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Tennys Sandgren had a hilarious response for an indignant bettor who accused him of fixing a match on Tuesday, blaming “gematria” for his shock loss.
Sandgren, a two-time Australian Open quarterfinalist, clashed in opposition to world No. 1193 Trevor Svajda on Tuesday on the Indian Wells Challenger, Sandgren, now ranked at No. 266 on the earth, received the opening set with a bagel earlier than Svajda got here again to win 0-6 7-6 (4) 7-6 (3) their first-round match.
A person on X who goes by the deal with of SerbianGematria and gives “scripted sports activities & occasions by gematria,” referred to as Sandgren “one of the crucial blatant tennis fixers.” Gematria, a type of numerology, is a system of assigning numeric values to letters or phrases. When two phrases or phrases have the identical numerical worth, this may occasionally point out a connection.
“Former high 100 participant and certainly one of most blatant fixers tennis – Tennys Sandgren, that does it casually each few matches. He’s 266th rank and he simply ended match in opposition to 1194th ranked participant. He received 6-0 first set, and guess what? He forgot to play after!” the submit learn.
Reacting to the submit, Sandgren mockingly blamed Gematria for his loss: “Gematria dif.”
Gematria dif
— Tennys Sandgren (@TennysSandgren) January 24, 2024
Sandgren mocks a bettor: All the things is rigged by gematria
In one other submit, the bettor wrote: “Additionally all Sports activities are rigged for betting, mainstream ones are rigged by Gematria and ideal quantity lineups. I do know you don’t have any clue about that most probably, you had been by no means on such spot in profession.”
Responding to that declare, Sandgren wrote: “There it’s. All sport rigged by gematria LOL.”
There it’s. All sport rigged by gematria LOL
— Tennys Sandgren (@TennysSandgren) January 24, 2024
Sandgren, who was a daily participant within the main-level occasions for a few years, has by no means been accused of match-fixing or suspended by the tennis authorities.
Moreover two Australian Open quarterfinal appearances, Sandgren can also be an ATP winner, having received his first and lone ATP title in 2019 Auckland. Over the previous few years, Sandgren has been largely competing on the Challenger Tour.
