Corrupted Italians banned from tennis for match fixing

Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace have been banned from tennis.

What happened

4 years ago it emerged that the Italians were at the center of a match-fixing scandal that saw the duo fixing matches back in 2007 and 2011. In one conversation Bracciali was caught discussing losing a match in Newport in 2007 to Scoville Jenkins, In another conversation, the owner of a betting parlor talked about fixing a match with Potito Starace that had to lose a final in the ATP250 in Casablanca against Pablo Andujar. Eventually, the Italian lost 6-1 6-2.

In 2015 the Italian Tennis Federation gave a life ban to both players. Eventually, the ban was lifted after only 2 months following an appeal.

The Tennis Integrity Unit has now focussed on another match in 2011 (Barcelona) when Starace withdrew from his 1st round match against Daniel Gimeno-Traver at the beginning of the third set.

Life ban for Daniele Bracciali

At 40 years of age, Bracciali has been banned for life and also fined $250,000. Bracciali reached a world no.49 career high in singles while he is currently ranked no.40

10 years to Potito Starace

At 40 years of age, Starace has been banned for 10 years and also fined $100,000. He reached a world no.27 career high back in 2007.

Both players use to team up in doubles… no words.