Four iconic players reflect on the struggles, triumphs, rivalries and controversies that made them legends of the tennis world in the 1970s.
1976, Davis Cup final. The champions Panatta, Barazzutti, Bertolucci and Zugarelli, captained by Pietrangeli, will leave for Pinochet's Chile.
Panatta wins in Rome and Roland Garros in '76. The following year Davis' Italy won against Spain. Monica Giorgi recounts an episode that occurred in apartheid South Africa.
The formative years in Formia. Panatta conquers the Italian record and makes friends with Zugarelli, who makes his way in America. A complicated trip takes place in Sydney in '77.
In '78 Pietrangeli was dismissed. The team lost in Hungary under the leadership of Bergamo, who however tragically died before the USA final against McEnroe and Gerulaitis.
The tennis players retrace the past, from personal crises to Davis '80 in Czechoslovakia. Let's go back to the fateful '76 and the victory in Australia, which paves the way for Chile.
Before the final, some political prisoners are freed and the Italian tennis players are welcomed with full honours. Finally some light is being shed on the "red shirts" issue.