Djokovic reveals match-fixing approach
World number one Novak Djokovic said he was approached to fix a match earlier in his career on Monday as allegations of corruption in tennis rocked the start of the Australian Open.
The BBC and BuzzFeed claimed 16 players who had reached the top 50 in the past decade, including Grand Slam champions, had been repeatedly suspected of fixing matches for betting syndicates.
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The report prompted a swift denial from authorities that any evidence of match-fixing had been suppressed, as well as speculation over the identities of the players involved.
Djokovic, after opening with a win over South Korea's Chung Hyeon, played down the report but he also said he was targeted in 2007 to throw a first-round match at St Petersburg.
"I was not approached directly. I was approached through people that were working with me at that time," he told reporters in Melbourne.
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