Sofya Zhuk has gone from a Wimbledon champion to a lingerie-loving model – and hasn't disappointed before the US Open final.
The 23-year-old pocketed hundreds of thousands in career earnings between 2017 and 2019 before calling time on her career and finding online stardom.
Zhuk, who won the girls' singles title at the All England Club back in 2015, reached the main draws at both the US Open and French Open before her early retirement.
The Russian now has almost 200,000 followers on her official Instagram account which posts racy snaps to the delight of her fans.
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In a story posted ahead of the US Open mens' singles final between Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev, Zhuk posed in her underwear.
A caption read: "My shirt says it all. P.S excuse me for the mirror being dirty." The message on her top read: "Don't touch."
Sofya describes herself as a sports car addicts and also advertises business inquires of car, yacht and villa rentals in her home of Miami.
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Despite the riches on offer from the sport, Sofya decided it wasn't for her and has since going into some details.
She wrote on Instagram back in 2020: "It’s truly not that colourful and fun until you reach like top 60-70 WTA.
"You’re still not making that much money because you have to cover travel expenses, coaches, hotels and living expenses. Plus to that you’re basically never home and always live in hotels…"
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She added: "We trained daily for hours and hours on the hottest weather out there just to be able to compete on the highest level when you see us on TV.
"You never see what truly happens behind the TV like living on pain killers.
"Anyway there is way more details in this but couldn’t type it all."
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