Dulko pulled off a shock win against her doubles partner Pennetta and Dulko is now 7-1 against Italians on clay. Pennetta has now won 79% of her matches when she is sub 1.50 odds and most of them are straight set wins so could be some good opportunities there for some nice price wins, although just not yesterday!
A losing day for me and with not many matches over the next few days as we approach the end of the week it will probably have to run into next week to make it back.
I still haven't installed Photoshop again so it's this screen shot rather than a blurred one showing each of the matches still.
Here is a news report regarding the Bloomfield/Rochus match which was very dodgy in the betting patterns area. Bloomfield went down to around 1.2 pre match and won in straight sets so questions were clearly going to be asked.
We all know nothing will be done but they have to have their token effort of investigation so make it seem like they want to stop it.
"Tennis officials are assessing reports of irregular betting on a first-round match between Richard Bloomfield and Christophe Rochus at the Hall of Fame grass-court tournament in Newport, Rhode Island.
Online gambling exchange Betfair told The Associated Press on Friday that Tuesday's match, which was won 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 by Britain's Bloomfield, attracted an unusual amount in wagers - more than STG1 million ($A1.73 million)- and was the subject of a dramatic price movement.
Bloomfield, ranked No.552, was rated even money against his 160th-ranked Belgian opponent. In the hours before the match, the odds on Bloomfield winning shortened to 1-4. After he won the first set, the odds shorted to 1-8.
"If people are willing to risk 4 pounds to win one, that is indicative of a substantial gamble," Betfair spokesman Tony Calvin said.
Notification of the irregular betting pattern was made to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), an independent body created by the sport's governing bodies to lead the fight against corruption.
It is standard procedure for the betting industry to share irregular activity on its markets with the TIU.
No conclusion was reached by authorities about the match. There is no suggestion Bloomfield is implicated in the irregular betting."
I like it how Betfair comment saying it was a "substantial gamble" at that price and that it was reported but they still settled it right away with no chance of a void and them losing out of commission....hmmmmm.
Dulko v Pennetta - always risky betting on matches where they play doubles together and know each other's game inside out.
ReplyDeleteRe Betfair, they voided once to bring it all out in the open as the authorities were continually sweeping it under the carpet. They won't do again, and nor should they as there are now bodies to probe that - the UK Gambling Commission and the Tennis Integrity Unit.
On the other hand, the Dabul v Soeda match on Wednesday was supposed to be a fix as well, Soeda evens into 1.18.. turned out to be a spoof with the syndicate behind it probably cashing in on a huge price plunge....
A gambling firm's role is not to be judge and jury.
I agree with it not being up to Betfair to void. After they done it with Davydenko and nothing happened in the end why should they lose out on their money when the ATP do nothing in the end anyway.
ReplyDeleteI see it more as their responsiblity (ATP, WTA etc) and if they can prove players are fixing then give them a big ban, that should make a good start towards stopping it because it seems to happening all the time now.
proving match-fixing though is almost possible unless you physically catch them in the act of arranging it. Losing or being erratic can be explained by all sorts of other reasons. Trying to shut off the information flow (when a player is injured or has already booked his flight to the next event) is not easy either, someone always finds out whether deliberate or not...
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