She was arrested and taken into custody on Thursday for “sports bribery and fraud in an organized group, involving acts that may have been committed in September 2020,” according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.
Sizikova was arrested shortly after losing her doubles match at Roland Garros on Thursday, a Paris police source told CNN.
The 26-year-old is suspected of playing match-fixing in 2020 when she is alleged to have deliberately lost a doubles match in last year’s Roland Garros tournament, according to the source.
CNN is trying to contact a representative of Sizikova for comment, while the The International Tennis Integrity Agency said this was a matter for the French police.
The Russian Tennis Federation told the Russian state news agency TASS that it is awaiting documents on the case of the Russian tennis player’s arrest.
“This is a longstanding story. There is an organization that is investigating the fixed-term matches, this story has been going on since October. Until the documents on it are released, there is nothing we can do. We are waiting. “Federation president Shamil Tarpishchev told TASS.
TASS also reported that the Russian embassy in France is taking the necessary steps to protect Sizikova’s rights.
The French Tennis Federation confirmed Sizikova’s arrest but was unable to comment further due to ongoing investigations.
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