Prakash Amritraj, who advanced to the final of the Hall of Fame Championships last year before falling to Fabrice Santoro, cruised past Danai Udomchoke 6-1, 6-4 in the first round on Monday at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Taylor Dent, who reached as high as No. 21 in the rankings before two back surgeries sidelined his career, also won on Monday, beating Marcos Daniel 6-2, 6-1.
The upset of the day was No. 4 seed Benjamin Becker of Germany losing in three sets to American Brendan Evans, 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-5. Becker double faulted on match point. In an all-American match, Jesse Levine downed Chris Guccione 7-6(2), 7-6(2).
American Vince Spadea, who advanced to the semifinals here a year ago, lost to Daniel Brands of Germany 6-0, 6-4.
Check Tuesday's edition of The Daily News for a full recap of Monday's action.
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The final singles match of the day saw 2003 champ Robby Ginepri survive a scare from Spaniard Santiago Ventura, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. Ginepri broke Ventura in the ninth game of the third set and served out the match.
It wasn't the most well-played match on either side, but a few questionable calls (bad calls, in Ventura's opinion) went Ginepri's way.
Ginepri will face fellow American Brendan Evans in the second round.
I'm a big fan of the underdog, and it'll be hard to root against Brendan Evans, who made Monday's victory just his third on the ATP Tour.
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