“Dog dad” Bert Critchley stars as Novak Djokovic in ATP tour’s efforts to fuel latest production that simulates the tennis “reality”

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray nail their roles.

“Dog dad” Bert Critchley stars as Novak Djokovic in ATP tour’s efforts to fuel latest production that simulates the tennis “reality”

Andy Murray says the ATP Tour is all scripted (Images via X)

The new ATP season kicked off with the United Cup in December. While tennis fans enjoy the action on the court, the ATP Tour production team has come up with a satirical yet genius video that has left fans in splits. The video takes aim at those who claim that the season is all scripted. The creativity reaches a new high as the video shows Bert Critchley playing Novak Djokovic on the ATP Tour while Andy Murray is played by Fraser McKnight.

The video starts with Fraser aka Murray saying that the tour is all scripted and people do not realize it. He goes on to take a dig at the critics saying it is like a TV reality show.

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Bert Critchley then emerges out of the shadows explaining how he is trying to portray Novak Djokovic as a real person by bringing essence and personality to it. He says that he wants people to relate to him. Gael Monfils then accepts how hard it is for him to play an athlete despite not being that good with coordination in real life.

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The producers take it a notch higher as they show players giving winning speeches with a green screen behind them. Meanwhile, Andrey Rublev is seen recording his grunts and also recording the ‘hardcourt sneaker squeaks’. Holger Rune and Junchen Shang are shown as younger casts.

What is even more interesting is that the ATP Tour created Instagram accounts for these actors. Birt Critchley is the ‘Dog Dad’.

Novak Djokovic asks fans to question director for tinkering with the normal script

Serbian ace Novak Djokovic took the satire to another level as he asked fans to question the director for tinkering with the script. The 36-year-old said that while normally the season begins with his character winning the Australian Open title, they have changed the script this year. Djokovic then suggested to the fans that if they did not like the changes must question the directors.

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Novak Djokovic (Credits: India Today) 
Normally, the writers start the season with my character Novak winning Australian Open title. So, for anyone that does not like the beginning of this season, please contact the director.
Novak Djokovic wrote whil sharing the clip on his Instagram story.

The Serbian also expressed happiness at getting another season. Djokovic thanked his colleagues hailing them as an amazing group of actors.

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Novak Djokovic shares hilarious Instagram story (Images via Instagram)

Novak Djokovic could not win this year’s Australian Open as he was knocked out of the tournament after losing to eventual champion Jannik Sinner in the semifinal.

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