French prosecutors open French Open match-fixing investigation


  • Tennis
  • Tuesday, 06 Oct 2020

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PARIS (Reuters) - French prosecutors on Tuesday said they had opened an investigation into alleged match-fixing in a women's doubles match at the French Open.

The prosecutors' office said the investigation into "fraud in an organised group" and "active and passive corruption", was related to a doubles match between Romanian pair Andreea Mitu and Patricia Mari and Russian Yana Sizikova and American Madison Brengle.

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