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Armenian match fixer who masterminded the biggest illegal betting ring in tennis and 'made $9m in just two years' before being jailed says he is 'proud' of corrupting more than 180 players and paying them to throw matches
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September 7, 2023
The Maestro, an Armenian match fixer who conceived the biggest illicit betting championship in tennis, has said he is 'proud' of corrupting more than 180 players and bribeing them to watch hundreds of matches. Grigor Sargsyan, an Armenian immigrant in Belgium with no tennis experience, turned savings of $350 into millions over the course of several years. After constructing a network of players from around the world, including some based in the United States, and urging them to schedule matches, he allegedly called himself the sport's 'Robin Hood'. After a thorough probe, he was sentenced to five years in Belgium by a SWAT team detaining him at his parent's house.