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ITIA Bans China’s Pang Renlong for 12 Years Over Match-Fixing

The sanction forms part of an expanding investigation targeting organized fixing on the sport’s lower tiers.

Overview

  • The 25-year-old is barred from playing, training or attending any events sanctioned by the ATP, ITF or national bodies until November 2036.
  • He was fined $110,000, with $70,000 suspended contingent on compliance with the sanction.
  • Investigators linked him to at least twenty manipulated or attempted matches between May and September 2024.
  • Pang admitted fixing five of his own matches and said he approached up to 17 other professionals, resulting in additional corrupted contests.
  • The case relied on betting-pattern analysis, communications and his confessions, and comes after a 20-year suspension for France’s Quentin Folliot in the same probe.