Fritz skeptical of how Netflix Break Point will be received with hopes of similar success to F1: "The fan base is very stuck in traditional ways"

Taylor Fritz is sceptical about how the Netflix Breaking Point series will be received by tennis fans because they're fairly old and stuck in traditional ways.

Tennis has failed to modernise compared to other sports because it is quite loyal to its traditional ways. We've seen it in many things over the years and Fritz is fairly right in pointing that out. He doesn't know how the series will be received due to that despite the premise being really strong:

"Tennis is a game that’s very... the fan base is much older and very stuck in traditional ways. So, anything that can be seen as controversial and out of the norm -- as in, not the usual rehearsed answers to press questions, people get really upset about it. I’d say there’s not enough invitation to, like, be different."

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Fritz is one of the players that is featured in the series and he revelaed that he didn't really filter anything:

"I just didn’t want to act differently in front of the cameras. I wanted to be the same person I always am, and I said if people hate me then they hate me. But I hope not.