Four Mexican tennis players have been banned, one of them for life, for match fixing

Four Mexican tennis players and a Guatemalan exposed two for life to the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) after being found guilty of manipulation in the sport.

As the ITIA said on Thursday, the five players were unable to defend themselves against the charges against them and will serve their bans within the deadline starting on September 30.

Mexican Alberto Rojas Maldonado, who reached position 992 in the ATP global rankings in 2015, violated gambling rules 92 times, the second person to commit the most crimes in history and for which he received a life ban in addition to a $250,000 fine. .

Guatemalan Christopher Diaz Figueroaque reached 326th in the world rankings in 2011, had already been suspended for three years for tampering, so now he is banned for life and will have to pay $75,000.

José Antonio Rodríguezque never managed to place himself in the top thousand of the rankings, committed eight crimes and will not set foot professionally again in the coming years. 12 years; Your fine is $25,000.

Mexican Antonio Ruiz Rosales, ranked 652nd in the world in 2008, was banned for 10 years and fined $30,000 for seven crimes.

Finally, Orlando Alcântara Rangel will not be able to play for two years for the same insults and will have to pay a $10,000 fine to compensate for the damages.

The investigations that led to their punishment relate to the most recent suspension of seven other players (Arnaud Graisse, Arthur de Greef, Julien Dubail, Romain Barbosa, Maxime Authom, Omar Salman and Alec Witmeur), who have been banned from playing for nine months competitions. , two and three years.

The effort was carried out in collaboration between the ITIA and Belgian authorities, who sentenced him to five years in prison. Grigor Sargsyan, leader of a match-fixing network involving more than 180 professional tennis players, which made him a millionaire.