RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 9 -- Brazilian tennis player Diego Matos has been handed a life ban and fined 125,000 US dollars for match fixing.

The 31-year-old was found guilty by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) of manipulating the result of 10 matches on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) circuit last year in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Ecuador Portugal and Spain.

He was also ordered to repay 12,000 dollars for illicit earnings from tournaments in Ecuador.

In addition to the match fixing charges, the TIU said that Matos refused to cooperate with investigators by denying their request to see his mobile phone and check his financial records.

Matos was provisionally banned from tennis last December, when he was ranked 373rd in doubles. He reached a career-high singles ranking of 580th in April 2017.

【体坛英语资讯：Brazilian tennis player Matos gets life ban for match fixing】相关文章：

★ 体坛英语资讯：Bitter battles about the rights to athletes

★ 体坛英语资讯：All the NBA is a stage

★ 体坛英语资讯：Sharapova rescues Russia, Davenport upstaged

★ 体坛资讯：Yang wins all-around at Chinas gym championship

★ 体坛英语资讯：China beats Poland in womens basketball friendly

★ 娱乐英语资讯：Paris Hiltons marry hurry

★ 体坛英语资讯：China rattle US at Grand Prix womens volleyball

★ 体坛资讯：Liu gets another shot at Robles in 110 hurdles

★ 娱乐英语资讯：Daniel Craig swaps speedos for woolly jumpers in new film

★ 体坛英语资讯：United draws Roma again, Liverpool faces Arsenal