Alcaraz Lands Netflix Docuseries: A Look Inside the Life of Spain’s Rising Tennis Star

Alcaraz will have his own docuseries (Netflix)

Anyone who has been watching the Indian Wells these days, a tennis championship held annually in California and attended by some of the best tennis players on the planet, will have noticed a detail. Carlos Alcaraz, the best active Spanish tennis player, has left several strange messages in several of his matches, within the now traditional gesture of signing the camera at the end of each match. “N, See you soon,” he could read on the screen, raising all kinds of speculation. Nadal? Novak Djokivic? Nothing could be further from the truth, because the message was not for any tennis player or athlete, not even for a person as such. The “Tudum” in the Murcian’s next victory already dispelled all doubts: it was Netflix

As the platform itself announced a few days ago, Alcaraz will have its own series on the platform. Docuseries, to be exact, because this production will follow the day-to-day life of the Murcian tennis player, to get closer to all those things that “are not seen on the court.” Not in vain, the young tennis player has already emerged victorious from the Netflix Slam, the friendly match he and Nadal played and which was sponsored by the streaming service. It seems that the platform was so satisfied with the acceptance of the event that it has not hesitated to continue with its plans to make the most of the figure of the winner of the last Wimbledon.

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So much so, that Netflix assures that this docuseries began filming during the Netflix Slam in Las Vegas at the beginning of the month, and that it will not end there, as it will follow the tennis prodigy on and off the court throughout the 2024 season for ” to get closer than ever to one of the best athletes in the world,” according to the platform itself. The docuseries also has the collaboration of the production company Morena Films, founded in 1999 and which has already collaborated with Netflix on La Liga and on previous titles such as Diablero and Dos Cataluñas. “I am very happy for this experience with Morena Films and Netflix. People will be able to see everything that happens outside of a tennis court. I think it’s something very different. I hope you enjoy this series as much as I will,” Alcaraz said in a statement.

The Murcian tennis player Carlos Alcaraz in a promotional image for Netflix

For all Spaniards and fans of Alcaraz, the announcement of this docuseries will undoubtedly be a great joy. Since Rafael Nadal there has not been such a brilliant tennis player in our country and that has encouraged Alcaraz to soon have a large legion of followers. His victory at Wimbledon last year was the definitive confirmation that he is called to be a generational athlete, so a production like this seems more than interesting to know how he prepares each match and facets of his personal life that may be less known but Surely also keys in your game.

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On the other hand, this docuseries is also confirmation of the boom that Netflix is ​​experiencing with this subgenre, since it follows other sports proposals on the platform, such as Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Full Swing, NASCAR: Full Gas, Quarterback, Tour de France: Unchained, Under Pressure: The US Women’s World Cup Team, Six Nations: Full Contact and many more. Over the last few years, Netflix has been partnering with different sports leagues and institutions such as Formula 1, the NFL, the PGA Tour, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), the FIFA, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) or Major League Baseball (MLB) to facilitate this approach to the sport and the protagonists who make it so great. Alcaraz will not only be a star on the track, but also off it.

2024-03-16 15:57:00
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