Authorities have maintained their strong stance against match-fixing by banning Romanian Alexandru-Daniel Carpen from tennis for life.

The 30-year-old admitted to approaching another player in 2013 to seek his involvement in a match-fixing activity for payment.

The Tennis Integrity Unit’s punishment to Carpen, who achieved a career-high singles ranking of 1088 in 2007, comes a day after retired Australian player Nick Lindahl was banned for seven years for match-fixing.