(Reuters) - Protecting the integrity of tennis is paramount if the sport is to continue reaping the benefits of a golden era, ATP Executive Chairman Chris Kermode said on Thursday.
Tennis has enjoyed boom times in the past decade with men's tennis in particular cashing on rivalries between the likes of all-time greats Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.
With commercial revenues and prize money soaring, the ATP World Tour attracting a record 1 billion viewers in 2015 and the London Tour Finals an unqualified success, the sport looks to be in rude health.
Yet, so far this year allegations of match-fixing and now doping have overshadowed events on the court.