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Montcourt says his penalty is too harsh

Associated Press

Sunday, May 24, 2009

PARIS -- A French tennis player facing a five-week ban and $12,000 fine for betting on other matches complained Sunday at the French Open that the punishment is too harsh. "There was no rule. I mean, there was a rule, but it was on the rulebook -- page 136 in English -- which is a very, very big book," Mathieu Montcourt said after reaching the second round at Roland Garros when his opponent, Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan, quit after the first set because of stomach problems. "This is, for me, a very b ...

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