LONDON — Chinese language tennis participant Pang Renlong has been banned for 12 years and fined $110,000 for a match-fixing spree involving 22 matches in a five-month interval.
The Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company stated Friday that the 25-year-old Pang admitted to fixing 5 of his personal matches in lower-level occasions and making “corrupt approaches” to gamers in 11 extra matches, six of which had been additionally fastened.
The match-fixing occurred from Could by way of September 2024, the ITIA stated. Throughout that interval, Pang performed in numerous ITF tournaments in Turkey, Hong Kong and mainland China and misplaced in qualifying for one ATP Challenger occasion, the Jinan Open in China.
The ITIA did not record the fastened matches linked to Pang, whose career-high rating was 1,316th final yr. His suspension is because of run by way of 2036, together with time already spent below a provisional suspension. Of his $110,000 tremendous, $70,000 was suspended.
He’s banned from taking part in in, teaching at or attending any occasion organized by main tennis our bodies or nationwide federations.
Final week, the ITIA introduced French participant Quentin Folliot had been suspended 20 years for match-fixing and recruiting different gamers “on behalf of a match-fixing syndicate.” He was the sixth participant banned over allegations of involvement with the group.
