But what is a 'tennis film' exactly? Aren't great real-world matches epic films too? I think so, having spent the last two decades obsessively watching men's tennis, with my Rafael Nadal super-fandom as the fuel. A 'favourite films of the year' list I made for 2022 included Nadal's come-from-behind victory in the Australian Open final. It was the closest any recent 'content' has brought me to jumping around excitedly, making tribal noises. (No feature film, whether made by Wim Wenders or Anees Bazmee, has had that effect.)
