Loki Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 The guys algorithm will be highlighting the Robert vs Monfils match currently. Monfils a heavy favourite pre match, goes a double break down in the first set, comes back to win with Robert missing everything. In the second set Monfils goes a double break down and again wins the set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Report of suspect betting on mixed doubles match at the Australian Open.http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/tennis/australian-open-2016-fix-fears-on-80000-in-bets-on-mixed-doubles/news-story/b3a34babaef2fc0dc049cfda5e28bbda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Report of suspect betting on mixed doubles match at the Australian Open.http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/tennis/australian-open-2016-fix-fears-on-80000-in-bets-on-mixed-doubles/news-story/b3a34babaef2fc0dc049cfda5e28bbda Subscription only link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Subscription only link. Here's the text. A suspicious plunge of about $80,000 on a mixed doubles match that would normally attract as little as $800 in betting is at the centre of an investigation into possible match-fixing at the Australian Open. Tennis Integrity Unit detectives have questioned players at the centre of the scandal, which prompted a large, Caribbean-based bookmaker to suspend all betting on the match on Sunday. The suspicious plunge is being examined by Victoria Police. Details of the investigation emerged as Nick Lindahl, a 27-year-old former Australian tennis professional, pleaded guilty to a match-fixing charge relating to a 2013 match at a tournament in Toowoomba, Queensland. He is due to be sentenced in April. Acting on a tip-off about betting irregularities at Melbourne Park, a tennis reporter from the New York Times witnessed the match and was struck by the poor play of one member of the losing doubles team, Spaniard David Marrero. MORE: Player pleads guilty to match fix MORE: Doubles pair spotted nothing odd “Once it started you could see some things potentially play out as you thought they might based on where the money was going before that,’’ journalist Ben Rothenberg said yesterday. “It was definitely pretty surreal.’’ The final scoreline was a lopsided 6-0 6-3, with Marrero holding just one game off his serve. Marrero and his doubles partner, countrywoman Lara Arruabarrena, denied any knowledge of match fixing when questioned by the journalist. Marrero blamed his poor performance on a knee injury that he took into the match. Marrero was involved in another doubles match in Austria three months ago that attracted an unusually high volume of bets. In both matches, Marrero’s team was heavily backed to lose. Poland’s Lukasz Kubot, who played against Marrero in the Melbourne and Vienna matches, said yesterday that he did not notice anything suspicious on Sunday from his side of the net. “They were trying 100 per cent,’’ he said. Kubot confirmed he and mixed doubles partner Andrea Hlavachova had been quizzed by TIU investigators. It is the first time in more than 10 years on tour that either player has been questioned about match fixing by authorities. Concerns about the integrity of the mixed doubles fixture were first raised by Pinnacle Sports, an offshore betting agency licensed in the Caribbean island of Curacao. Although unable to operate legally in Australia, the bookmaker provided Victoria Police and the TIU with details of a pre-match betting plunge that installed Kubot and Hlavachova as short-priced favourites. Pinnacle Sports spokesman Macro Blume told the New York Times the plunge involved large bets by a small number of punters. Scott Ferguson, a former executive with international betting exchange Betfair, said the market fluctuations surrounding the mixed doubles match “strongly suggest’’ that some punters had access to inside information. TIU and Victoria Police declined to comment on the latest betting scandal. Tennis Australia said it would work with the police and TIU. An investigation by the BBC and BuzzFeed website into match fixing in tennis last week accused the TIU of failing to act on evidence of systemic corruption in the sport, an allegation rejected by head of the TIU Nigel Willerton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 The biggest issue when these stories come out is that the media have to be vague about the players involved for legal reasons, but that leads to wild speculation which creates a fog around the issue. That's especially the case when the media organisations chase a headline by mentioning a "US Open champion", leading people to think it's a (probably male) singles champion, rather than some unknown who won the mixed doubles 8 years ago. All the speculation creates a fog around the situation, with almost literally every single player in the world accused of being involved. It would be good if there was some way to provide some more specific details without actually naming the players involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 This is the latest from ABC in Oz and probably similar to items on BBC. The Marrero article makes reference to Four Corners which is a Panorama style programme. It won't be shown until Monday night when the Open is over. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-27/tennis-match-fixing-scandal-review-anti-corruption/7116886 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-27/david-marrero-on-blacklist-of-suspicious-tennis-players/7116056 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 There is a list online of the players involved in the and most are from Russia or eastern Europe by the looks of it. With acouple from Spain one American and some Australians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Slightly related....as it is a sport pretty much based on individual performance only.....but does anyone think you get match fixing going on in golf? I'm not sure on betting markets but would assume bookies give odds in bogeys per round, total putts etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Psychosis Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Slightly related....as it is a sport pretty much based on individual performance only.....but does anyone think you get match fixing going on in golf? I'm not sure on betting markets but would assume bookies give odds in bogeys per round, total putts etc? I would have thought golf was absolutely perfect for it. Doesn't require anyone to be in on it other than the player and its as close to "victimless" as it gets, given that one player deliberately doing badly doesn't affect anyone else's score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Especially when you can bet on pairings that are out together. One to do slightly worse than the other is easily achievable without looking to suspicious. Spot fixing could be rife in many many sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue4578 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 van de Velde could've made far more from losing the Open that what the first prize was. Looking at tennis, you don't even have to lose. Imagine a scenario like this; you have one of the very top players playing an early match in a grand slam event against a no-hoper qualifier. The match is on at prime time so there will be a lot of money in-play. I could lay the top player @ 1.01 before the match, let's say I lay £2million, for which the liability would only be £20,000. The player then just has to feign injury during the first set, look like he is at death's door and unable to walk. He can lose the set easily and then call the trainer. At which point he will be odds against to win, maybe even 5/1 or bigger. I can stick my £2million potential lay profit on him to win. He then comes back on court knowing he will crush the qualifier in the last three sets. I make millions and no one has lost on purpose. The biggest issue when these stories come out is that the media have to be vague about the players involved for legal reasons, but that leads to wild speculation which creates a fog around the issue. That's especially the case when the media organisations chase a headline by mentioning a "US Open champion", leading people to think it's a (probably male) singles champion, rather than some unknown who won the mixed doubles 8 years ago. All of the stories that abound suggest that this is indeed the case. If you look at the list of champions, there aren't too many realistic candidates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedafc Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Suspicious betting patterns doesn't prove that match fixing is going on, unless you are prepared to name names it is pure speculation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 I think Novak is fair game. He clearly loves the sport and has made efforts to rid his body of Gluten which appears to have given him more energy and stamina. He was already a great champion before this change, already having the 2008 AO, the 2008 WTF and a handful of Masters under his belt. The top 4 are all fine regarding taking bungs IMO, along with guys like Wawrinka, Cilic, Nishikori, Berdych. As someone said above, these guys don't need to make 50k here and there to throw a match, its the guys who consistently are papped out by these guys in rounds 2 and 3 that are far more likely. Lance Armstrong loved cycling but it didn't stop him cheating. I'd like to take it on trust that the diet change alone was enough to bring about such a dramatic improvement in stamina, but rumours have been circulating for a long time ( even andy Murray has hinted strongly that drug testing needs to be much more rigorous) and history says that sadly cynicism about top sportsmen n women is normally justified Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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