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Neeemo
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10/22/2009 5:08:23 PM
Throwing a match for gambling purposes..reallllllly?!
A good act of sportsmanship, and they think Caroline's throwing matches for gambling purposes? gtfo with that.
Wozniacki's father, Piotr, told his daughter at 3-0 in the second set to retire before winning because her injury would prevent her from playing in the next round. His comments, apparently spoken in his native Polish, were picked up by microphones and heard by viewers watching the match on the Internet ...
... The father's comments during the match led to a surge in online bets for Kremer to win.
Gimmie a break, just because her father told her to retire (which was the correct move seeing as the WTA tour championships in Doha are coming up very very soon) and that Caroline had already solidifed her spot there, there was no point in risking further aggrivating her injury and risk missing the tour championships.
So what does Caroline do? The smart thing, retires, and lets her opponent, Anne Kremer (who was playing in front of her home crowd) advance on to the next round.
What does Caroline get for this act of good sportsmanship? A possible investigation from the Tennis Integrity Unit. Because there were a number of bets made after her father's comments were picked up by the microphones, the WTA became concerned that there was something nefarious about Wozniacki's retirement.
In all likelihood, Caroline Wozniacki will be cleared of any wrongdoing, but it's still disappointing that she's set to be investigated for integrity after a gesture which showed how much of it she really has.
I think it's whack that they'd do that to her after she quietly retired the match.
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RE:Throwing a match for gambling purposes..reallllllly?!
They go giddy over the dumbest things....
Trekking the globe before 2012.
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RE:Throwing a match for gambling purposes..reallllllly?!
i think thats just what happens in professional sports. there will be a lot of betting going on. thats just a fact of life!
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