Tennis: Russia’s Sizikova arrested over match-fixing allegations

Yana Sizikova suspected of deliberately losing a game at last year’s Roland-Garros tournament.

Russian tennis player Yana Sizikova has been arrested over the suspected fixing of a doubles match at the French Open last year, according to reports. Sizikova, 26, was detained on Thursday after playing in this year’s tournament at Roland-Garros, the AFP news agency reported, citing a source in the Paris prosecutor’s office. An investigation into possible corruption and fraud was opened last year over a first-round match in September that saw Sizikova and her American partner Madison Brengle defeated by Romanian pair Andreea Mitu and Patricia Maria Tig.