Oct 2, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min · 16 segments
INTENNSE Tennis: Inside the League with Marcelo Ferreira and Oliver Bell In this interview, I sit down with two leaders behind INTENNSE, the fast-growing professional tennis league redefining how the…
Kagiso DikaneHost
And just to add on that, I know when you guys mentioned early on, you said, um, when, like, people like, um, professionals end up, like, quitting Wimbledon, they don't have the financial backing of that.
You have to have big sponsorship ahead of time to have, like, millions to put into that, or how does that work?
You know, with, with tennis, you know, the, the amount of money that you need to put in to be able to get anything back is just up, is, is upside down.
I think out of all the professional leagues, professional players are the ones that get the lowest percentage out of the total revenue of the main league.
If you're watching players playing Wimbledon, the French Open, but that's not the reality of the sport.
The reality is players that are playing tennis now, having to travel the entire world to play tournaments that after they win, they make $1,200.
And, and I'm not kidding, you know? So the, winning those tournaments don't even pay, doesn't, it doesn't even pay for the trip.
Okay? They're traveling without coaches, without a physio, uh, without the ability to have the support on-site.
It's a very tough sport for you to grow, and that's why unfortunately, people end up quitting.
And just to add on that, I know when you guys mentioned early on, you said, um, when, like, people like, um, professionals end up, like, quitting Wimbledon, they don't have the financial backing of that.
You have to have big sponsorship ahead of time to have, like, millions to put into that, or how does that work?
You know, with, with tennis, you know, the, the amount of money that you need to put in to be able to get anything back is just up, is, is upside down.
I think out of all the professional leagues, professional players are the ones that get the lowest percentage out of the total revenue of the main league.
If you're watching players playing Wimbledon, the French Open, but that's not the reality of the sport.
The reality is players that are playing tennis now, having to travel the entire world to play tournaments that after they win, they make $1,200.
And, and I'm not kidding, you know? So the, winning those tournaments don't even pay, doesn't, it doesn't even pay for the trip.
Okay? They're traveling without coaches, without a physio, uh, without the ability to have the support on-site.
It's a very tough sport for you to grow, and that's why unfortunately, people end up quitting.
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