Fabrice Santoro of France has stormed into the second round of the Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships after defeating Italy's Flavio Cipolla in a rain interrupted match at Newport.

Santoro, the two time champion, has outplayed Cipolla in straight sets by 6-3 7-5 in first round match of the tournament.

This match was originally planned to be played on Tuesday but due to rain it was postponed to next day and another rain intervention caused match to be closed early on Wednesday which has been finished yesterday.

Paris - Flamboyant Frenchman Fabrice Santoro is looking ahead to one last Wimbledon after ending his French Open career of 20 years with a 6-3, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 first-round loss to Belgian Christophe Rochus Wednesday.

The 36-year-old will be retiring in November at the Paris Masters at Bercy but has a full schedule planned until that day.