Unseen Fixes

[EaglesPhan36]

I only noticed this because I bet on this donk this morning for my parlay project.

Daniel Brands & Michael Berrer both made the main draw in Metz as Lucky Losers as the top two ranked players left who lost in qualifying.

My curiosity is peaked as Jarkko Nieminen and Benjamin Becker were the guys who dropped out to make these two spots open.

Brands played like an absolute clown against a FRENCHMAN, Vincent Millot, who got into the main draw. So my wheels spin wondering how long in advance these guys who withdrew let the organizers know and then you get a suspicious mo-fo like Brands who has a shady history letting a home standing Frenchman walk all over him ...

Did he know a spot was open in the main draw? If so, Brands was guaranteed entry win or lose because he was the highest ranked player in qualis. So did he have a deal to let Millot in ... hmmmm?

Berrer playing a fellow countryman with another German pulling out of the tournament ... just gives you pause to think about the shady possibilities that may take place off the court.

These are just little tidbits. Things we don't notice that may take place every tournament.

Just thought I would share this because it was something I caught today and starting thinking about.

[jbart28]

WOW- Yeah that is def interesting. I will add them to my Davydenko list of shadiness...

[EaglesPhan36]

It's just an interesting theory. I am going to pay more attention to these Lucky Losers to see exactly how some of these go.

[jbart28]

It seems pretty logical that these high volume tournament grinders look out for one another. I am gonna start looking at it to. Thanks for the heads up

[makman]

Fixed matches had always been and will always be. Not only the middle rank players do, top players also been in many suspicious matches both in ATP and WTA. Let me make all of us remember how Federer lost in the final to Haas this year. Another very recent memory of the Olympic game where Radwanska lost to Julia Goerges in which i was astonished to see how much lines moved against Radwanska during the final set after Goerges just hold her fukking serve. Of course lets not forget the US open final. Did they play two extra sets just to make the game look epic? Or it was a gift from Mr. Novak 'the clown' Djokovic to his close friend Mr. Andy 'never slam winning' Murray? I will never know. Whats left in my memory was how Joker was hitting every ball making a sound as if someone s shooting him with a shotgun where occasionaly he was shotdown and fell several times after the hit in some of the games, where the same Joker in the very next game could play very silently hittin high accuracy winners and break his friend's serve.
Knowing all these possibilities, besides the possibilities of retirements due to injuries and retirements of the clowns who are faking us as if they are injured, it is insane to go big on bbetting in tennis games.

[Cessation]

The grand slams put a group of final round, high ranked, quali losers in a lottery for any spot that opens up with a withdrawal.

If the ATP tournaments aren't doing the same, then they should be.

Takes any guarantee of a spot away and limits the potential for any dodgy dealings as the lucky loser spot is decided by chance between a handful of the higher ranked losers.

[beefcake]

Ask Daniel Kollerer what he thinks of match fixing..

[EaglesPhan36]

The grand slams put a group of final round, high ranked, quali losers in a lottery for any spot that opens up with a withdrawal.

If the ATP tournaments aren't doing the same, then they should be.

Takes any guarantee of a spot away and limits the potential for any dodgy dealings as the lucky loser spot is decided by chance between a handful of the higher ranked losers.

Are you sure that is true on Slams? From what I understand and read - the lucky loser spot goes in order to the highest ranked player that did not qualify. Had not seen anything specifically stated different for Slams.