By Ayomide Tayo

According to Forbes yearly list of the top 100 highest paid athletes, Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams are the cash queens of female tennis.
Maria Sharapova earned $29m while American tennis super star Serena Williams who just won the French Open made $20.5m. Third on the list was Li Na with $18.2m.
In the male corner- Roger Federer leads the pack with $71.5m. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal earned $26.9m and $26.4m respectively.

