Wimbledon stars including Nick Kyrgios, Naomi Osaka, and Aryna Sabalenka are now featured as playable characters in a new Telegram-based mobile game Flappy Racquet. Though not affiliated with Wimbledon, the release is timed to coincide with the tournament’s global attention.
The game launched this week as Wimbledon enters its early rounds and is part of a broader effort by Sweet to combine sport, casual gaming, and blockchain elements in a single platform.
The athletes appear in the game as digital characters, available as NFTs through a licensing agreement with Winners Alliance. Each character offers slight gameplay advantages and will be awarded to top players or sold within the app.
Key Insights
- Flappy Racquet features professional tennis players as NFT-based characters
- The game launched during the first week of Wimbledon
- Characters are introduced through a licensing deal with Winners Alliance
- Top-ranking players will receive these characters as rewards
- The game is available through Telegram as part of the Scor on Sweet platform
What is Flappy Racquet?
Flappy Racquet is a simple, tap-to-play game built on the mechanics of Flappy Bird. Players guide a tennis-themed character through obstacles whilst returning balls mid-flight. If a ball is missed or a hazard is hit, the run ends.
What sets Flappy Racquet apart is the use of licensed tennis players as in-game characters. These digital avatars are distributed as NFTs and come with gameplay advantages such as increased in-game reward generation or other temporary boosts. Players can earn these by topping the leaderboard or acquiring them through the in-game shop.
The game currently includes licensed avatars of Nick Kyrgios, Naomi Osaka, Aryna Sabalenka, and many others. The characters are introduced through a partnership with Winners Alliance, an agency that manages commercial rights for various athletes.
Each athlete avatar is expected to come with a unique ability, such as increased earning potential or protection from obstacles. These traits are designed to provide a slight gameplay advantage but are not required to play.
What can we expect from the game?
Flappy Racquet joins a growing lineup of Telegram-based mini-games under the Scor on Sweet ecosystem. Other games in the catalogue include basketball, football, and ice hockey variants, each based on familiar mobile gaming formats.
Sweet has indicated that whilst Telegram is the current platform, the long-term goal is to bring these games to web, mobile, and integrated messaging platforms. However, no timeline for this expansion has been announced.
For now, Flappy Racquet serves as a lightweight gaming experience with familiar faces from the tennis world—arriving just as the sport’s most-watched tournament gets underway.
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