Daniel Koellerer has denied conspiring to fix matches and may appeal his lifetime ban and $100,000 to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Bloomberg reports.
Koellerer was accused by the Tennis Intregrity Unit of "contriving or attempting to contrive the outcome of an event; soliciting or facilitating a player not to use his best efforts in an event; and soliciting, offering or providing money, benefit or consideration to any other covered person with the intention of negatively influencing a player’s best effort in any event," between October 2009 and July 2010.
"This is a massive shock,” Manfred Nareyka, Koellerer’s agent told Bloomberg. "This investigation has now been going on for a year and a half. It has affected him making a living. There is no proof. I distance myself from any form of match-fixing."
Koellerer has 20 days to appeal the decision but may have not have the resources to do it.
"We’re looking into it now,” Nareyka said. “He isn’t sure if he can afford the legal costs. He is going to become a father in July. It is very difficult."
Koellerer and Nareyka were placed on two years probation in last summer after the player's website listed odds for matches and had links to betting sites.