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6/25/09 4:39 PM | Johan Lindahl
Even after a Wimbledon first-round false alarm, any suggestion of player betting sits badly with squeaky-clean champion Roger Federer.
"We always hope that the players also want the best for the sport", said the Swiss. "At the end of the day, that's what it comes down to".
Fears were raised Tuesday when nearly a $1 million suddenly flew onto Austrian Jurgen Melzer in a first-round match he eventually won in three quick sets over injured American Wayne Odesnik.
With the usual handle on first-rounder at Wimbledon hovering in the $160,000 range, the online Betfair agency duly reported the spike to the sport's integrity unit.
But further checking failed to turn up anything more sinister than punters taking advantage of information coming from a television commentator said in the American was hurt.
Federer believes players should stay well away from anything that would cast a taint over the sport. "We don't talk about it in the locker room. But it's happened more frequently than we talk about that. It has no place in tennis".
"I think we should have massive bans on those (players) who get caught so they get really scared of doing it. We can't avoid that there are some funny results sometimes here and there. You know, that doesn't mean it's really happening (a lot)".
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The Fed warning! Hope this doesn't lead to a depression.
tejas , 6/25/09 6:36 PM