An independent review panel commissioned by tennis’ international governing bodies to investigate match-fixing and gambling-linked corruption revealed its preliminary findings on Wednesday with 12 recommendations, one of which was the partial cessation of a live data rights deal with Sportradar — to which the company offered an immediate rebuttal.
The interim report quoted one official deeming the scope of the match-fixing problem at the low levels of the sport to be a “tsunami,” noting that there are nominally 15,000 professional players, yet only 250 to 350 “earn enough money to break even.”
The 80-page document claimed a “a strong causal connection” between the availability of live scoring data and betting opportunities.