NOTTINGHAM, England, June 16 (UPI) -- Two seeded Americans were ousted from the Samsung Open on Monday, but No. 8 Mardy Fish avoided the fate of his countrymen.
Germany's Alexander Popp upset fourth seed Vincent Spadea, 7-5, 6-4, for his first ATP victory this season.
Fifth seed Jan-Michael Gambill fell to British wild card Alex Bogdanovic, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Gambill snapped a six-match losing streak last week at the Stella Artois Championships.
Fish won his first grasscourt match of the year with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee.
Wild card Arvind Parmar continued the strong first-day showing by Englishmen, defeating Paul-Henri Mathieu of France, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4).
Australian Wayne Arthurs - last year's runner-up - outlasted American Bob Bryan, 7-6 (17-15), 7-5. The 19-17 tiebreaker is the longest in more than four years.
