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    Tennis matches are being fixed

    ...according to Andy Murray.

    Murray makes match-fixing claim

    Andy Murray has told BBC Sport that he believes some tennis matches are being fixed in ATP tournaments - and he says all the players are aware of it.


    He told BBC 5live: "It is pretty disappointing for all the players, but everyone knows that it goes on.

    "It's difficult to prove if someone has tanked a match or not tried.

    "They can try their best until the last couple of games in each set and then make some mistakes, hit a couple of double faults and that is it."

    In an investigation for 5live Sport, leading betting companies have expressed concern about the results of several games.

    And Murray believes the chance to make extra money is too much for some players to turn down.

    He added: "There are some guys who have to come to tournaments every single week and out of their first-round-loser's cheque - about 2,500 euros - they have to pay for their air fares.

    "A career lasts probably only 10 or 12 years and you have to make all your money while you're still playing. But it's not really acceptable."

    Last month Tim Henman told BBC One's Inside Sport programme he has heard on the grapevine of players being asked to influence the outcome of matches.

    "I personally have never experienced it but, listening to the players talking, it seems it goes on," said the former British number one.

    And in August, online betting exchange Betfair voided the market on Nikolay Davydenko's match with Martin Vassallo at the Poland Open because of concerns over unusual betting activity.

    The ATP Tour launched its own probe as a result.

    You can hear Brian Alexander's full report - "Gambling on Tennis - the usual suspects" - in Tuesday's 5live Sport from 7pm.

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    Next thing you know it'll turn out some of them have taken performance-enhancing drugs.
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    Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



    May the Lord bless this post.

    #2
    Henman has been throwing matches for years............ allegedly.













    Oh wait a minute, he was just ****.
    Well, here we are in a room with two manky hookers and a racist dwarf. I think I'm heading home.

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      #3


      Poor old Herman Henman.
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      Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



      May the Lord bless this post.

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        #4
        They obviously forgot to tell Federer about this
        "For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son"

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          #5
          It could be true I guess, but Murray, while a decent tennis player, has a habit of letting his mouth run away with itself.
          You can agree with me, or you can be wrong.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Kilteragh View Post
            It could be true I guess
            It's 100% true mate. Just looking at the prices at times on betfair during matches you can usually see straight away.

            There will be a load of matches in a crappy tournament with 5k per match staked then suddenly another match with two **** players suddenly has a quarter of a mill riding on it. It's clear as day it goes on but proving players are involved is the hard bit.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Chris View Post
              It's 100% true mate. Just looking at the prices at times on betfair during matches you can usually see straight away.

              There will be a load of matches in a crappy tournament with 5k per match staked then suddenly another match with two **** players suddenly has a quarter of a mill riding on it. It's clear as day it goes on but proving players are involved is the hard bit.

              Really? - For ****'s sake. What am I going to get my lads to play when they get older? Is all sport bent? In fact I'll start a thread on that
              You can agree with me, or you can be wrong.

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                #8
                Originally posted by SouthAfricaRed View Post
                They obviously forgot to tell Federer about this


                He's a LEGEND
                When you feel like you're done, you are not alone........

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