American tennis participant Sachia Vickery, who made headlines this week over her OnlyFans profession, is utilizing the subscription-based content material platform to put money into her profession within the sport.
Following Thursday's loss to Germany's Ella Seidel within the second spherical of US Open qualifying, Vickery defined that she doesn't see a damaging facet to becoming a member of OnlyFans “as a result of it's given me a greater life.”
“Yeah, and one other a part of, you recognize, the tennis and OnlyFans side is… while you're on tour you're routinely making a ton of cash,” Vickery, 30, informed The Submit from Flushing Meadows. “Sure, I've carried out very properly all through my profession. I've made nice investments from the time I used to be younger, so you recognize, it's like I'm fantastic.
“However on the identical time, tennis gamers spend $100K plus a yr on teaching, accommodations, meals, coaching, physio. So if I've one other avenue the place I'm capable of make some huge cash to assist that, you recognize, I don't see something damaging with it, personally.
“It's an costly sport, so you recognize I make investments loads of my cash from there again into tennis, and I feel that's one factor individuals don't perceive. They assume it's, you recognize, I'm simply doing it to do it. It's an ideal moneymaker. It's an ideal funding. If I've the potential to make some huge cash on there, why am I not going to take it? It's it's giving me a greater life.”
Vickery, ranked world No. 559, has made a reported $2 million in 14-plus years of professional tennis. She ranked as excessive as No. 73 in 2018.
She mentioned she missed time after tearing her shoulder earlier this yr and had simply returned to the court docket six weeks in the past.
Vickery mentioned she is subsequent headed to Mexico to proceed restarting her profession (the Guadalajara Open is subsequent month).
She made headlines when she opened up about her OnlyFans profession in a Q&A on Instagram this week.
“I'm very open-minded and I don't care what individuals consider me,” Vickery mentioned. “It's additionally the simplest cash I've ever made and I take pleasure in doing it.
“I'll by no means speak s–t about women on OnlyFans ever once more for the remainder of my life. As a result of the quantity I made on there in my first two days, I'm overwhelmed. I'm simply shook actually.”
Vickery prices $12.99 a month for “the content material too spicy for Instagram,” in accordance with her OnlyFans bio.
She mentioned she obtained began when she noticed how properly a buddy was doing on the platform.
“I've a extremely shut buddy who is a large creator on there,” she informed The Submit. “I noticed he was doing very well, he's clearly at a unique stage than I'm…. It's a enjoyable method the place I get to be myself a bit bit.”
The Florida native additionally prices $1,000 to this point her.
“I now not date totally free as a result of conduct of males I now require a pre-date deposit ship me $1,000 and we are able to make it occur,” she informed her 40,000 Instagram followers, including her CashApp data.
Vickery additionally didn't qualify for the Australian Open in January,
