Three Russian tennis players were in the list of players who are suspected of involvement in match fixing. Their names are announced sports-analytical portal Show Legend.
Recall that the existence of such a list, it became known on January 18, the day of the start of the first season of the tournament “Grand Slam” – Australian Open. This told BBC TV and Radio, and Internet portal BuzzFeed with reference to classified material provided by an anonymous source. According to these data, the matches of a contractual nature for the past ten years, 16 players were involved in the top-50.
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Just a list published on the portal of the Show Legend, featured 15 athletes. It Russians Igor Andreev, Teimuraz Gabashvili and Alex Bogomolov Jr.. Besides, Kazakhstani Andrey Golubev, Australians Lleyton Hewitt and Matthew Ebden, Serb Janko Tipsarevic, Croat Ivan Dodig, Spaniards Alberto Montanes and Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela, Slovakian Lukas Lacko, Czech Jan Hájek, Uzbek Denis Istomin and American Michael Russell. Note that Hewitt and Tipsarevic – the former top ten tennis players of the ATP rankings. Eight tennis players of these are now taking part in the Australian Open.
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Earlier, top-ranked Serb Novak Djokovic called absurd media reports on the contractual nature of his match with Frenchman Fabrice Santoro in the “Masters” in Paris in 2007. Novak then gave way with the score 3: 6, 2: 6.
“will be a lot of speculation about many players. I have nothing more to say. While there is no specific evidence, nothing to discuss – quoted Djokovic official website of Australian Open. – I remember that game. I lost. It is absurd to consider the treaty any match in which a top tennis player lost in first round “.
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