The Spanish Fernando Verdasco could not overcome the quarterfinals of the Belgrade tournament when he lost with the Slovak Alex Molca, coming from the classification, 6-2 and 6-0 in 1 hour and 4 minutes.
Molcan, 255 in the ATP ranking, was clearly superior to the veteran player from Madrid, number 107, who lost his turn to serve up to five times, two in the first set and three in the second.
Roberto Carballés, who should have played in the afternoon against Argentine Federico Delbonis, resigned as a precaution to prepare for Roland Garros after having played and won on Wednesday very hard and very demanding from the physical point of view against Gael Monfils. Delbonis will face precisely the executioner of Verdasco, Molcan.