A professional tennis player received a terrifying message from a sports better who threatened to chase him if he did not win a recent game at the Open Open event in the ATP Challenger tour.
Arthur Bouquier of France, the male player number 219 in the world, published the message on his Instagram, which was originally in French.
After Tennis World translated the message, he revealed a upset diatribe of how the bettor needed Bouquier to win a match against Florian Broska from Florian’s lower rank. If Bou did not do it, the betting said: “I will come after you.”
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“French tennis is so mediocre at this time that French players adhere to play at home to avoid shame abroad,” the message said. “Let me remind you that you don’t get much when you leave France, show the limits of your tennis game.
“Anyway, today you are playing against Florian Broska, in 522 position, who never wins in the first round. I just hope you make the effort to overcome it in 2 sets because I have opted 2000 euros to win in 2 sets.”
The idea of losing the strong bet led the betting to threaten Bouquier.
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“I swear, if you lose, I will never forgive you,” the message continued with an emoji laughing. “I will track your family just to hurt you, even if that means going to prison. I could also, because if I lose these 2000 euros, I will be in the streets, so my life will no longer make sense, I could well spend my days in prison.”
To worsen things, the bettor said he was on the court where Bouquier was scheduled to play his match against Broska.
“I swear for the life of my mother that I will come for you. At this time, I am on the Thionville court, where you are playing exactly at 15:20.
“Be careful, and these are not empty threats. Good luck.”
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Bouquier labeled the ATP tour, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the Thionville tournament in its position to inform them of threats.
Bou, his match in two sets, 6-3, 6-4, to advance to the second round of the tournament, and there were no incidents in Thionville.
Sports bets have led the trainers to communicate with athletes through direct messages on social media platforms and other methods to deliver threats.
The French tennis star Caroline García shared messages that she was receiving at the United States Open of the United States, saying “there are hundreds” that he had received before the tournament.
“These are some of the messages I received lately after losing some games. Only some of them. There are hundreds,” Garcia wrote on his social media platforms at that time, while sharing some messages in his publication X that he had been receiving. “And now, with 30 years, although they still hurt, because at the end of the day, I am a normal girl who works very hard and doing my best, I have tools and I have worked to protect myself from this hatred. But still, this is not right.
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“Social networks platforms do not avoid it, despite the fact that AI is in a very advanced position. Tournaments and sport continue to associate with betting companies, which continue to attract new people to unhealthy bets. The days of cigarette brands that sponsor sports.
“Do not be evil, I do not say that they should be prohibited since people are free to do what they want with their money. But perhaps we should not promote them. Also, if someone decided to tell me this in public, they could have legal problems. So why are we online to do something? Should we not reconsider online anonymity?”
