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

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

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    By Warren Olney • Jan 18, 2016 • 9m Listen

    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.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Jenny Hamel

      KCRW

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      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”

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