The former Peruvian tennis player Luis Hornawinner of two ATP titles and who reached number 33 in the world, was sanctioned by the International Agency for Tennis Integrity (ITIA) for promoting a betting house in 2023.
Horna, who has the honor of being the last tennis player to snatch victory from Roger Federer in the first round of a Grand Slam -feat he achieved in Roland Garros in the year 2003-, He was fined $10,000 and suspended for six months.which are suspended as long as it does not promote sports betting again.
Horna is considered one of the best Peruvian tennis players in history, and today, he is director of the Challenger de Lima, which will be played from June 10 to 19, and he is also the captain of the Peruvian Davis Cup team. In 2023, Horna signed a contract with a sports betting company when ITIA rules prevent anyone involved in tennis from “promoting and encouraging” the practice of betting.
The agency highlighted that, when informed, the 43-year-old Peruvian did not hesitate to cooperate with the investigation. He further expressed “regretted and deleted all promotional material from the betting house“, so the entity did not find signs of “corrupt behavior” in Horna.
Throughout his sporting career, Horna, who played in the third round of the Australian Open in 2006 and at Roland Garros in 2005, he won the doubles in Paris with the Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas in 2008. He won several titles in that modality and was fifteenth in the ranking in 2009.
2024-04-08 18:32:02
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