Starting January 13, the new TV series, breaking pointcompletely based on the world of tennis, the Netflix. A documentary that aims, through the voices of its protagonists, to make known a world, that of this sport, whose different nuances and facets are unknown to its fans.
Interviews, stories, anecdotes, opinions of champions like Matteo Berrettini, Nick Kyrgios, Stefanos Tsitstipas in their match preparation, training sessions and much more, they hope to bring tennis closer to fans and also attract a new audience to the Game, as happened with Drive to Survive, the series that the American broadcasting company has made for Formula 1. , and that has generated a great increase in expectations in the motor world.
This week we learned about the main topics that the first five chapters will deal with, where the first part of the 2022 season will be shown, with Kyrgios and Kokkinakis starring in the Australian Open, Taylor Fritz’s big week in Indian Wells or the good work of Ons Jabeur at the Masters 1000 in Madrid.
Stefanos Tsitsipas: «You will see how difficult it is»
From Abu Dhabi, at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition tournament, several players who participate in this documentary have wanted to give their opinion on the matter and tell a little about what we will be able to see from mid-January.
One of them is the Greek Tsitsipas, who gave some impressions about the imminent start of the series. He explained: «I feel lucky to be one of the subjects of something like this. I’m not sure how much will show because I really don’t know, but it really sets players’ lives on fire.»
I’m happy and I’m interested in seeing it because it’s going to show people how hard it is to be a tennis player, all people see is glamor and success, but there’s so much more than what everyone sees.»
Another protagonist of the tennis courts and scenes is Casper Ruud, who gives a preview to his fans: «In my case, they followed me closely at Roland Garros. Of course I was there and experienced it first hand, but there may be some angles and sides of the shoot I don’t know about so I can’t wait to see it.
He’s had a huge impact on Formula 1, on the popularity of the sport around the world, so I hope he can give tennis a little boost as well.» Ons Jabeur added: «It was really fantastic. I’m not used to having cameras on all the time, but the team was very professional, something we were comfortable with.
I think it will be great to show how we are off the pitch, which is very important. I know a lot of people are curious about how we athletes behave outside of sport, whether they are footballers or tennis players or other athletes.»
