LAUSANNE, Switzerland(AP) French tennis player Mathieu Montcourt's suspension for betting on matches has been reduced from eight to five weeks.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Thursday the 24-year-old Montcourt bet a total of $192 on 36 different tennis events, though not on his own matches or at tournaments where he was playing.
The CAS panel cites ``the small amounts gambled (and) the absence of influence of the bets on the matches in question.''
The court ordered the 135th-ranked Montcourt to serve a ban of five weeks starting July 6, which would allow him to enter Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.
Montcourt appealed to CAS against the eight-week suspension imposed by the ATP Tour last August, which forced him to miss the U.S Open.