Kudla untroubled as Young bows out in Newport

Newport, July 17: Denis Kudla was untroubled in the first round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, while Donald Young was eliminated on Monday.

Kudla – the eighth seed at the ATP 250 tournament in Newport – cruised past Ruben Bemelmans 6-3 6-4.

His fellow American Young was not so lucky, the wildcard going down to Vasek Pospisil 7-6 (7-5) 6-1.

In other first-round matches, Jordan Thompson won an all-Australian clash against James Duckworth 6-4 6-3 and Tim Smyczek battled past Bjorn Fratangelo 6-3 2-6 6-4.

Source: OPTA