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Tennis World Reacts To Match-Fixing Expose: Novak

Djokovic Reveals He Was Offered $200,000 To Fix AMatch
BuzzFeed News published a yearlong investigation into match-fixing in tennis. Heres what people are saying.
Originally posted on Jan. 18, 2016, at 2:45 a.m.
Updated on Jan. 19, 2016, at 2:31 a.m.

Jessica Garrison
BuzzFeed News Reporter

BuzzFeed News
BuzzFeed Staff

Matt Chase for BuzzFeed News

What We Know So Far

BuzzFeed News and the BBC exposed secret files containing
evidence of widespread match-fixing by players at the upper
level of world tennis.
A core group of 16 players all of whom have ranked in the
top 50 have been repeatedly flagged to the world tennis

Reaction From the Tennis World

UK Prime Minister David Cameron called for an immediate
investigation into match-fixing allegations.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic said he had been indirectly
offered $200,000 to throw a match in 2007.

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authorities over suspicions that they have thrown matches at

tournaments including Wimbledon, allowing corrupt gamblers
to cash in by betting against them.

World No. 3 Roger Federer said he would like to hear

names linked to the allegations, but that you have to take it
super serious.

None of those players have ever faced sanctions.

The governing bodies for world tennis released a joint

statement and held a press conference in Melbourne to deny
that evidence of match-fixing had been suppressed.

More than half of them are playing at the Australian Open,

which started on Monday.
Separately, a data analysis by BuzzFeed News identified 15
players who regularly lost matches in which heavily lopsided
betting appeared to substantially shift the odds a red flag
for possible match-fixing. Four players showed particularly
unusual patterns.

Chris Kermode, chair of the Association of Tennis

Professionals Executive, insisted that gambling is not a
widespread issue in the sport and that there is a zero
tolerance policy for match-fixing.
Andy Murray, the British world No. 2, who has previously
complained about match-fixing in tennis, tweeted a link to
BuzzFeed News story without context.
The U.K. sports minister has called for an immediate
investigation.

Updates
Posted at 2:31 a.m., Jan. 19

Rising tennis star Thanasi Kokkinakis has revealed he

has been offered money to throw matches.

Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia at the Davis Cup Semi Final in September. Mark Runnacles / Getty Images

Speaking to radio station 3AW, the No. 71-world ranked player said he has been
approached by randoms on social media offering him money to throw matches.
I have [been offered money]. Not face-to-tace, but on social media. You have these
randoms from nowhere saying, Ill pay you this much money to tank a game, the 19year-old said.
You just try and block it out, he added. Obviously theres no time for it it corrupts
the sport.
Kokkinakis is not playing in this years Australian Open due to a shoulder injury.

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Posted at 11:26 p.m., Jan. 18

A spokesman for Rafael Nadal told BuzzFeed News the

Spanish tennis star will be talking to media [at] his
post-match press conference.

Michael Dodge / Getty Images

Nadal will play his fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in the second day of the
Australian Open.

Posted at 3:18 p.m., Jan. 18

French Davis Cup captain Clment: I was offered

significant sum of money to lose a game.

Clment in 2014. Philippe Huguen / AFP / Getty Images

Former tennis pro and 2001 Australian Open finalist Arnaud Clment has said that he
turned down the offer of a significant sum of money to lose a game during his career.
The French Davis Cup captain told France Info on Monday: A few years ago, in Russia,
I was playing a match that evening and a stranger offered me an significant sum of
money to lose the game. He left without success.

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Posted at 1:52 p.m., Jan. 18

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron for investigation

into match-fixing
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Its deeply concerning that another sport is facing such serious allegations, a
spokesperson for Cameron said. The most important thing is that action is taken now
in response and that the independent authorities get on with that. Theyve got to build
their credibility and confidence of those who want to know the real truth behind such
allegations.

Posted at 12:58 p.m., Jan. 18

Roger Federer comments on match-fixing allegations: I

would like to hear names
The world No. 3 was asked about the story in Melbourne Monday night.
I would like to hear names its such nonsense to answer something that is pure
speculation, he said.
You have to take it super serious. This is more a question for guys in suits, not one in a
tracksuit.

Posted at 12:00 p.m., Jan. 18

Djokovic reveals he was once offered $200,000 to fix a

match
Despite saying he did not believe match-fixing was a widespread problem in world
tennis, Djokovic did speak about an incident in 2007 when it was alleged he had been
offered $200,000 to throw a first-round match at the St Petersburg Open, a tournament
he did not eventually attend.
I was not approached directly, he said. Well I was approached through people that
were working with me at that time, that were with my team. Of course, we threw it away
right away. It didnt even get to me, the guy that was trying to talk to me, he didnt even
get to me directly. There was nothing out of it.
Unfortunately there were some, in those times, those days, rumours, some talks, some
people were going around. They were dealt with. In the last six, seven years, I havent
heard anything similar. I personally was never approached directly, so I have nothing
more to say about that.
It made me feel terrible because I dont want to be anyhow linked to this. Somebody
may call it an opportunity. For me, thats an act of unsportsmanship, a crime in sport,
honestly. I dont support it. I think there is no room for it in any sport, especially in
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Posted at 11:47 a.m., Jan. 18

World No. 15 Gilles Simon slams the report

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Its useless just dropping a bomb to [get people to] talk about it, waiting for the first
day of a slam, said Simon, who is also the ATP Player Councils vice president.
If anyone has any evidence, say it, and well be happy to know and take action.
There is not much to say because there was not much inside.

Posted at 11:45 a.m., Jan. 18

Novak Djokovic says there is no place for match-fixing

in world tennis

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Quinn Rooney / Getty Images

The defending mens champion, world number one Novak Djokovic, said match-fixers
are not welcome in tennis.
I dont think the shadow is cast over our sport, he said.
Theres no real proof or evidence yet of any active players as long as its like that,
its just speculation. We have to keep it that way.

Posted at 9:30 a.m., Jan. 18

U.K. sport secretary says allegations are deeply

concerning
It is deeply concerning that yet another sport is facing serious allegations of match
fixing, U.K. Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport John Whittingdale told
BuzzFeed News Monday morning.
Once again it has been British investigative journalism that has brought this to light,
and has raised serious questions about how this was allowed to go on and it would
seem, deliberately covered up for so long, he said in a statement.
This reinforces the need for a global anti-corruption initiative and demonstrates why
the PM is absolutely right to put this at the top of his agenda. He will be hosting a major
anti-corruption summit later this year and tackling corruption in sport will play a big part
in that.
I hope that the ITF will launch an urgent and fully transparent investigation
immediately.

Posted at 9:16 a.m., Jan. 18

Former U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic says he has

never had any involvement in match-fixing

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Peter Parks / AFP / Getty Images

No, I never have had a situation like that. Even if I did, I would come forward to the
ATP, the Tennis Integrity Unit as well, he told a press conference on Monday evening
(AEDT).
Im very far away from betting even though it is popular in Croatia. I dont do betting,
its very far away from me.
We have this Tennis Integrity Unit for many years and players are well aware of that.
Player are advised week after week to be aware of [match-fixing].
If youre looking at doing it, there are huge sanctions, so I dont think anyone who
loves the sport would risk that.

Posted at 7:28 a.m., Jan. 18

Womens world No. 1 Serena Williams says she has

never seen any indications of match-fixing in games
shes been involved in

Saeed Khan / AFP / Getty Images

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seems to play hard, Williams told reporters following her opening-round victory.
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fixing] is going on, I dont know about it. Im kind of sometimes in a little bit of a bubble.

Posted at 7:07 a.m., Jan. 18

Mens seventh seed Kei Nishikori has expressed shock

at suggestions of corruption in world tennis

Mark Kolbe / Getty Images

Yeah, its [surprising]. I didnt know anything. Im a little bit surprised, but, I mean,
obviously Ive never been involved with this. Actually I have no idea whats going on,
the Japanese star told reporters after defeating Germanys Philipp Kohlschreiber 64
63 63 to advance to the second round.

Posted at 6:30 a.m., Jan. 18

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Posted at 5:48 a.m., Jan. 18

Australian senator and prominent anti-gambling

campaigner Nick Xenophon has lashed out at tennis
authorities and called for a total ban of in-game betting
that allows wagers to be placed on points, games, and
sets.

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We need to know that the game in Australia is absolutely clean and if anyone has
been involved if there is evidence anyone has been involved in match-fixing, in
corrupt practices related to sports betting, to gambling and corrupt gambling
syndicates Tennis Australia ought to disclose that as a matter of priority, Senator
Xenophon said in a Monday press conference.
Read the full story here.

Posted at 5:24 a.m., Jan. 18

As the Australian Open starts in Melbourne, tennis

officials denied that they had sat on evidence of matchfixing

Association of Tennis Professionals Executive Chairman Chris Kermode said at a press

conference held on Monday:

The Tennis Integrity Unit and the tennis authorities absolutely reject any
suggestion that evidence of match-fixing has been suppressed for any
reason or hasnt been properly investigated.

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