AP Interview: ITF's Haggerty: 'Tennis Is a Clean Sport'

LONDON — In his first six months as president of the International Tennis Federation, David Haggerty has had anything but a quiet time settling into the new job. Not with allegations of match-fixing and corruption, Maria Sharapova's doping case, and disputes over prize money buffeting the sport.

"Yes, there were some things that did come up that kind of took me away from the general mission," Haggerty said. "But when there is controversy, there is opportunity."

Haggerty, a former president of the U.S. Tennis Association, was elected in September to succeed Italy's Francesco Ricci Bitti as leader of the sport's world governing body. The only American head of an international Olympic sports…