Top 15 tennis player in the world says bets discredit tennis
One of the best Argentine tennis players today, Diego Schwartzman, surprised in a recent interview by criticizing the participation of bettors in the world tennis circuit. But why did he say that? Find out now.
STIMULATING CORRUPTION CONCERNS SCHWARTZMAN
In the opinion of the small Argentine tennis player, the bets encourage tennis corruption and he has no problem going further, stating that this problem is more serious than the bad distribution of prizes existing in world tennis.
But isn’t one thing related to the other? Yes, Diego says he is aware that the poor distribution of prizes in the sport means that many players of inferior quality are more susceptible to sell themselves in exchange for results since they earn much lower income than the best tennis players on the circuit.
The Argentine tennis player referred with some bitterness to the fact that the monetary prizes in tennis continue to be relatively low for the projection that the sport has all over the world, even regretting the fact that not even the first 150 of the world ranking they may have real conditions to live exclusively on tennis.
Of course, among these 150 many will succeed, however it is still true that many tennis players who do not get far in a particular tournament or who simply do not receive money for their presence in a particular event will have much greater difficulties to self-sustain and be able to continue smoothly to participate in successive tournaments in different parts of the planet.
NICOLAS KICKER’S CASE IS AN ALERT
Regarding the matter in question Diego Schwartzman was invited to comment on the case of his compatriot and friend Nicolas Kicker, who has been suspended from all tennis activity since June 2018, when he was suspended for six years and incurred a fine of 25 thousand. dollars for manipulating results.
However, and after properly respecting his suspensive period, the Argentine player is ready to return to the courts three years later. The entity responsible for this sanction, the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) understood the meander of the Argentine tennis player and his good behavior during the suspensive period, thus shortening his punishment in half.
This is an example of what Schawartzman was referring to when a tennis player in the world top-150 did not have sufficient funding guarantees to support himself. Kicker was No. 78 in the world when he was caught in illicit practices so it can be said that one of the best players in the world ended up falling into the loop of corruption, naturally motivated by financial issues.
Diego Schwartzman referred to his friend saying that he will have learned a good lesson during this period, and is still pleased to see Nicolas Kicker close to returning to tennis.
Nicolas Kicker will thus be readmitted to the world circuit in January next year after completing a long journey in the desert that will certainly have made him reflect on the consequences of illicit practices in professional tennis, especially when you are a responsible player considering that the South American tennis player was among the top-100 and consequently featured on many lists in the ATP ranking.
Naturally, his attitude tarnished not only his career, but also the ATP circuit and tennis in general, so the Argentine tennis player will have an eternal debt to his sport of choice and we can only hope that he will come up with a new attitude when he returns to the main tennis circuit.
US OPEN DOES NOT ABDICATE YOUR DATES
In a particularly tough period for sport in general with special emphasis on the United States where the pandemic outbreak has been particularly caustic, the North American Grand Slam organization does not seem interested in readjusting its dates for the event.
At the moment, New York is one of the places most affected by the new coronavirus and hosting a tournament of the size of the US Open with the presence of a public between the months of August and September can pose risks to public health. Even so, the tournament officials continue to keep their initial deadlines and patterns of the tournament fully intact in the hope that the evolution of the virus will be favorable to the event
Anyway, the tournament officials are not exactly insensitive and said they were prepared to relocate the tournament to another part of the country, or to do it behind closed doors, if necessary, after all, public health will always have priority in this type of events .
It remains to be expected that the spread of the virus will be contained within the next two months in order to allow us to at least be able to hold the United States Open, regardless of whether it can happen behind closed doors or elsewhere in the country.
