“Wasn’t easy for him to put all that money into hiring a coach,” Iga Swiatek recalls her father’s struggles and efforts in shaping her career

Iga Swiatek stated that her father always supported her dreams of pursuing a tennis career despite the fact that coaches costed him a fortune.

“Wasn’t easy for him to put all that money into hiring a coach,” Iga Swiatek recalls her father’s struggles and efforts in shaping her career

Iga Swiatek along with her father during her childhood(left). (credits: X.com, Tennis365)

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek has set an absolute example in the field of women’s tennis for the last few years with her dominance in the sport. In the last two years, she has spent over 80+ weeks on the top of the pile racking up trophies for fun. Over her illustrious career, she has also won a total of 4 Grand Slams. In a recent interview, Swiatek talked about the struggles of her father as he was adamant about making her a successful tennis player.

Swiatek had an interview with media outlet, Players Tribune where she talked about how things in Poland were back during her childhood days. She stated that her father always supported her dreams of pursuing a tennis career and even though hiring coaches cost him a fortune, her father didn’t give up. Her father who was an Olympic rower himself dreamt of making her daughters even more successful athletes and kept backing them putting together his hard-earned money.

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Swiatek said:

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Sometimes growing up I had nowhere to play, so my dad always had to adjust. And it wasn't easy for him to put all that money into hiring a coach, & having a court to practice on. That part is the hardest to think back on & share openly, but I want to be honest. When I think about my dad, I remember how it wasn't so ‘smooth’ all the time. I think he tried really hard to protect me from reality outside of tennis, was to kind of make us better athletes than he was.
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Iga Swiatek shares how much of a mental support her father had been throughout her career

Iga Swiatek shared how her father dedicated his whole life to dreaming the same dream she had dreamt of since her childhood. Swiatek said:

He basically dedicated his whole life to helping us do that. He never said it, but I could see it. Especially, I think, when you're a dad. You want to be strong & not show your kids that you're worried about something. But the emotions are still there. At that time money was tight, so it couldn't have been easy for him.
Iga Swiatek along with her father after winning the Billie Jean King Cup. (credits: X.com)

She also talked about how back in Poland, people are not comfortable about expressing their emotions and despite all the troubles her father had to go through gathering the money, her father never gave up.

It was evident from the words of the four-time Grand Slam champion about how much she felt for her father as she concluded by expressing her feelings for her dad.

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