Nick Kyrgios will kick off Netflix’s new Drive To Survive-style documentary because the streaming large unveiled its trailer for his or her behind-the-scenes tennis sequence, Break Level.
Buoyed by the success of their fly-on-the-wall program following drivers in System One, the identical manufacturing group has adopted 15 of tennis’ brightest stars by means of the ATP and WTA excursions over the previous season.
The primary 5 episodes – specializing in Melbourne Park, Indian Wells, Madrid and Roland Garros – might be obtainable from January 13. The season’s different 5 installments – which take a look at Wimbledon, Eastbourne, Queens Membership, the U.S. Open, WTA Finals and ATP Finals – arrive in June.
Nick Kyrgios takes centre stage after Netflix launched its trailer for its tennis docuseries
The 27-year-old Australian will characteristic alongside Thanasi Kokkinakis within the new sequence
On Wednesday, Netflix launched its first look of the brand new sequence. The primary episode will chart Kyrgios and shut good friend Thanasi Kokkinakis’ unbelievable run to the Australian Open doubles title.
The 50-second trailer reveals Kyrgios smashing his racquet on courtroom, earlier than giving his girlfriend Costeen Hatzi a kiss away from the courtroom.
Kyrgios’ bitter rival, Stefanos Tsitsipas, additionally options within the sequence alongside a number of huge names like girls’s world No 1 Iga Swiatek, males’s No 3 Casper Ruud and Felix Auger-Aliassime, alongside girls’s No 2 Ons Jabeur.
The sequence can even characteristic interviews with tennis legends corresponding to Martina Navratilova, Maria Sharapova and Chris Evert.
The fly-on-the-wall program will observe 15 of the world’s high gamers all through 2022
Surprisingly, neither Rafael Nadal nor Novak Djokovic seem within the new program, with the streaming large aiming to chart a ‘altering of the guard’ in tennis.
In the meantime, world No 4 Paula Badosa is seen wiping away the tears throughout a distressing second behind the scenes.
‘It is arduous to think about one other sport which has been so dominated by a handful of people for thus lengthy. However they’re on the finish of the cycle – barring, clearly, Novak and Rafa, to some extent. The altering of the guard is going on,’ government producer James Homosexual-Rees mentioned.
‘And subsequently, the timing was actually good, too. As a result of I like tennis, however I am like, “Who’s Tsitsipas?” Have you learnt what I imply? In all honesty,’ he mentioned.
‘However really, you understand, “My God, he is No. 5 on this planet. He is a extremely, critically, good tennis participant and he is a extremely attention-grabbing man. And I would wish to know extra about him.” As a result of all I’ve heard for the final 15-20 years is, “Roger, Roger, Roger. Serena, Serena, Serena.’ For a purpose, proper?
World No 4 Paula Badosa was seen wiping away the tears throughout a distressing second
‘Clearly we’re not disputing that, as a result of they’re legends and icons. However I feel it was actually thrilling shining a light-weight on a brand new era.’
The fourth season of ‘Drive to Survive,’ launched in March, drew its largest viewers thus far and made the Netflix top-10 TV listing in additional than 50 nations. It’s broadly credited with serving to develop curiosity in System One racing.
‘You clearly wish to preserve the core viewers completely happy – the tennis lovers – but when we’re doing our job accurately, then the present ought to enchantment to individuals who’ve acquired no real interest in tennis in any respect,’ Homosexual-Rees added.
‘The pre-`Drive to Survive’ System One demographic may need been described by some folks as pretty male, pale and rancid. And I feel that the present, alongside another components, has contributed to the demographic shifting considerably youthful for that sport, which is clearly manna from heaven if that is what your goal was.’
Nonetheless, tennis legends like Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal play no half in Break Level
Martin acknowledged that some would possibly consider different sports-based sequence as what he referred to as ‘Drive to Survive for XXX,’ however he mentioned the characters and the way in which a tennis season is structured give ‘a wholly totally different really feel’ to ‘Break Level.’
He believes it showcases ‘the physicality, the psychological aspect, the rivalries, the ache’ seen in tennis.
That are all linked to the title of the present and its double that means. Regardless that it wasn’t made public till Wednesday, Martin mentioned ‘Break Level’ was the working title from Day 1.
‘We at all times felt like we had been going to seek out one thing higher,’ he mentioned. ‘The trustworthy reply is we did not. And it simply appeared to work.’
