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Oliver Anderson: Australian Open junior champion charged with match-fixing

Australian Open junior champion Oliver Anderson has been charged with match-fixing in his native Australia.

The charges relate to a match at the Traralgon Challenger tournament in Victoria last October, according to a statement from Victoria Police.

Anderson, 18, beat Uzbekistan's Jurabek Karimov to claim the Australian Open boys' singles title in January 2016.

"Oliver is cooperating fully with authorities. He now awaits the legal process," said a family spokesman.

He will appear before magistrates on 2 March.

Anderson, who is from Brisbane and ranked 743rd in the world, was first named by the Age newspaper in Melbourne on Thursday.