Caroline Wozniacki who is ranked 6th in the world quit during her first-round match at the Luxembourg Tennis Open with a hamstring injury. She was winning 7-5, 5-0. Prior to her second set, her father advised her to stop because he was afraid that her injury would prevent her from playing in the next round. According to numerous reports, Mr. Wozniacki's comments to his daughter were picked up by the microphones and also heard by viewers who were watching the game on the internet.
At this point your asking yourself, what is the big deal? Apparently, when her father was overheard by microphones and throughout cyberspace advising his daughter to quit, this lead to a surge in online bets for the opponent to win. Because of the betting online the Women's Tennis Association felt there was sufficient reason to bring in the tennis integrity unit to investigate.
Caroline Wozniacki, will more than likely be cleared by the investigation, but how sad is it that a 6th ranked player can't quit a match because she is injured and does not want to risk being out of the entire tournament due to her injury. According to one source, she may still be fined for "lack of effort". Since when is it improper to quit a match because of an injury? For more information about this match go to http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=4584676&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines
Persoanlly, I find the whole thing ridiculous. What do you think?
I am not sure that I understand. What does one have to do with the other? Since when it the athlete responsible for what online betters do?
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I read about this a little while ago and I was very disappointed. This girl and her father had the right values that would have allowed another person move forward for all the right reasons. People took advantage of these stupid microphones (why are they there anyways?) and now she is being punished. Not to mention the other competitor must now feel like crap knowing that the tournament was given to them. Really.. what is the purpose of those microphones? Silly.
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