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Feb 5 • 15:19 UTC • 🇭🇷 Croatia • Index.hr

Bettors threatened tennis player with family kidnapping if he did not lose. The match ended in tears

Spanish tennis player Nikolás Sánchez-Izquierdo faced a dramatic situation at a Challenger tournament in Argentina, receiving threats from alleged bettors to fix the match, forcing him to play under police escort and in front of empty stands before ultimately losing.

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