Spadea wins Hall of Fame opener

Newport, RI (Sports Network) - Former finalist Vincent Spadea highlighted Monday's opening-round winners at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
The second-seeded Spadea handled fellow American Justin Gimelstob 6-4, 6-3 on the grass courts at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Spadea reached the final here in 2005, while Gimelstob was last year's runner-up to big Aussie Mark Philippoussis, who is not defending his title this week.
An upset came when Croat Roko Karanusic took out sixth-seeded Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-4, 6-3, while eighth-seeded German Michael Berrer avoided an upset by straight-setting Aussie Chris Guccione 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).
In other opening-round action, Canadian Frank Dancevic handled American Kevin Kim 6-3, 6-3 and South African Wesley Moodie doused Brazil's Thiago Alves 6-3, 6-4. Moodie will face Karanusic in the round of 16.
This week's top seed is American Mardy Fish.
The Hall of Fame will induct four new members here on Saturday, highlighted by a pair of recent players, Pete Sampras and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario. The great Sampras is the men's all-time record-holder with 14 Grand Slam singles titles, while Sanchez-Vicario notched four major victories, including three French Open crowns.