Italian Duo Banned in Betting Clean-up
Tennis: Two Italian players have been banned and fined a combined $50,000 for betting on matches
Italian number one Potito Starace and compatriot Daniele Bracciali have been banned by the ATP for betting on tennis matches.
World number 31 Starace will be banned for six weeks from January 1 and fined $30,000 after he made five bets two years ago, totalling around 90 euros. While Daniele Bracciali, ranked 258th, was fined $20,000 and will be unable to play for three months for his five bets of around 50 euros each.
The FIT has argued that the ATP are scapegoating the pair. "Injustice has been done," the Italian Tennis Federation (FIT) said. "As with Alessio Di Mauro [who was banned for nine months in November after being caught in the betting crackdown], the penalties are absolutely out of proportion with the size of infringements committed by the two players. Obviously, neither betted on their own matches.
"The ATP must have known about the bets made by the players for years, but it is only hitting them now to show that it is doing something about the real scandal of matches being fixed for dishonest gamblers."
World number 31 Starace will be banned for six weeks from January 1 and fined $30,000 after he made five bets two years ago, totalling around 90 euros. While Daniele Bracciali, ranked 258th, was fined $20,000 and will be unable to play for three months for his five bets of around 50 euros each.
The FIT has argued that the ATP are scapegoating the pair. "Injustice has been done," the Italian Tennis Federation (FIT) said. "As with Alessio Di Mauro [who was banned for nine months in November after being caught in the betting crackdown], the penalties are absolutely out of proportion with the size of infringements committed by the two players. Obviously, neither betted on their own matches.
"The ATP must have known about the bets made by the players for years, but it is only hitting them now to show that it is doing something about the real scandal of matches being fixed for dishonest gamblers."
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