Hernych says he was asked to throw matches

Another professional tennis player has come forward with a revelation that he had been approached to throw matches.

Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic told the newspaper Sport he was approached last year at two tournaments in Russia. He said he turned the proposition down.

“Someone called me up in my hotel room from the reception desk and asked if I wanted to lose the game I was going to play,” he told the paper. “It was in Moscow before the first round against [Filippo] Volandri and in St. Petersburg before the first round against [Evgeny] Korolev.”

Meanwhile, there were news reports in Italy that journeyman Alessio Di Mauro bet on tennis matches through the Internet, according to his coach, and that the Italian tennis federation was looking into the matter. The coach said the player did not bet on his own matches and cited small monetary figures.

The ATP tour responded to the Di Mauro story with this statement: “The ATP’s Tennis Anti-Corruption Program has stringent procedures in place to deal with any suspected corruption or inappropriate gambling. The integrity of the program and its procedures is paramount which is why we don’t comment publicly on any rumor or speculation in regards to potential or ongoing investigations.”

Separately, the British newspaper the Guardian reported that two former Scotland Yard detectives flew Monday to Frankfurt, Germany, to interview the wife and brother of Russian star Nikolay Davydenko. Davydenko is at the center of a long-running ATP probe.

lisa.dillman@latimes.com