Forbes' female athlete rich list reveals seven of 10 best-paid sportswomen earning less...

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Naomi Osaka's exponential rise to the top of the tennis world rankings over the past year has seen her leap from relative obscurity to the second highest-paid female athlete in the world this year, trailing only Serena Williams. Tellingly though, her $24.3million (£20m) total earnings see her marginally miss out on the top 100 combined male and female list, as Williams remains the only woman with that honour, tied for 63rd place. The full female list, published by Forbes on Tuesday, also showed a worrying downward trend in the earnings of elite sportswomen.

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