They swept all before them to once again rule the tennis world in 2007, winning five of the eight grand slams on offer between them, but their achievements were overshadowed by a multitude of plots that came to the fore.

The genteel sport of tennis has been left reeling over the past four months with allegations of match-fixing, gambling, doping and even poisoning hitting the headlines.

The scourge of corruption that has blighted sports such as soccer, cricket and horse-racing, surfaced in tennis.

Photographs: Getty Images | Text: Reuters

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