Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova said Saturday she believed women’s tennis is taking the necessary measures to remain clean amid allegations of match-fixing and illegal betting in the men’s game.

“The women’s game is very clean,” the fifth-ranked player said one day before an exhibition match with her sixth-ranked Russian compatriot, Anna Chakvetadze.

Sharapova, 20, said WTA Tour chief executive and chairman Larry Scott “is doing all the things possible, from having meetings throughout the year to encouraging players to be safe and smart about their choices.

“Unfortunately we have to be realistic about the fact that some of these things do go on … but at the end of the day I believe that women’s tennis is doing a great job of being clean,” Sharapova said.

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