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After which there have been none. Felix Auger-Aliassime’s fourth-round loss on the Australian Open means not one of the stars of Netflix’s new tennis documentary ‘Break Level’ have made it via to the second week in Melbourne.
Such poor exhibiting from the collection’ stars has led to speak of a ‘Netflix curse’ as participant after participant crashed out of the event.
Canada’s Auger-Aliassime was the final one standing, however the sixth seed fell 6-4 3-6 6-7 (2-7) 6-7 (3-7) to the Czech underdog Jiri Lehecka.
The primary 5 episodes of the documentary, which focuses on the following technology of tennis stars, was streamed earlier this month.
Its goal is to showcase the game’s youthful expertise to the world, those tipped to step out of the shadows of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic (and, on the time of filming, Roger Federer and Serena Williams as they hadn’t but retired).
Maria Sakkari, Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud, Matteo Berrettini, Ons Jabeur, Thanasi Kokkinakis have all been eradicated from the primary grand slam of the yr – which started on January 16 – whereas Nick Kyrgios, Ajla Tomljanovic and Paula Badosa withdrew earlier than the beginning of the event due to accidents.
It means not one of the present’s gamers, who’ve all featured on the planet’s high 10 sooner or later of their careers, have made it to the quarterfinals.
Talking earlier this week, Auger-Aliassime laughed off speak of a so-called curse.
“I believed it was humorous,” he advised reporters. “I don’t know; I don’t suppose it’s related.
“Possibly the gamers that misplaced, perhaps they do really feel prefer it’s related, one way or the other. I don’t suppose they do. I don’t suppose it’s related, anyhow. It’s humorous how issues work out generally.”
The hashtag ‘NetflixCurse’ has been trending on Twitter, with many customers writing that the “Netflix curse is now full” following the Canadian’s exit.
Earlier this week, Netflix’s UK & Eire Twitter account tweeted: “To make clear: that is purely a coincidence,” in response to a tweet concerning the so-called curse.
