Gambling in Tennis: Game, Set, Match...Fixing?

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As the Australian Open gets under way, there are new reports that gambling syndicates are fixing high-level professional tennis matches.


Rod Laver Arena, Australian Open
Photo: Steve Collis

The BBC and BuzzFeed are reporting that match-fixing is prevalent in professional tennis. Jon Wertheim is executive editor and senior writer at Sports Illustrated. He’s author of This is Your Brain on Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon.

Credits

Guest:

  • Jon Wertheim - senior writer for Sports Illustrated, and author of the book “Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever” - @jon_wertheim

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Warren Olney