“It’s not catered to tennis players,” Taylor Fritz justifies indifference of those part of the tour for Netflix’s Break Point
Taylor Fritz thinks that the Netflix's Break Point was not made for tennis players, hence, its failure to generate excitement amongst players was expected.
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Taylor Fritz on Netflix's Break Point series
The much anticipated Netflix series ‘Break Point’ that documents private lives of tennis players failed to get as much appreciation and widespread fan following on the tennis circuit as Netflix’s documentary series based on F1, ‘Formula 1: Drive to Survive‘ did. There could be many reasons for this series to not able to create as much excitement.
Taylor Fritz is also a part of this series. He features in one of the episodes. However, he also admits that he did not enjoy watching it. Many tennis players have their opinions about this series. While Bianca Andreescu loved it, many others did not.
“I’d say, inside the tennis world, it’s… everyone understand that it’s not catered to tennis players and to us, it’s gonna be just not as exciting. You know, that’s how it is, that’s how they intend it to be. That’s how I prefer it to be that, it’s catering to attracting new fans and not pleasing us,” he said in a recent interview.
He points out that the target audience was the fans who got real insights on the lives of tennis players and their struggles through this series.
“The show is catered towards people that they don’t know the stories, they don’t know who wins what. They don’t know these people and that’s what makes it entertaining and I think the reception has been great from people that aren’t so much into tennis world, like I feel, from what I’ve heard about reviews from viewers telling me they are good. People seem to enjoy the show,” he continued.
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Taylor Fritz’s performances this season
The World No.7 had a phenomenal last season. He won the Indian Wells Open 2022 beating Rafael Nadal and the Japan Open 2022 beating Frances Tiafoe in the finals respectively. He also debuted in the ATP Finals 2022. Hence, many believed that this could be the breakthrough year for the American.
Taylor Fritz began his 2023 season by participating in the United Cup 2023. He helped his country become victorious in the inaugural edition of this mixed-gender format competition. He then participated in the Australian Open 2023.
However, he was knocked out by Alexei Popyrin in the second-round of the competition. He played well in the Dallas Open, but was knocked out by Chinese Wu Yibing in the semi-finals. He is currently participating in the 2023 Delray Beach Open. Here, he reached the semi-finals and is scheduled to play against Mackenzie McDonald.
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