The British tennis player who played in a Wimbledon match which has come under scrutiny for alleged fixing has denied any wrongdoing.
Richard Bloomfield beat Argentina’s Carlos Berlocq in a Wimbledon first-round match in 2006.
Around £340 000 was placed on Betfair alone for Berlocq to lose the match as he was defeated in straight sets.
Another match Bloomfield, 32, was involved in at an American tournament in 2010, where he beat Christophe Rochus, was also questioned.
Bloomfield (below), who was 23 at the time of the Wimbledon match, told Sportsmail he has had nothing to do with fixing.
‘I have had no involvement whatsoever in match fixing or in online gambling on the outcome of matches,’ he said.
‘It would be wrong for me to speculate about what may have happened or to suggest that there was any wrongdoing without any evidence.’
The match against Rochus in Newport, Rhode Island, saw more than £1million placed on the Belgian to lose.
There is no evidence that Bloomfield, Berlocq or Rochus have done wrong.
Meanwhile, Wimbledon chairman Philip Brook was due to fly to the Australian Open last night to join discussions with the sport’s powerbrokers about tennis’s attitude to match fixing.
Brook is head of the Tennis Integrity Board, which oversees the unit employed to root out corruption.
Daily Mail