Toubib Or Not To Be

2012, Murray vs Djokovic in the US Open Final, I liked tennis at that point and I was familiar enough with the sport to understand its rules, the match ended after 4 hours 54 minutes, I’ve never seen anything like that in my life when it comes to sports, nearly 5 hours of nonstop back-and-forth between two athletes, unlike football’s 11v11 or basketball’s 5v5, if you’re rooting for someone then you’re rooting for them and them only, unless we’re talking doubles tennis which is still intimate in its own regard, but the point is that there are no teams, where various parts can be changed but the entity remains still, you root for the individual in their match against a singular opponent, it’s a quite confrontational sport so to speak, it’s a conversation, and the perfect vehicle for personal stakes in a sports movie. I’m still quite shocked that tennis movies have never been a thing, and not just that, just having sports films where the main narrative isn’t a rags to riches weepie, it’s ...