Russian Tennis Player Yana Sizikova Arrested at French Open for Alleged Match-Fixing
on Friday, June 4, that a "women's international player" was arrested on Thursday on charges of "sports bribery and organized fraud for acts likely to have been committed in September 2020." Prosecutors did not identify her by name.
Two sources with direct knowledge of the matter confirmed to Reuters that Sizikova was arrested over match-fixing allegations related to last year's tournament. Last fall, the Paris prosecutor's office began an investigation into alleged match-fixing in a 2020 French Open women's doubles first-round match that Sizikova and partner
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