{"id":321,"date":"2019-09-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/brazilian-tennis-player-diego-matos-serves-lifetime-ban-for-match-fixing\/"},"modified":"2019-09-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T00:00:00","slug":"brazilian-tennis-player-diego-matos-serves-lifetime-ban-for-match-fixing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/brazilian-tennis-player-diego-matos-serves-lifetime-ban-for-match-fixing\/","title":{"rendered":"BRAZILIAN TENNIS PLAYER DIEGO MATOS SERVES LIFETIME BAN FOR MATCH FIXING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 19.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Varela Round','serif'; color: #222222;\">Professional<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Varela Round','serif';\">Brazillian<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>tennis player,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Varela Round','serif';\">Diego Matos<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>has been handed a lifetime ban from the sport after being convicted of multiple match-fixing offences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 19.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Varela Round','serif'; color: #222222;\">The 31-year-old who was ranked 373rd in the<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Varela Round','serif';\">Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>rankings, has also been fined a total of\u00a0$125,000 (\u00a3101,421\/\u20ac113,344) while being ordered to repay winnings\u00a0of $12,000 for match fixing linked to tournaments in<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Varela Round','serif';\">Ecuador<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 19.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Varela Round','serif'; color: #222222;\">Matos had a career-best ranking of 241 in doubles in December 2018, while as a singles player, his highest ranking was 580 in April 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 19.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Varela Round','serif'; color: #222222;\">Independent anti-corruption hearing officer,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Varela Round','serif';\">Richard McLaren<\/span><\/strong>, has found that Matos had manipulated the outcome of 10 matches played during 2018 at<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Varela Round','serif';\">International Tennis Federation<\/span><\/strong>tournaments in<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Varela Round','serif';\">Brazil<\/span><\/strong>,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Varela Round','serif';\">Sri Lanka<\/span><\/strong>,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Varela Round','serif';\">Ecuador<\/span><\/strong>,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Varela Round','serif';\">Portugal<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>and<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Varela Round','serif';\">Spain<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 19.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Varela Round','serif'; color: #222222;\">Matos was also found guilty of not co-operating with a<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Varela Round','serif';\">Tennis Integrity Unit (TUI)<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>investigation on the case, where he failed to supply financial records and his mobile phone for forensic examination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 19.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Varela Round','serif'; color: #222222;\">Specifically, Matos has been found to have breached\u00a0Section D.1.d and Section D.2.c of the<strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Varela Round','serif';\">Tennis Anti-Corruption Program<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 19.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 19.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Varela Round','serif'; 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