Tennis players Alejandro Mendoza and Jorge Panta have been sanctioned following breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program.
Two players banned from professional tennis for match-fixing
Tennis NewsSaturday, 11 May 2024 at 13:28
Two players have been handed heavy fines and lengthy bans for breaching the anti-corruption code. The announcement was made by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA). As per the latest report, Bolivian tennis player
Alejandro Mendoza Crespo has been handed a life ban and a fine of $250,000 for
breaching the anti-corruption code 20 times.
The report stated that Mendoza was not only involved in
corrupt practices himself but also introduced other players to such activities.
It was also reported that the 34-year-old committed those offences between 2016
and 2018. The other player who has been penalised for breaching the code of
conduct is Jorge Panta Herreros. The 28-year-old has been suspended for three
years and he was handed a fine of $10,000 for committing four offences.
The punishment came after the investigation that the ITIA conducted along with the authorities in Belgium. The report stated
that the investigation led to the custodial sentence of the syndicate leader Grigor
Sargsyan. This is not the first time that players have been handed bans and fines
for their suspicious activities. In 2021, Russian tennis player Yana Sizikova
was arrested for suspected match fixing during the French Open. In 2016,
current world number one Novak Djokovic also revealed that he was approached for
fixing match-fixing as well.
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