Several times in her video, the 24-year-old explained that she felt excluded from the group, with the event resembling more of an individual tournament.
“I understand we’re in a competitive environment, but I thought being on a team, playing a team event, it would be a little different,” Aiava said. “It’s not a team effort at all, we pretty much do what we want, on our own. And then when everyone has to play, that’s when we all come together as one group. team.»
Aiava used quotation marks to pronounce the word “team”.
“I don’t want to say anything that might get me cancelled,” Aiava continued, “I probably will though. » At this point, the 28-minute video cut to another part of Aiava’s musings from her hotel room.
“There have been at most two people I’ve actually talked to on the team, maybe three,” Aiava said. His teammates were Alex de Minaur, Matthew Ebden, Omar Jasika, Olivia Gadecki and Ellen Perez.