LONDON: A Croatian umpire who worked at the US Open despite being suspended for betting offences has been given a 10-year ban, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).

Denis Pitner was originally banned for 12 months last August after passing on fitness details of a player to a coach and accessing a betting account used to place bets on tennis matches.

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