Blue_London
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Federer and bencic are just targeting him.
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Blue_London
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That on court interview is one of the goat sporting moments
Blue_London
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Dead he's getting no love on Twitter
Blue_London
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There is no way Tiafoe should be losing that badly to a British player that's not Andy Murray.
That's embarrassing
That's embarrassing
Blue_London
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She loves it! she was diagnosed with arthritis not too long ago so there a debate if she could remain in the top 10 But! that's no excuse for her calibre she should be winning these matches at 50% fit.
Blue_London
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once again the WTA could be very exciting the Australian open comes down to 4 players.
Serena
Halep
kerber
Osaka (if she mentally ready)
Serena
Halep
kerber
Osaka (if she mentally ready)
Young_Chitlin
Carajo 🇵🇪🧩
Hard to argue a different final 4
Blue_London
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She needs to have a word with kerber when she won her 2 majors and got to world number 1 she just couldn't handle the pressure and fell out the top 10 had to rebuild and start again
People don't give Serena enough credit to stay motivated
Blue_London
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Kerber was going head to head with Federer forehead she held her own
Blue_London
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Federer and djokovic draw is tricky
toheeb27
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Serena’s seems tricky too.
Blue_London
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I think clay and us open may be his best chances this year djokovic and Federer both own the Australian open.
But I think thiem is a better clay player and he's going to catch Nadal one day
Young_Chitlin
Carajo 🇵🇪🧩
Spanish police arrested 15 people, and said another 68 have been investigated, as part of probe into tennis match-fixing by an Armenian criminal gang.
In a statement released today, the Spanish Civil Guard said that 28 of those 83 people are professional tennis players, one of whom took part in the last U.S. Open. The statement doesn’t name any of the individuals who have been investigated or detained. The statement said:
“A group of Armenian individuals used a professional player who served as the link between them and the other members of the network. Once the bribe had been paid, the Armenians went to the match venues to use their imposing muscle to make sure that the player kept their end of the deal. They then gave the order for bets to be laid both nationally and internationally.”
The Civil Guard said that the operation had been prompted by complaints from the Tennis Integrity Unit, the sport’s anti-corruption body. Law enforcement began to investigate a Spanish player, which led to the Armenian group.
According to the Civil Guard, which investigated the corruption along with Europol and Spanish tax authorities, the match-fixing group had been operating since at least February 2017, generating millions of dollars in profit. During the operation, police searched 11 addresses in Spain, finding €167,000, a handgun, stolen identity documents, jewelry, more than 50 electronic devices, and five luxury vehicles. Law enforcement froze 42 bank accounts.
As has been repeated in numerous reports and investigations into corruption in tennis, match-fixing is rampant in lower levels of professional tennis where many thousands of players don’t make any money. Last month, yet another report from the Independent Review Panel, which was tasked with finding ways to clean up the sports after Buzzfeed and the BBC published a report in 2016 that revealed widespread match-fixing, recommended that there be no live streaming, or scoring data provided, at low-level professional tennis tournaments.
In a statement released today, the Spanish Civil Guard said that 28 of those 83 people are professional tennis players, one of whom took part in the last U.S. Open. The statement doesn’t name any of the individuals who have been investigated or detained. The statement said:
“A group of Armenian individuals used a professional player who served as the link between them and the other members of the network. Once the bribe had been paid, the Armenians went to the match venues to use their imposing muscle to make sure that the player kept their end of the deal. They then gave the order for bets to be laid both nationally and internationally.”
The Civil Guard said that the operation had been prompted by complaints from the Tennis Integrity Unit, the sport’s anti-corruption body. Law enforcement began to investigate a Spanish player, which led to the Armenian group.
According to the Civil Guard, which investigated the corruption along with Europol and Spanish tax authorities, the match-fixing group had been operating since at least February 2017, generating millions of dollars in profit. During the operation, police searched 11 addresses in Spain, finding €167,000, a handgun, stolen identity documents, jewelry, more than 50 electronic devices, and five luxury vehicles. Law enforcement froze 42 bank accounts.
As has been repeated in numerous reports and investigations into corruption in tennis, match-fixing is rampant in lower levels of professional tennis where many thousands of players don’t make any money. Last month, yet another report from the Independent Review Panel, which was tasked with finding ways to clean up the sports after Buzzfeed and the BBC published a report in 2016 that revealed widespread match-fixing, recommended that there be no live streaming, or scoring data provided, at low-level professional tennis tournaments.