Santoro, Mahut advance in Hall of Fame semis

Newport, RI (Sports Network) - Fifth-seeded Frenchman Nicolas Mahut and countryman No. 4 Fabrice Santoro both advanced in Saturday's semifinal action at the $416,000 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
Mahut, who also reached the title match at the Artois Championships falling to four-time champion Andy Roddick this month, downed Dick Norman of Belgium 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2.
Facing Mahut will be countryman and fourth seed Santoro, who edged South Africa's Wesley Moodie 7-6 (7-2), 6-3. Moody had reached the semifinals after upsetting No. 2 Vincent Spadea on Friday.
Santoro, reaching his first final of the year, will meet Mahut for the first time. Santoro's last championship match appearance was in 2002 when he won in Dubai for his fourth career title.

Spadea falls in Hall of Fame quarters

Newport, RI (Sports Network) - South African Wesley Moodie upended second- seeded and former finalist Vincent Spadea in Friday's quarterfinal action at the $416,000 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
The unseeded Moodie dismissed the American Spadea in 6-4, 6-4 fashion on the grass courts at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The veteran Spadea reached the final here two years ago, only to lose to Greg Rusedski.
Moodie will meet fourth-seeded Frenchman Fabrice Santoro, who cruised past Mischa Zverev 6-4,6-3.
Fifth-seeded Frenchman Nicolas Mahut secured a berth in the final four by handling Indian qualifier Prakash Amritraj 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), while big Belgian Dick Norman outlasted qualifier and fellow non-seed Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Mahut and the 6-foot-8 Norman will square off in Saturday's other semi.

Santoro reaches Hall of Fame quarters

Newport, RI (Sports Network) - Crafty Frenchman Fabrice Santoro highlighted Thursday's second-round winners at the $416,000 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
The fourth-seeded Santoro fought back to beat Canadian Frank Dancevic 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 6-4 on the grass courts at the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Up next for the veteran Santoro will be German Mischa Zverev.
Santoro's fellow Frenchman, fifth-seeded Nicolas Mahut, joined the charge into the quarterfinals by holding off his qualifier countryman Antony Dupuis 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1 on Day 4 here. Mahut's round-of-eight opponent on Friday will be Indian qualifier Prakash Amritraj.
Other second-round results saw the aforementioned Zverev overcome Thai Danai Udomchoke 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4) and Amritraj handle American wild card Scoville Jenkins 6-4, 6-3.
The other quarters will pit second-seeded American Vincent Spadea against South African Wesley Moodie and Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi versus Belgian Dick Norman. Spadea was a finalist here two years ago.

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.