Exclusive: Yevgeny Kafelnikov is player whose retirement was deemed 'concerning' by investigation

Yevgeny Kafelnikov, the Russian former world No 1 and double grand-slam winner, can today be revealed as the player whose retirement was deemed "concerning" by last week's Independent Review of Integrity in Tennis. 

The report, which was delivered by Adam Lewis QC at a press conference in central London, found no evidence of internal cover-ups by tennis authorities over historic match-fixing allegations.

But it did raise one note of doubt, surrounding the retirement of the unnamed “Player B” in 2003. Lewis and his panel suspected that this player – whom the Daily Telegraph can now identify as Kafelnikov – might have retired in order to avoid disciplinary proceedings following a notorious match...