“I just kind of saw people talking about a hockey show, a gay hockey show. That interested me,” Gauff recalled during her Australian Open Media Day press conference. “I was like, ‘Oh, six episodes, perfect.’ I just dove, like, right in.
“Obviously, there’s some nice spicy scenes. It’s such a beautiful love story, I think. I think that was like the main thing.”
Gauff is part of a growing chorus of fans within the tennis world voraciously consuming the series, including Morgan Riddle—girlfriend of Gauff’s United Cup teammate Taylor Fritz—former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka, and even Candi Gauff, who watched it on her daughter’s recommendation.
