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Suspended tennis player found dead

French tennis player Mathieu Montcourt has died at the age of 24.

The French Tennis Federation said today that Montcourt had died overnight but that "the causes of his death are not yet known".

He was found in the stairwell of his Paris flat by his girlfriend. Yesterday, the world No119 was starting a five-week ban for betting on other matches. Montcourt complained during the French Open that the punishment was too harsh, saying that he never bet more than $3 at any time and never on his own matches — a fact confirmed by the ATP.

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