Tennis analyst Gill Gross is looking out Iga Swiatek over what he believes is a pure instance of utilizing a sufferer mentality.
In mid-March, the Polish tennis star obtained heavy scrutiny after practically hitting a ball child in a second of frustration in Indian Wells. A few days after dropping to Mirra Andreeva within the Indian Wells semifinal, the world No. 2 determined to handle the difficulty by sending out a deep message.
In her message, Swiatek underlined her Indian Wells actions weren't proper. However she additionally hit out at social media abuse and the extent of criticism that she faces.
Gross: Swiatek isn’t the one participant that will get abused on the web
Addressing that on his podcast, the analyst just about stated that he has a problem with the five-time Grand Slam champion complaining about some issues as if she's the one participant being handled that manner.
"Right here's the place she (Iga) isn’t proper. She's not proper in saying that she is singled out. She's simply not appropriate. Each tennis participant is being abused continuously on the Web. It sucks, but it surely's true. She isn’t particular for being abused," Gross stated on his podcast.
"I'm telling you, Coco Gauff is gonna say the identical factor. I'm certain Aryna Sabalenka's DMs after she loses… 'You grunt too loud.' All people will get bullied on the Web. It's the worst. It's horrible. Okay? But in addition, as a substitute of sufferer mentality, 'Why is that this taking place to me?' You bought to have a look at it as… That is simply the world we dwell in now. Let's determine a technique to handle this."
Within the message the place she opened as much as followers, Swiatek famous how critics used to name her "robotic" when she wasn't exhibiting many feelings on the courtroom. With that half, Gross agreed.
In the meantime, after dropping within the Miami quarterfinal and seeing her title drought proceed, Swiatek admitted she was simply glad that the clay season was beginning.