Tantrums, tears and trophies.
Netflix has dropped the primary trailer for its forthcoming tennis present ‘Break Point’ and Nick Kyrgios is entrance and centre.
Created by the producers of F1 present Drive to Survive, the present will premiere on January 13 2023, simply days earlier than the Australian Open
Much like its F1 predecessor, Break Point will give sport followers unparalleled entry to the lives of the most important names in tennis.
Kyrgios is joined by compatriots Thanasi Kokkinakis and Ajla Tomljanovic within the present which additionally options Stefanos Tsitsipas, Aryna Sabalenka, Matteo Berrettini and a wealth of different stars.
Given the worldwide recognition of Drive to Survive and explosion of latest F1 followers, the hope is that Netflix’s collaboration with the ATP and WTA reaches a brand new demographic of followers and amplifies the personalities of the game’s ‘next gen’.
Tennis as a sport has, for too lengthy, relied on the likes of Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Rafa Nadal on the subject of star energy and ticket gross sales.
The sport wanted an injection of modernisation and content material which permits current and new followers to stand up entrance and private with high gamers.
“It’s hard to imagine another sport which has been so dominated by a handful of individuals for so long,” govt producer James Gay-Rees stated.
“But they are at the end of the cycle – barring, obviously, Novak and Rafa, to some extent. The changing of the guard is happening.”
“The timing was really good. Because I love tennis, but I’m like, ‘Who is Tsitsipas?’ Do you know what I mean? In all honesty. But actually, you realise, ’My God, he’s No. 5 in the world. He’s a really, seriously, good tennis player and he’s a really interesting guy. And I’d like to know more about him.”
“Because all I’ve heard for the last 15-20 years is: ‘Roger, Roger, Roger. Serena, Serena, Serena.’ For a reason, right? Obviously we’re not disputing that, because they’re legends and icons. But I think it was really exciting shining a light on a new generation.”
For the gamers it’s about doing all they will to raise the profile of their sport.
“I think it’s going to make a great show, and I think we gave them some good content,” Canadian world No 6 Felix Auger-Aliassime, who can also be within the present, stated.
“For me the main goal is that it can help tennis. It can help tennis overall. That would be amazing if we could see a rise in the number of fans and attention for our sport by airing this series.”
For famous person Ons Jabeur, the fact sequence is all about displaying the world that tennis gamers are human too.
“I just want to make fans see what we are living every day to remember we are just human beings after all,” she stated.
“I want them to see what we go through every day with the practices, with the preparation, with all the stress. You can feel and just know that we’re human beings and just support us no matter what.”
Originally printed as Tennis Netflix present Break Point first trailer: Nick Kyrgios stars in ‘Drive to Survive’ sequence
