Fifth-seeded Frenchman Fabrice Santoro and sixth-seeded German Benjamin Becker were first-round losers Tuesday at the Open de Moselle. Santoro, a 36-year-old who plans to retire at the end of this season, lost to Belgian Christophe Rochus 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3).

Fabrice Santoro, seeking his third straight title at the event, won two matches Friday to reach the semifinals of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. Because the tournament schedule had been disrupted all week by rain, officials were forced to send several players out twice Friday to get through the quarterfinal round. Santoro began his day by defeating Taylor Dent 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 and then won over Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 6-4. Santoro's semifinal foe will be third-seeded Sam Querrey, who also posted two victories Friday.

Two-time defending champion Fabrice Santoro finally advanced past the first round Thursday at the rain-marred Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. Santoro defeated Flavio Cipolla 6-3, 7-5 in a match that was suspended during the first set Wednesday. The first round was completed Thursday, following rain

Dmitry Tursunov and Fabrice Santoro advanced in straight sets Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Aegon International tennis tournament in England. Tursunov, the tournament's No. 2 seed, got past Denis Istomin 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in a match in which Tursunov had Istomin on the defensive much of the day.

Men's tennis veteran Fabrice Santoro of France lost his final French Open match Wednesday in four sets to Belgium's Christophe Rochus. The scores were 3-6, 1-6, 6-3, 4-6. The match, Santoro's record-equaling 20th French Open appearance before a partisan crowd at Roland Garros, was suspended Tuesday because of darkness. Santoro is retiring at season's end. When play was called Tuesday, Rochus led 5-3 in the fourth set. He needed just eight minutes Wednesday to complete his victory and advance to the second round. I wanted to have played a tight match, Santoro said on the ATP Web site.