ATP head would kick out tennis fixers, give drug cheats second chance

The head of men's tennis would ban players for life if they are caught match-fixing.

ATP president Etienne de Villiers told a sports business conference in London on Thursday that tennis was being seriously threatened by match fixing and gambling syndicates. Some players have said they turned down money to lose matches.

"It's definitely a threat and we take it very, very seriously and the more you can do to tackle it the better it will be," he said.

De Villiers said that tennis players who are found guilty of doping should be allowed back after serving their punishment. Anyone found guilty of deliberately losing, however, would be …