Matteo Berrettini plans to watch Netflix’s tennis documentary but admits he will probably turn his face when his parts show up on the screen. On January 13th, Break Point is premiering on Netflix. Throughout the entire 2022 season, Netflix crews followed tennis stars in tournaments, filming everything they felt could be valuable material for their tennis documentary.
Berrettini, the 2021 Wimbledon runner-up, reveals he does not really like seeing himself on the screen. “I’m weird with myself. For example my interviews and my stuff, I barely watch it. I don’t really like to see myself on screen and I’m always like ‘Oh why did I say that, why did I say it like that? Probably I’m going to watch it because I’m also curious about the other guys.
But probably I’m going to skip the parts when I’m on screen,” Berrettini told the ATP website.
Berrettini on being filmed by Netflix crews
Berrettini, 26, is seen as one of the best players on the Tour.
Because of that, there was probably a bigger interest in trying to catch something interesting about Berrettini. Now, Berrettini admits there were times when he was questioning himself whether he wanted to have a crew filming him in the locker room.
“I think I had done a lot of marketing stuff, but I never got so intimate. Guys filming in your room or in the locker room talking to your team, having dinner with your family, getting to know my deepest connections and relationships.
I think that’s something I’d never experienced. At the beginning I was kind of like, ‘Should I do this? This is my private life. But then in order to make it special and the best [it could be], it was needed. I actually loved it because everybody around me really liked it and it was nice,” Berrettini explained.