United States Davis Cup staff coaches Mardy Fish and Bob Bryan have been fined $US10,000 ($A15,000) apiece and handed bans of 4 months after selling a playing operator by way of social media.
The London-based International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) introduced the punishments Tuesday, saying that Fish and Bryan co-operated totally with its investigation and eliminated the problematic posts instantly.
The bans will probably be enforced provided that there’s one other breach by Fish or Bryan through the four-month probationary interval that started on November 11.
“Bob and I did a DraftKings promo during the US Open that we were unaware we weren’t allowed to do,” Fish wrote in an e mail to The Associated Press on Tuesday. “As soon as we found out, I deleted the posts and cooperated with the ITIA.”
Fish, the US Davis Cup captain since 2019, and Bryan, who has been a coach and served as an appearing captain this yr when Fish was sidelined with COVID-19, have been “subject to the sport’s rules around relationships with betting operators,” the ITIA stated.
The United States reached the Davis Cup quarter-finals this season, dropping to Italy at that stage in Malaga, Spain, final week.
The sport’s anti-corruption program says anybody who falls below its jurisdiction — which Fish and Bryan did as folks accredited for the US staff in 2022 — just isn’t allowed to “directly or indirectly facilitate, encourage and/or promote” betting on tennis.
“The USTA is aware of the ITIA’s fines of Mardy Fish and Bob Bryan. Both Mardy and Bob have our full support. As was stated by the ITIA, neither was aware that their actions were in any way a violation of protocols, and when they were made aware immediately and fully cooperated with the ITIA throughout the remainder of the process,” a spokesman for the US Tennis Association stated in an emailed assertion.
“Mardy and Bob have given so much of their lives to representing and supporting US tennis and we are thankful for their ongoing commitment to growing the game throughout the country.”
