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Russian tennis player Nikolay Davydenko was cleared by the ATP after a yearlong betting investigation.

Why would the Russian mafia care about figure skating? What possible motive could a reputed Russian mobster have to fix a skating competition in the U.S.? For the fugitive known as "Little Taiwanese," it's all about the money.

Months after highly unusual betting patterns set off a red flag in the infamous Nikolay Davydenko-Martin Vassallo Arguello match, the tennis world has yet to recover.

Nikolay Davydenko is once again embroiled in a dispute with ATP investigators over phone records and, once again, a major championship provides the competitive backdrop for the legal standoff, writes John Barr.

On the advice of his attorney, Russian tennis player Nikolay Davydenko has agreed to turn over his phone records to ATP investigators looking into suspicious gambling activity.