Who Is Yana Sizikova? Russian Tennis Player Arrested For Match Fixing

Yana Sizikova, a Russian tennis player was detained during the French Open match due to match-fixing allegations as per reports. The investigation was related to a doubles match between Romanian pair Andreea Mitu and Patricia Mari and Sizikova and American Madison Brengle last year in September.

Yana Sizikova has been arrested by French authorities who allegedly has a hand in fixing the doubles match between Andreea Mitu and Patricia Mari and Sizikova and American Madison Brengle. According to Reuters, that the player had been arrested but the grounds of the arrest remained unclear. Later an official stated that Yana Sizikova was detained on the grounds of match-fixing.

Le Parisien reported that the player was taken into custody after she lost her first round of doubles match of French Open with Ekaterina Alexandrova to Ajla Tomljanovic and Storm Sanders in the Central Service for Races and Games (SCCJ).

It is suspected that thousands of euros had been wagered during the fixing of bets. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) refused to comment on the matter along with the Russian Tennis Federation.

Who is Yana Sizikova?

• Born on 12 November 1994, Yana Dmitriyevna Sizikova is a 26-year-old, right-handed Russian tennis player.
• Yana Sizikova started playing tennis at the age of 6.
• Sizikova has bagged 3 ITF titles in the singles category in her career with the highest ranking of 336. She has also won 1 WTA title and 43 ITF titles in the doubles category with the highest ranking of 89.
• According to WTA, her current earning count to around 170,000 euros.
• She won the WTA title with her partner Anastasia Potapova during the Swiss Open tournament in 2019.
• The player was arrested by French officials in an unprecedented manner during the French Open tournament on June 4, 2021.  The arrest was related to fixing a doubles match in 2019 and Yana is suspected to be part of “fraud in an organised group” and “active and passive corruption”.