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Daniele Bracciali: Italian player gets life ban for tennis match-fixing

Former top-50 player Daniele Bracciali has been banned from tennis for life after the Tennis Integrity Unit found him guilty of match-fixing.

His fellow Italian Potito Starace, who has retired, has been given a 10-year suspension for a similar offence.

Both players were also fined - Bracciali $250,000 (£195,500) and Starace $100,000 (£78,200).

They will both have the right of appeal through the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The TIU says both players were found guilty of two breaches of anti-corruption rules - one in relation to contriving the outcome of matches, and the other in connection with facilitating betting on matches.