How Rafael Nadal pulled through his last season: Netflix to produce documentary series | Tennis News
Netflix will produce a documentary series based on 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafeal Nadal’s 2024 season, his last before retiring from tennis at the Davis Cup.
It is set to be the latest series in a clutch of post-retirement tennis media promising “unprecedented access” to elite athletes — on the implied basis that they are at least somewhat in control of what that access reveals.Even Carlos Alcaraz is set to be the subject of a documentary the streaming platform.
Netflix executives say Nadal’s series, as yet untitled and without a proposed air date, will offer “an intimate glimpse into his (Nadal’s) journey to cement his legacy.”
Nadal’s final year on tour ended with defeat to Botic Van de Zandschulp at the Davis Cup, and included a final match against Novak Djokovic at the 2024 Paris Olympics, which Nadal also lost.
Nadal struggled with injuries throughout his career and it prevented his repeated attempts at comebacks, though he managed to say emotional farewells to the Barcelona Open, Italian Open in Rome, Madrid Open and French Open. His loss. That defeat to Alexander Zverev at Roland Garros in Paris was only his fourth in 116 matches at the Grand Slam tournament, which brought 14 of his 22 major titles.
The Spaniard said in a statement that the documentary will also “show how my life and my tennis career developed through the years.”
As tennis media approaches a crossroads with so many of its former stars calling it quits, Netflix will now hope that Nadal and Alcaraz — whose own series, “My Way,” is slated for 2025, can turn things around.
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