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A spokesman for the TIU, the anti-corruption
body that covers all professional tennis around the world, told
Reuters on Monday that they were making an assessment of the
match while also insisting that no formal investigation had been
launched.
Brazil's Monteiro beat Ukrainian Dolgopolov 6-3 6-3 at the
Winston-Salem Open, an ATP 250 event in the U.S., in Sunday's
first round match.
Monteiro, ranked 114 in the world, took just 55 minutes to beat
Dolgopolov, who was ranked 51 places higher at 63, in a match
which saw the Ukrainian fail to earn even one break point.
Dolgopolov had been the pre-match favorite but in the hours
leading up to the match, so much money was placed on Monteiro
that he started the match as an odds-on chance. It prompted
several leading bookmakers to stop taking bets.
The TIU statement on Monday said it had been "made aware of
concerns over betting patterns during the match.
"As with all match alerts, the TIU will assess, make a judgment
and take appropriate action on the information received through
its co-operative agreements with betting operators."
(Reporting by Ian Chadband; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
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