Famous tennis players, as indeed all sports people of note, have come to be accorded very high status in the society in recent days. Some of these players are indeed among the best known people in the world: so that some are actually better known than the presidents of some countries. This new status is, in part, due to the new earning power of sport; with many players ending up in the ranks of the richest people.
Many of these famous players have not let their fame or their money to get ‘into their heads.’ Most are still down-to-earth people. They are the sort of people you just pass by on the street and the airports, only for your mind to start telling you that you must have seen them somewhere. As you marshal your powers of recall, you come to realize that you have just been face-to-face with the world’s number one in your favorite sport!
Many of the famous players have also tended to put their fame to good use: in campaigning for worthwhile causes. In this way, a number of them have managed to raise funds for projects aimed at lessening the suffering of the less fortunate in the society.