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Venom · 01-18-2016, 11:24 AM

World's #1 tennis player Novak Djokovic said on Monday he was approached to fix a match earlier in his career as allegations of corruption in tennis rocked the start of the Australian Open.

The BBC and BuzzFeed claimed 16 players who had reached the top 50 in the past decade, including Grand Slam champions, had been repeatedly suspected of fixing matches for betting syndicates.

The report prompted a swift denial from authorities that any evidence of match-fixing had been suppressed, as well as speculation over the identities of the players involved.

Djokovic, after opening with a win over South Korea's Chung Hyeon, played down the report but he also said he was targeted in 2007 to throw a first-round match at St Petersburg.

They said the average ranked professional tennis player brings in $300,000 a year. Would you fix a match if you was a professional tennis player?

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Venom Club Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Bolingbrook, IL Posts: 1,906	Match-Fixing in Tennis: Is Anything Sacred? World's #1 tennis player Novak Djokovic said on Monday he was approached to fix a match earlier in his career as allegations of corruption in tennis rocked the start of the Australian Open. The BBC and BuzzFeed claimed 16 players who had reached the top 50 in the past decade, including Grand Slam champions, had been repeatedly suspected of fixing matches for betting syndicates. The report prompted a swift denial from authorities that any evidence of match-fixing had been suppressed, as well as speculation over the identities of the players involved. Djokovic, after opening with a win over South Korea's Chung Hyeon, played down the report but he also said he was targeted in 2007 to throw a first-round match at St Petersburg. They said the average ranked professional tennis player brings in $300,000 a year. Would you fix a match if you was a professional tennis player? __________________ "It's rare today that a man can enjoy a good cigar, a glass of fine scotch, and the company of a good friend." - Denny Crane-