Rigging is ‘too easy’
Rigging is ‘too easy’ 
Former Australian Captain January 01, 2008
TENNIS authorities have a tough task to stop match-fixing because it is too easy to manipulate results, according to Martina Navratilova.
Navratilova, winner of 59 grand slam titles, said that tennis had to do whatever it took to put an end to the scandals that rocked the sport in 2007.
A match involving Russian world No.4 Nikolay Davydenko in August is one of several under investigation because of irregular betting patterns.
Several players on the men’s tour have admitted being offered money to throw a match but all insist they refused the bribes.
“It’s pretty new, this match-fixing idea,” Navratilova said at the Hopman Cup in Perth.
“So we’ll see where it goes (but) of course, if it is a problem, it’s pretty easy to throw a tennis match because it’s so hard to prove.
“We have to make sure that the sport stays clean, both on the drug side as well as any kind of betting scandal. We have to keep it clean whatever it takes.
“We need to make sure that, most of all, the players understand what’s at stake.”
