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French Open organizers revoke Frenchman's wild card

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 2:29 p.m. ET

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PARIS (AP) French Open officials have revoked the wild card they granted to French player Constant Lestienne because of new information provided by the Tennis Integrity Unit.

Tournament organizers said on Thursday that Lestienne, who received a wild card based on recent results, was under investigation because he infringed anti-corruption rules.

The French Open press office said that according to the French Tennis Federation (FFT), Lestienne had not committed a serious breach, but the FFT decided to withdraw his entry because of its ''zero tolerance'' policy.

The 206th-ranked Lestienne recently won a challenger tournament on clay in the Czech Republic.

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