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    Corruption a 'tsunami' at lower levels of professional tennis with the game

    Corruption a 'tsunami' at lower levels of professional tennis with the game described as a 'fertile breeding ground' for match-fixing after report costing £15m is finally released




    • A report on the integrity in tennis has been released after a two-year study
    • The findings labelled corruption in the lower reaches of the game as a 'tsunami'
    • It admitted that the game was a 'fertile breeding ground' for match-fixing
    • Grand Slam events, such as Wimbledon, are not afflicted with the same problem


    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ten...#ixzz5Dh7sY4RX



    Not shocked to see this news you see it every week even on the main tour.

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    An ex Co worker used to talk about this in the ITF and challenger leagues considering he was one of the players taking dives
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    "tsunami" a pretty strong word for a bunch of pampered, grunting and moaning with every shot ball slappers.....





    don't see a bunch of people dying in any f'n tennis matches....

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    A fix is a good thing if you’re on
    the right side of it.

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    Definitely noticed a shift with the advent of crypto, and it was already bad.
    Pay a lot less attention to it because of this and the older generation leaving.

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    It's been this way for a long time. This is why books don't like taking sizeable bets on these events. If they see several big bets on the same result it sparks an inquiry.

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    There really is nothing new here.

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    Used to be this bad on the main tour, about ten years ago. They've largely pushed it out, fortunately.

    Much, much harder to do the same at lower levels, because they earn so little in prize money. Far easier to bribe someone who's barely scraping a living than a millionaire.

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    theyve been saying this same thing for a while now, every year same thing, want to portray theyre on top of things, tanking the same thing in my eyes even when no gambling is involved with the players. so players can tank as long as there isnt a blip in the markets to show no syndicate betting and all is fine I spose. we never hear about ped usage either, nobody using...ever?

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    I try stay away from sketchy players when they drop below 1.30 since this is when it becomes worthwhile to underperform. Still, match fixing doesn't bother me as much as players who show up to a tournament and then tank because they have no intention of competing. The absolute worst is when you unwittingly bet on a qualification match, and then your guy throws it because he's already qualified.

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    we have known this for years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sunshineSpecial View Post
    I try stay away from sketchy players when they drop below 1.30 since this is when it becomes worthwhile to underperform. Still, match fixing doesn't bother me as much as players who show up to a tournament and then tank because they have no intention of competing. The absolute worst is when you unwittingly bet on a qualification match, and then your guy throws it because he's already qualified.
    yep to both, few matches the last few days where a player dominated the other player in tourneys like fed cup and another tourney, they play the same opponent like the next day or two and that dominated opponent dominates them exactly like they did before, ive seen that quite a few times before even just a few days ago. the whole quali thing also, i forget if they know theyve already qualified or someone has to withdraw in order for them to become lucky loser, prob both cases not sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JAKEPEAVY21 View Post
    we have known this for years.
    Well now we have a 20 million dollar report telling us what we already knew. They should have just asked me, I would've told them for a hundo.

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    I watch a lot of challenger level and low level ITF tennis matches and have seen some questionable things happen from time to time that makes you wonder. ive never seen more 6-0 0-6 7-6 matches before in my life except for low level ITF and challenger series,

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    Just bet the dogs!

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