<p> British media reported that tennis authorities were investigating suspicious betting patterns in Juergen Melzer's first-round victory over Wayne Odesnik at Wimbledon on Tuesday after some bookmakers suspended their markets. <br /><br />"It has no place in tennis, those kind of things," world number two Federer told reporters after his second-round win over Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.<br /><br />"But it's hard to control. I'm sure the (tennis governing bodies) ATP and the ITF, we're trying our best to catch those guys if there are any out there. <br /><br />"I think we should have massive bans on those who get caught so they get really scared of doing it," he added. <br /><br />The Tennis Integrity Unit, set up by the sport's governing bodies to investigate allegations of match-fixing, was alerted by several betting operators who had noted suspicious activity around Tuesday's match. <br /><br />Media reports said one high street betting firm withdrew its odds after thousands of pounds in cash were staked at several London shops on a straight sets win for Melzer. <br />The Austrian won 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. Both Melzer and American Odesnik deny any wrongdoing. <br /><br />Online betting exchange Betfair reported that odds on a three-set victory for the 26th-seeded Melzer had tumbled from their pre-match level of evens to 1-5. <br /><br />According to media reports, all but 1,000 pounds ($1,657) of the 255,000 staked on Betfair's correct-score market came down on a Melzer win in straight sets. <br /><br />"Those (incidents of match-fixing) are things definitely we're trying to fight," said Federer. "We have a good set-up, so we can't avoid that there are some funny results sometimes here and there. <br /><br />"That doesn't mean it's really happening. I never knew it existed until a few years ago when all of a sudden I heard about it. So I've been shocked to hear it. <br /><br />"We always hope that the players also want the best for the sport. That's what it comes down to," added the Swiss. <br /><br />Corruption in tennis came under the spotlight in 2007 when a match in Poland between Nikolay Davydenko and Martin Vasallo Arguello was reported for irregular betting patterns. Both players were cleared of any wrongdoing.</p>
<p> British media reported that tennis authorities were investigating suspicious betting patterns in Juergen Melzer's first-round victory over Wayne Odesnik at Wimbledon on Tuesday after some bookmakers suspended their markets. <br /><br />"It has no place in tennis, those kind of things," world number two Federer told reporters after his second-round win over Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.<br /><br />"But it's hard to control. I'm sure the (tennis governing bodies) ATP and the ITF, we're trying our best to catch those guys if there are any out there. <br /><br />"I think we should have massive bans on those who get caught so they get really scared of doing it," he added. <br /><br />The Tennis Integrity Unit, set up by the sport's governing bodies to investigate allegations of match-fixing, was alerted by several betting operators who had noted suspicious activity around Tuesday's match. <br /><br />Media reports said one high street betting firm withdrew its odds after thousands of pounds in cash were staked at several London shops on a straight sets win for Melzer. <br />The Austrian won 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. Both Melzer and American Odesnik deny any wrongdoing. <br /><br />Online betting exchange Betfair reported that odds on a three-set victory for the 26th-seeded Melzer had tumbled from their pre-match level of evens to 1-5. <br /><br />According to media reports, all but 1,000 pounds ($1,657) of the 255,000 staked on Betfair's correct-score market came down on a Melzer win in straight sets. <br /><br />"Those (incidents of match-fixing) are things definitely we're trying to fight," said Federer. "We have a good set-up, so we can't avoid that there are some funny results sometimes here and there. <br /><br />"That doesn't mean it's really happening. I never knew it existed until a few years ago when all of a sudden I heard about it. So I've been shocked to hear it. <br /><br />"We always hope that the players also want the best for the sport. That's what it comes down to," added the Swiss. <br /><br />Corruption in tennis came under the spotlight in 2007 when a match in Poland between Nikolay Davydenko and Martin Vasallo Arguello was reported for irregular betting patterns. Both players were cleared of any wrongdoing.</p>