Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships -- Querry the Favorite ?

[jesenk]

Pretty good day for British tennis.

 

[batz]

Pretty good day for British tennis.

Indeed. Not a statement you hear very often.

 

[Moose Malloy]

LONDON (AP)—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 attracted an unusual $1.5 million in wagers and was the subject of dramatic price movement.

Britain’s Bloomfield won the match 7-6 (1), 6-3.

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.

“It is not operational policy of the TIU to make any comment about an investigation that it may or may not be involved in,” TIU spokesman Mark Harrison told the AP.

Harrison was responding to a report in Britain’s Daily Mail on Friday that an investigation was to be launched into the betting on the Bloomfield-Rochus match.

An investigation represents a significant step and would involve the TIU asking Betfair to pass on information on specific bets laid on the match.

Bloomfield also won his second-round match in Newport, beating second-seeded Colombian Santiago Giraldo 6-3, 7-6 (5). He was scheduled to play American Ryan Harrison in the quarterfinals on Friday.

The 27-year-old Bloomfield was caught up in a betting controversy in 2006, when his 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Argentina’s Carlos Berlocq in the first round at Wimbledon was investigated following irregular patterns.

No conclusion was reached by authorities about the match. There is no suggestion Bloomfield is implicated in the irregular betting surrounding his victory over Rochus on Tuesday.

http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news?slug=ap-irregularbetting

 

[batz]

Bloomfield will rise about 240 places in the rankings on the back of making semi.

 

[rovex]

^^Well, well, well. I'm not sure, but the result of the Rochus match is a bit fishy. Considering the Brit's ranking, and Rochus's grass court abilities and nearly beating Djokovic a few weeks back...

 

[batz]

^^Well, well, well. I'm not sure, but the result of the Rochus match is a bit fishy. Considering the Brit's ranking, and Rochus's grass court abilities and nearly beating Djokovic a few weeks back...

Wrong Rochus. Cristophe is ranked 160 and has hair.

 

[GrassCourtFan]

In any case, in 'irregular betting patterns', the person to investigate is probably the loser. It makes sense to check whether somebody threw the match on purpose; what's the point of suspecting the winner? Suspecting him of... what, of winning the match on purpose? Especially given Bloomfield's subsequent few victories, he seems to be genuinely playing well.

 

[genius24]

http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news?slug=ap-irregularbetting

thanks for posting. very interesting read. def fishy imo

 

[Love Game]

Saturday Semifinals

SF #1 -- FISH VS. BLOOMFIELD

**********

SF #2 -- ROCHUS VS. DABUL

​

 

[Fifth Set]

Where did this Bloomfield chap come from? Haven't heard anything about him before this tournament. Wow, some days the pro tennis field seems so deep!

 

[genius24]

Where did this Bloomfield chap come from? Haven't heard anything about him before this tournament. Wow, some days the pro tennis field seems so deep!

i don't know, but im sure him and O.R will be under some serious investigation in the upcoming days.....

 

[batz]

i don't know, but im sure him and O.R will be under some serious investigation in the upcoming days.....

He's a journeyman. 27 years old - never really cut it at ATP level. Why would he be under investigation for winning - isn't that what he's supposed to try and do? You only need to get to 1 player to rig a match; not both.

He beat CR, not OR.

 

[jaggy]

if you want to fix a match id say you tell as few people as possible and then fix it with the loser. It makes no sense that Bloomfireld would be part of this.

 

[Fifth Set]

Anyone have a streaming link for the Bloomfield-Fish match?

Should be interesting so disappointing that Tennis Channel not covering it at all.

 

[Underhand]

I will put $2M on Bloomfield to confuse the ATP even more.

 

[Fifth Set]

I will put $2M on Bloomfield to confuse the ATP even more.

Lol, exactly. The tour's strategy for dealing with betting/fixing seems to be about as coherent as the one for dealing with doping/drugs. Make a bunch of noise, "investigate," but never really scratch below the surface or apply any real logic.

Chances are high one of these guys will be playing somewhat hurt today, as neither has advanced this far in a while. But, if there's a retirement, there may well be more reports suggesting impropriety.

Innuendo and circumstantial evidence abound, and yet they gave Agassi a free pass on meth. Pretty weak.

 

[batz]

Anyone have a streaming link for the Bloomfield-Fish match?

Should be interesting so disappointing that Tennis Channel not covering it at all.

Starts in 30 minutes

http://livescorehunter.com/Livescores/Livescore-Tennis.html

 

[norbac]

C'mon Mardy!

 

[Fedace]

rochus needs a new racket...

 

[Fedace]

Anyone have a streaming link for the Bloomfield-Fish match?

Should be interesting so disappointing that Tennis Channel not covering it at all.

Tried the channelsurfing or adthe ????????????

 

[rovex]

This Bloomfield is really giving Fish a run for his money.

 

[Fedace]

Marty's got a GIFT from Bloomfield.....LMAO.........i amaze myself sometimes......

 

[Love Game]

okay. that was weird. bloomfield served one DF the whole match, then served four in the ninth game! Fish wins 76 64

 

[Fedace]

Who is the dabul ??? Is he THE BULL ??????????????? lol

 

[wintintu]

This Rochus-Dabul match is possibly the worst match I've ever seen. "Let's see who can keep the ball in play the longest"

 

[Love Game]

 

[djokovicgonzalez2010]

This Rochus-Dabul match is possibly the worst match I've ever seen. "Let's see who can keep the ball in play the longest"

??? I loved it.

The last time the match up occurred: O Rochus def M Fish 6-7 (5) 7-6 (6) 7-6 (15)

Should be a good one

 

[wintintu]

did u not think there was just a lot of boring, crappy mid-court slices going on? anyway, dabul is not half as good as i thought he was (today was my first time to see him play). I say fish comfortably tomorrow

 

[djokovicgonzalez2010]

Rochus hit a lot of brilliant winners off absolutely nothing. I love longer rallies, personally, and the slicing was as artful as slicing ever is

 

[jaggy]

Rochus may flounder against Fish

 

[norbac]

Fish is a dumbass. Gets himself broken.

 

[djokovicgonzalez2010]

Rochus collected under pressure compared to Fish
That is saying something

 

[norbac]

Fish breaks, leads 3-1.

Bit of a gift from Rochus there, 2 doubles in that game.

 

[djokovicgonzalez2010]

That was awful
3rd set, I think... Sadly, I think Fish should win there

 

[norbac]

lol at Mardy's slice backhand attempts.

 

[djokovicgonzalez2010]

Oli has played better except that one awful game

 

[djokovicgonzalez2010]

Damn

Olivier Rochus *7-5 3-6 0-0 0-0 Mardy Fish

 

[djokovicgonzalez2010]

5-7 6-3 6-4 Fish?
Maybe...

 

[norbac]

Fish finally breaks! To serve for it at 5-4.

Some of the best tennis of the match played in that game, though that's really not saying much....

 

[djokovicgonzalez2010]

5-7 6-3 6-4 Fish?
Maybe...

yep, i am right. ****ing ****, i ****ing hate this ****ing type of match. My players ****ing never win! Never!

 

[norbac]

Fish choke?

Nope, hangs tough and serves it out.

 

[djokovicgonzalez2010]

Fish tried his best to choke, but rochus wouldnt let him

 

[Love Game]

Did Mardy refuse to shake the umpire's hand?

It looked as if he turned straight away from his handshake with Olivier at the net, turned 180 degrees and started acknowledging the crowd with his little hug thing to all four sides.

That was rude. Made him look bad IMO. Steve Ulrich was doing his job today. If he made an error, then he's only human, as is Fish. Tarnished an otherwise bright day for Fish. Tsk tsk

 

[Ripster]

Did Mardy refuse to shake the umpire's hand?

It looked as if he turned straight away from his handshake with Olivier at the net, turned 180 degrees and started acknowledging the crowd with his little hug thing to all four sides.

That was rude. Made him look bad IMO. Steve Ulrich was doing his job today. If he made an error, then he's only human, as is Fish. Tarnished an otherwise bright day for Fish. Tsk tsk

I don't think it had anything to do with a dispute. It's common practice to shake hands with an opponent and then go straight to celebrations after having won a title. I've seen it plenty of times in the past.