Wimbledon and Stuttgart are also affected
Tennis stars suspected of manipulation
Aslan Karazew (ATP 40), former number 14 in the world, is suspected of manipulation. His girlfriend has already been banned for life. And a Georgian tennis star is also suspected.
Is tennis threatened with a manipulation scandal?
Two top 50 players and a coach are suspected of being involved in match-fixing. As the “ZDF” reports on Sunday, these are the Russian Aslan Karazew (ATP 40), the Georgian Nikolos Bassilashvili (ATP 25) and the Belarusian coach Yahor Yatsik. This is confirmed anonymously to the second German television by an Eastern European trainer.
Half a million stakes
Accordingly, there should be five concrete suspected cases of the three. Recently, it occurred at the ATP tournament in Stuttgart in early June, when Karazew’s first-round knockout in doubles saw noticeably high stakes for the Russian to lose. This was the case with Basilashvili at the 2021 Wimbledon edition. There they speak of stakes of $ 500,000.
The ITF has so far declined to comment. What is striking: Karazew’s girlfriend, who once beat Novak Djokovic on the tour, has already been banned from tennis for life. Is the Russian now facing the same fate? (mou)