Italian Tennis Official Suspended For Breaches Of Tennis Anti-Corruption Program
Tennis
Tennis official Manuel Guion has been given a lengthy ban from the sport for breaching the International Tennis Integrity Agency's Anti-Corruption Program.
Unfortunately, these incidents do occasionally happen in the sport. An example was a Croatian umpire breaching 15 counts of the Anti-Corruption Program, which came to light last month.
This is not the only example of such actions. In February, an Italian tennis player was suspended for 15 months for not following elements of the rules, which will set his career back a long way.
The positive is that these breaches coming to light and being reported on shows there is a strong system in place for catching those not following the rules. This has been shown again with this latest story involving Guion.
Guion has been suspended from tennis for five years and six months for breaching five parts of the Anti-Corruption Program. It is not surprising he has been given such a serious punishment for that many breaches.
The breaches Guion admitted to include conspiring to commit a corruption offense, soliciting a player to commit a corruption offense, encouraging tennis betting and betting on events in which they were officiating.
Guion has served as a line judge at ATP Challenger events. He co-operated fully with the investigation, which may have spared him an even worse suspension for the offenses he has committed.
His suspension began on 5 February 2024. It is set to end at midnight on 4 August 2029. However, many who are found guilty of offenses similar to Guion's never return to the sport after their ban.
It is incredibly important to keep the sport as clean as possible. This includes on the Futures Circuit and at the ATP Challenger level to stop corruption from filtering up into bigger tournaments. Suspension such as this one will help with that.
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