An unranked Nigerian player has been hit with a two-year suspension for match-fixing.

Loveth Donatus has been suspended and fined $5,000 after being found guilty of match-fixing, the Tennis Integrity Unit announced.

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One year of the ban and the full fine are suspended on the proviso that she commits no further breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program.

The 26-year old Donatus was found guilty of accepting a bribe to lose a match at the ITF Women’s Circuit $10,000 tournament played in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt in August 2016.

In addition to the match-fixing offense, she also failed to report a corrupt approach and further attempted to persuade a fellow player to deliberately under-perform, in return for payment. 

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