Though the favorite Bacsinszky prevailed in straight sets, Bet365 and Fonbet reported suspicious betting patterns.<\/p>\n
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Match-fixing in tennis has increasingly gained concern from the sport’s governing bodies. In 2007, the issue came to light when Nikolay Davydenko, then the fourth-ranked player in the world, allegedly threw a match to the 87th-ranked player Martin Arguello.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The TIU was formed the following year to crackdown on corruption.<\/p>\n
Williams’ loss to Pliskova might raise some additional eyebrows, but they wouldn’t be warranted. A #1 losing to a #10 certainly isn’t that extraordinary.<\/p>\n
Though Williams adamantly stated she wasn’t tired during her post-game press conference, the 34-year-old certainly has many more miles on her legs than Pliskova. Playing matches on back-to-back days, paired with a nagging knee, and Williams’ defeat almost makes sense.<\/p>\n
Of course, hindsight is always 20\/20.<\/p>\n
Pliskova is once again the underdog for Saturday’s US Open finale against Kerber, but Vegas is learning its lesson. Westgate has her at +140, and Kerber at -160.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Serena Williams entered Thursday evening’s semifinal match at the US Open in Queens, New York, as the overall top seed in the women’s tournament. Williams holds 22 Grand Slam singles titles to go along with 14 majors in doubles. Williams had made it to the final match in eight of her last nine Grand Slam […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":39482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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