19/11/2010 - The Serbian Open reached the knock out stage. Top seeded players Elizabeta SAMARA of Romania and Evgueni CHTCHETININE of Belarus progressed to the quarterfinal. The title holder Marko JEVTOVIC faced no obstacles in the duel against compatriot Vladimir RADONJIC. Serbia's player succeeded in straight games.
JEVTOVIC will play against Djordje BORCIC who overcame Thomas LE BRETON of France.

French player Benjamin BROSSIER succeeded against Denis CONIC in five games. BROSSIER will meet Evgueni CHTCHETININE. Belarus player overcame Zoran SAVIC of Serbia. Vitali NEKHVIADOVICH of Belarus was to strong for Boris MIHAILOVIC of Serbia. Pavel PLATANOV extended the list of Belarus players in the quarter after he beat Zoltan PETE. Bojan MILOSEVIC beat Lorencio LUPULESKU and Zolt SEL overcame Marko PETKOV.

Top seed Elizabeta SAMARA overcame Ivana DJALOVIC of Montenegro to reach the quarter final of the Women's Singles Event. Romanian star will play against Elena DUBKOVA of Belarus for the place in the semi final. DUBKOVA overcame another player from Montenegro Snezana CULAFIC.

In all-Serbian duels Monika MOLNAR overcame Zanet KORMANJOS and Anazofia FENJVESI beat Viktorija TRUZINSKI. Whilst most of the matches today were finished in straight games Dijana HOLOK and Aleksandra PRIVALOVA went full distance. In seven games duel Serbia's representative prevailed.

In the lower half of the draw Gabrijela FEHER of Serbia overcame Doroca HAJNAL Cristina HIRICI of Romania overcame Eva TOT of Serbia. She will play against Aleksandra RADONJIC of Serbia. Aleksandra overcame compatriot Aneta MAKSUTI.

(by Milica NIKOLIC, EWT)