{"id":57634,"date":"2017-08-31T15:22:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T22:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=57634"},"modified":"2017-08-31T15:22:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T22:22:03","slug":"alexandr-dolgopolov-angrily-denies-fixing-tennis-match-amid-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/alexandr-dolgopolov-angrily-denies-fixing-tennis-match-amid-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandr Dolgopolov Angrily Denies Fixing Tennis Match Amid Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

After winning his first-round tennis match at the US Open on Wednesday, Alexandr Dolgopolov didn\u2019t get to talk about the victory, but instead found himself having to deny match fixing<\/a> amid an investigation by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU).<\/p>\n

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After winning his first-round match at the US Open, Alexandr Dolgopolov vehemently denied he had fix a match the week prior at the Winston-Salem Open. (Image: Association Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The alleged incident that prompted the inquiry by tennis\u2019s anti-corruption group was against Thiago Monteiro at last week\u2019s Winston-Salem Open.<\/p>\n

The 64th ranked player in the world, who was also investigated in 2011 and cleared, lost on August 20, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round to Brazil\u2019s Thiago Monteiro . Apparently it wasn\u2019t that he fell to the 113th ranked player, it was how he lost and the large amounts of money bet on the match that triggered the investigation.<\/p>\n

The Ukranian was defeated in just 55 minutes and failed to create a single break point. This coupled with enough money being bet against him hours before the start of the contest piqued the TIU\u2019s interest.<\/p>\n

Dolgopolov Lashes Out<\/h2>\n

When asked about the inquiry on Wednesday after he defeated 46th-ranked Jan-Lennard\u00a0Struff 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 in two-and-a-half hours on Court 16, he was not very happy about being grilled by reporters about the allegations.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want my honest answer? I don\u2019t give a f*** to be honest, because it\u2019s like a circus,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, for me, I don\u2019t want to even talk about it. I talked to the TIU. I respect their work. I gave all the information needed. At the end of the day, what\u2019s going to happen is I\u2019m not involved in anything.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reporters pressed him about the break points and he defended his play, saying he suffers from Gilbert\u2019s Syndrome, a disease that affects the liver and can cause exhaustion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was giving my best effort,\u201d he said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t playing my best.\u201d<\/p>\n

That wasn\u2019t enough for the media, who asked him more questions that clearly irked the 28 year old.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s talk about facts,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is a TIU that does their job. If they find something, good, let\u2019s talk about it. Before that it\u2019s a pity that the guys are writing and hurting people\u2019s image without anything, just a betting pattern.\u201d<\/p>\n

Betting Suspended<\/h2>\n

Bookmakers in Britain have a policy to stop taking wagers if they feel there are irregularities. That was what happened in the Dolgopolov- Monteiro contest. Large amounts of cash came in on Monteiro a few hours before the match and several operators stopped taking bets.<\/p>\n

Ladbrokes is one of the biggest sports betting<\/a> parlors in the UK and when they noticed the unusual pattern, stopped taking bets, a spokesperson for the company told the Guardian Newspaper.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can confirm we suspended the match [betting] due to the suspicious moves in prices pre-match,\u201d said a spokesperson for Ladbrokes. \u201cThis was flagged to relevant authorities right away.\u201d<\/p>\n

The probe in ongoing and the TIU would not comment, only to say that is conducting the examination of the contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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