Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz to Headline Netflix’s Next Live Sports Event in One-Night Tennis Match

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Netflix is adding another live sports event to its calendar: the Netflix Slam, featuring Spain’s Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz in a special one-night tennis exhibition match. The event is scheduled for Sunday, March 3, 2024, at noon PT at the Michelob Ultra Arena at MGM Resorts International’s Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. It will stream as a duaI broadcast in English- and Spanish-language markets.

Netflix said additional players and matchups will be announced at a later date. Netflix recently bowed its first live sports event, the Netflix Cup, a golf tournament that will pit race-car drivers from its popular Formula 1 documentary series “Drive to Survive” against golfers from a similar series called “Full Swing.” It’s other non-live sports programming has included “Break Point,” “Untold,” “Quarterback,” “Tour de France: Unchained,” “Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team,” and upcoming series following athletes in track and field, rugby and NASCAR.

“I’m very excited for my first visit to Las Vegas, one of the most iconic and entertaining cities in the world,” Nadal said in a statement. “I’m also very excited to be playing with my fellow countryman Carlos Alcaraz. I am sure it will be a fantastic night of tennis.” Alcaraz, a U.S.

Open and Wimbledon champion and currently the No. 2 ranked men’s player tennis player in the world, commented, “I’m honored and so happy to be sharing the court with Rafa in Las Vegas. He’s an all-time great, of course, and his records and achievements speak for themselves.