All out except one: “Netflix curse” at the Australian Open

Of the ten protagonists of the first five episodes of the new tennis documentary “Break Point” on the streaming service provider Netflix, only the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime is represented at the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. All other players have either already been eliminated or were unable to compete due to injury.

“My girlfriend showed me that, I wasn’t even aware of it,” said Auger-Aliassime after his third-round win on Friday against Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo: “I think it’s funny. Maybe the players who lost think it's somehow related. I don’t think so.” But it’s “funny how things turn out sometimes.”

The sixth-seeded Canadian will face Czech Jiri Lehecka in his round of 22 on Sunday. The 0-year-old almost got caught in the second round, but after being down 2-XNUMX, he fought back successfully against the Slovakian Alex Molcan.

All other protagonists were less lucky. While Nick Kyrgios, Ajla Tomljanovic and Paula Badosa were unable to serve at Melbourne Park, Casper Ruud, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Matteo Berrettini, Taylor Fritz, Ons Jabeur and Maria Sakkari were eliminated early.

This is not good news for those responsible in world tennis, after all it was no coincidence that they started the Netflix documentary shortly before the first serve at the Grand Slam tournament in Australia. The makers of the documentary had already made the series “F1: Drive to Survive” a huge success and gave Formula 1 access to a new target group.

Football

Italy

International leagues

International

Winter sports

Tennis

Other sports

Motorsport

Cycling

Watersports

Events

Favorites

All out except one: “Netflix curse” at the Australian Open

The so-called “Netflix curse” is a topic of conversation at the Australian Open.

Suggestions

Comments (0)