‘Break Point’ review: A reminder of the Paes-Bhupathi magic on court
The Hindu
Directed by Nitesh Tiwari and Ashwiny Iyer-Tiwari, the web-series showcases the contrasting personalities of both Indian tennis stars, and what brought about their infamous split
The most successful doubles partners in tennis of the 1990s, the Woodies — Australia’s Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge — have often said that a doubles partnership is like a marriage. The partners are bound to go through, in the long-term, all the ups and downs that a husband and wife experience.
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But watching Break Point, the story of India’s doubles tennis legends Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, you get the feeling it’s actually not. It’s not a marriage. You don’t even have to be friends or really buddy-buddy to play good doubles together. You just need to get along. Like Rohan Bopanna says in an episode, “Even if they don’t talk, but just play tennis, they can win a gold medal.”

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