Three Italian professional tennis players have been banned from the sport after being found guilty of match-fixing offences relating to the ATP Challenger tour last year.
Marco Cecchinato is the highest profile player of the three, with a current world ranking of 143. He has been banned for 18 months and fined €40,000.
The Italian Tennis Federation said that Cecchinato had been found guilty of trying to influence the outcome of two matches - against Kamil Majchrzak last October at [...]