Djokovic Denies Report That 2007 Loss to Santoro Was Fixed

“But there’s always a danger, you know”.

The report didn’t name names, but it did give some details about those involved.

The No. 45-ranked Verdasco was still basking in his victory over the 14-time Grand Slam victor when asked, in English, at his post-match news conference about the match-fixing allegations.

Three matches at Wimbledon had fallen under suspicion and at least eight of the “core group” of players on the fixing radar were at the Australian Open Grand Slam tournament, which began on Monday, it said.

After an explosive report claimed match-fixing was repeatedly going unpunished, Chris Eaton of the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) criticised tennis’s “opaque and secretive” anti-corruption body.

The documents – reportedly handed over by whistleblowers – also allegedly show gambling syndicates in Russian Federation and Italy profited by betting on games believed to have been fixed, according to the Buzzfeed and BBC reports.

How did the match-fixing allegedly work?

The player also alleged that the authorities not only knew who were the players involved but could stop match fixing in tennis easily if they chose to but that’s something they don’t want to address for now. It said, for years, “there were repeated alerts sent to the [Tennis Integrity Unit] about a third of these players”.

What started all of this? I would take out the betting. The TIU has asked this anonymous player to come forward and share the names and information he has in order for these issues to be addressed.

There are no betting odds being offered on Djokovic for this second round match against Halys and it is not hard to see why.

The highest profile investigation conducted by the ATP revolved around a match played a year earlier in Sopot, Poland, between former world No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko and Martin Vassallo Arguello. “There were accusations, but they should be followed by evidence”.

Has that review cleaned up the sport?

His comments have resonated with those who say not knowing leads to unsafe speculation. The TIU is neither…by operating in the shadows they fail to practice what they preach”, he said, calling for a “new independent and integrated integrity model. Two of the most higher-profile players – former top-50 players Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace – were initially banned for life before their suspensions were lifted by the Italian Tennis Federation.

The women’s WTA Tour and the global ITF signed onto the statement, in which they said the associations “absolutely reject any suggestion that evidence of match fixing has been suppressed for any reason”. He said investigators have not found corruption in tennis. This is the key here: “that it requires evidence”.

Days after revealing he was indeed approached for match-fixing in the past, Novak Djokovic on Wednesday dismissed reports which claimed that he deliberately lost a match in 2007.

“I’ve lost that match. I don’t support it. I think there is no room for it in any sport, especially in tennis”.

“I would love to hear names”, Federer said. Who was it? Was it before?

When that happens, the players just have to do the right thing, said doubles No. 1 Marcelo Melo. Which slam? It’s so all over the place. “It’s nonsense to answer something that is speculation”.

“It is deeply concerning that another sport is facing such serious allegations”, an official spokesman for Prime Minister Cameron said Monday.