{"id":1316,"date":"2016-02-01T16:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T21:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2023-07-25T12:17:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T16:17:12","slug":"possible-corruption-in-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/2016\/02\/possible-corruption-in-tennis\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible Corruption in Tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Open, one of the four big grand slams in tennis, started last week amongst reports and rumors of match-fixing.\u00a0 The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), the governing body for professional male tennis players, has taken the reports very seriously.\u00a0 ATP Chairman, Chris Kermode, stated earlier this week, &#8221;We need to address the perception, public confidence, hit it head on. We don&#8217;t have anything to hide at all.&#8221; The ATP has hired an independent review of the ATP\u2019s anti-corruption department and investigation into any possible match-fixing. To read more about this story, click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com\/pro-game\/2016\/01\/atp-vehemently-denies-suppressing-match-fixing-information\/57259\/#.Vq7iInpltsM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2016\/01\/8512256831_02d154251d_m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1317\" src=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2016\/01\/8512256831_02d154251d_m.jpg\" alt=\"8512256831_02d154251d_m\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Chandler Howell\u00a0is a\u00a0Sport\u00a0Highlight Contributor for the Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law and a current first\u00a0year student at Harvard Law School (Class of 2018).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Open, one of the four big grand slams in tennis, started last week amongst reports 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