Radek Stepanek News

The worm's wiggle will be confined to the sidelines leaving his mini replacement facing a major task.

Montcourt will be cremated on Friday just outside Paris after which relatives will join French tennis officials for a memorial at Roland Garros, home of the French Open.

Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic will face Juan Monaco of Argentina on Friday in the opening singles match of the Davis Cup's quarterfinals series between the two countries.

French tennis player Mathieu Montcourt, who was recently banned for betting on matches, has died.

Argentina hopes to overcome a fast court and the absence of David Nalbandian to beat the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup and reach its sixth semis in the last eight years.

French tennis player Mathieu Montcourt has died. He was 24. The French tennis federation said on Tuesday that Montcourt had died overnight but that "the causes of his death are not yet known." "It is with great sadness that the French tennis federation has learned of the sudden death of Mathieu Montcourt," the French federation said.

Having lost in the fourth round June 29, Stepanek must now postpone his famous celebratory "worm dance." London The two leading Czech tennis players, Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek, were rejuvenated by the Wimbledon tennis championships, both getting to the fourth round before falling June 29 to American Andy Roddick and Australian Lleyton ...

WIMBLEDON: The group of yellow-clad Australian fans 'Fanatics' have been a mainstay at Hewitt's matches for years, and are out in force at Wimbledon - providing by far the loudest cheers of any supporters at the tournament.

BEC Hewitt has attracted attention at Wimbledon for sporting a tiny white top that shows off her ample assets, prompting rumours she's had a boob job.

Radek Stepanek said he hoped to be fit in time for the the Czech Republic Davis Cup quarterfinals against Argentina next week.

ASKED what it's like playing Lleyton Hewitt, American tennis ace Andy Roddick summed it up in three words - it's a fight.

WIMBLEDON Date: 22 June - 5 July Coverage: BBC One, BBC Two, BBC HD, Red Button, website streaming and text commentary, 5 Live, 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC iPlayer Tennis on the BBC World number four Novak Djokovic produced a professional display to overcome plucky Israeli Dudi Sela and reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon.

There was a grizzled look to the men's field, at least by tennis standards, after one week at Wimbledon.

LLEYTON Hewitt has vowed to smash his way back into the top 20 male tennis players, after cruising through to the second week of Wimbledon for the sixth year in a row.

ALL England Club senior citizens Lleyton Hewitt and Tommy Haas thrived at a sweltering Wimbledon to reach the last 16.

The serve-and-volley style is not quite dead at Wimbledon, after all. Despite grass courts that are now being called slower than the clay courts of Paris by some competitors, there are still a few bold souls who are playing the game at Wimbledon in the traditional, swashbuckling manner.

And then there was one. Andy Murray is the last Briton at Wimbledon. The exit of Elena Balatcha left the Scot carrying the flag in the third round of Wimbledon and he again had sharp words on the state of British tennis.

THIS year will mark Andy Murray's fifth attempt at Wimbledon glory. Here's how he's got on so far: 2005: Won on Wimbledon debut against George Bastl, beat Radek Stepanek in straight sets but lost in the third round in a five-setter to David Nalbandian.

He has been talking non-stop for nearly three hours, has been asked the same question about his Wimbledon chances every other 30 seconds and has still somehow managed to avoid butting anyone.

The inaugural mena s tennis tournament at Eastbourne was dealt another blow yesterday after top seed Gael Monfils was forced to withdraw due to injury.