http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070830143114.52ur3g60&show_article=1

Unnamed players allege corruption in professional tennis
Aug 30 10:31 AM US/Eastern

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Match-fixing, some of which is linked to internet gambling, is not uncommon in professional tennis, according to a damaging report in L’Equipe on Thursday.

Two elite players made the claims, under anonymity, in an interview with the French sports daily claiming they have witnessed matches being “thrown” and that they had personally been offered bribes.

The allegations come in the wake of the controversy surrounding Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko, who is the subject of an ATP enquiry.

Davydenko recenty pulled out a match injured on the same day that large sums of money had been bet on his defeat to Argentina’s Martin Vassallo Arguello.

Betfair, an internet gambling website, refused to pay out on Davydenko’s defeat. Seven million dollars in wagers, 10 times more than normal for such a match, swung to Arguello even after Davydenko won the first set.

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I think I blogged here about the dangers of betting on anything that can talk!

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