One by one, they dropped their heads, smashed their rackets. One by one, they slung their bags over their shoulders in defeat, exiting the court in bitter disappointment at shock results. They are the victims of a sporting curse the likes of which no streaming service has seen before.
This is the phenomenon of Break Point, the Netflix documentary that follows the careers of 10 top tennis pros and is being blamed for the wipeout of each from the Australian Open, which kicked off last week.
