Stefanos Tsitsipas has lengthy been a fan of filmmaking, as evidenced by his creativity on social media in addition to his YouTube channel, so it was no shock to see the Greek take part in Netfflix’s Break Level filming.
The 2019 Nitto ATP Finals champion was featured in Episodes 6 and seven, with the principle focus being his memorable conflict in opposition to Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon.
Tsitsipas spoke to ATPTour.com late final yr about his expertise filming Break Level, why he cares about greater than the storylines featured and extra.
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You at all times have cherished filming and images and videography. Was there something notably stunning from the entire Netflix expertise?How good they had been. The crew is a lot enjoyable to be working with. They weren’t simply there to movie, they had been additionally very pleasant and made the entire environment very real for all of us to be a part of this. They’re a bunch of pros which can be attempting to create good reminiscences with us. And I actually appreciated them placing a lot work into it. They appear fairly sensible as nicely.
Have been there any occasions that you just form of wished the cameras weren’t there?No, however I had one second the place I really felt grateful they had been there with my match I believe with Kyrgios at Wimbledon. It was a second the place [there was] a lot drama, and I am glad they filmed it.
Does it make you grateful that persons are going to have the ability to see what really occurred and what you really thought?Yeah precisely, that is it. It opens for the reality to be advised and shared and every individual’s perspective of issues. It is good for the game, it is good for the game. Not every little thing must be clear and delightful and stylish…
They have been extraordinarily respectful of issues and I at all times advised them sure in conditions that I used to be comfy [in]. They by no means actually crossed any traces and made me really feel uncomfortable. I did not have moments the place I felt like they stepped out of line.
You are centered in your tennis, you are attempting to win, however then you definately love this form of stuff. So how did you stability the 2?I would not think about it a distraction. It is one thing that our sport wanted for a very long time. Folks do not actually see the behind the scenes, they solely see us on TV performing, enjoying. Only a few of us have YouTube channels the place we get to reveal another issues besides our skilled careers and tennis wanted a few of that open view. Every thing is simply so personal lately with plenty of the gamers and it is vital to showcase the personalities and the strong-minded individuals and athletes which can be on the market.
How a lot Netflix do you watch?I had durations the place I watched it rather a lot. I used to be searching by way of totally different TV exhibits and flicks. Presently, I am probably not following something particular. However I did watch one TV present that I actually favored Man Vs. Bee, Rowan Atkinson not too long ago. [It is] a really excessive manufacturing by way of filmmaking and I take pleasure in watching at any time when I’ve free time, at any time when I’ve a little bit of day off.
However the factor is, I do not really feel like I am very productive once I watch Netflix. I am a man that at all times likes to fall asleep that evening and really feel like I’ve finished one thing productive and vital for myself, type of seize the day as I wish to say.
So do you wish to binge Break Level when it comes out?No, I’ll undoubtedly not be binging something. I am watching it the correct manner each single body that is developing.
So you do not wish to simply see the storylines. You wish to see how they edited it collectively?Every thing. I wish to see each single element that they put in place, each single factor, the construction of it. I am being attentive to each single factor. It will be very fascinating as a result of they have been following just a few good personalities in our sport. And I wish to additional see what tales they had been capable of movie with these people, together with myself, the variation, the storytelling and in addition the narrative that they will comply with.