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)...Full Story