Sony ESPN and Sony ESPN HD channels to air ‘This is What They Want’ on March 5

ESPN Films is a series that discovers themes beyond sports.

From the duo that gave us ‘Ocean’s Thirteen’ and ‘The Illusionist’, comes a story from the first golden age of Tennis, a time that made tennis feel less like a country club pastime and more like a hard-nosed, full contact sport.

The documentary chronicles the career of Jimmy Connors and the impact strong tennis personalities had on the first decade of the ‘Open’ era, and the legacy it has left behind.

"ESPN Films aims to reform the art of the sports documentary in collaboration with a diverse range of prolific filmmakers. The documentaries consist of varied stories from the world of sports highlighting athletes, events and intersections with society at large," the release read.

"This is What They Want" is an examination of Jimmy Connors' career told through the lens of the 1991 U.S. Open, when Connors so famously played at the age of 39 past five challengers, through an epic contest with Aaron Krickstein, and all the way to the semi-finals before being stopped by Jim Courier.

But it's not just an examination of that tournament: it's a look at how Connors and the colleagues/adversaries of his heyday re-invented tennis in the first decade of the Open era to be a high-octane spectator sport for the whole country, colored by intense competitors with strong personalities and towering, well-matched talents.

And it's an exploration of the way "character" players like Connors changed the game and carved out legacies through their careers on the court.

Date: Sunday, 5th March, 2017

Show timing: 1:00 pm

Telecast on: SONY ESPN, SONY ESPN HD Channels

Director: Brian Koppelman, David Levien