American tennis player Hailey Baptiste, 20, admits as a kid she assumed she would have a Serena Williams or Rafael Nadal-like pro journey but now she in touch with reality and well-aware of how hard it is to make it as a pro. "When you dream of being a professional tennis player as a 9-year-old, you never account for the difficult parts of that journey. D.C. tennis pro Hailey Baptiste has earned $175,288 in 2022, before taxes, but said she has had to shell out more than $130,000 in expenses. I'm blessed to be a professional tennis player, but it's impossible not to look at other sports and think about what life as a top-150 player would be like. First-seeded Pegula didn't have any problems versus Baptiste, beating the American wildcard 6-2 6-2.

Source: Washington Post August 03, 2022 21:51 UTC