Scott Paschal Christian Tennis Begins Probe of ATP and WTA Betting


	Scott Paschal Christian Tennis Begins Probe of ATP and WTA Betting

christiantennis

8-20-2007 11:08 PM

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Is it possible for pro tennis players to illegally bet on their own tennis matches? What about purposefully losing a match? The NBA recently had a ref go bad.

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(ATP) has asked the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) to 
assist its investigations into irregular betting in a match 
involving Russian world number five <A href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/players/266/;_ylt=Ao.Ld0NA7rsFCdE0HSXb5fspv7YF">Nikolay Davydenko</A>.
</P><P>In a statement on Friday, ATP executive chairman Etienne de 
Villiers said: "We are committed to a thorough, fair and 
comprehensive ATP investigation and our decision to involve the 
BHA, as well as employing independent investigators, is 
testimony to that commitment.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=reu-atpbettingdc&prov=reuters&type=lgns"><P>Betfair, which allows clients to bet against each other 
even after the match has started, said that $7.3 million of 
bets had been placed and accepted on the match.
</P><P>"Normally for a match like that it would have been around 
one million dollars," the spokesman said.
</P><P>Davydenko said he had been upset by the controversy 
surrounding the match and that he had never received any 
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