Three Italians banned and fined for match-fixing

[britbox]

Italian tennis player Marco Cecchinato has been banned for 18 months and fined 40,000 euros (£33,447) for match-fixing, the Italian tennis federation has announced.

The 23-year-old, currently ranked 143 in the world, is one of three Italians to be banned, along with Riccardo Accardi and Antonio Campo.

Full Story at Reuters: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-tennis-matchfixing-cecchinato-idUKKCN1001QR

 

[Moxie]

The story seems to inspire more questions than answers. How did they figure these things out? Is there an informant? And Luca Vanni was fined €300 and not banned? So what did he do? You can practically get a fine like that for speeding in the US, so that seems not even a slap on the wrist, if he's implicated at all.

 

[Mastoor]

The story seems to inspire more questions than answers. How did they figure these things out? Is there an informant? And Luca Vanni was fined €300 and not banned? So what did he do? You can practically get a fine like that for speeding in the US, so that seems not even a slap on the wrist, if he's implicated at all.

They are very strange with sentencing indeed. If you ever find out what actually happened let us know please.

 

[Moxie]

@Mastoor: I'll see if I can find anything in the Italian press. Meantime, I didn't know where to put this, and it's related to gambling. Today, watching Anderson and Wawrinka, Fowler and P-Mac said that Anderson had mentioned that when he lost a match at Wimbledon to Istomin, after leading 2 sets to love, he received death threats from people who said they'd lost money on the match. P-Mac said that, sadly, it's not uncommon. Is it naive to be as shocked as I am? Anderson said he didn't fear for his safety, but that it's unpleasant. To say the least!

 

[Mastoor]

It happens all the time, funny enough to low ranked players as well. I wish ITF bans gambling on tennis matches, but some people say gambling houses are major sponsor of tennis. I wish atp/wta come forward with figures. Also some top players matches seem funny to me.