TENNIS INTEGRITY UNIT INVESTIGATING BETTING ON MATCH
The Tennis Integrity Unit is investigating unusual betting patterns on an ATP World Tour match between Alexandr Dolgopolov and Thiago Monteiro from Sunday at the Winston-Salem Open.
Monteiro won the match 6-3, 6-3, but in the hours leading up to the match, large amounts of money had been placed on Monteiro, shifting the odds enough that several betting agencies suspended activity.
“TIU was made aware of this situation and is following up accordingly, as it does for all alerts it receives from betting operators,” the Tennis Integrity Unit said Monday in a statement. “As you will appreciate, an alert is a long way from being proof of any corrupt behavior.”
Monteiro is ranked No. 155 in the world but did not face a single break point in Sunday’s win.
Last week, Dolgopolov, once ranked No. 13 in the world, reached the second round of Cincinnati before falling.
“There are many reasons other than corrupt activity that can explain unusual betting patterns,” according to the TIU, “such as incorrect oddssetting, well-informed betting, player fitness, fatigue and form, playing conditions and personal circumstances.”
At Wimbledon this summer, three matches were also flagged for suspicious betting patterns.
The TIU said that if an investigation is warranted, it could take several weeks or months before it’s over.
• Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka withdrew from the U.S. Open because she was unable to resolve a custody dispute with her infant son’s father.
The 28-year-old star from Belarus gave birth to her first child in December and she returned to the tour in June. She detailed the dispute with the boy’s father in a long Twitter post last week, saying she might get to bring her son with her to New York.
• Petra Kvitova’s final tuneup for the U.S. Open ended with a 6-2, 6-1 loss to Shuai Zhang of China in the first round of the Connecticut Open.
Canadian Eugenie Bouchard breezed past higher-ranked American Lauren Davis 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the second round.
Prep player’s father shot judge.
The man who shot a judge outside a county courthouse before being gunned down by a probation officer was the father of a Steubenville High School football player who was convicted of rape in 2013, authorities said.
Jefferson County Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr. was shot Monday morning near the courthouse in Steubenville, just across the Ohio River from West Virginia’s northern panhandle, roughly 30 miles west of Pittsburgh.
Authorities identified the gunman as Nathaniel “Nate” Richmond, the father of Ma’Lik Richmond. Ma’Lik served about 10 months in a juvenile lockup after being convicted with a teammate of raping a 16-year-old girl during an alcohol-fueled party in 2012.
CU beats all-stars in men’s hoops.
Colorado mixed in a three-quarter press with half-court defense to post an 87-54 victory over the Vicenza All-Stars.
McKinley Wright IV led Colorado with 13 points on 6-of-10 shooting, with four assists and three rebounds.
The Buffaloes improved to 3-0 on their Italy Tour and conclude exhibition play Wednesday at noon MDT.
Footnotes.
Dallas Wings forward Glory Johnson was suspended for one game for throwing a punch at Atlanta Dream guard Matee Ajavon. … USA Cycling hired longtime Team Australia coach Gary Sutton to oversee its endurance program, which won a world championship in team pursuit and two silver medals at the Rio Olympics last summer. … Life bans for the son of former IAAF president Lamine Diack and Russia’s former top athletics official have been upheld in a doping and bribery case.