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AUSTRALIAN tennis star Sam Groth has revealed he has been offered a bribe to drop a match in straight sets.

Groth was offered “a lot of money” over social media to throw the match at Aegon Open Nottingham last month.
He told the Sunday Herald Sun that match fixing was “well and truly a problem” in tennis.
“It was a lot of money, but for me there’s no temptation there, because I’ve played this sport for long enough now and respect it, and I’m not going to throw it all away for a quick earn,” Groth said.
“I think guys who haven’t given themselves a chance to play in the main draw of a grand slam, or don’t see a future in what they’re doing, are enticed by those offers.”
The Newcombe medallist, who advanced to the semi-finals in the grass-court competition, reported the “hard to believe” offer to officials.

Sam Groth at the Aegon Open Nottingham, where he was offered a bribe. Picture: Getty Images

Five-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic revealed last year that he had been offered $200,000 as a teenager to fix a match in 2006.
“This is the bizarre thing — everything is online now, everything is in your face,” Groth said.
“A guy’s not calling you on a phone, he’s sending you a message on a social platform.”
Players involved in match-fixing face lifetime bans and fines up to US$250,000, as well as possible criminal charges.
Tennis Australia has ramped up efforts to stamp out corruption, including by blocking gambling websites on tournament Wi-Fi, as well as with player education programs and “increased security vigilance”.
“Tennis Australia has, and will continue to, support the efforts of law-enforcement authorities to help remove corruption from tennis,” the body said in a statement.

Groth with Davis Cup doubles teammate James Duckworth. Picture: Getty Images

“With this in mind, Tennis Australia introduced a raft of integrity measures over the last 12 months, including a nationwide integrity-unit based in Melbourne.”
In May, former Australian Open junior champion Oliver Anderson pleaded guilty to match-fixing at a Victorian tournament in 2016.
Another Australian player Isaac Frost, 28, has been charged with facilitating match fixing.
It came after a match-fixing scandal that claimed 16 top-50 players over the last decade had reported to the Tennis Integrity Unit.
The scandal broke on the first day of last year’s Australian Open.
Nigel Willerton, head of the Tennis Integrity Unit, said at the time that authorities were committed to stamping out corruption in the sport.
“There is a zero-tolerance policy on this,” he said.
“We are not complacent. We are very vigilant on this.”

[GoBlue77]

that dude doesn't have to throw matches, he loses them naturally with ease.

[steady hustlin]

Lol, pretty much