Roger Federer on match-fixing report: 'I would love to hear names'

The report that several “core” tennis players and  Grand Slam champions were involved in match fixing didn’t name names, which was a point of contention for Roger Federer.

"I would love to hear names," the 17-time Grand Slam champ told reporters at the Australian Open. "Then at least it's concrete stuff and you can actually debate about it. Was it the player? Was it the support team? Who was it? Was it before? Was it a doubles player, a singles player? Which slam?’”

BuzzFeed UK and BBC teamed up on the investigation, which was published online on Sunday. (The BBC will broadcast its report on Tuesday.) In the report, the Tennis Integrity Unit --- which was set up in 2008 to investigate match fixing --- was warned about 16 players ranked inside the top 50 at some point, including former singles and doubles Grand Slam winners.

The TIU took “no action at all,” according to the report.

“I don’t think a shadow is cast over our sport,” defending Australian Open champ Novak Djokovic said (per The Guardian). “People are talking about names, guessing who these players are. But there’s no real proof or evidence yet of any active players, for that matter. As long as it’s like that, it’s just speculation.”

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Djokovic told reporters a few years back that he was offered more than $150,000 to throw a match in 2006, an offer that his people rebuffed.

"Unfortunately there were some, in those times, those days, rumors, some talks, some people were going around,” Djokovic said on Monday “They were dealt with. In the last six, seven years, I haven't heard anything similar."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.