Spanish player Fernando Bogajo Fernandez can return to tennis after serving a match-fixing suspension.
Fernando Bogajo Fernandez received a one year and 10 months ban after admitting match-fixing offenses in 2018.
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In addition, he was fined $3,000 with an additional $5,000 suspended on the basis that he commits no further breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP) rules, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced.
The case was dealt with under the 2022 Proposal for Disposition policy, which enables a sanction to be handed down from the ITIA to the player upon admission of guilt, without the need for a hearing.
Bogajo Fernandez, who attained had an ATP career-high ranking of 901, admitted to taking money for not producing his best efforts in a match in 2018 and failing to report the approach.
As a result of being provisionally suspended since December 2019, he is able to resume his tennis career immediately.
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