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Can you vaccinate a whole town? He looks angular and awkward, like a gangly teenager. "I wanted to go play big tournaments, you know, like I was going to the US for camp or whatever and I needed money," he said. Nice whisky. 30-15. But the confidential files the BBC has seen show he continued to try to corrupt the sport. A volleyed winner. © 2021 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. But in the end he can't contain the Frenchman. No, no, no. How about A-Mu. Can I? The people who think Murray is going to win Wimbledon watch tennis for two weeks every year. Gasquet is the eighth seed after all. And then having to go home in a taxi.I would imagine. But never mind that now. Fifth set: Murray 2-0 Gasquet Gasquet's dead hand twitches at 30-40. All rights reserved. You can't do it. Karim Hossam was preparing for a match when a player he didn't know well approached him. It added that it couldn't comment on ongoing investigations as "public disclosure would inevitably alert suspects and allow credible evidence to be discarded or destroyed". The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The crowd bay and roar and shriek (at last). The figures were always in dollars. He's coming and coming. Is that a good thing? And a bigger serve. Boom-Boom Gasquet thuds a couple of backhand winners. He looked set to play at the biggest tournaments, with the top players of the game. First set: Gasquet 2-2 MurrayFirst ace from Murray, pinged down the centre. It might just be wrong-headed. lot. The crowd's getting its money's worth all right. He told the investigators, "I just wanted to try it because I never tried it… I thought this guy was actually like lying to me… I didn't know that betting existed." And gets it wrong. For a little dinner, I mean.Pizza would be nice. Great forehand winner. Days after he was interviewed by the Tennis Integrity Unit, Karim Hossam was provisionally banned from playing tennis. ), smelling the flowers, etc etc. This a real ripper. "Having that insider knowledge of people involved in match-fixing in a specific sport particularly tennis… you can really make some fairly decent money," says Fred Lord, director for anti-corruption at the International Centre of Sport Security in Qatar. Everybody's a bit shaken up after that. Fourth set: Gasquet leads 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (7-3) 1-2A break for Murray! Second set: Gasquet leads 7-5, 2-0 Murray fans, look away now. Some scorching ground strokes from Gasquet there. Gasquet is getting seriously freaked by the crowd . Third set: Gasquet leads 7-5, 6-3, 5-5Oh I say! What is it French for, anyway? Third set: Gasquet leads 7-5, 6-3, 2-3Uh-oh. An incredible game with five break points. A wide ace from Gasquet. But Gasquet surges to close it out. It's an icy clutch. Gasquet is imploding here There's a couple of desperation aces, a crazed charge to the net and still some zip in that backhand, but his … He reached the semis here in 2007. That's all from me for now. The player wasn't lying, though, and after losing the match Hossam went with him to a local branch of Western Union to get his money. But the G-Wizz is just so up for it, he's climbing all over Murray, he's nailing him, he's goosing him, he's barging him. Why? Andy Murray is satisfied with how he despatched Richard Gasquet to make the quarter-finals in stifling conditions and in front of royalty. Judy and William got married in 1980; however, the couple separated and went on to divorce in 2005. He's not moving his feet well. He's gone... he's gone for a toilet break. Wins it with some strong strokes from the back of the court.One second serve there was timed at 89mph. "Wimbledon will be much more watchable without Murray and the pathetic warblings of the Mail and so-called 'quality' papers. It's velvet black, bible black, 9.24 black. In! The Inside Story of Match-Fixing in Tennis, at 20:00 GMT on. And two break points. Fifth set: Murray 1-0 Gasquet Murray breaks straight away. On that occasion he was facing one of the world's best players, Richard Gasquet - then ranked ninth in the world, some 300 places above Hossam - and he replied: "I'm playing Gasquet, I'm not here to sell a match.". There is grit in evidence. You get 2,500." Charges in to save another. Uproar. Gasquet has never lost after going two sets up, for one thing. Nigel Wilson asks: "Why has this Wimbledon been dominated by talk of "weapons", "big weapons" and "potent weapons"? Having wobbled a couple of times in the preceding 40-odd minutes, Gasquet was at his most resolute when it mattered, serving out to love. He's pumped. Read about our approach to external linking. Whiffle. shouts Murray. It is pitch black now by the way. Karim Hossam had already won the tournament four times when he arrived to compete there again in 2013. Is this really a family audience? Princess Latifa 'being cared for' - Dubai royals1, Harry and Meghan not returning to Royal Family2, Excitement builds over new Mars rover images3, Death sentence over beheading of French tourist4, Uber drivers are workers not self-employed5, Alps hiker survives seven icy nights after fall6, Taoiseach says nine more weeks of restrictions7, Have any two words become more weaponised?8, Huawei turns to pig farming as smartphone sales fall10. Easy in the end for Murray though. Hoots. Where are you? Andy" murmurs a section of the centre court. The investigators ask if he will give evidence against the player who first corrupted him. Oooh. Once a year sports fans are up there with the Johnny come lately Chelsea fans who bang their chests singing "Chelsea 'till they die"". A woeful short drop shot from Murray. And no better time. Second set: Gasquet leads 7-5, 4-1 Better from Murray, but this is still running away from him fast. Bosh. Strokes, alas, belong to the fng, clop, fssh era. A really awful service game. He looks strong still. Gazza is toying with Murray here. Billions of break points on his serve, but the G-Monster keeps coming - and credit to him for that. France's elite confronted by sexual abuse scandals. Well well well. Needs another adrenalin rush to close this out. Wap. Quite right. You lose first set then win the match. After this first offence, Hossam said, he tried for a while to avoid doing it again. Second set: Gasquet leads 7-5, 3-1 Murray holds, but only just. Then flukes a net cord. Gasquet, on the other hand, looks full of fizz. He's just got more shots right now. The 19-year-old Frenchman has enjoyed a sensational couple of months, overshadowed only by his contemporary Rafael Nadal. One cheeky dink. Good match this. That's what this match sounds like. Screams. Well, that was really something. "Can I be the 1835th person to … It's got my bleeding keys in it.". After the interview ends he messages his younger brother, Youssef, who is also a professional tennis player. Game Murray. Gasquet slathers down three more clean first serves. Drop shot. They carry on messaging throughout the afternoon but there's a hitch and the fix doesn't go through. Video. "I gave a lot of information. 30-40! Gasquet is powering him off the court with four games in a row.Why does Murray even bother with the drop shots? Wimbledon best: 1st round (2004) Recent record: 2004: 1st round 2003: N/A 2002: N/A. Murray wins the third set 7-6 (7-3); Gasquet leads by two sets to oneAnd he's all over him in the tie break to go 4-0 up. Woooshhh. The documents reveal one of the largest match-fixing rings in tennis ever discovered, implicating more than 20 mostly North African players. He's got a huge backlift and he gives it a real wang. A couple of new rules probably didn’t help world No. But what could it be?Murray holds serve with ease. But... it is getting dark I'm afraid. Aahhh. He ain't out here, that's for sure. Karim Hossam suspects one of the players has talked. Pump pump pump. Hworf. Come on. I want to see Centre Court bedecked in Union Jacks draped over the perimeter - flags bearing the names of 'Rainworth Tennis Club' or 'Corby Town Tennis Centre'. Video, Death sentence over beheading of French tourist, Uber drivers are workers not self-employed, Alps hiker survives seven icy nights after fall, Taoiseach says nine more weeks of restrictions, Huawei turns to pig farming as smartphone sales fall, a BBC News and BuzzFeed investigation revealed suspected illegal betting. Yes, it's two-all. By the time of his final interview, in January 2018, Karim Hossam says he has been reduced to coaching children. Then he collapses to 4-3. In response to a couple of texters, the BBC online HD trial continues here if you want to watch this match in full high definition glory on this website. ", Hossam tells his brother he is hopeful of escaping any tough sanctions by co-operating with the authorities. Volley to far corner. Murray wins the match 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (7-3) 6-2 6-4Murray plays a rubbish drop shot at 15-0. If (say, for example) it's Gasquet, we'll have a right old chest-rippling beefcake muscle Mary parade of hunnging and wanging and grrgling on our hands. Let's be 'avin' you. A drop shot, then a dream of a lob. And why not. To. First set: Gasquet 3-2 MurrayMurray's fallen on his face. Third set: Gasquet leads 7-5, 6-3, 1-2Murray yelling to himself again as he struggles through another service game. Murray takes it with a hugely cathertic ace. Holds his serve to 15 and pumps that fist like a ... well, nothing appropriate for a family audience suggests itself. He's on fire. Gah. ", Listen to the full BBC Arabic/Radio 4 investigation, Can We Fix It?The Inside Story of Match-Fixing in Tennis, at 20:00 GMT on File on 4 on Tuesday 5 February. In August 2018 he has a long conversation with a player to whom he offers $3,500 to lose a set by a specific score. There's a policeman lurking near the far corner of the court who hasn't moved for ten minutes. "Maybe he needs one of those mind gym things that teach you how to spell "colloquialism" and what your seven times table is. Gazza serves out fairly easily. Murray is visibly trying to pump himself up here, but the place is very quiet. Any player who is approached and asked to fix a match has to report it and failure to do so is an offence that can lead to a lengthy ban. Oh dear. In a series of interviews over six months he revealed how four years earlier he had become a part of one of the biggest match-fixing rings in tennis. and he is told, "Lose for 3,000 my friend." Starts to volley a bit too. Murray wins the fourth set 6-2; two sets allUproar. But is the jingoism really quite so dunder-headed? What Karim Hossam didn't realise was that he had sold his career for $1,000. Posted at 18:15 8 Jul 2015 18:15 8 Jul 2015 Post update Cross court. No help there, my friend. But doesn't this seem just a little odd, given that he's trying to reach the quarters for the first time today? He's serving like a drain here. Murray was defeated by Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-4 in Cincinnati on Monday in what was the Scot's first competitive singles match since hip resurfacing surgery at the end of January. But he's looking puffed and stretched here. And one amusing shanked forehand off the wood. And then doing it again. After Kyrgios inflamed sensitivities at Wimbledon with a world-class sulk after losing to Richard Gasquet, he all but self-immolated on a bonfire of his own vanity in Montreal last week. On Monday Murray played his first singles match since career-saving hip surgery in January - a 6-4 6-4 loss to France's Richard Gasquet in Cincinnati. Fourth set: Gasquet leads 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (7-3) 1-0Back to normality. Yes, he shanks a smash quite horribly at 30-0. Last month police in Spain arrested 15 people in a match-fixing ring said to involve 28 Spanish players linked to an Armenian gambling ring. Just hit it, man. Screams. He has not let up here for a second. And just to be completely clear - it was Richard, not me, who said the bit about the chest-banging Chelsea fans. Could we have a turning point? I don't want to get Murray fans all sweaty and boggle-eyed, but the G-Man does look tired here. He's almost charcoal. Plonked limp-wristed into the net! Why allow players this chance?". How about you? He's defending from the back. It's no use as Gasquet serves that game out brilliantly. Third set: Gasquet leads 7-5, 6-3, 1-1Gasquet rips through another service game. The crowd go feral. Do you surely understand?" Ace. Alex de Minaur vs Richard Gasquet preview. He's drifting out there. The dentist who helped a koala to walk. The man has gone. He is consistently whooping out there. The same player had contacted Hossam months earlier, at the Qatar Open, asking if he wanted to lose the first set for $1,000. He is in a hurry. Some early quite-right-too good sense from Suzanne Elliot: "What makes you think the women who wave "red white and blue tea towels around" only watch tennis for two weeks a year?". Whap! Murray changes tack and starts to volley a bit. 2-2 – Both players have won their 2 points of serve. Is it too late? Just Rafael Nadal to come now. "I just couldn't afford playing any more and like my dad was paying for me, and then my dad has to pay for my brother as well, and then I wasn't getting any income," he says, the transcript shows. Go. Third set: Gasquet leads 7-5, 6-3, 5-6High jinks here. In addition to reaching the #1 world ranking as a junior, he won his first ATP title on his 19th birthday shortly after becoming the youngest French player ever to beat … Fifth set: Murray 5-4 Gasquet Gazza to serve. Armenian gamblers were also involved in a match-fixing ring uncovered by Belgian police in June 2018. Why wear it at all? Peter Brooksbank says: "The problem with Wimbledon's dunder-headed jingoism is that it is simply far too polite. The player responds, "Score is not important. In August 2016 he messages another player in the early hours of the morning: "One set for 3,000." Wins it with a lovely forehand pass from the back of the court. 2-0 down to 3-2 up. Barg. Top stuff from A-Mu, who'll feel it tomorrow. Zip. Dinner time. The G-Force is suddenly dry-humping the net. Wallops the next one. Flimsy.Incidentally, whoever wins this gets to play Rafael Nadal. Game with serve. Not yet it isn't. A line judge yells "bowgg!!". On the cover of the French Tennis magazine at aged 9, he was long touted as an up-and-coming future great of the game. Intrigued by the offer, the player replies, "How much to lose?" Murray thrashes his fastest (ace) serve of the day. Also very foolish. Gasquet wins first set 7-5 MurrayGah! According to Brad Gilbert Murray's a changed man here: "He's not moping, he doesn't have his head down, you're seeing a lot more fist pumps".
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