Russia's Yana Sizikova Arrested for Alleged Match-Fixing at 2020 French Open

Paris, June 4: A tennis participant suspected of match-fixing final 12 months has been arrested in Paris in the course of the French Open, the Paris prosecutor's workplace stated Friday. According to French newspaper Le Parisien, which first reported the story, the participant is 765th-ranked Yana Sizikova of Russia. The prosecutor's workplace confirmed to The Associated Press {that a} “ladies's worldwide participant" was in custody, 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 workplace stated.

An investigation was opened final October by a French police unit specializing in betting fraud and match-fixing. It has beforehand labored with Belgian authorities investigating suspected fastened matches at the decrease ranges {of professional} tennis.

The prosecutor's workplace stated the probe centered on suspicions about one match at Roland Garros final 12 months. It didn't specify the match. German newspaper Die Welt and French sports activities every day L'Equipe stated at the time there have been suspicious betting patterns within the first spherical of a ladies's doubles match on Sept. 30.

On that day, Sizikova and companion Madison Brengle of the United States performed on Court No. 10 towards Romanian gamers Andreea Mitu and Patricia Maria Tig. Sizikova was damaged to like serving in sport 5 of the second set, throughout which she double faulted twice.

Le Parisien reported Friday that tens of 1000's of euros have been wager with a number of operators in numerous international locations on the Romanian gamers profitable this sport. The newspaper stated that Sizikova was arrested Thursday after shedding within the first spherical of the doubles event at Roland Garros. The newspaper stated authorities searched Sizikova's lodge room.

It wasn't instantly recognized if Sizikova has an lawyer to reply on her behalf. Last 12 months's French Open, delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, was performed in late September and early October.

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