Tennis players Nastja Kolar and Alexandra Riley were banned from the sport for life and fined as part of a match-fixing case, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Wednesday.
Kolar, a 28-year-old Slovene, committed 25 offences from 2015-20 and was fined $175,000. Riley, an American, committed 15 offences in the same period and was fined $50,000.
The ITIA said the penalties reflected “the depth and significance of these breaches, which included contriving aspects of matches, wagering, facilitating wagering, courtsiding, conspiracy, and failing to report corrupt approaches.” Courtsiding is a prohibited practice which involves the transmission of live scoring data from a match to a third party for betting purposes.
The agency said, “Neither player showed any contrition or remorse for their actions.”
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