By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, February 5, 2024
A failure to cooperate will price Maxence Broville seven years of his aggressive profession.
French participant Maxence Broville has been suspended seven years and fined $5,000 for failure to co-operate with an ITIA investigation, the International Tennis Integrity Agency introduced right now.
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Broville, who reached a career-high rating of No. 708 in 2023, has been accused of fixing matches and committing corruption in 2018 and 2018. He has denied match-fixing allegations, nevertheless he refused to run over his private gadgets for inspection by ITIA investigators.
A listening to was held earlier than impartial Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer Charles Hollander on January 5, 2024.
AHO Hollander discovered Broville accountable for breaches of F.2.b and F.2.d of the TACP, which relate to the failure to co-operate with an ITIA investigation, together with refusal to submit private gadgets for examination when issued a written request to take action by ITIA investigators.
The 25-year-old Broville has been provisionally suspended since June 20, 2023, and time served beneath provisional suspension shall be credited towards his seven-year suspension. Consequently, Broville’s suspension will finish on June 19, 2030.
Broville has served as a hitting companion for a number of stars, together with Roger Federer.
Photo credit score: Maxence Broville Instagram
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