12-10-2007 ATP investigation into match-fixing to take another month

Russian tennis star Nikolay Davydenko said that after meeting with two Scotland Yard officers named by the ATP he expects the investigation into his match against Vassallo Arguello will take another four weeks. Davidenko also criticized fellow player Andy Murray for saying that everyone knows there is corruption in the sport. "If Murray says that he knows, that means that he gambles himself," Davydenko said.

Murray said today his comments regarding betting in tennis had been taken out of context. "When I said 'everyone knows that it's going on,' I meant that everyone has probably heard that three or four players have spoken out about being offered money to lose matches — which they refused."

Ivan Ljubicic, who currently serves as the ATP Player Council President, commented: "I think Andy Murray talked more about what he heard than about what he knows. We hear the rumors and when you hear it 75 times then you start thinking about it. But I think these things are not happening at a high level of tennis, for sure.

Ljubicic also invited players who are approached with bribe offers to talk to their supervisor or to the player representative immediately and not after 10 months.