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Russian player Yana Sizikova has been cleared of match-fixing and will take her place in this year’s French Open, the player’s lawyer has said.
Sizikova was taken into police custody during the 2021 event at Roland Garros as part of an investigation into match-fixing allegations dating back to the 2020 edition of the event.
The 28-year-old, who was released a day after her arrest, has continued to play on the WTA Tour since then.
"After two and a half years of investigation, the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office definitively closed the case on April 11, 2023, considering that criminal proceedings could not be initiated, as the facts of which Ms Sizikova was accused could not be established," her lawyer, Frederic Belot, told Reuters.
The French Open starts on Sunday and runs until June 11.