Nick Kyrgios, Matteo Berrettini, Ajla Tomljanovic, and Taylor Fritz are going to be part of a new docuseries that Netflix will launch on January 13, 2023. The docuseries is called “Break Point,” and it will not focus on the tennis legends but on the upcoming tennis players.
The overall idea is to show what happens behind the scenes of professional tennis. As per Netflix executive producer James Gay-Rees, everybody knows who Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Serena Williams are. However, besides most tennis fans, not many know about some other interesting players, such as Stefanos Tsitsipas.
How many episodes will be streamed?
While according to rumors, there will be 12 episodes total, Netflix decided to announce only 5 episodes and probably release the next ones in the second half of 2023. These are the first 5 episodes.
Ep 1: Australian Open (Kyrgios, Kokkinakis)
Ep 2: Australian Open (Berrettini, Tomljanovic)
Ep 3: Indian Wells (Sakkari, Fritz)
Ep 4: Madrid (Jabeur, Badosa)
Ep 5: French Open (Auger-Aliassime, Ruud)
Nick Kyrgios in 2022
Ranked world no.22, Kyrgios played his last match on the 6th of October when he defeated world no.77 Kamil Majchrzak 3-6 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Tokyo (draw).
During this season, the Australian owns a composed 37-10 match record. This year, Nick conquered 1 tournament in Washington. Kyrgios got to the final in Wimbledon.
Matteo Berrettini in 2022
Now ranked no.
16, Matteo played his last match on the 23rd of October when he was defeated by world no.23 Lorenzo Musetti 7-6(5) 6-2 in the final in Naples (draw).This season Berrettini owns an overall 32-12 win-loss record. The Italian has won 2 titles in 2022 in Stuttgart and London. The Italian was the runner-up in Gstaad and Naples.
Nick Kyrgios and Matteo Berrettini played each other just on 1 occasion. Their actual record is 1-0 for Berrettini. When they played, Matteo Berrettini won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Stuttgart (Mercedes Cup) in June 2019.
Ajla Tomljanovic in 2022
At the moment ranked no.33 (career-high), Ajla played her last match on the 13th of November when she was defeated by world no.12 Belinda Bencic 6-2 6-1 in the Rubber 2 in (draw).
This season Tomljanovic has a 38-27 win-loss record.
Taylor Fritz in 2022
Now ranked no.9, the American played his last match on the 24th of November when he beat world no.23 Lorenzo Musetti 7-6(8) 6-3 in the Rubber 2 of the Davis Cup (draw).
At present, during this year the American has a 46-21 record. Fritz clinched 3 titles in 2022 in Indian Wells, Eastbourne and Tokyo.