The protagonists of
Break Point
, the new
Netflix series
that allows you to spy on (and understand) what life was like for some of the best tennis players in the world during 2022,
can feel like in a horror movie
, in the style of
Final Destination
.
One by one, the members of the
flyer
with which the on-demand platform launched the first season on January 13
suffer the elimination of the Australian Open, where only one remains standing
.
This is the Canadian
Felix Auger-Aliassime
, the executioner of the Argentine
Francisco Cerúndolo
in the third round of the Australian Open but who was about to be eliminated in the previous match, when he beat the Slovakian Alex Molcan in five sets, with a comeback included.
"And then there was one. #CurseNetflix"
, journalist Bastien Fachan, author of the book "Big 3" about Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, published on November 3, 2022, wrote on his Twitter account.
"It looks like the movie of Final Destination"
, a follower responded to the fact that Auger-Aliassime is the only one in the race after the first week of the Grand Slam.
Seeded sixth in the tournament, the Canadian is no stranger to the "curse" of which he is spoken.
It is that
Casper Ruud, Ons Jabeur and Matteo Berrettini are some of the players who appeared in the Netflix series and fell at the start of the tournament
, while
Nick Kyrgios
,
Paula Badosa
and
Ajla Tomljanovic
did not even play a game.
"
My girlfriend showed it to me today, I didn't know.
I realized there were players losing, but it didn't cross my mind until she showed it to me this morning. I thought it was funny," the 22-year-old Canadian replied after the match. with Cerundolo.
The most recent elimination occurred in the last hours, when the Chinese Lin Zhu (87th in the world) surprised by qualifying for the round of 16 with an exciting victory over the Greek
Maria Sakkari
(6th) by 7-6 (3), 1-6 and 6-4.
"I don't know, I don't think it's connected.
Maybe the players who lost feel like there's some connection. I don't think so, but yeah, it's funny how things play out sometimes
," said Auger-Aliassime, the tennis player who remains elusive. to the "curse" of
Break Point
.
Roland Garros marks the appearance of Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in Break Point, the Netflix series.
What shows the new Netflix series
Using the same format as
'Drive to Survive'
, the success that has documented the lives of Formula 1 drivers for several seasons, in
Break Point
the protagonists are the players who open the doors of their privacy so that the fans have the possibility to understand all the vicissitudes that professionals go through.
The first half of the initial season calls for four tournaments.
And it covers them through the experiences of different protagonists with cameras that accompany them far beyond the courts.
The first two chapters take place in the Australian Open
, the one that was shaken by the decision of the Justice to expel a Djokovic without vaccinations.
There, through the action at Melbourne Park, one understands a little more about the endless rebellion of the ineffable Kyrgios, who in those days was deciding whether or not to leave tennis with his ghosts of childhood obesity and his times of reveler, and his ground cable, Kokkinakis, with whom he lived an unforgettable doubles tournament.
Nick Kyrgios is the protagonist of the Australian Open episodes in Break Point, the Netflix series.
There also about the dreams and frustrations of a couple of tennis players, such as the Italian Berrettini and the Croatian-Australian Tomjanovic -who later was the "villain" who ended the career of Serena Williams-.
The season continues in Indian Wells
, the tournament that is played in the California desert and is considered the fifth Grand Slam.
There, the American Fritz, who would end up winning the tournament, and the Greek Sakkari and her fight to make great history take center stage.
It is also where 'Break Point' begins to delve into an increasingly visible problem in high-performance sport: the mental health of athletes who push their psyche beyond its limits to enhance their game.
Fritz and his decision to play the final injured and Sakkari and his retirement from tennis for less than a week, perhaps, are the pearls of a series in which
the great debt is not having had greater access to the privacy of Nadal, Djokovic, Federer or Serena
, who seems not to have been tempted by the production wallet to air their secrets.
The promotional poster for Break Point, the series with which Netflix will tell the intimacy of the professional tennis circuit.
The Tunisian Jabeur, the first African and Arab to succeed on the women's tour, and the Spanish Badosa, number two in the world at the time, are
the guiding thread of the episode that takes place in Madrid
.
The last leg of this first half of the series takes place at
Roland Garros
.
And those who show behind the scenes of the second Grand Slam of the year are the Canadian Auger-Aliassime and the Norwegian Ruud.
Through them, "intimate enemies" of Rafael Nadal, it is relived how the Spaniard once again made magic with his resilient tennis to reach 22 coronations in major tournaments.
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Australian Open: Francisco Cerúndolo gave in to logic and was eliminated by Auger-Aliassime