Suspected match-fixing in French Open qualifier

A French Open first round qualifying match is suspected by the authorities of having been fixed, as reported by L’Equipe

A French Open first-class honours degree labialize qualifying gibe is suspected past the authorities of having been fixed, as reported past L’Equipe.

The gibe between Bernabe Emiliano Zapata Miralles and Dudi Sela was reportedly dependent to a high identification number of bets. Miralles won the encounter 6-3, 6-0 on Monday.

The accusations focalise specifically on the back readiness 'tween the Spaniard Miralles and the Israeli Sela. The endorse localize was complete in just now 16 minutes, with Sela currently under the spotlight for his potential role inward the loss. The entire match lasted below unity hour.

No investigating has been opened, but thither were reportedly a big figure of online bets from trine operators situated inward Cyprus, Hayastan and Ukraine.

Mirallas is currently ranked 133rd inward the men’s lawn tennis mankind rankings, with Sela ranked 456th. The latter, who is 37, has since left hand Paris. The former in the meantime has landed a property inward the French Open firstly daily round right after overcoming Italian Luca Nardi on Thursday.​​

Earlier this year, the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reported 42 cases of suspicious betting to the relevant authorities during the foremost quarter of 2022, with lawn tennis reporting the highest identification number of cases. The athletics had 14 inward the period, followed past football game and table lawn tennis with 10 each.

The Roland Garros reports aren’t the only stories of match-fixing inwards athletics this week, with a add up of 10 people arrested in Ireland on Midweek morning, as component of an investigation into alleged match-fixing inwards connective with football matches inward the League of Ireland.