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Interview - ATP Boss Chris Kermode; Sharapova latest; Venus' Indian Wells Return

Interview - ATP Boss Chris Kermode; Sharapova latest; Venus' Indian Wells Return

FromThe Tennis Podcast


Interview - ATP Boss Chris Kermode; Sharapova latest; Venus' Indian Wells Return

FromThe Tennis Podcast

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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Mar 14, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

It’s been a turbulent couple of months for the boss of men’s tennis  - ATP Executive Chairman and President Chris Kermode, who is a guest on this week’s Tennis Podcast, which is produced in association with the Telegraph. An investigative report into suspicious betting patterns by the BBC and Buzzfeed led to allegations of match-fixing on the eve of the Australian Open in January, an independent review was hastily called by Kermode and the other governing bodies to look at make-up, funding and performance of the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), and then the sport’s anti-doping process was thrown into the spotlight last week following Maria Sharapova’s revelation about a positive drug-test.In a wide-ranging, 30-minute interview, Kermode, who has just been re-elected for a further three years, tells David Law about how the independent review into the TIU will work, how players are kept up-to-date with changes to the anti-doping banned list, and how the sport needs to educate the next... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Released:
Mar 14, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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Catherine Whitaker, David Law and Matt Roberts talk tennis weekly throughout the year and daily during the Grand Slam tournaments. Friends of The Tennis Podcast have access to exclusive Q & A's, new editions of Tennis Re-Lived and more bonus contents. To become a Friend - https://bit.ly/FriendOfTheTennisPodcast.See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.