top level match fixing claims by BBC and Buzz Sport are laughable, just rehashed old news with a new spin, no proof at all = JOKE
— Pat Cash (@TheRealPatCash)ID: 7822665
The 1987 Wimbledon champion was responding to a BuzzFeed News and BBC investigation exposing secret files containing evidence of match-fixing and inaction at the highest levels of tennis.
But on Thursday, at a media event at the Australian Open, Cash allowed that “there’s some stuff [match-fixing] at lower levels, but that’s human nature”.
He said that while there was always going to be a temptation to fix matches for lower-ranked players struggling to make ends meet, he believed authorities were well on top of the issue at a competitive level.