In this paper we consider the Cauchy problem for the nonlinear wave equation\n(NLW) with quadratic derivative nonlinearities in two space dimensions.\nFollowing Gr\\"{u}nrock's result in 3D, we take the data in the Fourier-Lebesgue\nspaces $\\^{H}_s^r$, which coincide with the Sobolev spaces of the same\nregularity for $r=2$, but scale like lower regularity Sobolev spaces for\n$1<r<2$. We show local well-posedness (LWP) for the range of exponents\n$s>1+\\frac{3}{2r}$, $1<r\\leq 2$. On one end this recovers the sharp result on\nthe Sobolev scale, $H^{\\frac{7}{4}+}$, while on the other end establishes the\n$\\^{H}_{\\frac{5}{2}}^{1+}$ result, which scales like the Sobolev\n$H^{\\frac{3}{2}+}$, thus, corresponding to a $\\frac{1}{4}$ derivative\nimprovement on the Sobolev scale.\n