Match Fixing: The Professional Tennis Scandal Nobody is Talking About
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2020
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Tennis has a serious problem that is happening in plain sight, but no one seems to realize. Behind the glamour and facade of what viewers see on TV, lies a burgeoning conspiracy which may entangle some of your favorite tennis players, and has the ability to completely engulf the sport in controversy and eventual calamity.
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You're telling me some guy reported match fixers, and everybody was angry at him? That's really bad.
Tennis is pretty corrupt
No one likes a stooge
Hate how only in the west snitching for the good is considered a sin
@@sohamdeshpande6595 I think the morality of snitching depends on the context
This guy almost lost me hundreds of thousands of dollars.......
Match fixing, but instead of losing on purpose, you win on purpose.
Roger, Rafa and Novak been doing that for years
Yeah dude, imagine getting paid for winning.
that's too much work, getting paid to lose seems like a more worthy investment
if this is the real Fognini this makes this comment even better
But if you are losing on purpose and than win it is still match fixing
Would love to see the match where both players have secretly been asked to throw lol both players gradually having to play worse until they're both just double faulting then both making up phantom injuries
😂 I guess one of them would just quit/forfeit early (or have an arrangement with his coach to cause a fake emergency because of which he has to forfeit immediately, just in case he isn't able to lose the match)
Lol
Top tier entertainment
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A similar thing where both teams were trying to lose to get favorable draws.
Hilarious
That is typical Tonic vs Kyrgios match
As long as betting exists this problem will never be solved.
Problem is not betting, problem is lower ranked players are not getting money because tournaments are stealing away money from the totality of the players in the first place. Slams share %15 of their revenue and they earn €1,1 billion in a year. And it's like %19 for ATP tournaments which earn €563 million annually. Obviously it's more of an issue with slams as they earn more but give less percentage but those are pathetic, disastrous revenue sharing percenateges nonetheless. This is why Pospisil's vision consists of increasing revenue via negotiation and funding ITF circuit players who lose money on the tour and have to revert to match fixing to literally continue their career. If players are able to at least double their revenue sharing percentages, then significant step would be taken to solve the problem of match fixing.
@@MM-bx1ei completely agree
@@MM-bx1ei don't disagree at all, this should be happening but I can guarantee you if there's any money on the table somewhere it'll be taken.
My take on it is as it currently is, you already know prehand what is the projected prize money and expense for the Futures tournaments, many players including myself knew where this is going and that you need to invest not make profit in this phase. I quit early but I also happen to grow up with the two brothers mentioned here and am telling you it's not always about having enough money to survive on the circuit, the temptation of making an extra dollar will never go away.
Again am not in anyway against increasing the prize money and have a proper ratio between expenses and returns but don't expect betting to slow down one bit. The concept of betting itself is flawed and at it's core destroys any fair competition.
@maccajoe agree. No one has successfully made corruption go away, and higher pay at the lower levels would be good for a bunch of reasons, but that won’t stop some players who know they will never break the top 50 from cashing in. It just needs to be policed as well as possible.
I do think higher pay for those starting out or competitive but lower ranked would be great for the sport, but I am not sure the tournaments are necessarily holding back. Putting on those tournaments seem expensive as heck. The venue, the people, the marketing, the food, and much more. A lot of expenses there.
@@zee_12 How does the concept of betting destroy fair competition?
I actually wrote a paper on this topic in high-school, this subject blew me away when I heard about it 5 years ago. The ITF and a lot of tournament directors are corrupt.
Wrote a research paper on performance enhancing drugs in tennis in college in 2012, definitely very interesting as well. It must be rampant, as with match fixing, just so many players, only so many players able to be drug tested/ able to be caught for fixing, masking agents for performance enhancers exist... Not just steroids, there's "blood doping" / other kinds of strength and endurance enhancers. Could go on about it, only so many have been caught/ called out on it, and of course the ATP looked the other way / dropped all charges when the legendary 90's-early 00's player tested positive for a banned substance because he denied it (one that probably does more harm than good, and maybe in grand scheme of things we should admit most of them must be on something/ even established players having multiple coaches/ endorsements/ nutritionists, etc. are unfair advantages against up and comers... But what can you do. Still funny to think for how "clean" the sport is perceived as over the years, the deeper you dig, is very not... Still yes, it is an entertainment product for money, above all, whether it has as much integrity as they want/ need it to appear as or not
There could be corruption, or perhaps players or their families could have been threatened. This is why I never bet on sports. Watch Peaky Blinders; if a fictional series can think it up, then real geniuses can, too, in real life.
@@SayAhh interesting, I bet but only tiny bets just to make the games more Interesting. I assume most matches of tennis and football are rigged, so I normally bet on the opposite of what the hive mind thinks. For example if everyone thinks Nadal is going to beat Fritz 3-0 I'll bet that it will be 4 or 5 sets.. it pays off 7 out of 10 times. Same with football, if the masses think Madrid vs Liverpool is going to be an over 2.5 goals I'll bet on under 1.5
@@thegrimpeeper8865 man we should share some analytics haha i follow many tennis players nowadays and i know their performance but it’s right that sometimes they lost on purpose ,so i ask myself why do i need all that analyse sometimes i just have to go with the high cotes it’s better than lower ones
@@completemost5111 yeah, you'll know way more than me because you go Into the analytics of each player. It's clear when a player is absolutely smashing it in a season the all of a sudden struggles or loses for no reason. I dunno, there's just an air of suspicion around tennis for me, sometimes it feels like they're putting on a show to make a game more interesting or just flat out taking a dive. I'd love to be wrong because I adore tennis and I try to subdue that suspicious side of me when watching.
2:48 Poor Rublev 😂😂
Lol
@@scottysatpanalysis lolololool
Saw that , too! Liked him from d time I saw him on tv in 2015. Learning Russian to understand more. It ' s been hard - going but I take inspiration from his work ethic.
Russia's d highest dropout rate amongst d major Euro languages...
@@andremolle9959 Together with Hungarian, Finnish, Serbo-Croat , etc.😪
Was literally never interested in tennis. Now I'm addicted to this channel, great job my dude can't wait to see more content!
I’m so happy you’re here :) thanks for watching!!
@@CULTTENNIS always great to see small channels making awesome content. Can't wait to see you pass 100k 👏
Same here, my dad always watched, but I never got hooked, now I can’t stop watching this channel
15K ITF Tournament, prize money 15 000 dollars. Tournament winner earns 1/6 of the prize money or cca 2500 dollars, minus taxes that's 1500 netto. He must win 5 matches to earn 1500 dollars.
Imagine you are number 345 and play against number 758.
Odds before match are 1,15-- 4,50.
If you win first set 6:2 , odds will be 1,02-- 12,0.
You (your brother, trainer) just needs to bet 200$ on your oponnent, you lose on purpose and you won 2200$ netto (2400-200), that's more than tournament winner
Learn to play, it's more fun than watching.
I am both a gambler and a tennis fan. The most unfortunate part of match fixing in tennis is that, if done correctly, it is completely undetectable. The examples covered in this video were sloppily organized by wannabe low-level mob guys who didn't cover their tracks. A sophisticated operation bets on the other guy as well. Not only does that lower any red flags, but it even helps the fixers as they will get better odds on their guy. The inherent greed of stupid criminals is the only reason we know about these instances. There are countless others we do not know about and will continue to not know about.
Good insight! That’s the scary part, no one really knows how widespread it could be when done well
One other thing -- I hope people don't watch this and immediately start thinking that any comeback in tennis is a sign of match fixing on the part of the losing player. Sports are sports, humans are humans. Blowouts happen and comebacks happen. A true fixed match usually does not include any type of drama or comeback. You get in, do the job, get out and get paid.
Unfortunately many ppl in the comment section are assuming this already.
You know what they say, there is no cure for stupidity. These comments are making me lose braincells
The comebacks that I've seen has been so bizarre that there's no question whether it was rigged or not if the odds for a comeback is 1 in 100 then why is it happening more often than that. Because of match fixing
Sounds shady man!
@@yesman8074 Fixed match would be most easily done by either A blowing tie breaks or critical moments in an otherwise close match or B rollng over when they're already losing. If they're close to winning and blow the match they can still easily win even if they're trying to blow it and it looks sussy. But just because it looks sussy doesn't mean it is.
You have the most underrated Tennis channel ever! You’re super funny and make really clean videos. Also would love to see more of the Tennis React videos, those were really funny.
Thanks so much!! Quality is super important to me, so I’ll take weeks to make a video as long as it’s top notch!!
@@CULTTENNIS that’s okay, we’ll be here to watch them when you do!
I feel it’s extremely weird that “Draft Kings” is now sponsoring the Tennis channel and the Australian Open. Talk about a conflict of interest
Totally agree. It’s all sports now. So strange to see pro sports embrace gambling.
You must not follow tennis. There are websites in EU that directly take bets that are the title sponsors of EU ATP events. Been doing it for years.
The Tennis Channel announcers give their best bets of the day before the day's matches start.
Turns out FAA has just been throwing every final that makes more sense lmao
And he’s doing it as I type
Somehow still true in 2021...
Lmaooo
As a professional tennis coach, I can say many shady things happen in our sport. Silent bans for PED’s, match fixing, etc. I know a few players who have been banned, but have never been up close and personal with anything like it. Most of the guys who do it are struggling monetarily and are trying to make a living. The need to raise the prize money at the lower levels is very much needed.
There will always be a lower level below a lower level. Playing tennis really well doesn’t mean you deserve money. I’m really good at walking quickly, I deserve money…no. If you provide a service or value that people are willing to pay for, you get paid.
Ive seen some sketchy stuff especially with bookie odds that only make sense if they know the outcome.
Dude I'm so glad to see your channel grow. I remember less than a month ago you had about 2000 subscribers. The quality of your content is second to none!
This is such a magnificently done video, you can clearly see it took tons of hours to edit let alone the script and the commentary, can't wait for more content!
Match fixing in tennis has been around for a while. Bobby Riggs had a bad gambling habit and had a history of tanking matches. Because of his gambling history and his oddly erratic play in his match against Billy Jean King, it's no wonder why many think that match was highly suspect.
This is absolutely 100% going on in every area of tennis especially the ATP. I watch a lot of tennis matches and it almost always goes to a 3rd set. it's not as simple as lose win betting. There are so many live bets that can be done and it is all absolutely rigged to a certain extent. Players always ironically lay back in the 2nd set and lose after they just won the first set 6-1. Doesn't make sense at all. Theres no stopping it either. Disappointing and it's pretty much stealing
Been wondering about the LIVE MATCH PREDICTOR that shifts as the matches progress.. Not I understand that it’s for gamblers
I agree it happens a lot but equally winning a set 6-1 and then losing the next set 6-1 is very easily done when the margins are so small in tennis. Just because a player is dominating the first set it doesn't necessarily mean they will dominate the whole match. It's no different to football when the momentum swings in the second half and fixing a football match at the highest level is almost impossible
This is such a AWESOME idea for a channel, I’m a big tennis fan and there wasn’t anything like this on RUclips before you. Thank you. Big fan my dude.
Love your content, man! Keep up the good work!
Funny thing is, I was playing a PSP game called "the con" it's about match fixing. Great video as always man
This channel deserves way more subscribers and views.... I for one I'm glad to have found your channel. Keep dropping the dope contents man.
I love tennis and I’m not one to rewatch videos, but I literally have watched all of yours like 20 times over because they are so good. Please keep up the good work!
i tried to bet on tennis for a month - expected results were so varied - i couldnt break even. Do a vid on EPO - tennis changed in the 1990s. Racquet tech meant big servers took over, like all other sports in the world at that time the 6 foot 4 greyhound athlete took over tall skinny and lightweight, and, EPO....EPO meant athletes on the edges of excellence could compete on par with top players. Masking EPO went on for a decade until it was discovered
This channel brought me back into the world of tennis after not playing or watching since high school. Keep it up!
I Am in awe of your channel. Always wanted someone to cover my favourite sport as extensively as you do. Much love
I simply cannot understand what type of people bets at significant volume in low ranking tournaments to make this operations possible
I know I'm late, but laundry money
Money laundry. Heavy.
Nice attention do details in the writing and directing of these videos, the effort in increasing production value is top notch! I think someday this will be between the biggest tennis channels, it is just a question time and resilience, to be able to hone your techniques with more and more experience.
This is one of the best video making i've ever seen on youtube about tennis ! Such a innovative and unique channel you have bro ! I would've totally guessed you had 2mill subscribers. I believe in you bro!
You are the tennis channel I was looking for. Keep it going!
Thank you for this information also this is something that doesn't get recognized in tennis
I don't even care about tennis, yet I watch these videos religiously
Once again, great video, unpleasant subject! I've argued with my dad about the Davydenko case, differing opinions. I kind of refuse to believe that the situation is so bad, but maybe only because I don't WANT it to be so bad. Keep up the good work brother!
We need to look at the big criminals here. THE DRAW MAKERS!! For each tournament
I wouldn't call them criminals, but they certainly know what they're doing.
please explain?
@@jamesyelton11 they create the draws so basically they can set an easy path for any player. That gives birth to what they usually call ‘the favorite for the tournament’ but it’s all a cover up. The truth would reveal itself one day
Lmao, this is absolutely bullshit. Sure a draw can look easier on paper, but at the end of the day, you will still have to beat every opponent faced.
@@justiceisanillusion5602 look I don’t care so deeply about this. It’s just an opinion........
my dude is improving with every day, the intro with the music was legit !
you know the name of it?
I'm glad I found this channel. These videos are dope!
You should discuss doping and why players like Serena and Rafa were given special dispensation to use banned substances
The same logic should be applied to reality TV too. They should be jailed for fixing events since they are marketing their shows as unscripted spontaneous events.
Hate reality shows.
U need to be really dumb to bet on that
You can bet on reality tv? I had no idea that's wild
Great video 👌 one of the best channels for tennis videos I've seen in a while . Great crisp facts and editing
Mannnn if you post content consistently for like a year I can absolutely see this channel blowing up. Keep it up!!
Very informative and well put together. Enjoyed this a lot.
Such an awesome channel. Great editing and great knowledge on tennis
The production value these videos have is insane! I've been binging them the last couple of days, and can't get enough. Keep it up!
Also, it's a bit sad to see how deep corruption runs on the tennis world.
Another great video!! I've been watching tennis for as long as I can remember but I didn't know how deep match-fixing went
Please do a video on Zverev’s abusive behaviour
@CULT TENNIS
awesome content as always!!!
Wow, your channel is getting better and better. I gave you a sub :) You speak so clearly and the video is high quality. Try uplaoding other stuff too (Video games other stuff etc.)
Another quality content. Love your vids. Keep up the good work!
Some 'facts' mentioned in this video regarding the Davydenko - Vassallo match are incorrect.
1. Everybody who traded this match on betfair in 2007 knew Davydenko had problems BEFORE the match started. Because the odds of Davydenko winning the match had moved from 1.20 to 1.70 before the match.
2. The reason was later revealed. Davydenko had a foot issue and had told one of the physio the evening before the match that he was not able to play 3 sets with his aching foot.
Good excuse setup. This match wasn't the only suspicious case of Davydenko.
@@rustamghafari9585 i would even allow match fixing to get rid of those betting imbeciles
Imagine betting all your life savings that Gaudio would beat Coria in the third set.
Keep up the good work .... your videos are really interesting and well made.
The best tennis channel ! You are doing great , keep it up .
Awesome content. Everything you post is so interesting.
Joao Souza and Potito Starace have entered the chat.
Wait what did João Sousa do?
@@zeninguem1937 not João Sousa, João Souza. The Brazilian one. Search for his match vs Blaz Rola (if I'm not mistaken). Missed a open court volley MP up and went to lose the match. Later got caught for match fixing.
@@hapaulino oh, my bad lol, i didn't know there was a João Souza
@@hapaulino He didnt fix that match tho, you really think he would give himself match point if he had it fixed and needed to lose? Also he didnt went on to lose the match, he won the third set against Rola 6-4, so please inform yourself better before spreading false information as it was facts.
Wow! That was a great video man 👍🏻
Now I'm going to be suspicious of any tennis match wherein momentum seems to shift towards the losing player all of a sudden, even though it could be legitimate & genuine. What we often perceive as a great comeback from a losing position, in reality there could be something more to it 👀
Or maybe not! 🤷🏻♂️
Great job dude! The introduction was stuning. (Sorry for my english(
Dude...your channel is Gold, I wish I could subscribe twice!
The ATP should somehow do more to market the lower level tournaments.
Excellent work with this informative and interesting video. Thumbs up and subbed.
So Davydenko was cruising vs a player he was supposed to beat, money was being placed on the minnow and then out of nowhere Davydenko quits, and yet he wasn't found guilty? That literally sounds like the easiest case to solve. I feel like in a lot of these circumstances, the governing bodies hide/cover up evidence as a way of saving face. I think the same happened with Lance Armstrong. He was almost too good for the sport from an image/money point of view to out and ban. It was ultimately the people who he was bullying to go along with his cheating that brought him down. After all, he never apparently failed a test.
If you're not good enough to be making money from what you're doing, quit and do something else. To somehow use sport as a way of earning illegally is unforgivable.
The best tennis channel!
Period.
I love your channel im already calling the 100k sub keep it up man!
Maybe one day!! 🤪
Videos and channel are amazing!
This video earned my suscribe. Great content, great edit. I love it when people share information about topics they love in a genuine way. Keep it up!
Agreed! Tennis is my life, so I’m glad I can share it with you all
You are doing amazing content, your channel is going to go far.
Great videos, really well done
You should also do a video about how tennis is virtually impossible to drug test for considering the year round travel schedule. Keep up the good work.
I was about to say, is love to see a video on Nadal's PEDs
@@Nadaldrolone Yeah and Federer. Winning grand slams at 36 😂 Still my favourite player but would not be suprised if he takes PEDs
Human beings... always finds a way to screw everything up.. so sad. Great video as always!
I love this channel, this is the thing everybody should know!
Excellent video. Very insightful and interesting.
Best tennis channel on RUclips! Deserves more subs
In a sport where most players earn peanuts this sort of sentiment amongst the players and coaches makes sense, it gives everyone the opportunity to persue their passions for longer whilst still allowing them to respectfully decline any approaches if they're up for it. The top players really have no strong incentive to take art since they earn enough as is, this just seems to me as evidence that tennis isn't awarding players enough money to keep the sport serious at every level
It's not really a match-fixing but this is my own story that still haunts everyone who heard it and who have witnesses what I've done:
back in Wim 2008 when I was still interest in tennis quite much I will always put on the player I've root for to show the support on MSN Messenger, but it turns out everyone I put they are lost, and that works until my friend asked me to do so and they get the result they needed.
Fast forward to RG 2009 I try to do that again and my friend asked me to do again since he wants to see all-Russian final, and yeas I made it since the the Kuznetsova and Safina are both in final LOL, since then my friend and me dubbed it as
"The Wimbledon Curse"
I'm surprised you did not mention Potito Starace's ban from 2019 which was probably the most high profile ban for match fixing that the TIU has passed since its inception.
Great video! I watched a few rounds of the French Open because your channel got me more interested in watching tennis.
Also you know our lad Donald would NEVER
NEVER!!
These are great videos, complete with evidence and a call to action
Please keeping going. Love your pieces. Very Vox meets tennis. A fan from Ethiopia.
Amazing material!
As always great video!
This isn’t surprising. When you pay shit to low ranks they have to find other means. Match fixing in tennis is not out of greed it’s out of need for survival. Go look at Noah Rubin and his documentary on rise in suicide cases cause the ATP refuses to pay low ranked players. No other sport has players begging for pennies out of top 100. However in tennis if you are out of top 100 your basically broke. Think about that before you judge these players. It’s a complicated issue people.
Love your content keep wit the good work
A brilliant and well informed video also great editing too.
Also Slam's matches are fixed. It's very common, they do it also to abbreviate matches, they could agree to play a 3 set match in a 5 set matches. You can see the level of attention going down and stuff like this. Tennis is rotten.
editing skills on point!
Next vid: Doping in Tennis.
How supernatural is the longevity of the big 3?
How good is the standard of anti-doping-testing in tennis?
In general it is easy to fool tests as long as you train in a country that won't test you. Let's say you take PED once per year during off season and travel to Nepal or something (excuse can be to get better training due to altitude). During that time you do a lot of physical exercises. When you return the PED is undetected but you have got incredible and permanent physical results
@@Grivian now we’re talking
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@@CULTTENNIS man u really are underrated. big fan
Bro I love how much you mention argentinian players. Not many people besides argentinians know that much about the players. Great content!
Liked and subbed, awesome content
as far as the top tier goes, davydenko was an exception to the rule because he indeed had russian mob ties but this was not accidental, they financed him to make a career out of tennis
I think Courier was making a big deal about match-fixing at the Australian Open/RG a few years ago and he brought up Davydenko. I had NO idea what he was talking about, so I googled "Davydenko" and "match-fixing" and the Russian mob ties came up. I'm pretty sure the Russian mob murdered Maria Butyrskaya's boyfriend, so if Kolya was mixed up with them it was probably safer to just break the rules.
Your video just came across my RUclips feed. Very well done! I remember clearly that incident with Davydenko. When you don’t hand over your phone, what does that say? At minimum very suspicious. Amazing thing is he, like you say, was Number 4 in the world at the time, making a lot of money. Have no idea why he would even consider match fixing.
Educational and entertaining. I love this channel. 😀
Imagine honestly betting on Davydenko to lose and have your winnings taken away from you. That I’m itself is unfair too
but that didn't happen?
But Davydenko didn't lose, he pretended to, so because of cheating, you would have made money you didn't deserve. Do you see how cancelling bets was actually fair? They all got their money back.
Wow that was so interesting. Thank you so much. I'm subscribing
Im so excited about this channel.
This is the best tennis channel on RUclips and it’s not even close
This channel is gonna grow rapidly
If I were rich, I would pay both players to lose the same match.
It would be great circus.
Best tennis channel by far!
This is fire, my dude!
I love this channel!
Thumb up for getting right the pronunciation of the name Vassallo