Not to put any additional pressure on my fellow raised-in-Westmounter Genie Bouchard, 19, who is playing in the semi-final of the Australian Open later tonight, but there's more riding on these tennis matches than just another potential public boyfriend-discussion op.
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Bouchard stands to make $2.65 million if she could beat Li Na and then likely Agnieszka Radwanska but that cash pales to the money floating around in possible endorsements.
The current queen of tennis endorsements is Maria Sharapova, who packed in an estimated $29 million last year and has an estimated net worth of $90M.
Sharapova could eventually become a billionaire, considering that in 31 years, when she's 57, that $90 million compounded at eight percent will become over $1 billion.
(Granted there will be significant tax hits but there will also be some new earnings to offset it).
Sharapova, it has recently been repeatedly revealed, isn't really that good at tennis and the market could very much be aching for another white English-speaking blonde North American to gradually take her place as the smiling face of women's tennis.
Bouchard has already got a sponsorship deal with Pinty's, which makes some sort of chicken wings or something. Her commercial debut isn't incredibly great as she's probably not really somebody with a long history of buying groceries and she doesn't have the slightest clue as to how to chop a cucumber.
But if all things fall into place, Bouchard could become a very valuable citizen, not just for the sake of morale but also for the sake of her tax contributions, if she chooses to remain a resident of this province.
So bagging a slam is not just a big thing, it's a very big thing, for all of us.
Bouchard, by the way, is widely assumed to be dating Habs winger Alex Galchenyuk but has steadfastly refused to confirm this or comment on it in any way, so when she was asked who she'd like to date and replied Justin Bieber, it's not believed to be a true love call for love.
Bouchard thought that Bieber might consider sending her a tweet but no such note has appeared on his site following the thing.
The current queen of tennis endorsements is Maria Sharapova, who packed in an estimated $29 million last year and has an estimated net worth of $90M.
Sharapova could eventually become a billionaire, considering that in 31 years, when she's 57, that $90 million compounded at eight percent will become over $1 billion.
(Granted there will be significant tax hits but there will also be some new earnings to offset it).
Sharapova, it has recently been repeatedly revealed, isn't really that good at tennis and the market could very much be aching for another white English-speaking blonde North American to gradually take her place as the smiling face of women's tennis.
Bouchard has already got a sponsorship deal with Pinty's, which makes some sort of chicken wings or something. Her commercial debut isn't incredibly great as she's probably not really somebody with a long history of buying groceries and she doesn't have the slightest clue as to how to chop a cucumber.
But if all things fall into place, Bouchard could become a very valuable citizen, not just for the sake of morale but also for the sake of her tax contributions, if she chooses to remain a resident of this province.
So bagging a slam is not just a big thing, it's a very big thing, for all of us.
Bouchard, by the way, is widely assumed to be dating Habs winger Alex Galchenyuk but has steadfastly refused to confirm this or comment on it in any way, so when she was asked who she'd like to date and replied Justin Bieber, it's not believed to be a true love call for love.
Bouchard thought that Bieber might consider sending her a tweet but no such note has appeared on his site following the thing.