French Open 2022: Alexander Zverev thinks the Netflix series is a "sensational idea"
Alexander Zverev wants to help make the tennis audience a little younger. The idea of a Netflix series á la "Drive to Survive" welcomes the German number one for exactly this reason.
by Jens Huiber
last edit: May 24, 2022, 06:32 am
If Alexander Zverev wanted to pay a visit to Formula 1, then the Monte Carlo-based German theoretically has the very best opportunities to be there up close. In practice, however, it is usually the case that the great motorsport bash in the principality is held at exactly the same time as the French Open in Paris. In this year, as in many other years, on the middle Sunday. Zverev should still have good work to do at the French Open.
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Which does not detract from the enthusiasm of the Olympic champion for the premier class in motorsport. Of course he saw "Drive to Survive", the background documentary from Netflix, said Zverev on Sunday at his press conference after beating Sebastian Ofner. After all, he is a big Formula 1 fan. Since the beginning of this year, the streaming portal has also been hot on the heels of the stars of the tennis scene.
Nadal and Medvedev no fans (yet).
"To be honest, I think this idea is sensational for our sport," said Zverev. “Because the average age of tennis spectators is currently over 50. And you saw in Formula 1 that before Drive to Survive there was also a big struggle in terms of the fan base. And now Formula 1 is once again one of the greatest sports in the world.”
Tennis is a very exciting sport, Zverev said. With many exciting things behind the scenes that you can also show. Bottom line: the Netflix series has great potential for success.
However, at the Australian Open earlier this year, you saw that not all players share this opinion. It was the two finalists Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev who refused the cameras that followed almost everywhere.
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