Italian prosecutor Roberto di Martino said that more than two dozen top tennis players "should be investigated for possible links to betting rings," according to the BBC. Di Martino said that "their names have appeared in evidence seized from gamblers suspected of fixing matches." They include two players "who have been ranked in the world's top 20." So far, only Potito Starace and Daniele Bracciali, two Italians, have been investigated and charged but Di Martino said that "others should be investigated." He also said that "tennis authorities should be doing more with the evidence he has gathered." Di Martino said, "Surely if these foreign players were Italian, they would certainly have been at least questioned. They should have provided some explanations." Di Martino has been "conducting a two-year inquiry into a suspected match-fixing ring involving Italian tennis players and gamblers." He said that "more than two dozen non-Italian players are mentioned by the gamblers and believes these players should be investigated" by the Tennis Integrity Unit. Di Martino claims he has "concrete evidence" about two specific matches in '09 and '11 in Barcelona involving Starace. He suspects "there are 30 other matches that may have been corrupted, by a number of players, including at Wimbledon and the French Open" (BBC, 3/15).
