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To paraphrase Colonel John Hannibal Smith, "I love it when a mark's angry.  He doesn't think straight."
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Livid about Anderson's lengthy bathroom break after the second set, Murray dropped a series of F-bombs then smashed a racquet and bashed a ball into the crowd in frustration as his Open hopes slipped away.


"F***ing fine me," Murray raged during Anderson's toilet trip.

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Match fixing?

Sbnation had a big article on their site this morning, but I can't find it. Apparently, this is a pretty big deal, and far bigger than the linked ESPN article would make it seem.

Tennis could be in trouble. Not only does nobody give a fuck about it anymore, but having the credibility of your entire sport called into question? Not good.
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Buzzfeed and BBC report behind the whole scandal.

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The report charged that the core group of 16 suspected of match-fixing includes winners of Grand Slam singles and doubles titles in Grand Slam events, and that one player in the Top 50 now at the Australian Open has been accused of repeatedly fixing their first set. In the scheme, players are offered $50,000 or more per fix when visited in their hotel rooms.
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More on betting and tennis.
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Andy Murray finds it "hypocritical" that tennis authorities are trying to stamp out match-fixing run by gambling syndicates but have partnered with a major gambling company that is now advertising on the Australian Open's show courts.
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Tennis officials defended the partnership with gambling sponsors and provided an explanation that one Australian paper, The Age, called "positive topspin."

ATP Chairman Chris Kermode said that betting on sports was "a legal pastime" — not to be confused with corrupt forms of gambling like match-fixing.

"The distinction to make is that betting itself is not an illegal pastime and many people do bet on sport. What we are talking about is corruption," he told a news conference Monday called to reject claims that any evidence on match-fixing had been suppressed or gone unchecked.

So your main worry is corruption...

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ATP Prez: Corruption?  What corruption?

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Suspicious bets suspended.

On mixed doubles...

If you're betting on mixed doubles, you either have a problem or you're cheating.
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Over a year to investigate corruption allegations.

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Diogenes of Sinope:

"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."

"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."

Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:

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