far more profitable than being a player. However, in today's tennis world, there is really a professional player from a rich family, her net worth is very amazing, even the world's first can not be compared with him, she is the 28-year-old tennis player from the United States Pergua Jessica Pergura.
Pergula's grandfather worked in coal mining, and after his retirement, he gave the job to his father Tri Pegula, so his business-minded father began to invest in oil extraction technology, and became an oil and gas tycoon, with a net worth of more than 7 billion US dollars, and was on the list of the world's richest people; Mom kim was adopted by an American family after being born in South Korea, met Pegura's father while working at a restaurant in Buffalo, USA, and the two soon got married and gave birth to Pegula, and the parents also bought Buffalo Bills in the NFL and Buffalo Sabres in the NHL in 2014, the former with a current market value of $3.4 billion and the latter $500 million).
But Pegula, who was born in 1994, did not become a rich second generation, and even hoped to get rid of the pressure brought by her rich family. At one point, she thought about changing her name at the beginning of her career, but Pegula persevered under such a huge constraint with hard work and perseverance, and also continued to fight with her long-term knee and hip injuries, in 2011, she and her doubles partner reached the third round of the US Open, in 2015 she also played in the US Open for the first time as a singles player and won the first victory of her career, and in 2019, she won the first WTA title of her career at the Washington Open and broke into the world's top 100.
2021 is a year of great breakthrough for Pegura, her ranking from breaking through the world's top 50, to advancing the world's top 30, until the Canadian Open she beat the world's No. 7 Svitolina at the time, this year so far Pegura has won two WTA1000 championships, the world ranking has risen to the highest 7th place in her career, and also became the U.S. sister who ranked No. 1 in women's singles among American players.
As a result, this year's US Open event Pegura has become the host's high-profile good hand, but in fact, a while ago she was suffering from psychological suffering, Pegula's mother accidentally suffered from an unknown disease in June this year, and even the family with a wealthy family could not find the reason after seeing famous doctors, so she needed to prepare for the battle in such a mentally tormented situation.
Unexpectedly, under such pressure from all directions, Pegula was able to reach the top 8 of the US Open in one fell swoop, although she could not continue to advance after losing to Swatak, but the top 8 was the best result of her career. Fortunately, In a later interview, Pegula revealed that her mother's current situation has stabilized a lot, and she is still drinking beer at the press conference after losing to release the pressure, and the US Open official also wrote: She is like us after a hard day's work.
How far can this true temperamental rich second generation go in the future? Let's wait and see!