The brazilian tennis player Joao Souza is never going to play turneringstennis at a high level again.
Saturday, he’s been banned for life for repeated instances of match-fixing. It writes The Integritetsenhed (TIU) on its website.
In the period 2015-2019, he has been behind the match-fixing at the ATP Challenger tournaments and ITF Futures tournaments held in Brazil, Mexico, the UNITED states and the Czech republic.
the decision also states that Souza has been cooperative, and that he has attempted to destroy evidence in the case. In addition he has ‘urged the other players to not give their best’.
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In addition to livstidsudelukkelsen he is sentenced to a fine of 200,000 u.s. dollars, which is equivalent to approximately 1,35 million kroner.
João Souza has been suspended since march last year, and that is why he dumped down as the number 742 in the world.
Brasilianerens career peaked when he in april 2015 was up as number 69 in the world ranking. He is, however, never reached past the first round at a grand slam tournament in singles.
In 2015, he lost the history’s longest singlekamp at the Davis Cup, when he after the nearly seven-hour game of tennis had to capitulate in the challenge with increasing the argentinian Leonardo Mayer.
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