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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
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60 minutes
Released:
Mar 14, 2016
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Podcast episode
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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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