{"id":359550,"date":"2024-01-12T22:46:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T23:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=359550"},"modified":"2024-01-13T00:01:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T00:01:45","slug":"player-cops-monster-10-year-ban-in-match-fixing-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=359550","title":{"rendered":"Player cops monster 10-year ban in match-fixing probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>French <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tennis<\/a> player Leny Mitjana has been banned from the sport for 10 years for match-fixing violations, the International Tennis Integrity Agency has announced.<\/p>\n<p>Mitjana is the 13th player sanctioned<a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/news-2023-five-players-suspended-match-fixing-belgian-syndicate\/c5a0fc67-868c-498a-8016-bfd825862e71\" title=\" following a criminal investigation into a match-fixing syndicate\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> following a criminal investigation into a match-fixing syndicate<\/a> in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>Mitjana, who denied the charges related to the fixing of matches in 2017 and 2018, was also fined $20,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/australian-open-2024-daniil-medvedev-netflix-not-real-life-comments-alex-zverev\/8b923fc1-a7ad-4929-bd7d-6f451694c9e3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#x27;Netflix sucks&#x27;: Medvedev brushes off &#x27;villain&#x27; edit<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/news-2024-steve-smith-boredom-behind-decision-to-open-david-warner-bbl-sydney-smash-sixers-v-thunder\/ce3df2e0-cc39-420f-8c29-4b9241fbe02c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Smith&#x27;s motivation behind &#x27;exciting&#x27; opening switch<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IN PICTURES: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/australian-open-2024-every-aussie-player-draw-schedule-results-pictures\/2d3841c5-726c-4cdf-a8e6-2b7df088b526\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Meet every Aussie contesting this year&#x27;s Open<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mitjana reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 458 in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The ITIA said Mitjana was found liable for 11 breaches, including &quot;the facilitation of wagering, contriving the outcome of matches, influencing other players not to use their best efforts in matches, and failing to report corrupt approaches&quot; following a hearing held in November.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itia_tennis\/status\/1745798877846843588\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/itia_tennis\/status\/1745798877846843588<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The suspensions are all in relation to the match-fixing syndicate run by Belgian Grigor Sargsyan, who has been jailed for five years.<\/p>\n<p>Last November, 12 players \u2013 seven Belgians, four Mexicans and a Guatemalan \u2013 were all fined and suspended from the tour for similar offences.<\/p>\n<p>Mitjana&#x27;s ban runs until December 2033.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>French tennis player Leny Mitjana has been banned from the sport for 10 years for match-fixing violations, the International Tennis Integrity Agency has announced. 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