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Featured Men's Singles Quarter-Finals 2017 US OPEN Flushing, New York, USA | August 28-September 10, 2017 Draw Size: S-128, D-64 | $50.4 million | Hard www.usopen.org DAY NINE MEDIA NOTES | Tuesday, September 5, 2017 FEATURED MEN’S SINGLES QUARTER-FINALS ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM [12] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs [29] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) First Meeting [17] Sam Querrey (USA) vs [28] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Querrey Leads 8-6 DAY NINE HIGHLIGHTS • Next week’s No. 1 American Sam Querrey bids to become the first homegrown US Open semi-finalist since Andy Roddick in 2006 when he meets good friend and occasional doubles partner Kevin Anderson on Tuesday night. Querrey reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals in 2016 and semi-finals in 2017 to end the longest American droughts in Grand Slam history for those respective rounds. He is three wins from becoming the first American Grand Slam champion since Roddick at the 2003 US Open. The 6-foot-6 Querrey and 6-foot-8 Anderson are meeting in the tallest Grand Slam quarter-final, semi-final or final of the Open Era. Querrey is 8-6 against Anderson overall and 1-1 this season. The South African avenged a five-set Wimbledon loss at ATP Masters 1000 Montreal. • First-time US Open quarter-finalists Pablo Carreno Busta and Diego Schwartzman will meet during the day session. Carreno Busta enjoyed an unprecedented path to his second Grand Slam quarter-final (also 2017 Roland Garros). The No. 12 seed swept 12 sets from four qualifiers in the first four rounds, becoming the first player in the Open Era to face four qualifiers at a Grand Slam. Schwartzman has made history of his own. The 5-foot-7 Argentine is the shortest Grand Slam quarter-finalist since fellow 5-foot-7 South American Jaime Yzaga at the 1994 US Open. With a win over Carreno Busta, the 29th-seeded Schwartzman would become the shortest Grand Slam semi-finalist since 5-foot-6 Harold Solomon at 1980 Roland Garros and US Open semi-finalist since Solomon in 1977. LONGEST AMERICAN DROUGHTS IN GRAND SLAM HISTORY (since 1877) Achievement Drought Origin Drought End Drought Grand Slam QF 2011 US Open (Isner, Roddick) 2016 Wimbledon (Querrey) 18 Grand Slams Grand Slam SF 2009 Wimbledon (Roddick) 2017 Wimbledon (Querrey) 31 Grand Slams Grand Slam Final 2009 Wimbledon (Roddick) TBD 32 Grand Slams Grand Slam Title 2003 US Open (Roddick) TBD 55 Grand Slams US Open QF 2011 (Isner, Roddick) 2017 (Querrey) 5 US Opens US Open SF 2006 (Roddick) TBD 10 US Opens US Open Final 2006 (Roddick) TBD 10 US Opens US Open Title 2003 (Roddick) TBD 13 US Opens EMIRATES ATP RACES (as of Tuesday, September 5 at 12 pm) Emirates ATP Race to London Emirates ATP Race to Milan 1 Rafael Nadal* 7,725^ 1 Alexander Zverev* 4,220 2 Roger Federer* 7,505^ 2 Andrey Rublev 1,084^ 3 Alexander Zverev 4,220 3 Karen Khachanov 990 4 Dominic Thiem 3,715 4 Denis Shapovalov 926 5 Stan Wawrinka 3,150 5 Borna Coric 876 6 Grigor Dimitrov 3,105 6 Jared Donaldson 800 7 Marin Cilic 2,995 7 Daniil Medvedev 717 8 Novak Djokovic 2,585 8 Hyeon Chung 695 9 Sam Querrey 2,435^ 9 Frances Tiafoe 562 10 Andy Murray 2,290 10 Ernesto Escobedo 469 11 Pablo Carreno Busta 2,235^ 11 Taylor Fritz 447 12 David Goffin 2,080 12 Alexander Bublik 403 * Qualified ^ Add 360 points for QF win * Qualified ^ Add 360 points for QF win NOTE: Top 8 players qualify for London NOTE: Top 7 #NextGenATP qualify for Milan (+ 1 WC) 2017 US OPEN – Day 9 Media Notes Tuesday, September 5, 2017 Page 2 of 5 ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM [12] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs [29] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) First Meeting [12] PABLO CARRENO BUSTA vs [29] DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN 26 (7/12/91) Age (Birthdate) 25 (8/16/92) No. 19 (No. 15 on 7/24/17) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 33 (No. 33 on 8/14/17) Gijon, Spain Birthplace Buenos Aires, Argentina Barcelona, Spain Residence Buenos Aires, Argentina 34-18 (14-9) 2017 Record (on hard) 28-21 (11-7) 109-102 (47-44) Career Record (on hard) 59-69 (24-23) 1 / 3 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 1 17-15 Career Grand Slam Record 10-13 9-3 (2017 Quarter-finals) US Open Record (Best Result) 5-3 (2017 Quarter-finals) 3-6 (2-2) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 1-3 (1-1) 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 0 50-43 (17-8) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 16-23 (5-7) $4,238,264 Career Prize Money $2,221,962 Samuel Lopez Coach Juan Ignacio Chela [12] PABLO CARRENO BUSTA Grand Slam History • Ended 0-16 start to career vs. Top 10 opponents to reach 1st Grand Slam QF at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Raonic 86 in 5th, ret vs. Nadal). Abdominal fracture suffered in Roland Garros QF forced withdrawal from Wimbledon. • Reached 3R at 2014 US Open (l. to Tsonga), 2016 US Open (d. Tipsarevic from 2 sets down, l. to Thiem) and 2017 Australian Open (l. to Istomin in 5 sets) • Also at 2016 US Open, advanced to doubles final w/Garcia-Lopez (d. Lopez/Lopez, l. to J. Murray/Soares). Spaniards became 1st unseeded team to reach US Open final since Hewitt/Mirnyi in 2000. 2017 Highlights W (1): Estoril (d Muller) F (1): Rio de Janeiro (l Thiem) SF (3): Buenos Aires (l Dolgopolov); Sao Paulo (l Cuevas); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Wawrinka) QF (2): Sydney (l Kuznetsov); Roland Garros (l Nadal) Hard-Court Summer (3-3) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 2nd Round (l Anderson) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 3rd Round (l Ferrer) Winston-Salem: 2nd Round (l Benneteau) 2017 in Review • Tournament Note: First player to face 4 qualifiers at a Grand Slam in Open Era (d. E. King, Norrie, Mahut, Shapovalov) • Did not drop a set en route to 3rd ATP World Tour singles title at Estoril (d. Robredo, Almagro, Ferrer and Muller) • Enjoyed run to Rio de Janeiro singles final (l. to Thiem) and won doubles title w/Cuevas (d. Cabal/Farah) • Saved 1 MP in Rio singles SF (d. No. 208 Ruud 26 75 60) and doubles SF (d. J. Murray/Soares 12-10 in Match TB) • Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF and SF at Indian Wells (d. Cuevas after saving 2 MPs, l. to Wawrinka) • Earned 1st win in 17th match vs Top 10 to reach 1st Grand Slam QF at Roland Garros (d. Raonic, ret vs Nadal) • Defeated Lopez/Lopez en route to Australian Open doubles SF w/Garcia-Lopez (l. to Bryan/Bryan) • Achieved career-high No. 15 in singles on July 24 and No. 16 in doubles on July 17 • Squandered 3 MPs in Davis Cup 1R loss to No. 223 Skugor before clinching tie with win over No. 319 Mektic • Retired in Roland Garros QF and Bastad 2R, and withdrew from Halle, Wimbledon and Hamburg (abdomen) For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP World Tour, please follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. 2017 US OPEN – Day 9 Media Notes Tuesday, September 5, 2017 Page 3 of 5 [29] DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN Grand Slam History • Reached Grand Slam 3R for 1st time at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Rublev 97 in 5th, l. to Djokovic in 5 sets) • Advanced to 2R at 4 Slams: 2014 Roland Garros as Q (l. to Federer), 2015 Roland Garros (l. to Monfils in 5 sets), 2015 US Open (l. to Nadal) and 2017 Australian Open (l. to Darcis) • Went 0-4 at Grand Slams in 2016 2017 Highlights SF (1): Istanbul (l Cilic) QF (6): Rio de Janeiro (l Thiem); Sao Paulo (l Cuevas); ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l Nadal); Bastad (l Kuznetsov); Hamburg (l F. Mayer); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Haase) Hard-Court Summer (3-2) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: Quarter-finals (l Haase) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 1st Round (l Khachanov) 2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Two Argentines -- Schwartzman and del Potro -- are in a Grand Slam QF for 1st time since 2005 US Open (Coria and Nalbandian). Matched biggest win of career by beating World No. 7 and 2014 champion Cilic in 3R. • Reached ATP Masters 1000 QFs at Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal) and Montreal (d. Thiem after saving 4 MPs, l. to Haase) • Lost to eventual champs in Rio de Janeiro QF (l. to Thiem), Sao Paulo QF (l. to Cuevas) and Istanbul SF (l. to Cilic) • Advanced to 3R at Miami (d. Ferrer, l. to Goffin) and Roland Garros (d. Rublev 97 in 5th, l. to Djokovic in 5 sets) • Earned career-high 28 wins in 2017 and achieved career-high No. 33 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 14 • Squandered 1 MP vs Donaldson in Eastbourne 1R and now owns 0-6 lifetime record on grass • Withdrew from London/Queen’s Club due to abdominal injury For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP World Tour, please follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. 2017 US OPEN – Day 9 Media Notes Tuesday, September 5, 2017 Page 4 of 5 [17] Sam Querrey (USA) vs [28] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Querrey Leads 8-6 08 Las Vegas (U.S.A.) Hard F Sam Querrey 4-6 6-3 6-4 09 London/Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R32 Sam Querrey 7-5 6-3 10 Los Angeles (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Sam Querrey 7-6(8) 4-6 6-0 10 ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (Canada) Hard R32 Kevin Anderson 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4 11 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Sam Querrey 7-6(1) 1-0 ret 12 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Sam Querrey 7-6(4) 6-4 12 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Kevin Anderson 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 12 Houston (U.S.A.) Clay R16 Kevin Anderson 7-6(3) 3-6 7-6(2) 12 Washington (U.S.A.) Hard QF Sam Querrey 6-4 6-4 14 Acapulco (Mexico) Hard R16 Kevin Anderson 7-6(2) 6-4 14 Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Sam Querrey 7-6(4) 6-4 15 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Kevin Anderson 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-4 17 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R16 Sam Querrey 5-7 7-6(5) 6-3 6-7(11) 6-3 17 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal Hard R16 Kevin Anderson 6-4 6-1 Other Meeting 07 Sacramento CH (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Sam Querrey 6-3 3-6 6-3 [17] SAM QUERREY vs [28] KEVIN ANDERSON 29 (10/7/87) Age (Birthdate) 31 (5/18/86) No.
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