While tennis fans fight off the heat at the Australian Open, the sport is trying to fend off the heat from a possible scandal. He went on to say that the sport has come a long way since 2007 and that he doesn’t think that match-fixing is a problem at the top levels of tennis.
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After the secret files are made public, by BBC and online BuzzFeed News, the Tennis world faced several allegations of match fixing.
BBC wrote: “Over the last decade, 16 players who have ranked in the top 50 have been repeatedly flagged to the Tennis Integrity Unit over suspicions they have thrown matches”. The BBC and BuzzFeed News said the TIU, set up to police illegal activities in tennis, either failed to act upon information that identified suspicious behaviour amongst players, or impose any sanctions.
Roger Federer, the record 17-time Grand Slam champion, also said it was hard to guess the significance of the report, but he welcomed the extra pressure that would now focus on match-fixers. Was it the support team?
They were warned about 16 players ranked inside the top 50 at some point, including former singles and doubles Grand Slam winners.
Cameron was a keen amateur tennis player when a student at Oxford University and his official spokesman said Monday: “It is deeply concerning that another sport is facing such serious allegations”.
“The higher it goes, the more surprised I would be, no doubt about it”. “I think, you know, sports could in general be much, much more transparent”. “But relatively, tennis is an incredibly clean sport”.
“I was alarmed. It’s shocking to hear”, Kartik Vyas, player development director at the Ontario Tennis Association told CP24.
“There’s more pressure on these people now, maybe because of this story, which is a good thing”, Federer said.
The TIU took “no action at all”, according to the report.
He maintained that the unit investigates every report it receives and takes action only when it has enough evidence to do so.
“So the facts are, it’s a bet-on sport and will continue to be a bet-on sport, and authorities need to understand that and work closely with the betting operators because of that”, Scotney said.
A few low level players on the men’s tour have been busted and banned over the years. Hopefully there’s more funding to it. That’s about it. Djokovic said the offer was rejected and that he didn’t even play in the tournament.
“We have, I think, a sport (that has) evolved and upgraded our programs and authorities to deal with these particular cases”, he said.
The match-fixing was orchestrated by gambling syndicates in Russian Federation and Italy and involved prominent players and included three matches at Wimbledon.
Early Tuesday, Thanasi Kokkinakis said that early in his career he was offered to throw games via social media. Doesn’t matter whether I’ve been approached or not, I haven’t… “I was approached through people that were working with me at that time”, said the defending Australian Open champion, after beating Chung Hyeon in the first round. I was not approached directly and, of course, we – we threw it away right away. “There was nothing out of it”.
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William Hill and Tennis Australia did not have an immediate comment to make.
