Russian participant Yana Szynikova has been arrested on the French Open and held in custody on match-fixing prices, sources informed Reuters on Friday.
A police supply and the French Tennis Federation (FFT) mentioned the participant had been arrested, however didn’t elaborate on the explanations.
A supply with direct data of the matter, nevertheless, mentioned that the arrest was associated to allegations of match-fixing.
Last September, French prosecutors launched an investigation into alleged match-fixing in a girls’s doubles match on the French Open.
The investigation into “fraud in an organized group” and “active and passive corruption” pertained to a doubles match between Romanian duo Andrea Mittu and Patricia Mari and Szykova and American Madison Brengle.
Russian Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpyshev informed the RIA information company that he had been knowledgeable of Syzykova’s detention. The TASS information company additionally reported that the Russian embassy in Paris had been knowledgeable of the scenario.
“We have not found any documents (regarding the case), so it is difficult to assess what happened,” Tarpyshev was quoted as saying.
The Russian Tennis Federation didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency, which offers with corruption within the sport, mentioned it might not remark.
ITIA is an unbiased physique established by tennis governing our bodies.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
