Quarantine Effect, Tennis Player Eugenie Bouchard Wants To Be An Esports Athlete

The growing popularity of esports has made many people who want to try their luck enter this industry, and Eugenie Bouchard is no exception. Yep, the Canadian female tennis player was interested in becoming an esports athlete because she was tempted by the amount of prizes offered.

According to Eugenie Bouchard, being an esports athlete is very promising. He gave the example of the famous esports athlete Kyle Bugha Giersdorf, where at the age of 16 he managed to bring home a prize of 3 million US dollars or around Rp. 47 billion after winning the Fortnite world cup.

“I heard the winner of the Fortnite game got 3 million dollars, that’s so crazy,” said Bouchard, quoted by Essentially Sports. “I mean I’m impressed. It’s a new world I don’t know,‘ continued Bouchard.

Eugenie Bouchard added, in the midst of the Corona virus pandemic that requires other physical sports to postpone or even cancel matches, the Esports sport is still active with matches that can be held and watched online.

Making Esports a career choice is not only interesting but also promising. Imagine, according to Newzoo, in 2020, esports revenue is predicted to reach US$1.1 billion. This means that the opportunity to become a professional athlete is still wide open, especially for women.

So far, esports players are still dominated by men, while the number of female players in the realm of console and PC games only reaches 35 percent. So it’s not surprising that in order to maintain the existence of women in esports, many women-only esports tournaments are held with the lure of big prizes.

For example, the Girl Gamer Esports Festival, a world esports event specifically for women, has held esports tournaments for 7 times with a total prize of US$100 thousand. Then there is the Female Esports League (FSL), where this tournament compares women’s teams from various countries in Asia such as Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and also Indonesia.

The tournaments held by FSL are quite varied, not only presenting tournaments for PC online games such as DOTA 2 and League of Legends. FSL also designs tournaments for mobile games such as Mobile Legends and Arena of Valor. Of course with a promising prize pool of US $ 5 thousand.

In Indonesia, ladies esports tournaments have been held since a few years ago. Starting from the Point Blank Ladies Championship, PBLC 2018, PBLC 2019 and Point Blank Ladies League 2020 which prepares a total prize of Rp. 60 million rupiah. It’s different with the 2019 BUBU Esports Tournament, which is one of the women’s Esports tournaments that provides a prize of Rp. 290 million.

Becoming an Esports Athlete is certainly not an easy matter, it takes a long process. In addition, esports athletes are also required to continue to learn to develop themselves and not easily give up on themselves. The prize pool or the lure of large prizes is indeed a powerful way to attract women’s interest in the esports industry. However, is that the only way to increase the number of female players in the world of esports?

So how about it girls, do you want to follow in the footsteps of Eugenie Bouchard who wants to change the wheel from tennis player to esports athlete? Share your opinion in the comments column and don’t forget to stay tuned for the latest and updated news about games, anime, gadgets and other esports only on Game News.

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