The incident, which was aboriginal appear by The New York Times, comes a anniversary afterwards the BBC and Buzzfeed appear that board had again flagged 16 bearding players on suspicion of again throwing matches in barter for cash.
The board declared that the apprehensive players were not acclimatized by tennis officials, who in about-face accept claimed the board did not present abundant affirmation for them to yield any action.
The first-round bout in catechism was won by the bond of Andrea Hlavackova and Lukasz Kubot, 6-0 6-3, over the bond of Lara Arruabarrena and David Marrero. Marrero said he was aggressive an abrasion in answer the pair's performance, which included 12 autogenetic errors to Hlavackova and Kubot's four.
Traders at the website Pinnacle Sports abeyant action on the bout about 13 hours afore it began. Sportsbook arch Marco Blume told The Times that from the time action on the bout opened Thursday, so abundant money was bet on Hlavackova and Kubot that the website was affected to change the bout odds. If that didn't stop the flow, the website bargain the maxiumum bulk for a individual bet from $500 to $100 afore suspending action completely.
"Even the aboriginal agitation in the action sets off any alarms on my trading floor," Blume told The Times. "We run abundant like a banal barter in agreement of our circadian work."
The Times aswell appear that about $25,000 had been wagered on the bout through addition website, Betfair. That bulk is added than 12 times the accumulated bulk bet on three added first-round alloyed doubles matches at the Australian Open.
The International Tennis Federation, which oversees all four Grand Slam events, including the Australian Open, had no actual comment.
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