Dent Into Second Round at Rainy ATP Beijing

Only two matches completed in Beijing Tuesday due to rain, with (7) Taylor "Making a" Dent (d. (Q) Luczak) and Israel's Noam Okun (d. (Q) Parmar) into the second round.

Dent rained 16 aces on the qualifier.

"When I serve well I'm tough to beat," Dent said. "These conditions suit my game." Humid hardcourts?

Dent says he is planning on playing the men's Beijing Challenger at the site next week to spend time with girlfriend Jennifer Hopkins who plays in the WTA Beijing event beginning on Monday.

One match was left stranded with the rains, with Russia's Mikhail Youzhny leading Ivo "I Dated Hingis" Heuberger 7-5, 2-4 when the match was suspended.

Wednesday's backed-up schedule is Justin "Time" Gimelstob vs. (2) Ferrero, Lisnard vs. (6) Paradorn "The Thai Fighter" Srichaphan, (5) Marat "The Russian Tank" Safin vs. Bogomolov Jr., (1) Moya vs. (Q) Tsonga, Youzhny vs. Heuberger (to finish), (WC) Wang Jr. vs. (8) Dominik "The Dominator" Hrbaty, Pless vs. (3) Nalbandian, (LL) P.Amritraj vs. (WC) Lu, Burgsmuller vs. K.Kim, Glenn "I.C." Weiner vs. H.-T. Lee, and (Q) Healey vs. Sanguinetti.