Betfair Reports Suspicious Wimledon Bets

The Wimbledon men's first-round match between Jurgen Melzer, an Austrian player ranked 30th in the world, and Wayne Odesnik, an American ranked 109th, is being reviewed by tennis officials after a sudden rush of money poured into online betting services and traditional London betting shops.

The bookies, however, said they had not found any evidence of match fixing, and blamed nothing more than sharp gamblers discovering the news of an injury for the run on the match. Odesnik, who had strained a thigh, lost in straight sets to Melzer in only Odesnik's second grass match of the year....