The brilliant idea of the ATP, which at the beginning of the year published a hilarious video on social media in which some of the best tennis players explain that in reality everything that happens is a reality show directed by two directors, with a script already written, has The fans had a lot of fun.
The video quickly became viral and entertained fans, so much so that it pushed the ATP to award the Golden Racket Awards, prizes which will reward certain categories such as best actor, best original song, best supporting actor and best story.
The winners will be chosen by users through the ATP Instagram stories. Let’s discover all the nominations for this nice prize.
Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, who talk about how important it is for them to identify with their characters as tennis players, have a nomination.
Competing for the best actor award are Gael Monfils (Peter Arthur) and Casper Ruud (Thomas Johnson). The Serbian tennis player obtained two other nominations for Best Original Song (Hear the shirt rip, for his scream that accompanies the Hulk-like tearing of his shirt) and Best story (his 24 Slam titles).
Also involved in this award ceremony were Carlos Alcaraz (pseudonym of Charlie Garcia), Andrey Rublev, Grigor Dimitrov, Holger Rune, Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe.
Here is the list of candidates for the four awards:
Best Actor Bert Critchley (Novak Djokovic)
Fraser McKnight (Andy Murray)
Peter Arthur (Gael Monfils)
Thomas Johnson (Casper Ruud)
This is it, the awards season you’ve all been waiting for… the inaugural Golden Racket Awards are here 🏆
From today until March 5th, head to our Instagram Stories each day to cast your vote and crown your winners 👑
And the nominees are… 👇 pic.twitter.com/BefDPTSKRF
— ATP Tour (@atptour) March 3, 2024
ATP entertains fans with the Golden Racket Awards
Bert Critchley, who plays Novak Djokovic, and Fraser McKnight, aka Andy Murray, are the two favorite actors for the best actor award at the 2023 Golden Racket Awards. Especially for the former, it would be a career recognition for the 20 years in which plays a leading role in the various seasons of the ATP Tour.
Didn’t you know it was all a hoax? A cast of actors who have played the athletes who have made all the fans fall in love for 52 seasons?