Scandal over the decision that leaves a tennis player without playing for more than a decade because of his actions. Not only in this sport, but in football, basketball or others, match fixing can cost more than dearly. As happened with the case of Yana Sizikova, the Russian tennis player who participated in the Roland Garros in doubles, another player from the racket sport will now have to serve a 12-year ban, outside the courts. Find out who it is and what is behind this case.
Another recent sanction
Investigations into match-fixing led to two recent sentences against tennis players who agreed to violate sportsmanship in order to get money from bets. Through infractions that were detected by the tennis anti-corruption program, promoted by ITIA, the International Tennis Integrity Agency, The 20-year suspension of Quentin Folliot, a French player, was confirmed.
The sanction must be served with years away from the fields. At the moment, He is ranked 488th in the ATP ranking for singles and 531st in doubles. However, the investigation, which was uncovered by L’Equipe, went deeper and unraveled that he was one of the key figures in what they call the match-fixing syndicate. Until 2044, the tennis player will not be able to return to the courts and will have to serve his sentence, as is the case with another player who surprised everyone and everyone.
The tennis player suspended for 12 years
Tennis player Pang Renlong, a 25-year-old Chinese player, who is ranked 1316 in the world, according to data updated to 2024, competed on the ITF Circuit. and he was sanctioned by the ITIA, the body that found him guilty of fixing five of his own matches between May and September 2024. According to the investigation, his role was not only to star in sports matches that were arranged to earn money via sports betting, but they put him as one of the negotiators.
In this way, he made 17 approaches to corrupt other tennis players, generating another 6 rigged matches that indirectly linked him to 20 more. His punishment will be 12 years without being able to play and the sentence will end in November 2036.prohibiting training, attending or being linked to any type of official event in the world of tennis, whether ATP, ITF or national federation matches.
In addition, a financial fine was imposed against Pang Renlong for a total of 100,000 dollars and about 70,000 were suspended until now, as determined by the ITIA. In this way, The case of Quentin Folliot and that of the tennis player from China mark a paradigm shift and zero tolerance for this type of action that erases the sporting spirit.
When delving into other categories, the tennis world looks closely at these types of activities at different levels, whether they are the best or those just starting out. Everyone will be targeted and these sanctions set a clear precedent for what could come in the professional circuit.
Sanction details
«Pang, 25, admitted to fixing five of his own singles matches at the ITF World Tennis Tour M15, M25, ATP Challenger 50, in addition to making 17 corrupt proposals to other professional players, which resulted in the fixing of six more matches»explained from the International Tennis Integrity Agency, as the ITIA is known, the independent body created by several tennis members to promote and safeguard “the integrity of their professional tennis events”, as indicated from the same page.
