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Yana Sizikova arrested for alleged match-fixing at 2020 French Open
[NYPOST] A tennis player suspected of match-fixing last year has been arrested in Gay Paree during the French Open, the Gay Paree prosecutor’s office said Friday.According to French newspaper Le Gay Pareeien, which first reported the story, the player is 765th-ranked Yana Sizikova of Russia. The prosecutor’s office confirmed to The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that a "women’s international player" was in jug, but it did not identify her. The player was arrested Thursday night on charges of "sports bribery and organized fraud for acts likely to have been committed in September 2020," the prosecutor’s office said. An investigation was opened last October by a French police unit specializing in betting fraud and match-fixing. It has previously worked with Belgian authorities investigating suspected fixed matches at the lower levels of professional tennis. Related: French Open: 2018-08-30 Ahmadinejad’s preoccupation with Serena Williams outfit French Open: 2018-08-25 French Open to ban Serena's 'catsuit' French Open: 2007-06-29 Religious storm concerns regarding Jewish and Muslim tennis players on same team Posted by: Fred 2021-06-05 |
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