Argentine Tennis Player Suspended For Illegal Sports Betting

For perhaps the first time in his professional tennis career, Hernan Casanova is making headlines. Unfortunately for him, it’s for all the wrong reasons.

The Argentine player has been suspended for two months by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) after being found guilty of illegally betting on tennis matches. The penalty was issued following an investigation by the ITIA, which found that Casanova was in direct violation of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).

Casanova was found to have bet on several tennis matches. He was not involved as a player in any of the matches.

“I’m going to be suspended for two months,” Casanova posted on his Instagram account, where he defended himself, saying, “I made two mistakes because I didn’t know the rules exactly.”

Casanova, 32, insisted he placed the bets “for fun.” He added that all the bets were made between 2023 and 2025, when he wasn’t competing as an active player.

However, that is immaterial. Professional tennis players wagering on tennis in any form is forbidden by TACP regulations.

Casanova was also punished for declining to notify the ITIA that he had been approached by a gambler to fix a match. Any such activity must be reported immediately to the tennis authorities.

The 399th-ranked player in the ATP, Casanova, was most recently in action earlier this month in the ATP Challenger tournament in Rosario, Argentina. He’s earned $2,255 in prize money this year and shows a total of $329,387 in career earnings. Casanova has never won a tournament title. His highest ATP ranking was 221st in 2022.

Casanova’s suspension went into effect on February 4. His ban will conclude on April 3. He was also fined $2,000, of which $1,500 was suspended, provided he commits no further breaches of conduct.

During his period of ineligibility, Casanova is prohibited from playing in, coaching at, or attending any tennis event authorized or sanctioned by the members of the ITIA (ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia, Fédération Française de Tennis, Wimbledon, and USTA) or any national association.

“I clearly accepted my mistake and suspension,” Casanova said. “These are going to be two difficult months.

“I want to share this so that the kids who are just starting out in professional tennis read and get well informed about the anti-corruption program, because the smallest mistake comes at a cost.”

There was suspicious activity in the recent Argentine tournament

At the Rosario Challenger 125 tournament, Casanova retired from his opening match. He was trailing Taiwan’s Chun-Hsin Tseng 1-6, 0-2 at the time of his retirement.

There was other suspicious activity in the tournament that didn’t involve Casanova. Argentine player Román Burruchaga reported that he received a death threat ahead of his semifinal match against Tseng. Burruchaga ignored the threat, winning his match against Tseng to move into the final.

Spaniard Nikolas Sánchez Izquierdo also reported death threats from alleged gamblers who told the players to throw their matches.

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