The bad boy of the court is someone you can’t help rooting for in this series from the makers of F1: Drive to Survive. Even if it fails to make tennis seem interesting …
‘A stirring against-the-odds tale’ … Nick Kyrgios in Break Point.reak Point, Netflix’s new behind-the-scenes documentary series about the 2022 tennis season, is by the team behind the excellent F1: Drive to Survive – but although it emulates that show’s slick presentational sheen, making tennis as exciting a subject as motor racing is difficult.
Break Point does not, however, help itself with the way in which it presents the sport. It seems to be pitching to people who know nothing about tennis: the basics of how games and sets work are explained twice within five minutes in episode one, and there’s almost no mention of tactics or technique. When footage of a match is shown, scores flash up but, since the concept of holding and breaking serves has been deemed too complex to go into, the numbers are often meaningless.
On the first point, we meet a lot of young, beautiful athletes who seem … nice. Matteo Berrettini of Italy, Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, Taylor Fritz of the US, Maria Sakkari of Greece – all of them allow cameras to follow them off-court and all of them are forthcoming and good-humoured. But characters to rival the personalities of yesteryear perhaps need more time to emerge.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Nick Kyrgios ready to sacrifice doubles defence in pursuit of Australian Open titleNick Kyrgios is prepared to sacrifice his Australian Open doubles title defence with Thanasi Kokkinakis when push comes to shove in his singles campaign
Read more »
'I'm one of the favourites': Nick Kyrgios bullish ahead of Australian Open tiltNick Kyrgios says he was happy for Ash Barty as she claimed the Australian Open title last year, and is confident in being tagged as one of the favourites to take out this year's crown.
Read more »
Novak's sneaky snub to mess with Kyrgios' headThe Serbian superstar did not mention Nick Kyrgios amongst his biggest rivals for the Australian Open. 🤔 9WWOS StanSportAU AO2023
Read more »
Tennis great slams Kyrgios-Novak 'extravaganza''It's actually hard to believe'
Read more »
Tennis great slams Kyrgios-Novak 'extravaganza'The Nick-Novak showdown has NOT gone down well with Pat Cash. 😬 MORE: 9WWOS AusOpen
Read more »
Kyrgios, Tomjlanovic robbed in AO seedings twistThe AusOpen seeds are out, but the fallout from last year's Wimbledon points controversy has cost the Aussies dearly. 😕 FULL STORY: 🖥️ AusOpen | LIVE on Nine and 9Now, Jan 16-29. 9WWOS Tennis
Read more »