Diego Matos: Brazilian tennis player banned for life for match fixing
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Brazilian tennis player Diego Matos has been prohibited from professional tennis for life and fined $125,000 (#100,600) after being convicted of numerous match-fixing offences.
Matos has also been ordered to refund $12,000 (#9,650) obtained in winnings in championships played Ecuador.
An independent hearing discovered that 31-year-old Matos had contrived the consequence of 10 tennis games played in ITF degree championships during 2018 in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Ecuador, Portugal and Spain.
Besides the match-fixing charges, the participant was found guilty of not co-operating with a Tennis Integrity Unit evaluation as he neglected to provide documents, also refused to comply with orders to supply his mobile phone for evaluation.
Mato, that had been suspended from tennis as 6 December, 2018 was ranked 373rd with a singles ranking of 580th at April 2012.
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