MELBOURNE, Jan 15, 2008 - Argentinian tennis player Martin Vassallo Arguello, a key figure in an investigation into irregular betting, has proclaimed his innocence and urged a swift conclusion to the probe. Vassallo Arguello was the opponent of Nikolay Davydenko in a now infamous match in Poland in August that is being investigated by the ATP after huge bets were placed on the Argentinian underdog to win despite losing the first set. Davydenko retired in the third set with an injury. He said he had cooperated with investigators and was now anxious for the results to be made public. Vassallo Arguello added that he thought Davydenko did nothing untoward in the match. "Every movement of Davydenko was normal to me, was nothing weird," he told The Age newspaper Tuesday on the sidelines of the Australian Open. "I think if you will look in the history of tennis, I think you will find 2,000 matches like this. "(But) I'm very happy about the investigation. I'm waiting for the result, and I'm waiting (to clear up) some confusion to see what was happening in that match and why that amount of money was involved in that match. "I was unable to enjoy the best result of my career, so for me it's not very nice, and that's why I'm waiting for the investigation to finish and to give a result." He insisted that he had never been approached to fix a match. Over the weekend, Davydenko again vigorously denied he had ever been approached to throw a match and questioned claims by some players that they had been offered money to fix results.
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