Grand Slams
Match fixing at Wimbledon?
Tennis Integrity Unit says it received 96 alerts between July and September
LONDON — The Tennis Integrity Unit said on Thursday it was investigating whether a match at this year’s Wimbledon tournament was fixed. The unit received an alert regarding one match played at the grass-court grand slam in London. Its alerts come from regulators and betting organisations, who can report matches if they notice suspicious betting patterns. The unit said it received 96 alerts from July to September, of which two related to grand slams — the first at Wimbledon and the second at the US Open. The unit said in a statement: "Historically, grand slams receive very few match alerts and in keeping with that record, only two were received during the period; one at Wimbledon, the other at the US Open. Both are the subject of routine, confidential investigation by the unit." The US Open match under investigation had already been disclosed, with the unit having announced in September it was looking at the match between Vitalia Diatchenko and Timea Bacsinszky. It has not given deta...
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