The International Tennis Integrity Agency punished Slovenian tennis umpire Marko Ducman for ten years on Thursday for betting on matches and altering data. Ducman has been provisionally barred from officiating at ITF, ATP, and WTA tournaments after confessing to violations of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme (TACP).
The bronze-level official admitted four breaches. Which includes wagering on matches and manipulating data from matches in which he was officiating to facilitate betting.
He was also fined $75,000 with $56,250 suspended.
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The International Tennis Integrity Agency recently reported that Ducman acknowledged to four anti-corruption violation. Aside from a lengthy sentence of 10 years and six months, the bronze-badge tennis umpire was also fined £60,000 ($75,000), with £45k ($56,250) postponed.
The Slovenian tennis umpire also helped with the inquiry. Furthermore, he did not challenge the punishment at the time, according to the officials. If Ducman does not commit another offence, he will avoid paying £45k of his £60k fine. Also read: 7 Unknown Facts about Carlos Alcaraz that you never knew