By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, November 3, 2023
Committing corruption has killed Timur Khabibulin’s aggressive profession..
Khabibulin, who reached an ATP career-high doubles rank of No. 154, has been banned from tennis for all times and fined $60,000 for a number of match-fixing acts. Khabibulin was discovered chargeable for 21 particular person expenses referring to match fixing between 2014 and 2019, the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company introduced right now.
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The ban means the 28-year-old from Kazakhstan is prohibited from taking part in in, teaching at, or attending any tennis occasion “approved or sanctioned by the members of the ITIA: ATP, ITF, WTA, Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open, or any nationwide affiliation,” the ITIA mentioned.Â
Khabibulin’s final professional match was a qualifying loss in an ITF Challenger in his native Kazakhstan in July of 2022.
Sanjar Fayziev from Uzbekistan has been banned for 3 years and 6 months, with six months suspended, and fined $15,000 after being discovered responsible of match fixing expenses. Fayziev, who additionally attained an ATP doubles rank of No. 154, was discovered chargeable for 5 expenses relating to 2 matches in 2018.
Israel’s Igor Smilansky has been banned for 2 years and hit with a $4,000 wonderful, with $1,000 suspended. Former world No. 451 Smilansky was discovered liable for 3 corruption expenses relating to at least one match in 2018.
The ITA mentioned sanctions will start from the date of the gamers’ provisional suspensions on July twenty fifth, 2023 which suggests Fayziev might be suspended till July twenty fourth, 2026 and Smilansky might be suspended till July twenty fourth, 2025 (topic to their fines being paid or reimbursement schemes agreed).
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