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- Feb 18: Giorgio Galimberti became the fourth Italian man to be found guilty of betting on matches and was banned for 100 days. [1]
- Jan 27: Novak Đoković (pictured) won his first major when he beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) in the Australian Open final. [2]
- Jan 26: Maria Sharapova won her first Australian Open title when she beat Ana Ivanović 7-5, 6-3 in the final. [3]
- Jan 14: The Australian Open begins with 30 of the top-ranked 32 male players, and all of the top-ranked 32 women in the world in attendance, and a new hardcourt surface, the Plexicushion, replacing the Rebound Ace which has been used in previous years. [4]
- Dec 27: The ATP reveals the results of an investigation beginning in August 2007 implicating two top Italian men professional players, Potito Starace and Daniele Bracciali, in a match betting scandal.
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