It was back and forth with a bad ending for tennis star Novak Djokovic. The Serb actually wanted to travel to Australia to take part in the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tennis player holds the number one spot in the world, but that didn’t protect him from immigration officials Down Under.
Because he is not vaccinated against Corona, the athlete was denied entry and thus participation in the Australian Open. Despite the lawsuit, Djokovic was denied a visa again on January 16 and left Australia the same day. A sporty thriller that has now also aroused the interest of Netflix, because they were already on site in Melbourne with a camera team.
Netflix with camera crew on site
In fact, Netflix would like to make a documentary in the style of the Formula 1 series “Drive To Survive” about the upcoming tennis year. With Djokovic’s entry scandal keeping the tennis world in suspense, the streaming service decided to send a camera crew to Melbourne to capture the events. It is not yet known to what extent the team has access to Djokovic, but the case should become a central case in the documentation.
The “Daily Mail” reported that the entire tennis year is to be shown in the film and that an exclusive look behind the scenes is granted. An important hook has now been found in Djokovic, which should generate a lot of interest. The production is already running. According to Australian law, the tennis player is now banned from entering the country for three years and would therefore also be out of the coming tournaments there, but the Prime Minister has already announced that he wants to suspend this rule. It is not yet known when the documentary will be broadcast on Netflix.
This article first appeared on TVSPIELFILM.de.