Jessica Pegula h.i.t.s back at ‘richest tennis player in the world’ tag【News】

[Music] Jessica Pula addressed misconceptions about her family's billions in Netflix breakpoint Jessica Pula has HIIT back at misconceptions she faces over her billionaire parents the world number three is featured in season 2 of Netflix's tennis Series breakpoint where she slammed online reports and social media hate about her family's wealth and explained that she couldn't buy her way into the latter stages of a grand slam after losing six quarterfinals Pula is one of the new faces of breakpoint appearing in season two of the drive to survive style Netflix documentary series episode 5 charts her quest to win more titles and breaker duck in Grand Slam quarterfinals two areas that Pula has struggled with despite her consistency but it's not all about the tennis as the former doubles number one also addresses her family's wealth and their sporting background her parents Terry and Kim own two sports teams the NFL's Buffalo Bills and NHL side the Buffalo Sabers pula's dad alone has a net worth of 5.3 billion pounds which has previously earned her the label of the world's richest tennis player and the 29-year-old explained how her father made money in oil before investing in sports but the American was also forced to hit back at reports about her family's wealth explaining that it never had an impact on her career some people get this image that it's really easy for me because my dad is very wealthy but that didn't happen until I was 17 or 18 the five-time title winner said my dad was probably more hard on me than my mom the more old school one pushing me they gave me a great childhood and instilled a lot of work ethic in me this definitely got me to this point pula's Wimbledon run is a major plot point in the episode as she had arguably one of her best chances to reach a grand slam semifinal when she faced unseated marqu aandra in a rain interrupted match the Americans stormed back to take the second set 6 to2 after dropping the first set and raced to a 4 to1 lead in the final set but she lost the last five games of the match crashing out in the quarterfinal for the sixth time in her career and faced backlash online from those who thought she blew her chance the episode cuts to several tweets suggesting that her parents wealth wasn't enough to get her over the line at a slam as well as an article suggesting that she needs a dynamic that family billions can't [Music] buy [Music]