Murray Proves Too Strong for Bloodied and Beaten Zverev

The allegations have brought scrutiny on the Australian Open’s partnership with betting company William Hill, which is a major sponsor of the tournament. “I think we deserve to know everything that’s sort of out there”, Murray quoted as saying by AFP.

“We played a lot of long games, especially on his serve”, the two-time Grand Slam victor said. For years he has been unforgiving in his condemnation of past offenders and classes the use of performance-enhancing drugs alongside tanking as crimes which can only leave a deep bruise on the sport’s image.

“You want to put down a marker early”. “No sports are clean of doping and none are clean of fixing”.

Baseball’s history is marred by the Black Sox scandal of 1919, when nine White Sox players were banned for life after being accused of helping throw the World Series; and the sport continues to be stained by the follies of Pete Rose, whose appeals for forgiveness for betting on baseball while playing and managing the game should continue to be ignored. That’s the case, too.
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The teenager challenged the call – the second of three reviews he made in just four points – before flopping his hands into the air, as if nothing more could go wrong in the opening half an hour.

“Sports don’t necessarily want to hear about their own sport being involved in anything like this”.

“The thing is, prosecuting and having the right evidence to be able to do that …” I obviously will ask Venus what she thought of the match, and I’m sure (coach) Patrick (Mouratoglou) will know everything about her match and stuff. “I answered the phone and they were like, “We’re just at your door with the room service”. I can not really say anything more, no?”

“I think the more proactive you are with educating young players, the better on matters like this”.

“It shows certainly to me that he’s ready, which is no real surprise because he’s been a master at that over the last few years”.

Andy Murray is not the only high profile figure in tennis concerned by the current trend of betting companies sponsoring some of the sport’s most high profile events.

“I think for Andy, that is a very positive start”, Cowan told Sky Sports. “I think that there is enough – at least from what I understand and from my personal experiences, there is enough being done regarding it”.

Stepanek, who is 37 years and 65 days old, defeated Tatsuma Ito of Japan 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2 in 3 hours, 16 minutes Tuesday to advance to the second round.

Zverev, who suffered a nosebleed in the early stages, is considered one of the most exciting players of his generation but the 18-year-old German – who is of Russian descent – was outplayed. Murray, who is the only British man left in the singles after Aljaz Bedene and Dan Evans both suffered heavy defeats, now faces Australia’s Sam Groth.

Murray’s wife, Kim, is expecting their first child next month and the Scot admitted to being concerned every time his phone rang. “I knew some of the stuff there”. But no, he’s going to be tough. He’s where he is for a reason. “I normally enjoy playing against the guys that come forward so hopefully I can return well and pass well”.