#DrakeCurse: Did Drake jinx Serena?

Serena Williams lost the most heart-breaking match of her career during the U.S. Open on Friday, and the Internet has blamed her rumored new boyfriend, rapper Drake, for the loss.

Williams lost in her semifinal match to Roberta Vinci of Italy on Friday afternoon 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. 

Soon after her bid for the first Grand Slam since 1988 came to a halt in shocking fashion, the hashtags 'blamedrake' and 'drakecurse' started trending on Twitter.

'Wherever Drake cheers, losing follows. The curse continues. #SerenaWilliams', one social media user shared on Friday.

'Drake jinxed Serena man,' another person wrote on Twitter.While sports statisticians and tennis analysts might blame Williams’s 40 unforced errors for her loss, Twitter has a different theory: It was Drake’s fault.

Oscar Pope ‏@oscar_pope

The sports-curse of Drake continues. I enjoyed it before he got his paws on my beloved Serena. #USOpen

Basketball Forever @Bballforeverfb

Drake is a Kentucky fan, UK loses. Drake is a Serena fan, Serena loses. Concidence? #ImJustSayingYouCouldDoBetter

They demanded he be banned from all future sporting events:

Taylor Rooks ✔ @TaylorRooks

Drake is no longer allowed to attend major sporting events.

ESPN reporters begged Drake to leave during the match:

Michelle Beadle ✔ @MichelleDBeadle

I'm not saying Venus should grab Drake and go for a walk. But she really should. I mean now. Not walk. Run. #JinxesAreRealPeople

The hip-hop mogul, who stood in the stands rooting Williams on, had even before Friday developed a reputation as bad luck for teams and athletes. 

For example, Drake watched on as his favorite college team the Kentucky Wildcats, whose undefeated season ended in the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament against Wisconsin Badgers.

He has also been blamed for Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel's 'lackluster' career, the Seattle Hawk's most recent Super Bowl loss and for LeBron James’s cramps during his last year playing with the Heat, according to the Washington Post.

This is not his first time he has attended one her matches as he has been pictured previously during the Rogers Cup in 2011, but Williams won 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 against Zheng Jie.

Vinci lost to Serena in four previous meetings. The shocking loss ended Serena’s hopes of winning the elusive Grand Slam of tennis.
Serena previously won 3 Grand Slam titles in 2015: Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.
The only tennis player (male or female) to win all 4 Grand Slam titles in a single calendar year was Steffi Graf in 1988.See more photos from the match:

I think maybe, her new romance with Drake may have gotten her distracted and led to her loss ...What do you think?