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Choice to Conduct Independent Tennis Review Has Ties to the Sport

MELBOURNE, Australia — At the announcement of an independent review into the tennis anticorruption program on Wednesday, Chris Kermode, chairman of the Association of Tennis Professionals, pledged that tennis would do more than a hollow internal inquiry.

“All of us, all seven bodies in our sport, believe that with everything in the news and the serious allegations that have been thrown at our sport, the last thing anyone wants is another sports body investigating itself, which is why we have taken this very bold step to commission a completely independent review,” Mr. Kermode said.

Mr. Kermode was referring to the corruption inquiries by FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, and the International Association of Athletics Federations, track and field’s oversight group.