A professional tennis player received a scary message from a sports bettor who threatened to continue him if he had not won a recent match at the Thionville Open event during the ATP Challenger Tour.
Arthur Bouquier de France, the male player n ° 219 in the world, published the message on his Instagram, which was originally in French.
After Tennis World translated the message, he revealed a disturbed diatribe of the way the Bettor needed a bubble to win a match against Florian Broska from France. If the Bouquier did not do it, the Bettor said: “I will come after you.”
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“French tennis is so poor at the moment that French players are trying to play at home to avoid embarrassment abroad,” said the message. “Let me remember that you don’t make much when you leave France-it shows the limits of your tennis game.
“Anyway, today, you play against Florian Broska, ranked 522, who never wins in the first round. I just hope that you will make the effort to beat him in 2 sets because I bet 2000 euros on you to win in 2 sets.”
The idea of losing the heavy bet prompted the bettor to threaten the bush.
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“I swear if you lose, I will never forgive you,” continued the message with a laughing emoji. “I’m going to follow you, you and your family, just to hurt yourself, even if it means going to prison. Could as well, because if I lose these 2000 euros, I will be in the street, so my life will no longer make sense – I could also spend my days in prison.”
To make matters worse, the bettor said he was at the court where Bouquier was to play his match against Broska.
“I swear on my mother’s life that I will come for you. Right now, I’m at the Thionville court, where you play exactly at 3:20 p.m.
“Be careful, and these are not empty threats. Good luck.”
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Bouquier marked the ATP Tour, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the Thionville tournament in its article to make them aware of threats.
Bouquier won his match in two sets, 6-3, 6-4, to go to the second round of the tournament, and there was no incident in Thionville.
Sports betting has prompted bettors to contact athletes via a direct message on social media platforms and other methods to offer threats.
The compatriot of French tennis star Caroline Garcia shared messages she received at the US 2024 open, saying “hundreds” she had obtained before the tournament.
“These are some of the messages that I have received lately after losing games. Just a few.” And now, being 30 years old, although they are still injured, because in the end, I’m just a normal girl who works very hard and do my best, I have tools and I did work to protect myself from this hatred. But it’s not ok.
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“Social media platforms do not prevent it, although AI is in a very advanced position. Tournaments and sport continue to associate themselves with Paris companies, which continue to attract new people to unhealthy bets. The days of sports cigarettes have long disappeared. However, we are promoting Paris companies, which actively destroy the life of certain people.
“Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that they should be prohibited because people are free to do what they want with their money. But perhaps may not promote them. Moreover, if someone decided to tell me this in public, he could have legal problems. So why online we are free to do something? Shouldn’t we reconsider anonymity online?”
