Responding to reports that possible evidence of match fixing was not properly investigated, tennis’ governing bodies are setting up an independent review of the sport’s anti-corruption group, a person familiar with the plans tells The Associated Press.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the review of the Tennis Integrity Unit had not yet been announced.
The official word is supposed to come at a news conference on the grounds of the Australian Open on Wednesday. ATP Executive Chairman and President Chris Kermode, International Tennis Federation President David Haggerty and Wimbledon Chairman Philip Brook are scheduled to attend. Those three are members of the Tennis Integrity Board, with Brook as chairman, a rotating position.
The review will be run out of London, according to the person familiar with the plans.
As the year’s first Grand Slam tournament began last week, the BBC and BuzzFeed News published reports saying tennis authorities failed to thoroughly pursue evidence of match fixing involving more than a dozen players who have ranked in the top 50 over the past decade. No players were named.