The first
five episodes of Break Point were highly commented in the last few days. Not
just for the “behind-the-scenes” that the fans can see, almost the Netflix
documentary follows several players from the
ATP and
WTA tour in training
sessions, matches, with their families and friends.
There are
ten players that we can see in the first five episodes, released on January 13,
just before the start of the
Australian Open. Precisely, the first Grand Slam
of the year has left several surprises, and the "Break Point curse"
has been commented on social networks, since 8 of the 10 players who
participated in the television show have not been able to overcome the first
two rounds.
There are
different reasons: both best ranked players from Australia (Kyrgios and
Tomjlanovic), drop out before the start of the tournament, and were joined by
the Spanish
Paula Badosa, who’ll leave the top 15 next week.
In the
first round there was another surprise, with former No. 1
Andy Murray, who hadn’t
got a victory over a top-20 since 2017. However, the second round left even
more victims. The second seed in the tournament,
Casper Ruud was dumped out of the
tournament by an impressive Jenson Brooksby, also Taylor Fritz was defeated in
five sets by the local Popyrin.
Australian
Open 2022 doubles winner
Thanasi Kokkinakis was also eliminated, in an epic
match against the five-times finalist Murray, in almost 6 hours on the court. The
Tunisian
Ons Jabeur, second seed in the tournament, was also surprisingly knocked
out in three sets by Vondruosova, in a bad day for the African.
In this
way, only two players are still alive: the Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime, and
the Greek
Maria Sakkari.In the third round, the sixth seed will face the
Chinese Lin Zhu (87th), while Felix will have an important challenge against
the Argentinean and 28th seed Francisco Cerundolo.