ITF’s ‘Abhorrent’ Move Brutally Slammed by Tennis Fans as They Brush Aside Player Well-Being to Sign Lucrative Deal

A lot of things are changing over time! This year, for the Davis Cup and the Billie Jean King Cup, there is a massive change that is primed to take shape. While it might impress a lot of tennis fans, the new add-on in both of these tournaments has also created chaos in the tennis world. With a new partnership deal coming to light, fans bashed the tennis apex for going such a long way.

If you are a tennis fan, you might be aware of the fact that match-fixing and betting don’t go with tennis at any other sporting event. But now, the equation has changed a bit, drawing a lot of mixed reactions from the tennis world.

ITF’s recent partnership creates chaos

Davis Cup and Billie Jean King are among the popular and established team tennis tournaments. Recently, the International Tennis Federation’s official Twitter handle shared how the popular team events have signed with a new partner. The announcement was about Stake becoming the official betting partner for both events.

Looking into this announcement, the first thing that came to the minds of tennis players was a huge question that might even concern you: betting is illegal in most countries; then why is there a betting partner for a sporting event? A lot of tennis fans shared their strange reactions in the same post. A fan talked about how the whole concept feels a bit weird. “You (rightly) go after match-fixing but then team up with betting companies?”

On the other hand, another one raised a question regarding how tennis players were once against betting. He said, “Aren’t tennis players being abused badly Online because they lost matches by those people who lost money Betting?”

Voicing a similar concern, a fan tried to draw a connection between betting and its equation with tennis. “Official Betting Partner. I thought tennis was concerned about match fixing.”

In addition, a fan pointed out how players face a lot of problems with these bets and how some tournaments now have an official batting partner. “Since betting is the cause of a large portion of the online abuse suffered by players, I find your decision to partner with gambling company abhorrent.”

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While a lot of tennis fans were against the decision, looking into the fact that gambling and match-fixing have been some of the greatest issues, and at the same time tennis fans have faced a lot of online abuse online regarding the same concern. However, on the other hand, there were some happy reactions too over the same concern.

Tennis fans were also impressed with this partnership

Amid all the chaos and debacle over the same discussion, a lot of fans were not happy with how things turned out to be. On the other hand, some people were happy to hear the same update. A fan wrote, “2024 is looking good @Stake.”

In addition, another one praised how things are changing and complimented the same. He wrote, “Taking the globe over.” While tennis players have not shared their thoughts about the same, it will be interesting to see how this partnership turns out to be.

However, what are your thoughts about the same debacle? Are you in for the betting team-up or not? Do let us know in the comment section below.

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