Greek tennis player banned for life

Greek tennis participant Alexandros Jakupovic has been banned for life after being discovered responsible of 5 corruption fees, the Tennis Integrity Unit stated on Friday.

The 34-yr-vintage, who spent his profession gambling in the lower rungs of the expert recreation, was charged with diverse offences together with “immediately or in a roundabout way contriving the outcome of an occasion”.

The ban starts right away.

Jakupovic reached a profession excessive ranking of 464 in 2009 and became a ordinary member of the Greek Davis Cup team, playing in 29 ties as much as ultimate 12 months.

His high-quality end result got here in 2007 when he beat Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov, now ranked 36 in the global, in directly units inside the fifth rubber of a tie to provide Greece victory.

The Tennis Integrity Unit is an initiative of the Grand Slam Board, the international Tennis Federation (ITF) and the ATP and WTA tours.