NetflixCurse complete as Felix Auger-Aliassime exits Australian Open
abc.net.au/news/netflix-curse-felix-auger-aliassime-exits-australian-open/101881210Felix Auger-Aliassime is the last tennis superstar to fall victim to the rumoured "Netflix curse" at the Australian Open, with Canada's sixth seed knocked out in the fourth round by unheralded 21-year-old Jiri Lehecka.
Auger-Aliassime finished 2022 as one of the most in-form players on the men's tour, with three straight titles in October The 22-year-old, who finished 2022 in hot form with titles in Florence, Antwerp and Basel, was the last of the 10 players still vying for the title in Melbourne who featured prominently in the first five episodes of the Netflix documentary series Break Point, which went live before the tournament.in his first major quarterfinal."I don't know. I don't think it's connected … Maybe the players that lost, maybe they do feel like it's connected, somehow.
Murray also took down Italian 13th seed Matteo Berrettini in the first round, while the other apparent examples of the curse were world number 16 Paula Badosa , Wimbledon and US Open finalist Ons Jabeur , French and US Open runner-up Casper Ruud , US men's number one Taylor Fritz and sixth seed Maria Sakkari .
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