Novak Djokovic says match-fixing is not pervasive at the top level of tennis, as assertions of defilement dominate the begin of the Australian Open.
The world number one, who claims he dismisses £110,000 to lose a match at a very early stage in his vocation, says there is “no real proof” of settling among the first class.
“It’s just speculation,” said the Serb 10-time Grand Slam champion.
The mystery documents that have been acquired contain proof of suspected match-altering in tennis.
The greater part of the players, including winners of Grand Slam titles, was permitted to keep contending.
Chris Kermode, the leader of the Association of Tennis Professionals, has rejected cases that confirmation of match-settling had “been suppressed for any reason or isn’t being thoroughly investigated”.
But he added: “While the BBC and BuzzFeed reports mainly refer to events from about 10 years ago, we will investigate any new information.”
UK Government minister John Whittingdale has told that tennis should “learn from the mistakes of other sports” and make a brief move.
He said that “past allegations of this kind” against games and football were apparently “swept under the carpet”.
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport included: “These are serious allegations and they need to be looked into very quickly.”
Prime Minister David Cameron said he is “deeply concerned” that another game is confronting allegations of defilement.
His official representative said that “fans suffer most” from this asserted wrongdoing and these issues should be explored.
Tennis powers were given an examination of 26,000 matches in 2007, three of them at Wimbledon, which sufficiently contained confirmation to find guilty parties.
In any case, no move was made.
Nigel Willerton, who heads the TIU, demanded there had been a thorough examination of the material.
“All credible information received by the TIU is analysed, assessed and investigated by highly experienced former law-enforcement investigators,” he said.
Djokovic had as of now uncovered he had been drawn closer to lose a first-round match at the St Petersburg Open in 2007.
“I was approached through people working with me,” he said. “Of course, we threw it away right away. It didn’t even get to me.”
He added: “From my knowledge and information about match-fixing, there is nothing happening at the top level, as far as I know.
“At challenger level, maybe, maybe not. But I’m not entitled to really talk about it. I can give my opinion.
“But there is an organisation, authorities, people who take care of that on a daily basis and make sure to track it down.”
Various players contending at the Australian Open in Melbourne have been reacting to the disclosures.
Like Djokovic, Roger Federer said it was hard to gauge if and to what level settling continued, including he needed more data about who may be liable.
“I would love to hear names,” said the former world number one. “Then, at least, it’s concrete stuff and you can actually debate about it.
“Was it the player? Was it the support team? Who was it? Was it before? Was it a doubles player, a singles player? Which Slam?”
The 17-time Grand Slam champion added: “It’s super serious and it’s super important to maintain the integrity of our sport.
“So how high up does it go? The higher it goes, the more surprised I would be.”
World number one Serena Williams said that if match-settling was occurring, then she “didn’t know about it”.
The American added: “When I’m playing, I can only answer for me. I play very hard, and every player I play seems to play hard.”
Williams started the barrier of her Australian Open title with a 6-4 7-5 win over Italy’s Camila Giorgi.
Djokovic, who is the supreme men’s champion, began with a 6-3 6-2 6-4 thrashing of South Korea’s Chung Hyeon.
The spilled records included points of interest of an examination concerning a 2007 match between Russian Nikolay Davydenko and Argentine Martin Vassallo Arguello.
Both players were cleared of damaging any standards, yet the examination formed into a much more extensive request investigating a web of speculators connected to top-level players.
Archives demonstrate the request discovered wagering syndicates in Russia, northern Italy and Sicily making a huge number of pounds wagering on matches agents thought to be settled.
In a classified report for the tennis powers, the enquiry group said 28 players included in these matches ought to be explored, yet the discoveries were never caught up.
Kermode said the TIU had won 18 feelings, including six life bans, since it was set up in 2008, including that it “has to find evidence as opposed to information, suspicion, or hearsay”.
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