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Wednesday, 16 March 2022

A new season of Netflix’s Formula 1 docuseries + Check out the three “Femmes Fatales” at CJC tonight + Tennis Grand Slam Board announces new tie-breaking format

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Drama-filled sports docuseries Drive To Survive returns to Netflix with a fourth season: While this season had the potential of being the best of them all, with so much happening on the Formula 1 race tracks this past year, the stories the directors chose to tell don’t do the sport justice, argues The Hindu Times. The new season follows the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship season, condensing 22 races into 10 episodes full of drama, crashes, and racing victories. While the latest season hasn’t gotten raving reviews, it’s still worth a watch and the rest of the docuseries has had fans hooked from all over the globe and brought Formula 1 racing back into the limelight. The Netflix show has access to the behind-the-scenes of it all, following some of the biggest personalities in the gig, from Lewis Hamilton to Max Verstappen to Valterri Bottas.

It’s a somewhat more eventful day for football today, with games in the UEFA Champions League, English Premier League and the Egyptian Premier League.

We’ll have the full list of UEFA quarter-finalists today, with two seats set to be snagged by the victors from two matches at 10pm: Juventus v Villarreal with an aggregate at 1-1, and Chelsea v Lille with an aggregate of 2-0 for the Blues. Atlético, Bayern, Benfica, Liverpool, Manchester City and Real Madrid already secured their quarter-final spots.

Moving to the English Premier League, Arsenal will clash with Liverpool tonight at 9:45pm, with the Reds hoping for a victory to narrow the point gap to a seasonal low of one point with rival Manchester City, which was restricted to a scoreless draw against Crystal Palace. Revived Arsenal, which is now among the top-four, aims to continue its undefeated momentum and close the gap more against Chelsea, which ranks third. Another game we’re not missing: Brighton will play against Tottenham at 9:30pm.

In Egypt, Al Ittihad will play against Ismaily at 5:30pm, while Enppi will clash with Ceramica Cleopatra at 8pm. El Gouna is currently playing against Al Mokawloon as we dispatch.

???? IN NON-FOOTBALL NEWS- Grand Slams could soon see a new tiebreak format: Tiebreaks at all future Grand Slam Championships — including the Australian Open, Roland-Garros, Wimbledon, and US Open — will move to a 10-point tiebreak format as of May, according to a statement. The championships have up until now used a patchwork of different tiebreak rules, but are now moving to create more consistency. According to the new rules, if the two sides tie with six points each in the final set, the first player to reach 10 points with a two-point difference will come out on top. The new system will be imposed on a trial basis for “a full Grand Slam year” and reviewed “before applying for any permanent rule change,” the statement said.

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Cairo Jazz Club is celebrating Women’s Day with three “Femmes Fatales”: Nouran Abu Taleb, Youssra El Hawary and Dina El Wedidi, tonight at 9pm.

Zar performers Mazaher Ensemble are taking the stage at Downtown’s Makan tonight at 8pm. The ensemble includes Um Sameh, Um Hassan and Nour el Sabah who are among the Zar tradition’s last remaining practitioners in the country.

Acapella Bel Arabi are taking the stage tonight at El Sawy Culturewheel at 7:30pm.

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If you had the option of deleting your worst memories, would you take it? Tell Me An Ending by Jo Harkin is a Black Mirror-esque sci-fi novel that revolves around a tech company that can delete unwanted memories for customers. Years later, the memory removal clinic offers a new service, reaching out to former clients and telling them that they can now reinstate their memories if they’d like. The book then branches out into the stories of four people who grapple with the decision to get their memories back and what it could mean for their life. At the same time, psychologist Noor is tasked with bringing these memories back, but as she understands more about what the program entails and its impact on people, she begins to doubt the ethics of memory removal. Harkin’s book is an exploration of secrets, identity, and how life can change by forgetting a single moment.

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