The Tennis Betting Problems Widen
It has been reported by all the major publications that the tennis unit-corruption investigation has heated up in yesterday. There are several matches under heavy investigation, such as Dmitry Tursunov vs Boris Pashanski (St Petersburg) as well as matches involving Marcos Daniel, Flavio Saretta, Nikolay Davydenko and more.
Brazilian Flavio Saretta claimed yesterday that he was offered $156,000 to lose his first round match at the French Open last year. Saretta rejected the offer and then beat Italian Potito Starace, which actually earned his a meeting in the second round with the man at the middle of the betting controversy, Nikolay Davydenko.
Another Brazilian who refused a bribe was Marcos Daniel, who was offered $21,000 to lose to Olympic gold medalist Nicolas Massu, which happened in Acapulco (a match which Daniel won).
Finally the ATP are probing into Dmitry Tursunov’s victory over Boris Pashanski in St Petersburg. Some sources say that Tursunov was being backed to win the match at $1.20 despite having lost the first set, trailing 0-2 in the second and while he was getting treatment for his lower back. The internet betting exchange Betfair who was involved with the above betting declined to void the market because it had been influenced by the actions of a single high-rolling punter (who is knows as a significant loser). The punters is said to have placed a large bet discreetly through the organisation’s brokerage team but, frustrated at delays, lumped on his stake “up front”, sending prices tumbling. Tursunov ending up winning the match 4-6 6-3 6-4.
All this information follows closely with claims by other professional players, Novak Djokovic, Gilles Elseneer, Dick Norman and Arvind Parmer.
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