World No 1 slams Italian paper over lastest claims

World No 1 Novak Djokovic has called for those making corruption allegations to provide proof after blasting as "absurd" an Italian newspaper which suggested he could have thrown a match.

"It's not true," the 28-year-old Serb told a tense media conference at the Australian Open when asked about a story in the Tuttosport newspaper about his 2007 loss to Frenchman Fabrice Santoro at the Paris Masters.