serving American John Isner captured his second career ATP title after skipping his brother's wedding to beat Belgium's Olivier Rochus 6-3, 7-6 in the Hall of Fame Tennis Championship final Sunday. The towering American blasted 22 aces past Rochus, 38 centimeters (1 foot 3 inches) shorter than his opponent, to become the first top seed to win the grasscourt tournament in Newport in 35 years. Spain in semis In Texas, Spain's David Ferrer beat Mardy Fish 7-5, 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 7-6 (7-5) Sunday as Spain defeated the United States to earn a berth in the Davis Cup semifinals. Spain now hosts France on Sept. 16-18. Pennetta wins opener Top-seeded Flavia Pennetta beat wild card Anastassia Grymalska 6-4, 6-1 in the opening round of the Palermo Open Monday. In other matches, sixth-seeded Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria beat Anna Tatishvili of Georgia 6-2, 7-5 and Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan defeated Madalina Gojnea of Romania 7-6 (4), 6-2. Garcia-Lopez advances Eighth-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain advanced to the second round of the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart by beating Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-3 Monday. Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine also advanced, rallying to defeat Jaroslav Pospisil of the Czech Republic 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Robredo retires A thigh injury forced Tommy Robredo of Spain to retire in his first-round match Monday against Filippo Volandri of Italy in the Swedish Open at Bastad.
