Roberto Carballés will not face Novak Djokovic at the Serbia Open in Belgrade. The Tenerifean could not overcome the first round of the tournament after falling to South Korean Soonwoo Kwon in two sets by 6-3 and 7-5 after one hour and 38 minutes of play.
The match began with equality between both tennis players and with Carballés breaking Kwon's serve, who managed to return the break in the next game and that in the sixth would also break Carballés's serve so as not to fail with his service and close the first set 6-3.
In the second Kwon took some advantage after breaking Carballés's serve in the fifth game, but the man from Tenerife reacted to overcome a match point and break the South Korean's serve in the tenth game to equalize the set. However, immediately afterwards, Kwon managed another break and then did not fail with his serve and close the set and the match 7-5 before facing a difficult challenge against Novak Djokovic, the world number 1.