Tennis Probe Finds 45 Suspicious Matches

We first talked about the story here. Chris Masse blogged the story here.

You can read the full update from Bloomberg here:

Tennis investigators found 45 matches in the past five years that need to be studied because of ``unusual betting patterns,'' the sport's governing bodies said.

The matches, identified in a study started in January, ``require further review to ascertain if they affected the integrity of professional tennis or if there were other tennis reasons for the outcome of the matches,'' the International Tennis Federation, the ATP Tour and the WTA Tour said in a news release.
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Tennis had ordered the review to assess the threat posed by gambling after suspicious betting on a match involving fourth- ranked Nikolay Davydenko of Russia in August sparked an investigation. More than a dozen players said publicly last year that they were approached to throw matches and the men's ATP Tour suspended three Italian players for betting on matches.