TENNIS | STUART FRASER

Nick Kyrgios is sole spark in series lacking depth and intrigue

Unlike the successful Drive to Survive series which has elevated Formula One, this new Netflix documentary fails to capture the drama of elite tennis and feels like a PR exercise

Stuart Fraser
The Times

Wherever Nick Kyrgios has travelled over the past year, the Netflix cameras have followed closely. Coming across the Australian backstage at tournaments in 2022 often involved a quick sidestep to avoid being trampled by a large group of production staff dashing along behind him as if he were the Pied Piper.

The results of which will finally be revealed to the wider public on Friday as the streaming giant’s new tennis documentary, unoriginally entitled Break Point, is released. The hope among the sport’s various governing bodies, who all showed a rare moment of unity last year by jointly agreeing to give Netflix access to all areas, is that it mirrors the boon that Formula One experienced through Drive to Survive.

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