Delight for Serena Williams Fans but Dismay for Another American Tennis Icon on the Same Day As ESPN Pulls Off Stringent Move Against His Inspiring Story

Michael Chang, the renowned former American tennis star, won the 1989 French Open at the age of 17, making history as the youngest-ever player to win a Grand Slam singles title. And 13 years after that triumph, ESPN Films made the decision to create a documentary about Chang’s outstanding tennis career. However, just as the documentary was about to hit screens this summer at the Tribeca Film Festival, ESPN abruptly postponed its release. surprising tennis fans as well as the hard-working team behind it. What was the reason for this bizarre decision?

While ESPN thrilled tennis fans by announcing a documentary on Serena Williams, on the other hand, they made a startling choice regarding the American icon’s documentary premiere that same day.

Shocking news surrounds Michael Chang’s sports documentary 

The documentary titled ‘American Son’ apparently focuses on the match that took place in the shadow of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China. It discusses the Chang family’s experience as immigrants. Jay Caspian Kang, who made his directorial debut with the documentary, took to his Twitter account to share this shocking news. He shared that the premiere of ‘American Son’ has been pushed back. However, the reason behind this is unknown.

He wrote, “ESPN has decided to pull our documentary AMERICAN SON about Michael Chang, the 1989 French Open and Tiananmen Square from the Tribeca Film Festival. The film is now slated to run next summer. Tickets should be being refunded over the next few days.”

Tennis fans who had been anticipating the documentary were not the only ones who were shocked by this unexpected news. Even the director and the movie crew were quite surprised because they had been excited about the film being chosen for Tribeca. For the past few years, ESPN Films have been producing sports documentaries under the “30 for 30” series.

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Apart from the fact that it is a tennis documentary. There is another reason tennis enthusiasts were so thrilled about the film. It will also feature the tennis legend, Roger Federer on the big screen.

Roger Federer is a part of the Chang documentary 

In order to showcase Federer‘s appreciation and admiration for the American tennis player, the ‘Swiss Maestro’ chose to collaborate with ESPN on a project about Chang’s rise in tennis. The documentary will feature the 41-year-old tennis legend as an interview subject.

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The documentary’s interview segment also features Brad Gilbert, Jeremy Lin, and Ivan Lendl, who lost to Chang in the 1989 French Open final. However, tennis fans will have to wait a little longer to watch the 51-year-old former tennis player’s life story.