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Article: Who bets on tennis? Ask Charles Barkley
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- May 26, 2008
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THE FRENCH OPEN - or, as the Italians like to call it, "Las Vegas
on Clay" - is underway.
Uh, have you noticed the inordinate amount of illicit betting
activity now associated with tennis?
* Five Italian tennis players have been suspended and fined
recently for betting on tennis.
* Belgium's Gilles Elseneer said he turned down a $100,000-plus
offer to lose a first-round match against Italy's Potito Starace at
Wimbledon in 2005.
* An online betting site voided all bets on a match involving
Nikolay Davydenko last year because of suspicious wagering.
* Several players on the women's tour have been approached to fix
matches or provide inside information sought by gamblers.
* An independent ...