Davydenko cleared in betting investigation

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09/12/2008 - London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Russian tennis star Nikolay Davydenko has been cleared by the ATP following a yearlong investigation into suspicious betting patterns on a match he lost to a much lower-ranked opponent in Poland last year.

The ATP said it found no evidence of any wrongdoing by Davydenko or anyone else involved in a match between the Russian and Argentina's Martin Vassallo Arguello in Sopot on August 2 of last year.

"The ATP has now exhausted all avenues of inquiry open to it and the investigation is now concluded," the governing body of men's tennis said in a statement.

A fifth-ranked Davydenko, citing a foot injury, retired from that match against the 87th-ranked Vassallo Arguello in the third set.

An on-line gambling site, Betfair, received about $7 million in wagers on the match, and most of the money was coming in on Vassallo Arguello, even after Davydenko won the first set. The amount of wagers was about 10 times higher than it would typically be for such a match.

The ATP has said that lifetime bans will be levied on players found guilty of match fixing on the tour.

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