Tennis authorities reject suggestions of a match-fixing cover-up

Tennis authorities have rejected claims they deliberately suppressed evidence of widespread match-fixing at the top level of the sport.

An investigation by the BBC and Buzzfeed alleges that, over the last decade, a core group of 16 players have repeatedly been brought to the attention of the sport’s governing bodies over suspicions that they have fixed matches.

It is alleged that, in 2007, tennis authorities were presented with an examination of 26,000 matches, three of them at Wimbledon, which contained enough evidence to root out offenders — but no action was taken. In a press conference summoned at Melbourne Park yesterday, ATP president Chris Kermode refuted the claims.