The International Tennis Integrity Agency introduced Friday it had suspended Jasmina Tinjić for six years for allegedly fixing matches.
The ITIA stated Tinjić admitted to 23 “breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program,” together with “contriving the end result of matches, facilitating wagering, receiving cash in return for not giving finest efforts in matches, and failure to report corrupt approaches.”
The 33-year-old Tinjić, ranked as excessive as 236th in 2013, didn’t contest the fees referring to “corrupt exercise” in 2017 and 2018, the ITIA said.
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The International Betting Integrity Association was flagged in January 2018 whereas she was taking part in in a event, which led to an investigation.
“Swedish authorities carried out an investigation into numerous tennis matches Ms. Tinjić performed in and for which there was additionally suspicious betting exercise,” the ITIA stated in its ruling.
That investigation led to felony fees in opposition to her after she was discovered responsible of accepting a bribe of 12,000 SEK (equal to about $1,160).
It discovered that a number of matches in three completely different nations have been fastened. It was additionally revealed there had been a financial institution switch. The ITIA blanked out the identify of who made the switch and different specifics from situations of the alleged match fixing.
Tinjić additionally didn’t cooperate and allegedly tampered with proof.
Tinjić can be eligible to return to the game in 2028. (Aaron Doster/USA Today Sports)
“At the time, she was extraordinarily pressured, and suffered from anxiousness and melancholy,” the company stated. “Her monetary state of affairs exacerbated these and didn’t permit her to cope with them correctly. She was thus susceptible and allowed herself to be influenced in a means that will or shouldn’t have occurred in any other case. For this she expresses her deep remorse and anguish.”
Tinjić had already been issued a 4½-year home ban in Sweden after a match-fixing investigation there. The ITIA stated its six-year ban was backdated to match the Swedish ban and can finish May 17, 2028.
Tinjić reportedly admitted to 23 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program. (Reuters)
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Tinjić received 4 singles and 12 doubles titles on the ITF girls’s tour.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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