German Tennis Player Creates Stir With Betting Claims

The anonymous insider, speaking to German public broadcaster WDR, said that some professional tennis players had raked in more cash by engaging in game-rigging than they would have by winning the tournaments.

He also claimed to have been offered a five-figure sum to act as a middleman in a betting affair.
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is currently investigating a list of 140 allegedly fixed matches. Names of seven German tennis players were on the list, including two who intentionally lost matches, according to the anonymous informant.
In light of the allegations, the APT warned on Monday that players involved in fixing matches could face a life-long play ban if they don't confess within two days.
The current tennis scandal isn't the first time illegal betting accusations have been made in German professional sports. Soccer referee Robert Hoyzer was sentenced in December 2006 to nearly two and a half years in prison for fixing games for money.