Match fixing in tennis Novak Djokovic Says He Was Offered $200K to Fix a Match [HD, 720p]
- 9 years ago
Match-fixing allegations are rocking the world of professional tennis, and the sport's top men's player said he was approached by people working with him to take part in the scheme.
Novak Djokovic admitted today that people close to him were contacted with a proposal to give him $200,000 to throw a first-round match in Russia in 2007.
Djokovic said he dropped out of the tournament instead.
"It made me feel terrible. Because I don't want to be anyhow linked to this kind of, you know, somebody may call it an opportunity," he said.
"For me, that's an act of unsportsmanship, a crime in sport, honestly. I don't support it," he said. "I think there is no room for it in any sport, especially in tennis."
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Novak Djokovic admitted today that people close to him were contacted with a proposal to give him $200,000 to throw a first-round match in Russia in 2007.
Djokovic said he dropped out of the tournament instead.
"It made me feel terrible. Because I don't want to be anyhow linked to this kind of, you know, somebody may call it an opportunity," he said.
"For me, that's an act of unsportsmanship, a crime in sport, honestly. I don't support it," he said. "I think there is no room for it in any sport, especially in tennis."
#NovakDjokovic #Matchfixing #tennismatchfixing