AND Professional tennis player He received a terrifying message from a sports bookmaker who threatened to follow him if he did not win the recent match at the Thionville Open event on the ATP Challenger tour.
Arthur Bouquier of France, male player in the world, number 219, posted a message on his Instagram, which was originally in French.
After the tennis world has translated the message, he revealed a disparaged diatrib of how Bettor needed Bouquier to win a match against the lower ranked Florian Broke from France. If Bouquier did not do so, the bookmaker said, “I’ll come after you.”
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“French tennis is so mediocre currently that French players keep playing at home to avoid shame abroad, “the message said.” Let me remind you not to achieve much when you leave France – it shows the limits of your tennis game.
“In any case, today you play against Florian Broke, a ranked 522, which never wins in the first round. I hope you will do your best to beat him in 2 sets because I have removed 2000 euros to win 2 sets.”
The thought of the loss of a huge bet has encouraged Bettor to threaten Bouquer.
“I swear, if you lose, I’ll never forgive you,” the message continued with a smiling emoji. “I will follow you and your family just to hurt you, even if it means going to prison. It could be, because if I lose these 2000 euros, I’ll be on the streets, so my life will no longer make sense – maybe I would spend my days in prison.”
To make matters worse, Bettor claimed that in court where Bouquier was supposed to play his match against Broska.
“I swear because of my mother’s life that I will come for you. I’m currently on the ground in Thionville, where you play right at 3:20 pm.
“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 post to make them aware of threats.
Bouquier won his match in two sets, 6-3, 6-4 to progress in the second round of the tournament, and there was no incident in Thionville.
The sports bookmaker encouraged bookmakers to reach for athletes through direct message on social media platforms and other methods for threatening.
Colleague France tennis star Caroline Garcia shared the messages she received at 2024 US OpenSaying “there are hundreds,” she got before the tournament.
“These are some of the messages I have received lately after I lost some games. Only a few of them. There are hundreds,” Garcia wrote on her social media platforms at the time, sharing some messages in her X post she received. “And now, having 30 years old, though still hurts, because at the end of the day, I’m just a normal girl who’s hard and trying best, I have tools and I did a job to protect myself from this hatred. But still, this is not right.
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“The social media platforms do not prevent it, Despite the AI AI was in a very advanced position. Tournaments and sports continue to partner with betting companies, which continue to attract new people to unhealthy betting. The days of cigarettes sponsored by sports have long gone through. However, here we promote the betting company that actively destroy the lives of some people.
“Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that they should ban them because people are free to do everything they want with their money. But maybe we shouldn’t promote them. Also, if someone decided to say it publicly, he could have legal problems. So why should we not do anything online? Shouldn’t we re -examine anonymity on the network?”
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