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Close to the best thing possible for tennis as a sport - Tennis fans cautiously optimistic as Netflix reportedly bids for streaming rights for professional events

Netflix is considering investing in live sports streaming for tennis to a recent Wall Street Journal article, Netflix has submitted a proposal for the streaming rights to major sporting events and is contemplating putting money into live tennis streaming. Executives at Netflix are also rumored to have also spoken about obtaining less well-known leagues. They reportedly negotiated to acquire the World Surf League, but those talks fell through because the two parties couldn't settle on a price. According to WSJ, Netflix acknowledges that because of the magnitude of its platform, it has the potential to grow little sports like surfing into major franchises and create new competitions and events. Before withdrawing, Netflix suggested acquiring streaming rights for the ATP Tour for various nations across Europe. In response to Reuters' for comment, however, Netflix declined to comment. Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say Tennis fans on Twitter flocked to talk about Netflix's bid for streaming rights for tennis, showcasing their excitement. One fan noted that given that it will be on Netflix, it would be a great platform to take tennis to a larger audience, writing: "Given the Netflix show, it would be a great platform to take the sport to a larger audience imo." Given the Netflix show, it would be a great platform to take the sport to a larger audience imo Given the Netflix show, it would be a great platform to take the sport to a larger audience imo Another user believes that Netflix has the right vision to merge its sports documentary content with live tournaments and claims that this could be big for the sport, commenting: "Sounds as if they like the product they have from all documentary footage accumulated. Nice for someone to have vision in terms of marrying up the documentary type content w/live tournament play. Can be big for sport!" Sounds as if they like the product they have from all documentary footage accumulated. Nice for someone to have vision in terms of marrying up the documentary type content w/live tournament play. Can be big for sport! Sounds as if they like the product they have from all documentary footage accumulated. Nice for someone to have vision in terms of marrying up the documentary type content w/live tournament play. Can be big for sport! Here are a few more reactions from fans: This would be a DREAM. I missed the whole first set of the WTA Finals yesterday because TC is a useless service.

We need a big streamer to broaden access for loyal fans & increase discoverability for newbies. Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say This would be a DREAM. I missed the whole first set of the WTA Finals yesterday because TC is a useless service. We need a big streamer to broaden access for loyal fans & increase discoverability for newbies. MANIFESTING Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say MANIFESTING Oh I might actually get back into watching tennis Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say Oh I might actually get back into watching tennis From a viewer's perspective, close to the best thing possible for tennis as a sport. It is mind numbing how painful it is to get access to every "big" tournament. Not one single channel covers all of them 100%. Would love to pay $NFLX to solve this problem. Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say From a viewer's perspective, close to the best thing possible for tennis as a sport. It is mind numbing how painful it is to get access to every "big" tournament. Not one single channel covers all of them 100%. Would love to pay $NFLX to solve this problem. Talk about a game changer. Would be amazing.

But super curious what that would look like Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say Talk about a game changer. Would be amazing. But super curious what that would look like This seems like it would be an utterly tremendous development for tennis fans, given the current hellscape of stateside streaming. Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say This seems like it would be an utterly tremendous development for tennis fans, given the current hellscape of stateside streaming. Tennis streaming is... not great at best... so I'm intrigued. Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say Tennis streaming is... not great at best... so I'm intrigued. I would die of happiness if Netflix made a big push to add sports. Especially the Olympic ones. Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say I would die of happiness if Netflix made a big push to add sports. Especially the Olympic ones. Tennis has lost its celebrity status in the USA because of the abysmal way it’s been broadcasted for 20 years. Tennis has lost its celebrity status in the USA because of the abysmal way it’s been broadcasted for 20 years. Not sure if this would be an increase/decrease in total US households reached (almost nobody has Tennis Channel as a part of their standard cable/streaming package), but you'd imagine Netflix would be pretty aggressive in marketing it to support the investment. Interesting... Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say Netflix bid on streaming rights for professional tennis as it considers offering live sports on its platform, people familiar with the matter say Not sure if this would be an increase/decrease in total US households reached (almost nobody has Tennis Channel as a part of their standard cable/streaming package), but you'd imagine Netflix would be pretty aggressive in marketing it to support the investment. Interesting... Awesome. Can’t get on so would love to be able to steam on Awesome. Can’t get on so would love to be able to steam on

Tennis player Ajla Tomljanovic on her Netflix documentary People will see that not everything is sunshine and rainbows all the time

Ajla Tomljanovic and Storm Sanders sealed a 2-1 victory against Slovakia , now playing in the with Australia, is one of the tennis players being followed throughout the season by Netflix cameras. Australia made a solid start to their campaign as Ajla Tomljanovic and sealed a 2-1 victory against Slovakia on the tournament's opening day. In a press conference after the match, Tomljanovic stated that she already knows what her documentary will be, which promises a lot to talk about and even guarantees engagement with the public. She also commented on how it felt while being followed and recorded by a team of professionals. "I had a big think about it when it came up. I think this kind of stuff only works if you're really honest and you are yourself 100%. That's why I really had to think about it, because I feel like I did let the cameras in a lot. So I guess we'll see. I had fun with it, because I think it's fun for the people to see that it's not just sunshine and rainbows all the time," she said. "There are so many things behind the scenes that happen that people don't get to see because we were just on the court and then we get off I think it will be fun for whoever is a tennis fan or a nontennis fan just to see how we do it," Tomljanovic claimed. Tomljanovic assured that Netflix never influenced her when she was asked if there was a connection between her results in 2022 and being part of the documentary, adding that her goals and dreams were bigger even before that. "Look, you don't really know -- I didn't think once that, you know, when I'm winning, Oh, my gosh, this is going to look cool on Netflix. It's a bonus. It's great," she added. "Well, if it's out of motivation, great. I have thought, you know, if I don't have a big tournament where I do well, I won't have maybe that moment on camera where they're going to highlight it. But at the same time, I mean, I started playing tennis way before Netflix came around. My goals and dreams are bigger than that, but it's cool that I had some good moments this year that they captured," she concluded. Poll : Who will win the 2022 ATP finals? Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic Daniil Medvedev Stefanos Tsitsipas 1358 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Thank You! Show More Comments No thanks Delete Cancel Update Reply ❮ ❯ No thanks Delete Cancel Update Reply ❮ ❯ Be the first one to comment on this story More from Sportskeeda Fetching more content... 1 Logout No Results Found