The website of the BBC broadly described the case match the Sopot event in 2007. Then the highest-seeded Nikolay Davydenko in the rate unexpectedly lost to a much lower ranked Argentine Martin Vassallo-Arguello. The text stated that the Russian won the first game, the second – in spite of driving – has a rival, and in the decisive set skreczował because of a foot injury.
attention was the fact that before the game and during – in spite of driving Dawidienki – erected large sums of money on a player from South America. As was added during later initiated the investigation competitors have argued that not maintained contact, but phone Vassallo-Arguello found a number of Russian and SMS sent by the Argentinian to the Italian fraudster who specializes in plants.
Total suspected of involvement in procederze there are 28 players, including 16 who in recent years were the best “50″ the world ranking.
BBC reminded exactly only chance of the match in Sopot. The article gives no other names. It stated only that the scandal involved a few doubles winners Slam events. To match-fixing had come, among others, during the three matches at Wimbledon and one at the French Open.
As added, the players mentioned, not been charged, and some of them competing in the tournament which began on Monday, the Australian Open. They accused the authorities of world tennis that the matter was hushed up by them. After the release of information about the scandal head of the organization ATP Chris Kermode quickly convened a conference at which flatly rejected such suggestions.
The sentence in this case was asked, among others, the current world ranking leader of the Serb tennis players Novak Djokovicia.
– For me directly never one with a similar proposal does not He reported, but heard the members of my team at the beginning of my career. I had to get $ 200,000 for losing a match at the tournament in St. Petersburg in 2007, eventually even it did not speak. In those days it was said by some people that scrolled up here and there, but later been dealt with them. I have not heard of anything similar in the last six, seven years – assured “Djoko”, which was promoted on Monday to the second round of the Australian Open.
Serb is not afraid of scandals in tennis to measure this in football or athletics.
– As long as there is no concrete, convincing evidence that any of the active players are involved, all allegations are mere speculation – he stressed.
A similar view is third in the ATP ranking Swiss Roger Federer.
– We are happy to have recognized the names of the suspects, then it would be a concrete and could discuss this. Guilty are the players? Their teams? Who exactly? It makes no sense to respond to something that is mere speculation – he said.
Peace also retains the first in statement WTA American Serena Williams.
– I can only speak for myself, but when I play, I give of yourself all. It seems to me that the same do my rivals. If something happens, I do not know that – snapped.
Tennis activist organizations Intergrity Unit ( TIU) Nigel Willerton, dealing with the control of the principles of fairness and transparency in this discipline, did not say whether any of the suspects are tennis players currently competing at the highest level. – Making public such information would be inappropriate – he just said.
TIU has the right to ask the players about access to their phones phones or e-mail mailboxes, but tennis players do not have to accept this.
– For such a lack However, cooperation can also be punished – said Willerton.
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