Tennis-French prosecutors open French Open match-fixing investigation

French prosecutors on Tuesday said they have opened an investigation into alleged match-fixing in a women's doubles match at the French Open.

The prosecutors' office said the investigation into "fraud in an organised group" and "active and passive corruption", was related to a doubles match between Romanian pair of Andreea Mitu and Patricia Mari and Russian Yana Sizikova and American Madison Brengle. The investigation was opened on Oct. 1.

When asked about the case, the French Open organisers referred Reuters to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), who declined to comment.