Sindhu only Indian in top paid female athletes list with â¹60 cr
With earnings of $8.5 million (nearly â¹60 crore), Rio Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu is the only Indian to feature in Forbes' list of top 10 highest-paid female athletes of 2018. Placed seventh, Sindhu is the only badminton player in the list, which features eight tennis players. Twenty-three-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams tops the list, with $18.1-million total earnings.