Iga Świątek reacted angrily when a Polish reporter asked if she would wear beads in her hair like Naomi Osaka after winning her second-round mixed doubles match at the U.S. Open. She rejected the question in Polish, asking, "What kind of question is this... Did you think about putting beads in your hair? No. What's going on here?" Naomi Osaka drew attention earlier in the tournament for flashy on-court attire. Swiatek has had a rocky relationship with Polish media, particularly over coverage of her relationship with her psychologist; she dismissed critical comments and defended her team.
Polish tennis star Iga Swiatek appeared visibly upset when a reporter asked her a strange question about her appearance following a U.S. Open match. Swiatek had just won her second-round match in the mixed doubles tournament at the U.S. Open on Thursday afternoon. In the post-match press conference, a Polish reporter asked her if she'd wear beads in her hair like Japanese star Naomi Osaka.
As noted in a report from Daily Mail, Swiatek's relationship with the media in her home country has been rocky at best. She has especially taken issue with the coverage surrounding her relationship with her psychologist. In March, an article from the Polish publication Interia Sports called the relationship disturbed, with another psychologist claiming certain boundaries of professional distance between the psychologist and the client are crossed. Swiatek had dismissed the comments, saying she has the best people around her.
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