By Tennis Now | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, November 23, 2023
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Slovenian umpire Marko Ducman admitted manipulating scores and has been banned from tennis for 10 years and 6 months for his actions.
Ducman, an international-level official, admitted to 4 breaches of the Tennis Anti Corruption Program, together with wagering on tennis matches and manipulating information from matches through which they have been an official to facilitate betting.
The bronze-badge official who has officiated at ITF, ATP and WTA tournaments, co-operated totally with the ITIA investigation and accepted an agreed sanction, waiving proper to a listening to earlier than an unbiased Anti-Corruption Listening to Officer.
Ducman has additionally been fined $75,000, with $56,250 suspended, the ITIA introduced.
Ducman has been provisionally suspended since September 8, 2023, and time served below provisional suspension shall be credited in opposition to Ducman’s interval of ineligibility.
His suspension will finish on March 7, 2034. Throughout the suspension, Ducman is prohibited from officiating at or attending any tennis occasion authorised or sanctioned by the members of the ITIA: ATP, ITF, WTA, Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open, or any nationwide affiliation.
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