The Paris public prosecutor's office has opened an investigation for "organized gang fraud" and for "active and passive sports corruption" for suspicion of a match-fixing at Roland Garros.
The suspicions weigh a meeting of female doubles.
An investigation for "organized gang fraud" and for "active and passive sports corruption" was opened on October 1 due to suspicion of a match-fixing at Roland Garros, we learned Tuesday from the Paris prosecutor's office. According to the German newspaper
Die Welt
and the sports daily
L'Equipe
, these suspicions relate to a women's double that pitted Romania's Andreea Mitu and Patricia Maria Tig against the Russian players Yana Sizikova and American Madison Brengle on September 30 in the first round.