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.
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.
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.
