In an effort to be more transparent, the tennis integrity unit has also begun regularly releasing information on its activities. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Anderson had been approached to throw the first set of a first-round match against another Australian player, Harrison Lombe. That match, like nearly all of those that have led to investigations and sanctions, occurred far from the big stadiums and major buzz of Grand Slam tournaments like the Australian Open. “It’s not a great thing for our sport or any sport,” Samantha Stosur, the veteran Australian women’s star, said Sunday. “We certainly don’t want to be going down that road of that continually happening, making a bad name for everything.

Source: New York Times January 15, 2017 19:30 UTC