Mathieu Montcourt dies at 24

French tennis player Mathieu Montcourt has unexpectedly died at the age of 24. Montcourt was found dead by his girlfriend in the stairwell of his Paris apartment

Montcourt was ranked 119th in the world and reached a high ranking of 104 in the world after reaching the second round of Roland Garros, where he lost to Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic in four sets.

He has been banned for 5 weeks and fined $12,000 for betting on other matches in August 2008.

The cause of death is unknown, and an autopsy will be carried out to determine the cause.

July 8th 2009,

Tests reveal that Montcourt died of a heart attack. Toxicology tests were negative.

Results for July 6, 2009

Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships

Singles - First Round
B Evans (USA) d [4] B Becker (GER) 76(5) 36 75
J Levine (USA) d C Guccione (AUS) 76(2) 76(2)
R Ginepri (USA) d S Ventura (ESP) 62 16 64
D Brands (GER) d V Spadea (USA) 60 64
[WC] P Amritraj (IND) d D Udomchoke (THA) 61 64
[WC] T Dent (USA) d M Daniel (BRA) 62 61

Doubles - First Round
[4] E Butorac (USA) / S Lipsky (USA) d K Kim (USA) / D Udomchoke (THA) 76(1) 62
N Mahut (FRA) / F Santoro (FRA) d J Cerretani (USA) / S Stakhovsky (UKR) 64 64

Federer claims Dream 15th!

After a gripping 5th set which had everyone at the edge of their seat, Roger Federer has done it again. The Swiss master has set the record now for the most Grand Slam wins at 15. Roddick took the first set, but Federer took the next two sets in 2 gripping tiebreaks that had the crowd assured of his victory in the next set. Roddick didn't give up from then and took the fourth 63, but then the fifth set was history. It was the longest 5th set in Wimbledon history which took 30 games to complete. Both players were winning their serves every game but Roddick was the one who broke in the end and Federer jumped with joy as he just won his 6th Wimbledon title. The score was 57 76(6) 76(5) 36 1614.

Federer and Roddick both gave congrats to each other and after the trophy ceremony Federer took pictures with tennis legends Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg and the man who Federer over took in most grand Slam titles, Pete Sampras.

Well done Federer, all the best to you and good luck at your next US Open. Good luck with your future child too!

Deja Vu for Federer and Roddick

Roger Federer has reached yet another Wimbledon final, this is going to be his seventh in a row, as he outclassed Germany's Tommy Haas in straight sets on Centre Court. The Swiss second seed is set to appear in his 20th Grand Slam final and is looking to break Pete Sampras' 14 Grand Slam record. The score was 76(3) 65 63, and Federer will now face Andy Roddick (no, not Andy Murray) in the final after he toppled the British hopeful in four sets. Roddick got the first set with confidence but was pushed the rest of the way for his third final at the Championships and his 5th overall. Roddick has won his one and only Slam so far at the US Open in 2003. The pair have also met each other at the finals of Wimbledon twice before with Federer winning in '04 and '05.

Good luck to both players!

Results for July 1, 2009

Singles - Quarter-finals [2] R Federer (SUI) d [22] I Karlovic (CRO) 63 75 76(3) [3] A Murray (GBR) d J Ferrero(ESP) 75 63 62 [24] T Haas (GER) d [4] N Djokovic (SRB) 75 76(6) 46 63 [6] A Roddick (USA) d L Hewitt (AUS) 63 67(10) 76(1) 46 64

Doubles - Quarter-finals [9] W Moodie (RSA) / D Norman (BEL) d [4] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) 76(9) 46 76(7) 57 64 J Blake (USA) / M Fish (USA) d S Aspelin (SWE) / P Hanley (AUS) 76(5) 64 76(5)