Mafia News

FORMER champion Pat Cash believes the Russian mafia is attempting to fix matches on the ATP tour.

Cash’s comments came a day after retiring British star Tim Henman and world No.3 Novak Djokovic revealed illegal bookmakers were attempting to influence the outcomes of matches. Djokovic, who piloted Serbia to a Davis Cup victory over Australia last week, even outlined a £110,000 ($256,000) approach he had fielded from a bookmaker to lose in the first round of a tournament in St Petersburg last year. Continue Reading »

NEW YORK – In his most extensive comments since the ATP ordered an investigation into the extraordinary amount of money bet on his low-ranked opponent in a match in Poland, Nikolay Davydenko talked Monday about the difficulty of fighting off the intense press focus and chided reports that a Russian Mafia might be involved. Continue Reading »

A former mafia member is helping the sport in the fight against betting corruption

With organised crime syndicates believed to be behind the betting scams that have repeatedly tarnished the reputation of tennis, the ATP have employed the services of a convicted member of the American mafia to warn their leading players of the inherent dangers of allowing themselves to be lured into a web of corruption. Continue Reading »

Tenth seed Tomas Berdych took the week’s first upset loss at the Montreal Masters on Monday, and then admitted that the match-fixing drama surrounding Nikolay Davydenko was worse than any doping controversy. Continue Reading »