Iga Swiatek ‘unhappy’ after Netflix ignore star’s pleas as Pole ‘opts out’ of sequence

Iga Swiatek admitted that she wasn’t proud of the ultimate edit of her episode in Netflix’s tennis documentary sequence. The world No 1 featured partly two of Break Point which was launched forward of Wimbledon. And she reportedly received’t be returning for season two after airing her grievances over components that had been unnoticed of the primary season.

Swiatek was one among a number of tennis stars who featured in Netflix’s Drive To Survive-style tennis sequence filmed over the course of the 2022 season, with one episode chronicling her US Open title victory. But she has now revealed that digital camera crews had been along with her at varied different factors all year long, together with at her charity exhibition match to lift funds for Ukraine, with all the footage being unnoticed.

“I think it’s great that we have something like that in tennis,” she mentioned of Break Point throughout this week’s Cincinnati Open. “On the other hand, from our perspective when we watch the show, we know sometimes a little bit more and we know that this is the show also for people who don’t know a lot about tennis.”

While the four-time Grand Slam champion mentioned she understood why Netflix picked the subject material that they did, she was nonetheless saddened to see her charity match unnoticed after inviting the cameras into her personal life. Swiatek continued: “I totally get why they are doing stuff like that, but there was some stuff that I wanted to be included – for example, the exhibition in Krakow – but it wasn’t.

“So it was kind of sad for me. But overall, yeah, it was a nice experience and I learned a lot about myself.” Swiatek staged the ‘Iga Swiatek and friends for Ukraine’ occasion in Krakow final July with particular appearances from retired star Agnieska Radwanska and from Elina Svitolina, who was pregnant on the time. The occasion raised £422,000 for aid efforts within the nation within the midst of the conflict.

The 22-year-old additionally admitted that she wasn’t the kind of particular person to let cameras into her residence although she tried to offer an perception into her life once they filmed in Krakow. “Honestly I wasn’t one of these players that agreed to everything, because I didn’t want the crew to kind of be, I don’t know, at my house or shooting with my family a lot,” she defined.

“But I showed a little bit of my private life. We showed few things with my sister. But I guess it was pretty tight, because it’s hard to have a normal conversation with your sibling in front of the cameras, you know? That’s why I also thought that it’s kind of maybe I’m not ready for things like this yet.”