The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) have confirmed that Thai tennis player Natthasith Kunsuwan has been suspended for 12 years, while three more players were also sanctioned over alleged breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).
Kunsuwan, 24, admitted to 39 breaches of anti-corruption rules, including contriving the outcome of events, accepting money to contrive the outcome of events, and failure to report corrupt approaches.
He cooperated fully with the ITIA investigation and accepted an agreed sanction, which included a fine of £55,000, £41,000 of which is suspended. He can return to tennis events on April 8, 2036.
French player Jaimee Floyd Angele has been suspended for five years and three months after admitting to contriving one match in exchange for payment in 2022, failing to cooperate with an ITIA investigation, and destroying evidence.
The 22-year-old accepted the sanction and was also fined £14,900, half of which is suspended. His ban will expire on December 18, 2029.
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Christian Lindell, who previously competed in the Davis Cup with Sweden, has been suspended for seven years after the ITIA found him to have committed four breaches of the TACP, relating to one fixed match.
The former world No. 177 has been fined £7,450 and his ban will expire on June 9, 2032.
Frenchman Samuel Bensoussan has been suspended for one year and 11 months after he was found to have fixed four matches. He was fined £8,940 and the ban will be completed on April 22, 2027.
All four players are prohibited from playing in, coaching at, or attending any tennis event authorised or sanctioned by the members of the ITIA (ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia, Federation Francaise de Tennis, Wimbledon and USTA) or any national association.
The recent sanctions come as part of a continued clampdown on corruption.
Earlier this month, Dominican Republic players Jossting Cruz and Jasel Beltre were provisionally suspended under section F.3.b.i.4 of the TACP, which reads: “There is a likelihood that the Covered Person has committed a Major Offense and in the absence of a Provisional Suspension, the integrity of tennis would be undermined and the harm resulting from the absence of a Provisional Suspension outweighs the Hardship of the Provisional Suspension on the Covered Person.”
In May, Paul Valsecchi, Enzo Rimoli, Anze Arh and Tom Jomby were all sanctioned for breaches of the TACP.
Valsecchi and Rimoli both accepted breaches and were handed four-and-a-half and two-year suspensions, respectively.
Arh was banned for three years while Jomy, who denied charges relating to match-fixing activity in 2018, saw his charges upheld and he was issued a seven-year suspension.
