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Netflix “Cancels ‘Break Point'” After Tennis Series Fails To Match Success Of ‘Drive To Survive’ – Report
The behind-the-scenes tennis doc failed to match the success of Formula One's 'Drive to Survive.'
Nick Kyrgios, right, and his doubles partner Thanasi Kokkinakis.Netflix While Drive to Survive has sped to a successful six seasons on the Netflix platform and been given credit for a surge in interest in motor racing, particular in the US, the same production team has stumbled to a halt with the tennis world, and n ow The Times of London reports that documentary series Break Point has been cancelled after just two seasons, citing poor ratings and lack of access to the sport’s leading figures. Nick Kyrgios and Coco Gauff were two of the stars featured in the first season of Break Point, and tennis governing bodies united to help bring the sport to screen. However, The Times reports that producers, who enjoyed intimate access to figures on and off the track in Drive to Survive, became frustrated by the hoops they had to jump through to feature tennis’s biggest stars.
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