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Re: Tennis Matches Fixed?
Tomas Berdych speaks about it in an interview. Apparently some ex-mafia guy spoke to all the players earlier this year in Miami. Fascinating.
Q. Did you go to the talk that the Mafia boss gave in Miami? TOMAS BERDYCH: Yeah, we were just sitting like you and he was talking to us, so I heard. Q. What kind of stuff did he tell you? TOMAS BERDYCH: Yeah, he was talking about all his life, what it happens to him, all these things with the bad things, with the peoples from Mafia. When they catch you, it's like no chance to get out, all these things, so... Q. "Catch you," like if you get into debt to them? TOMAS BERDYCH: No, imagine like if you have a situation that they gonna come to you and they give you the offer with money and tell you, If you lose this match, you gonna get whatever. You say, Okay, right, this is [censored] tournament, whatever, it's already the bad thing. It happens once, and they gonna come again another tournament and you're going to say, No, I don't want to do it, I'm going to play. Then the problem starts. So that's what I mean. |
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wow, Russian mafia (KGB?) got to Davydanko and told him to lose the match is my best guess. He retired with a "foot injury" and is playing the next week in Canada. Not much of an injury eh. haha
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Davydenko is playing again today against another Russian, Youzhny. Sharp books (Pinny, Betfair) make Youzhny a small favourite, but square books may still rate Davy.
I can't believe how little damage seems to have been done by this disgraceful match-fixing incident. Will Davy have his head in the game today? I, for one, doubt it......... |
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The numbers guy at WSJ just did a blog entry summarizing this neatly. http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/susp...nis-match-164/
Not sure if you need a subscription (I already have it, so I get all content) |
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Anyone can get in to the blogs, no sub required.
Thanks for posting that. -P |
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