Jake Johnson is delusional ex-tennis player The Hammer, who has to switch to the sport he loathes after injury

As Nick in the blockbuster TV comedy, the actor was adored by millions. So will his new comedy The Dink, which he jokes is a ‘sexier Challengers’, make him even more popular?

The new Apple TV movie “The Dink” is a comedy about a former tennis prodigy who learns to embrace pickleball.

Mary Steenburgen, Ed Harris, Patton Oswalt and Ben Stiller also star in the underdog flick directed by Josh Greenbaum ('Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar,' 'Will & Harper').

Jake Johnson is delusional ex-tennis player The Hammer, who has to switch to the sport he loathes after injury

THR sent its only contributor who moonlights as a pickleball instructor to assess the film's depiction of America's favorite low-pressure racket sport — and the actors' real-life…