Tennis Player Released From Custody in Match-Fixing Case

Tennis Player Released From Custody in Match-Fixing Case
Russian Yana Sizikova poses for a photo during the Winter Moscow Open 2021 tennis tournament in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 24, 2021. Alexander Bondarev/AP Photo
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PARIS—The Russian tennis player arrested on suspicion of match-fixing at last year’s French Open was released from police custody on Friday, judicial officials told The Associated Press.

Yana Sizikova, who was arrested Thursday in Paris after competing in a French Open doubles match, was not formally charged after questioning but remains under investigation, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.