Chardy, Krstin Move On In Belgrade
Main draw action kicked off at the Belgrade Open on Sunday with three winners moving into the second round.
Jeremy Chardy beat American Tennys Sandgren 6-4, 6-2. Chardy is looking to gain some clay-court momentum after starting the season with two semi-final runs and reaching the quarter-finals of the ATP 500 in Dubai.
Serbian Pedja Krstin made good use of his wild card by defeating Soonwon Kwon 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. The win marks the 26-year-old’s first tour-level victory in four main-draw appearances.
His compatriot, 17-year-old Marko Topo, started strong in his ATP Tour debut, but Federico Coria ultimately triumphed 4-6, 6-2, 6-0.
The qualifying draw was completed with Roberto Carballes Baena, Alex Molcan, Andrej Martin and Christopher O’Connell advancing to the main draw.
ORDER OF PLAY – MONDAY, MAY 24, 2021
CENTER COURT start 12:00 noon
[Q] A. Molcan (SVK) vs [WC] H. Medjedovic (SRB)
P. Cuevas (URU) vs [7] M. Kecmanovic (SRB)
Not Before 4:00 pm
R. Berankis (LTU) vs [5] D. Lajovic (SRB)
L. Pouille (FRA) vs F. Verdasco (ESP)
R. Albot (MDA) vs T. Monteiro (BRA)
COURT 1 start 12:00 noon
[LL] M. Moraing (GER) vs E. Gerasimov (BLR)
[8] F. Delbonis (ARG) vs [LL] L. Klein (SVK)
[Q] C. O’Connell (AUS) vs [Q] A. Martin (SVK)
[SE] A. Rinderknech (FRA) vs [Q] R. Carballes Baena (ESP)
COURT 2 start 12:00 noon
A. Goransson (SWE) / R. Matos (BRA) vs D. Sharan (IND) / J. Smith (AUS)
J. Erlich (ISR) / A. Vasilevski (BLR) vs A. Molteni (ARG) / F. Nielsen (DEN)
Not Before 6:00 pm
[3] A. Behar (URU) / G. Escobar (ECU) vs [PR] S. Arends (NED) / L. Martinez (VEN)