Tennis Related - Off Court Serious Issues

[meganfernandez]

I bet a few of those folks lost the bets they wagered not even knowing who Linda Noskova is. I work with a gambler who has discovered the myriad wagers you can place, so I get asked about players often from him.

Right, and then for the tour to let betting companies sponsor tournaments but players must feel like a slap in the face.

[ti-amie]

Rafa speaks about his deal with KSA

[JTContinental]

He should have just kept quiet, IMO, because this makes him seem like a simp for Saudi Arabia tourism

[Owendonovan]

I often marvel at how relationships can go from marriage to jail in a short amount of time.

Former Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo has won a legal battle against her ex-partner, who has been found guilty of harassing her.

Mauresmo, who is tournament director of the French Open and won Wimbledon and the Australian Open in 2006, filed a complaint against ex-wife Marie-Benedicte Hurel in June.

The 44-year-old alleged that she had faced a campaign of blackmail and harassment, including via text messages. Hurel, 60, denied the allegations during the trial, but after being found guilty by a Bayonne court she will now face four months in prison. She has also been ordered to pay €1 in damages.

She was cleared of harassment charges against a second woman, Mauresmo’s current partner.

As well as the four-month jail sentence Hurel has been banned from contacting Mauresmo for two years or going near her or her current partner’s home.

Her legal team has 10 days to lodge an appeal against the verdict. Mauresmo’s lawyers had pushed for a 10-month suspended prison sentence for Hurel.


The pair, who began a relationship in 2014, were married in 2021. Mauresmo filed for divorce last year and lodged the harassment suit shortly after opening divorce proceedings. She has publicly spoken about “going through hell” since the relationship broke down and alleged that Hurel sent a stream of insulting text messages to her, which took an extreme mental toll on the former world number one.

The 2004 Olympic silver medallist was prescribed a total incapacity for work (ITT) certificate for ten days as a result of the strain caused by the divorce and harassment case. She did not attend the trial decision.



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[ponchi101]

Interesting items from Rafa. Mixed bag. If he is wrong, he will admit it. But in 15 years.
And about SA having opened to the world... what does that mean?

[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]

This explains the awkward exchange between Aljona and Vika yesterday.



From yesterday:

[JTContinental]

Simona Halep is suing a supplement company in Canada for $10 million for cross contaminating her Keto supplement with Roxadustat. I'm not sure if she's just getting crazy advice from people around her, or if she's just unable to stop herself from digging into a deeper hole and further tarnishing her reputation. If she ever does get back on court, perhaps she'll use a tinfoil hat to block the sun.

[ti-amie]

[ponchi101]

On the one hand.
Agree. Suspending somebody over smoking marihuana is dumb. It will give you no advantage at all when playing.
On the other.
This guy is saying that a lot of players are taking amphetamines. That is a serious accusation, so somebody has to go and talk to him. Because if it is true, that is a major blow to the sports reputation.

[Fastbackss]

A lot of people of consequence have said amphetamines are rampant...

[jazzyg]

Halep's suspension is over.

She can return to the tour immediately if she wants.

[meganfernandez]

Halep's suspension is over.

She can return to the tour immediately if she wants.

Let's see if she sues. I doubt she will have good results again. She was out for a year and a half.

[ti-amie]

This person said it better than I could.

Spinopsys
@spinopsys@aus.social

Fact: Halep is proved to have had the substance in her system. Fact: this is a reduced ban not proof of innocence.

I've seen too much over the years to know anti-doping is a mess. Athletes dope. Big time, wealthy athletes have the means to do it in sophisticated ways and then have the resources to fight potential bans.

There is an inherent unfairness built into the system because of financial, legal, state power and International Federation political imbalances. If Halep is allowed to return to the sport for actual doping, inadvertent or otherwise, then why is Mikel Ymer still on the sidelines for a whereabouts violation and not actual doping? Why has Jenson Brooksby been given the green light to return for the same violation but not Ymer?

I've long been of the opinion that doping cases should be sent to actual courts where standards of proof are much higher and human rights protections are in play. If this means doped athletes get off scott free, then fine but the current system is a farce and unsustainable #tennis

So, the question I have is this. CAS has made a judgement of contamination but what happens if she loses her lawsuit against the company whose product she alleges was the source? What happens if the courts call (expletive) on the claim? What does antidoping and CAS do then? #tennis

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar

[JTContinental]

Halep's suspension is over.

She can return to the tour immediately if she wants.

Let's see if she sues. I doubt she will have good results again. She was out for a year and a half.

Plus, she won’t be doping anymore, so we’ll see how her stamina holds up on court