Tennis
For life. Two tennis players fined for fixing
The International Tennis Fair Play Agency (ITIA) announced that Slovenian Nastya Kolar and American Alexandra Riley were banned for life for match-fixing. They are also fined.
ITIA reported that Kolar committed 25 violations between 2015 and 2020. The Slovenian player was fined 175,000 dollars. Riley made 15 breaches on her account during the same period and was fined $50,000.
Nastya Kolar, who is among the top 200 of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) in both singles and doubles, was found guilty of falsifying the results of six matches she attended. It was also proven that Kolar collaborated with Riley in four more games. Riley, who has never climbed above 691 in the world rankings, has been accused of cheating in five of his matches.
Also, both Kolar and Riley are accused of betting and betting on matches as well as withholding information about corruption crimes.
Source: Sport UA
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