Tennis: Roscoe Tanner jailed for 2 years

Former Australian Open champion Roscoe Tanner has reportedly received a two-year prison sentence for violating terms of his probation for a 2003 grand theft conviction.

Tanner, a 55-year-old Tennessee native, was arrested in his home state last October on charges of violating his parole by failing to make restitution payments, $US80,000 ($106,000) in child support for a daughter he fathered.

A Florida judge had sentenced Tanner to 10 years on probation in 2003 for bouncing a 2000 checque used to buy a boat.

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