The Federation of Italian Tennis last week barred Marco Cecchinato for 18 months and fined him 40,000 euros ($43,900) after he was accused of fixing two of his matches and using confidential information for gambling.
Cecchinato’s ban, the highest-profile case in recent memory, comes amid increased scrutiny of match fixing and the perceived inadequacy of the International Tennis Federation’s integrity unit, the sport’s designated watchdog, which left the action against Cecchinato to another governing body.
Cecchinato, 23, of Palermo, Italy, is ranked 143rd in the world and is the youngest Italian man in the ATP top 250.