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While the long list of tennis players not competing at the 2023 Australian Open continues to grow, the trend appears to be bucking after Australian star Nick Krygios announced his withdrawal from the tournament on Monday.
Fans call it the Netflix curse.
The documentary series Break Point, which premiered on Friday, features Kyrgios in the first episode. The second episode highlights WTA top players Ajla Tomljanovic and Paula Badosa, who also withdrew from the tournament on Friday due to injury.
One person took Twitter, “”NetflixCurse has now ruled Ajla Tomlajanovic, Paula Badosa & Nick Kyrgios out of the #AusOpen. Pray for Casper Ruud, Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe.”
Ruud, Fritz and Tiafoe and just a few other players appearing in the documents.
The rest of the episodes also follow players no. 7 Felix Auger-Aliassime, no. 14 Matteo Berrettini and no. 17 (doubles) Thanasis Kokkinakis won the men’s singles at No. 17 (doubles). 2 Oz Jaber and No. 6 Maria Sakkari on the women’s side.
Other fans use the Internet that The Netflix curse is real and hope that part 2, which is expected to drop in June, will be cancelled.
While the first round of the 2023 Australian Open is still underway, time will tell how many other Break Point players will be knocked out of the Grand Slam tournament.
What are the Break Point documentaries about?
From the team behind Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Break Point follows a select group of world-class tennis players on and off the court as they compete in iconic tournaments around the world.
Through the series, viewers get a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most pressured lives in the game.
At the end of the day, the show is about the human condition and what this particular sport is doing to humanity and how people react to being in this place and at this time. And it’s very relatable, said executive producer James Gay-Rees, who is also one of the people behind Formula 1: Drive to Survive.
When Netflix released Drive to Survive in 2019, F1 viewership grew massively almost 53% viewers of the shows said they became sports fans.
This is the Netflix effect that Break Point wants to collect on tennis.
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