The Russian Tennis Federation (RTR) commented on the information that the Russian tennis player Yana Sizikova is suspected of participating in the fixed match at Roland Garros, which is taking place these days in Paris.

According to Vice President Alexei Selivanenko, as a rule, international organizations react toughly to such cases, but it is too early to draw concrete conclusions.

“Until there are no official documents, it is too early to comment on anything.

Tennis has a zero-tolerance policy towards the suspected cases.

The system keeps track of the volume of bets.

If the volume of bets starts to differ significantly from the average, the system sends a signal.

And the people who are doing this are beginning to look at what exactly is happening, "- quotes Selivanenko" Championship ".

Sizikova took part in the doubles tournament at Roland Garros together with American Madison Brengle.

In the first round, they met with the Romanian duo Cristina-Andrea Mitu - Patrica-Maria Tsig and lost with a score of 7: 6, 6: 4.

However, one episode caused doubts about the honesty of the result.

With the score 2: 2 in the second set, the Russian woman came out to serve on the court.

She made a double mistake, after which the rivals won two more rallies and earned a triple break point.

Sizikova again failed to serve with two balls and the game remained with the Romanians.

It would seem that the usual situation aroused suspicion among bookmakers, as reported by the Italian journalist Stefano Berincioni.

“Several sources told me that many bookmakers issued warnings about abnormal bets regarding the match between Sizikova and Brengle in the Roland Garros tournament.

Bets were placed on the fact that in the second set, the fifth game, Sizikova would lose on serve.

She lost to zero, ”he wrote.

I was told by several sources that many bookmakers issued alerts for abnormal betting in Sizikova / Brengle match at Roland Garros, Set 2 Game 5, Sizikova on serve to get broken.

She got broken to love.

This is the video of the game (thanks to @UnArdeal for finding the video).

pic.twitter.com/OPSO6hBjJj

- Stefano Berlincioni (@ Carretero77) October 1, 2020

A few days later, German media reported that an investigation had been launched against Sizikova.

According to their information, suspiciously large sums of money were put on the defeat of the Russian-American couple in a particular game, which reached several hundred thousand euros, which was regarded as a suspicious indicator.

It is also reported that the case is already being dealt with by French law enforcement agencies, which are traditionally involved in the investigation of match fixing in tennis, as well as the anti-corruption organization Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU).

They have to find out the degree of Sizikova's participation in the fraud.

At the same time, the departments themselves have not yet commented on this information.

In addition, it is not known whether the other participants in the match fell under suspicion or whether we are talking exclusively about the Russian woman.

25-year-old Sizikova was not declared in singles, so after the defeat she left the tournament.

She is currently the 652nd racket in the world.

She has three victories in ITF tournaments.

At the same time, the athlete achieved great success in doubles.

Here she occupies the 89th line of the rating, having one victory at the WTA tournament in Lausanne, won by her in 2019 together with her compatriot Anastasia Potapova, and 43 ITF titles.

It will be possible to talk about sanctions against a tennis player only when her guilt is proven.

It should be noted, however, that the international tennis authorities do take the match-fixing issue seriously.

Years of investigations are being carried out by the TIU, national law enforcement agencies and even Interpol.

They often uncover entire criminal networks in which the players are involved.

Most often, corruption scandals concern less prestigious tournaments, and tennis players with a low rating become their participants.

This is due to the extremely small prize money at this level.

However, there are exceptions here.

So, one of the most high-profile cases of recent times was completed in January this year.

The former 69th racket of the world, João Sousa, received a life suspension, as well as a $ 200,000 fine for violating anti-corruption rules and participating in several fixing matches from 2015 to 2019.

The tournaments held in Brazil, Mexico, the United States and the Czech Republic were categorized as “Challenger” and “Futures”.

In June 2019, the four-time quarterfinalist of the Grand Slam tournaments, the Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, came under suspicion.

It was assumed that he became a participant in the fixed match at Wimbledon - 2017. In March 2019, an investigation was launched against his compatriot Marc Lopez, Olympic champion of Rio de Janeiro, paired with Rafael Nadal.