Tennis match-fixing row escalates as sport’s leaders accused of ignoring evidence – Telegraph.co.uk

According to the reports, a confidential dossier produced for the tennis authorities in 2008 found 28 players had performed in a manner warranting further inquiry but the matter was not followed up.

The latest files were said to include references to at least 37 players, 29 of whom had been ranked in the top 50.

Prosecutors were said to be still investigating how many of those named were actually approached and whether some snubbed offers to throw matches.

Di Martino will present evidence in court in May against Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace following an investigation which stemmed from a 2011 raid on a suspected football match-fixer.

Bracciali and Starace, who had life bans from tennis overturned last year, deny any wrongdoing and plan to contest charges of conspiracy to commit sports fraud.

January’s claims forced tennis’s leaders to deny failing to act upon evidence of widespread match-fixing in the sport dating back to 2006.

In response to the latest allegations, the director of integrity at the TIU, Nigel Willerton, said it “acts on all evidence of corruption”.

An independent review panel was set up in January to look into the effectiveness of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program.

Willerton added: “This wide-ranging remit will allow it to investigate all and any allegations of corrupt practice.”