Stefanos Tsitsipas and Taylor Fritz are set for a Netflix showdown at the Australian Open with the pair among five players being followed for a new tennis documentary going into the fourth round
- Netflix are filming a new docuseries about the Australian Open this year
- The makers hope to emulate the success of Formula One’s Drive to Survive
- Five players are being followed by their cameras who have won their matches
In a boost to the makers of the new Netflix tennis docuseries, five featured players enjoyed wins at the Australian Open on Saturday.
Around eight men and eight women are targeted for filming that has started in Melbourne as the sport tries to emulate the success of F1’s Drive To Survive.
Five of them progressed to the fourth round of the season’s first Grand Slam, which has already provided producers with plenty of material.
Stefanos Tsitsipas moved into the fourth round with a win over Benoit Paire, watched by Netflix
The Novak Djokovic drama has faded but two of those being followed by cameras — Greek fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and American Taylor Fritz — will now meet in the last 16.
‘I’m very privileged to be in it,’ Tsitsipas said of the series, by London’s Box To Box Productions.
Others to win were Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, Australian Alex de Minaur and women’s second seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.
Aryna Sabalenka is also set to feature in Netflix’s new series on the 2022 Australian Open
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