The qualifying matches on the first day of the Belgrade Open tournament started with a minute of silence for the Day of Mourning, declared after the accident in Novi Sad. During the Day of Mourning, there will be no music in the hall, and there will be no leisure activities.
The tournament was opened by the Serbian tennis player Marko Maksimovic, who played on the Central Court with the Argentinian Thiago Tirante, while on the Grandstand, Yannick Hanfmann and Lukas Klein squared off.
Schedule of matches and pairings for november 2:
Shapovalov – Lestienne
Grenier – Dzumhur
Pavlović – Djuric
Maksimović – Tirante
Fucovic – Karatsev
Sharipov – Ajdukovic
Hanfmann – Klein
Piros – Kovalik
Djordje Djokovic, the director of the Belgrade Open tournament, expressed his condolences after the draw to the families of the victims of the grave accident in Novi Sad.