Djokovic denies report that 2007 loss to Santoro was fixed

Kermode said he “absolutely rejects” the suggestion that match-fixing evidence had been suppressed and dismissed comparisons with other corruption cover-ups in football at FIFA and in athletics at the IAAF.

“In 21 years I played professionally, I can say, either based on my naiveté or my focus on trying to be the best in the world, that it never made my radar at any stage in those 21 years”, Agassi said.

Djokovic was polite but firm on Wednesday night as he specifically denied that he had lost the match on objective and added “Anybody can create a story about any match”. “I have nothing more to say, guys”.

I think it’s not supported by any kind of proof, any evidence, any facts.

Djokovic, who was 20 and ranked number three in the world in 2007, had had his wisdom teeth removed before the Paris Masters.

“I was approached through people that were working with me at that time, that were with my team”. At the time, he put his loss down to his physical state following the surgery. I even wrote about it back in 2007 in the Davydenko aftermath and again following the the Djokovic bride revelation. “I’m still on medications”.

“It is good, especially with someone with his game, to feel his serve and where he likes to serve, how it comes through”, Murray said.

The report also claims that when evidence of these allegations first surfaced, in 2008, the world of tennis did nothing to punish the players involved.

Dimitrov’s best performance at the Aussie Open came two years ago when he made the quarterfinals although the Bulgarian got eliminated in the fourth round last year. Two months later, the federation’s appeal court cleared Starace and reduced Bracciali’s ban to 12 months.

The BBC said the group also included “winners of grand slam titles” but neither organisation named players, insisting it is not possible to determine whether they were personally taking part in match-fixing.

Federer’s twin six-year-old daughters, Myla and Charlene, were in attendance as the 34-year-old cruised into the third round with a 6-3 7-5 6-1 victory over Alexandr Dolgopolov. “I mean, it’s the least I expect to be in the third round of a Slam, obviously, so I’m pumped up, playing well, feeling good”. “When I’m playing, I can only answer for me, I play very hard, and every player I play seems to play hard”.

“I have been so sad about this the last few days”, the 18-time Grand Slam victor said.

Serena Williams set a record when she played her 79th main draw match at the Australian Open, beating second round opponent Hsieh Su-wei 6-1, 6-2.

BuzzFeed News and the BBC claim that the sport has refused to take action against a network of 16 players despite repeated warnings.

“There is always a different angle or something else you can work on or something that maybe you tend to forget sometimes”, Federer said, reports The Guardian.

Following Tuesday’s defeats for former men’s champion Rafa Nadal and women’s second seed Simona Halep, the only real shock on day four came in the penultimate match of the day when Czech sixth seed Petra Kvitova, twice a Wimbledon victor, was beaten 6-4 6-4 by naturalised local Daria Gavrilova.