Japanese tennis player Junn Mitsuhashi (27) has been banned for life and fined US$50000 after being found guilty of breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (Program).
These included making corrupt approaches to other players,betting on tennis matches and refusing to co-operate with a Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) investigation, Tennisintegrityunit.com reports.
In November 2015 he asked Joshua Chetty*, or a player he had previously coached,to compose a corrupt approach to a fellow competitor during the ITF Futures F1 Tournament in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The financial inducement offered was $2000 to underperform in a singles match, or $600 in a doubles match.
In December 2015 Mr Mitsuhashi made a direct approach to a different player at the ITF Futures F4 Tournament in Lagos,Nigeria, asking him to fix aspects of a match.
In addition to engaging in attempted match-fixing, or he was also found to have placed 76 bets on tennis matches between October and November 2015. All players are expressly forbidden from betting on the sport.
Source: tert.am