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PREVIEW-Serena hoping history repeats itself in Perth PERTH,

December 28th, 2007 · No Comments

PREVIEW-Serena hoping history repeats itself in Perth
PERTH, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Serena Williams will be hoping history repeats itself when she plays in the 20th edition of the Hopman Cup, which begins at the Burswood Dome in Perth on Saturday.

ATP confirms 2 Italians bet on matches (AP)

Daniele Bracciali from Italy returns a ball to Fernando Verdasco from Spain, during their match at the Allianz Suisse Open tennis tournament in Gstaad, Switzerland, in this July 12, 2006 file photo. On Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007, the ATP has suspended Italy's top player Potito Starace and Daniele Bracciali for betting on tennis matches. The 31st-ranked Starace was suspended for six weeks and ordered to pay a US$30,000 (20,800) fine, the Italian tennis federation said in a statement Saturday. Bracciali, ranked 258th, was banned for three months and fined US$20,000 (14,000). Both suspensions are effective Jan. 1, ruling them out of the Australian Open, which begins Jan. 14.

The governing body of men’s tennis confirmed Thursday that Italians Potito Starace and Daniele Bracciali bet on tennis matches, and the players had no excuse for not knowing this was a rules violation. The ATP said it began investigating in August and found that Starace wagered on matches in 2006 from Feb.


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