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Russian player Yana Sizikova has been released from police custody a day after being arrested at the French Open over match-fixing allegations related to last year’s tournament, her lawyer said on Friday.
“She has been released, her custody has been lifted,” Frederic Belot told Reuters. Earlier he said that Sizikova had been “taken into custody on the evening of Thursday 3 June 2021 after a match in the women’s doubles tournament.”
Last September, French prosecutors opened an investigation into fraud in an organized group” and “active and passive corruption” over alleged match fixing in a women’s doubles match at the 2020 French Open.
The investigation was related to a match between Romanian pair Andreea Mitu and Patricia Mari and Sizikova and American Madison Brengle. The Romanians won the match before being knocked out in the third round.
Belot explained that it was alleged that Sizikova and her doubles partner lost a service game on purpose, with the Russian serving double faults.
He added that Sizikova had contacted tennis authorities last year and that she provided them with a explanation, which he says “satisfied” them.
