Isner and Kamke Advance to Friday Semi-finals

In quarter-final action at the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships on Thursday, No. 1 seed John Isner and No. 8 seed Tobias Kamke claimed spots in the semi-finals. Both of the doubles matches went to tie-breaks, with Matthew Ebden and Ryan Harrison advancing over No. 1 seeds Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram, and Ivo Karlovic and Frank Moser defeating Ashley Fisher and Jordan Kerr.  

Quarter-finals continue on Friday, when No. 6 seed Olivier Rochus will face Matthew Ebden. The 30-year-old Rochus was 4-5 for the year before the grass court season started but has put together a 5-2 record on grass, including a quarter-final finish at Eastbourne, a second round finish at Wimbledon and now another quarter-final here. He has a record of success at Newport as well - he was a semi-finalist in 2009 and a finalist in 2010. Ebden, who took out No. 4 seed Ryan Sweeting en route to this round, is playing his second ATP World Tour quarter-final, after Brisbane in the first week of the year.

Next up is an all-American battle between qualifier Michael Yani and wild card Denis Kudla. Both are playing in their first ATP World Tour quarter-final and at 18 years and 10 months old, Kudla is the second-youngest man to reach the quarter-finals here since the tournament began in 1977 (Ryan Harrison achieved the feat at 18 years and 2 months last year). Kudla also pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament so far, beating the No. 2 seed, Grigor Dimitrov, in the second round. 

Hall of Fame Welcomes Andre Agassi 

Looking to the weekend, the International Tennis Hall of Fame is gearing up for the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for Andre Agassi and the WTA's Peachy Kellmeyer. Induction will be on Saturday, July 9 at 12 pm on the Hall of Fame's historic grass courts. While tickets for the Induction Ceremony are sold out, there are a limited number of tickets still available for live simulcast, which will be shown in the Casino Theatre on the Hall of Fame property. The simulcast will feature a visit from the inductees for their first post-induction interviews.  

In  addition, on Sunday, July 10 at 10 a.m., the Hall of Fame will host an exhibition match featuring new inductee Andre Agassi and his former coach Brad Gilbert, versus Todd Martin and Owen Davidson. Tickets for this event are still available and may be purchased by calling 401-849-6053 or online at tennisfame.com. 

Following are the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships results for Thursday, July 7 and Order of Play for Friday, July 8.  

RESULTS - JULY 7, 2011

Singles - Quarterfinals
[1] [WC] J Isner (USA) d [5] A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) 76(5) 64
[8] T Kamke (GER) d E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 36 61 63

Doubles - Quarterfinals
[WC] M Ebden (AUS) / R Harrison (USA) d [1] S Lipsky (USA) / R Ram (USA) 63 36 10-7
[2] M Melo (BRA) / A Sa (BRA) d R Bemelmans (BEL) / O Rochus (BEL) 46 63 10-8
I Karlovic (CRO) / F Moser (GER) d [WC] A Fisher (AUS) / J Kerr (AUS) 76(3) 46 10-4

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ORDER OF PLAY - FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2011

CENTER start 11:00 am
D Gremelmayr (GER) / T Kamke (GER) vs [4] J Brunstrom (SWE) / A Shamasdin (CAN)
[6] O Rochus (BEL) vs M Ebden (AUS)
[Q] M Yani (USA) vs [WC] D Kudla (USA)
[WC] M Ebden (AUS) / R Harrison (USA) vs I Karlovic (CRO) / F Moser (GER)

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