The International Tennis Integrity Agency has announced the suspension of six additional current or former tennis players in connection with a match-fixing syndicate based in Belgium. Among them, one player has received a substantial 15-year ban along with a fine.
This brings the total number of sanctioned players to approximately 30 due to ties with the syndicate managed by Grigor Sargsyan, who has already been sentenced to five years in prison.
The player facing the most significant punishment is 34-year-old Agustin Moyano from Argentina, who was handed a 15-year suspension and fined $10,000 after he refuted the allegations and sought a comprehensive hearing.
In 2015, Moyano achieved a career-high ranking of 1,343.
The most severe sanction imposed was a 15-year ban. NurPhoto via Getty Images
The remaining five players have accepted responsibility for breaches of protocol related to matches contested in 2017-18: David Guez, Jerome Inzerillo, Romain Bauvy, Yannick Jankovits, and François-Arthur Vibert.
Their suspensions varied from two years to five years and seven months. Among them, Guez, aged 42, achieved the highest singles ranking when he peaked at No. 116 in 2010.
Guez accepted a four-year suspension along with a fine of $25,000, of which $17,500 was conditionally suspended.
He has not participated in an official match since 2018 and amassed over $800,000 in prize earnings, as per the ATP Tour records.
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