# Former French tennis player’s plan to appeal a match-fixing suspension backfires on him

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/former-french-tennis-players-plan-to-appeal-a-match-fixing-suspension-backfires-on-him/
- Published: 2026-07-16T19:38:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/former-french-tennis-player-plan-appeal-match-fixing-suspension-backfires
- Topics: Sport, Tennis, World

## Key points

- French tennis player Samuel Bensoussan received an initial suspension for fixing four matches
- His appeal of the punishment backfired when the disciplinary authority increased his ban
- His penalty extended from 1 year 11 months to 3 years

## Summary

Samuel Bensoussan, a 34-year-old French tennis player, was initially handed a suspension from competition after evidence emerged that he deliberately manipulated the outcomes of four matches. The original disciplinary decision imposed a ban lasting one year and eleven months.

When Bensoussan pursued an appeal in hopes of reducing his penalty, the attempt produced the opposite result. The reviewing authority determined that a harsher punishment was warranted, extending his suspension to three years and transforming what he may have intended as a mitigation strategy into a substantially more damaging outcome.

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