Article: Who bets on tennis? Ask Charles Barkley

THE FRENCH OPEN - or, as the Italians like to call it, "Las Vegas on Clay" - is underway.

Uh, have you noticed the inordinate amount of illicit betting activity now associated with tennis?

* Five Italian tennis players have been suspended and fined recently for betting on tennis.

* Belgium's Gilles Elseneer said he turned down a $100,000-plus offer to lose a first-round match against Italy's Potito Starace at Wimbledon in 2005.

* An online betting site voided all bets on a match involving Nikolay Davydenko last year because of suspicious wagering.

* Several players on the women's tour have been approached to fix matches or provide inside information sought by gamblers.

* An independent ...

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