Tennis retirement

[fuglungen]

I played Sebastian Korda S - 3,5 in Australian Open, he did retired in set 3 when he was down 2-0 in set and down 3-0 in games in set 3. Is this a void bet since he retired or a loss? 

[psrquack]

Should be void.

[Purps]

@fuglungen

Settlements of tennis bets where there are retirements can be really confusing, but if we look at the relevant section on the sportsbook T&C, I would guess it should be a void since at the time of the retirement it was still technically possible for Korda to win that bet for you if the match continued normally.... But I'm not sure if I understand the below terms correctly. You can always go to live chat and make a case for it if you think the bet was settled incorrectly:

 

3) “Over/Under” and "Handicap" offers on unfinished matches the outcome of which is already
determined before the interruption of play and/or where any further continuance of play could not
possibly produce a different outcome to said offers, will be settled based on the result achieved until
the interruption. For the calculation of these settlements, the minimum amount of occurrences which
should have been needed to bring the offer to the natural conclusion will be added as necessary
depending on the number of sets which the match is scheduled for. Should this calculation produce a
situation where no possible alterations could affect the outcome of the offer this will be settled as such.
 

The following examples can be used for consideration:
• Example 1 - Over/Under: A retirement occurs in a match scheduled for three sets with the score 7-
6, 4-4. The offers: “Total Games Set 2 – 9.5” (or any lines lower than that amount) & “Total
Games Played in the Match – 22.5” (or any lines lower than that amount) will be settled with
“Over” bets as winning and “Under” bets as losing. Bets on lines higher than that will be settled as
void.
• Example 2 - Handicap: A retirement occurs at the start of the 3rd set in a match scheduled for 5 sets
with the score at 1-1. Bets on +2.5/-2.5 Sets will be settled as winners and losers respectively.
Offers on any lines lower than that amount will be settled as void.

[Purps]

6 minutes ago, Purps said:

I would guess it should be a void since at the time of the retirement it was still technically possible for Korda to win that bet for you if the match continued normally

Though now that I think of it if you had a matchbet on Korda, that would be correctly settled as lost since they had already played at least  one full set ,eventhough it would still have been possible to Korda to win the match without the retirement. So, I'm actually not sure about the previous post anymore. And this is what I meant with these rules be so damn confusing 😩

[FunckyFish]

Match odds is different, that one is settled if one set is played. But if he bet on handicap games for match - 3.5, it should be void since the outcome is not decided. 

[psrquack]

13 minutes ago, Purps said:

Though now that I think of it if you had a matchbet on Korda, that would be correctly settled as lost since they had already played at least  one full set ,eventhough it would still have been possible to Korda to win the match without the retirement. So, I'm actually not sure about the previous post anymore. And this is what I meant with these rules be so damn confusing 😩

FunckyFish's argument is perfect. Handycap is settling if the other outcome couldn't become true before the retirement. So this is a void.

Edited January 25, 2023 by psrquack

[Purps]

14 minutes ago, FunckyFish said:

Match odds is different, that one is settled if one set is played. But if he bet on handicap games for match - 3.5, it should be void since the outcome is not decided. 

 

11 minutes ago, psrquack said:

FunckyFish's argument is perfect. Handycap is settling if the other outcome couldn't become true before the retirement. So this is a void.

Ah cool thx guys 👍

Had it right at first but then started second-guessing myself a bit. Happens a lot 🙃