This is Agustín Torre, who in September 2014 reached position 596 in the ATP ranking and is now a paddle tennis professional.
The International Agency for Tennis Integrity (ITIA for its acronym in English) reported this Wednesday that the Argentine tennis player Eduardo Agustín Torre, 29, was suspended for five years for 35 violations of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).
ITIA explains that the penalty is “in connection with a recently concluded criminal case involving a match-fixing syndicate in Belgium”. The collaboration between ITIA and the Belgian authorities has led to a five years in prison for the union leaderGrigor Sargsyan, added the agency.
The charges against Torre refer to crimes from 2017, but the ITIA case has been postponed until after the conclusion of the criminal proceedings, the agency emphasizes. Tower, already In September 2014 he reached 596th place in the world individual rankingsthe highest of his career, did not respond to ITIA’s accusations. The case was resolved by independent anti-corruption hearing officer Amani Khalifa, who is also He fined Torre $35,000.
Tower, whose last official match on the tennis circuit was in November 2018 in a Future in Viña del Mar, he is currently based in Mexico and He is a professional padel player (compete for the Central Pádel Saltillo team).
“By not responding to the ITIA charges, Torre effectively admitted responsibility for all charges and agreed to the penalties”, the agency added. Violations, ITIA explains, include “the facilitation of betting, the manipulation of the results of matches, the solicitation of money or benefits to negatively influence the best efforts of a player, the failure to report corrupt strategies and the failure to report of corruption offenses”.
The suspension will apply from the date of the decision (April 26, 2024) and will expire at midnight on April 25, 2029. During the period of ineligibility, Torre was banned from playing (though he never did), training or attending any tennis championships. sanctioned or sanctioned by ITIA members (ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia, French Federation, Wimbledon and USTA) or any national association.
Torre, born in Olavarría in 1994, was a tennis professional between 2011 and 2018. He did not reach matches on the ATP Tour, the highest professional category: He made his career in the Futures, playing in singles and doubles, where he reached 469th in 2018. In that specialty he won eight Futures titles and had as partners several players who were later sanctioned for match fixing, such as the Chilean Juan Carlos Sáez and the Argentine Franco Feitt and Nicolás Arreche .
Source: Tycsports
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