Wessels clears the first hurdle
13 April 2012
Peter Wessels, the defending champion from Holland, eased into the second round of the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, with a straight sets victory over Tomas Zib, of the Czech Republic.
Wessels won 7-6, 6-1 and was joined in the next round by No 3 seed Davide Sanguinetti, of Italy, who defeated Zimbabwe's Wayne Black 6-3, 6-3.
Another Dutchman, seventh seed Jan Siemerink, was beaten 6-2, 6-7, 6-1 by American left-hander Jeff Salzenstein and bigserving Taylor Dent, of the United States, was too powerful for Czech qualifier Ota Fukarek, winning 6-3, 6-2.
