30. 04. 2010. ·
The organisers of the “Serbia Open 2010 powered by Telekom Srbija” (May 3-9, 2010) have announced the singles draw.
28 players will be lead by world no.2 and defending champion Novak Djokovic, who will be top-seeded.
Novak has a first-round BYE, and will open his title defence in Belgrade against the winner of the match between Italian Fabio Fognini and a qualifier.
No.7 seed Janko Tipsarevic is in Novak’s quarter and the two players could meet in the quarter-finals.
Nole’s potential semi-final opponents are Sam Querrey (USA,3) and Ivo Karlovic (CRO,5).
John Isner (USA,2), Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI,4) and Viktor Troicki (SRB,6) are in the other half of the draw and Djokovic can’t meet them before the finals.
Serbia Open is an ATP World Tour 250 tournament. The prize fund is € 424,950. The winner will get €67,430 and 250 ATP points.
Main Draw:
[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) – BYE
Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs. Q
Q vs. [WC] Filip Krajinovic (SRB)
Horacio Zeballos (ARG) vs. [7] Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
[3] Sam Querrey (USA) – BYE
Evgeny Korolev (KAZ) vs. Michael Russell (USA)
Igor Andreev (RUS) vs. Blaz Kavcic (SLO)
[WC] Dusan Lajovic (SRB) vs. [5] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
[6] Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs. Ivan Navarro (ESP)
Karol Back (SVK) vs. Florent Serra (FRA)
[WC] Marko Djokovic (SRB) vs. Q
[4] Stanislav Wawrinka (SUI) – BYE
[8] Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs. Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
Olivier Rochus (BEL) vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA)
Q vs. Josselin Ouanna (FRA)
[2] John Isner (USA) – BYE
