Tour player Constant Lestienne banned for seven months after betting on tennis matches
Wednesday 21 September 2016 11:56, UK
French tennis player Constant Lestienne has been banned for seven months after admitting to betting on matches.
Half of the sentence, handed out by the International Tennis Federation, will be suspended while the 24-year-old has also been fined $10,000.
The ITF, which investigated Lestienne in collaboration with French online gambling regulator ARJEL, says the world No 164 placed bets on 220 matches using online accounts between February 2012 and June of last year.
The ITF says none of the bets were related to matches in Lestienne played.
Lestienne's fine will be reduced to $5,000 if he assists the Tennis Integrity Unit, which was formed in 2008 by the ATP, WTA, ITF and Grand Slam Committee.
