A Wimbledon men's first round match is under investigation after unusual betting patterns were reported. Although there is no suggestion of wrongdoing, online bookmaker Betfair said the flow of bets on Austrian number 26 seed Jurgen Melzer's 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 win over America's Wayne Odesnik were "very visible".
A Wimbledon men's first round match is under investigation after unusual betting patterns were reported.
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Although there is no suggestion of wrongdoing, online bookmaker Betfair said the flow of bets on Austrian number 26 seed Jurgen Melzer's 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 win over America's Wayne Odesnik were "very visible".
The Tennis Integrity Unit is expected to look into the match.
Betfair spokesman Mark Davies told the BBC today: "We have a memorandum of understanding with the Tennis Integrity Unit which allows them to see patterns of all the betting which takes place on our site and we alerted them to this.
"It was extremely visible to all our customers, the price moving in as quickly as it did. There was a lot of chat about it on our forums.
"So we would have liaised with the Tennis Integrity Unit and then they can make a judgment whether there is something more sinister in this or whether it is just a question of people being aware of a player who was already significantly under-rated carrying an injury that meant that he was likely to lose."
Odesnik told the Daily Telegraph: "I'd never do anything to jeopardise my future."
Bookmakers Ladbrokes also suspended betting on the tie.
Spokesman Robin Hutchison told AFP: "We suspended betting as a precaution just before the match because we were aware of a bit of injury news"
"As far was we're concerned, there doesn't appear to be much of a problem"
"We took more money on Melzer than on Odesnik and we heard he was carrying an injury and it's prudent in these circumstances just to sit out the dance."
Despite the investigation, bookmakers William Hill said they saw nothing suspicious in the levels of money being waged.
"We haven't made any complaint and we saw nothing untoward at all in the betting patterns," said spokesman Graham Sharpe.
"From our point of view we suspect people thought the game had been wrongly priced. The result was fully entitled to end up the way it did do."
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