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A former professional tennis player was asked - have you ever witnessed match fixing? He talks to us about match-fixing in the sport and about how the betting syndicates work and claims that match-fixing is widespread in the professional game at all levels.

We sent a transcript of this interview to the Tennis Integrity Unit, the body set up by the sport's authorities to tackle corruption in tennis.
They sent us this response:

"The TIU and the tennis authorities absolutely reject any suggestion that evidence of match fixing has been suppressed for any reason. The sport has a zero-tolerance approach which is enforced with the full powers of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program, which includes lifetime bans and punitive financial penalties.

"Since 2009 all professional players, support staff and officials have been subject to this stringent code, which makes it compulsory to report any corrupt approaches or knowledge of suspected corrupt practices to the TIU. Failure to do so is a breach of the Program which can be subject to disciplinary action.

"The TIU works closely with players to prevent corruption through education programmes and confidential reporting systems. The great majority of the 21,000 active professional players are good people of high integrity who abhor the suggestion that the sport they love is tainted with allegations of corruption.

"We invite the player behind the allegations to make contact with the TIU and to share the information he claims to have".

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