In this series, which is so full of small and large dramas, there is a moment that at first glance seems rather undramatic.
Nevertheless, what the latest sports documentary from the streaming giant Netflix conveys about the life and suffering of young tennis professionals is condensed in a way.
Nick Kyrgios, the dazzling and controversial tennis player from Australia and one of the main actors of the format, is having dinner with friends and family in Melbourne.
There is a lot of talking, joking and laughing.
"Tennis is a lonely sport," says Kyrgios in contrast from the off.
"That's what I struggle with the most."
Pirmin Clossé
sports editor.
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"Break Point", the ambiguous title of the documentary, is less a series about professional tennis and more a series about what this profession does with the psyche of its protagonists.
For Kyrgios, it's the long journeys away from his loved ones that torment him.
Add to that the anger that overcomes him when things don't go the way he wants.
For many others it is mainly the lonely fight on the pitch.
Not against your opponent, but against your own demons.
"Two creatures are fighting within me," says Greek Maria Sakkari.
The Spaniard Paula Badosa speaks of “angels and devils”.
"The little voice in your head just won't stop," complains Australian Ajla Tomljanović.
A lure for new viewers
The first five of a total of ten episodes have been online since this Friday.
The second part follows in June.
The goal is clear: "Break Point" is intended to reproduce the success of "Drive to Survive", the documentary series about Formula 1, which has given the racing series a real boom, especially in the USA and especially among young people there.
It's the same makers, it's the same style.
The optics are in the usual Netflix chic: with close-ups, drone flights and cameras that follow their protagonists at every turn.
Interviews provide the explanatory audio track.
Tennis is also hoping for new spectators with this tried-and-tested formula.
That's why the rules are explained at the beginning, all players are introduced in detail and the meaning of the tournaments that are the focus of each episode is explained.
It should all seem very small to tennis fans.
They are probably more likely to be lured with the intimate insights into the family, love and work lives of the athletes, but ultimately they are simply not the target group.
"We're quite a bunch of losers"
There is an interesting paradox in the series.
Because the supposed strength that so many up-and-coming top players took part turns out to be a weakness on closer inspection.
The stories sometimes jump back and forth, there is hardly any room for depth.
In return, the supposed weakness that the biggest names in the industry are missing turns into a strength.
The focus is not on the prominent permanent winners Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer or Serena Williams, but on those who mostly unsuccessfully attempt the biggest titles in their industry.
There is a happy ending for very few of them.
And so, in the end, “Break Point” is also a series about failure.
About professionals who have to persuade themselves before every tournament and match that they are the best – only to be painfully taught otherwise.
"We're quite a bunch of losers," Andrea Petković once said.
For all but one, every tournament ends in defeat.
"Unless your name is Rafa, Roger or Novak," says Maria Sakkari: "The rest of us lose more than we win." Then it's about processing these permanent low blows.
That can't always work out.
At its best, Break Point is a detailed study of the human psyche.
With the decisive weakness, however, that the stories are ultimately too similar to not make the whole thing seem redundant.
That's why "Break Point" is not suitable for a really big hit for tennis.
At least not in the first five episodes - because this sporty fight with loneliness always provides enough material for deep psychological analysis.