No trust in ATP - Davydenko

Nikolay Davydenko has launched an angry attack on the Association of Tennis Professionals, insisting he “does not have any trust” in the governing body.

Davydenko’s surprise defeat at the hands of Martin Vassallo Arguello at the Sopot Open last August is under investigation by the ATP due to irregular betting patterns and the 26-year-old feels he has been treated unfairly in the aftermath.

The world number five was asked to submit his phone records while competing in the US Open last year and was controversially fined last September for not competing hard enough against Marin Cilic in the St Petersburg Open.

Davydenko told BBC Sport: “It makes me angry because it (the Sopot investigation) takes so long.

“I can’t understand what they want from me – I have given them everything, all the information. When will this end? I do not have any trust in the ATP.

“Maybe they just found one tennis player who they want to remove from the world’s top 10. Maybe there is someone below me in the rankings who is more popular and they want to increase his popularity.”

Speaking about his defeat to Arguello, where he won the first set comfortably before losing the second 6-3 then withdrawing with a foot injury, he added: “People think that just because I am rated number five in the world then I can’t lose to someone who is rated 100.

“When I see a player who is tired or in pain or maybe just doesn’t want to play, I can understand that – he is not a robot.

“I understand that if he can’t play a match, he can withdraw. If he is tired he withdraws this week and will try to do better the next.”