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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] (ARG) First Meeting [17] (USA) vs [28] (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 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 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 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 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 * 7,725^ 1 * 4,220 2 * 7,505^ 2 1,084^ 3 Alexander Zverev 4,220 3 990 4 3,715 4 926 5 3,150 5 Borna Coric 876 6 3,105 6 Jared Donaldson 800 7 Marin Cilic 2,995 7 717 8 2,585 8 Hyeon Chung 695 9 Sam Querrey 2,435^ 9 562 10 2,290 10 469 11 Pablo Carreno Busta 2,235^ 11 447 12 2,080 12 403 * 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, Birthplace , 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

[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 (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 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)

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[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 (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

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[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 () 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 () 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. 21 (No. 17 on 1/31/11) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 32 (No. 10 on 10/12/15) San Francisco, CA, USA Birthplace Johannesburg, South Africa Santa Monica, CA, USA Residence Gulf Stream, FL, USA 34-16 (22-9) 2017 Record (on hard) 27-15 (13-7) 319-252 (218-159) Career Record (on hard) 266-195 (187-128) 2 / 10 2017 Titles / Career Titles 0 / 3 50-42 Career Grand Slam Record 54-33 18-10 (2017 Quarter-finals) US Open Record (Best Result) 17-7 (2015, 2017 Quarter-finals) 7-10 (3-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 10-8 (1-1) 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 2 153-150 (12-8) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) 152-130 (16-11) $9,326,933 Career Prize Money $8,272,183 Craig Boynton Coach

[17] SAM QUERREY

Grand Slam History • Reached 1st SF in Open Era-record 42nd Grand Slam appearance at 2017 Wimbledon (l. to Cilic) • First American Grand Slam semi-finalist since Roddick at 2009 Wimbledon • First player since Becker in 1988-89 to beat World No. 1 and since Sampras in 1992-93 to beat defending champion at back-to-back Wimbledons (d. Djokovic in 2016 3R and Murray in 2017 QF) • Ended Djokovic’s 30-match Grand Slam win streak at 2016 Wimbledon (l. to Raonic in QF) • Reached 2015 US Open mixed doubles final w/Mattek-Sands (l. to Paes/Hingis) • Broke into Top 20 on July 5, 2010 after reaching Wimbledon 4R (d. Malisse 97 in 5th, l. to Murray)

2017 Highlights W (2): Acapulco (d Nadal); Los Cabos (d Kokkinakis) SF (1): Wimbledon (l Cilic) QF (4): Delray Beach (l del Potro); Houston (l Bellucci); Geneva (l Wawrinka); London/Queen's Club (l Muller)

Hard-Court Summer (7-2) Los Cabos: Champion (d Kokkinakis) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 3rd Round (l Anderson) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 2nd Round (l Mannarino) 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 5 of 5

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Defeated [23] M. Zverev 62 62 61 in 77 minutes thanks to 55 winners, 18 aces, 8 unforced errors, 0 break points faced, 92% of 1st-serve points won (35/38), 83% net points won (10/12) and 50% return points won (40/80) • At Wimbledon, became 1st American to reach a Grand Slam SF since Roddick at 2009 Wimbledon • Reached 1st SF in 42nd Grand Slam appearance -- longest wait to reach a Grand Slam SF in Open Era (l. to Cilic) • First player since Becker in 1988-89 to beat World No. 1 and since Sampras in 1992-93 to beat defending champion at back-to-back Wimbledons (d. Djokovic in 2016 Wimbledon 3R and Murray in 2017 Wimbledon QF) • First player since Tipsarevic in 2007 with 3 straight wins in 5 sets at Wimbledon (d. Tsonga, Anderson and Murray) • Ended 7-match losing streak vs Top 20 opponents by beating Goffin, Thiem, Kyrgios and Nadal to win Acapulco title • Snapped Murray’s 25-match win streak and Nadal’s 16-match win streak against Americans • Posted 9-0 record in Mexico, capturing 10th ATP World Tour title at Los Cabos (d. Kokkinakis) • Broke back into Top 20 of Emirates ATP Rankings on August 7 for 1st time since July 22, 2013 • Celebrated 300th victory of career in Geneva 1R on May 22 (d. Altmaier) • Squandered 3 MPs in ATP Masters 1000 Rome 3R (l. to Thiem) • Teaming w/Muller, advanced to Brisbane final (l. to Kokkinakis/Thompson) and Indian Wells SF (l. to Klaasen/Ram) • Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Madrid due to elbow injury and Winston-Salem due to fatigue

[28] KEVIN ANDERSON

Grand Slam History • Owns 2-9 record in Grand Slam 4R, reaching QFs at US Open in 2015 (d. Murray, l. to Wawrinka) and 2017 • Achieved career-high No. 10 on Oct. 12, 2015 soon after advancing to 1st US Open QF • Led eventual champion and World No. 1 Djokovic by 2 sets in 2015 Wimbledon 4R before falling 75 in 5th • Missed 2017 Australian Open (hip) and retired in 2017 Roland Garros 4R vs. Cilic (left thigh)

2017 Highlights F (1): Washington (l A. Zverev) SF (1): Estoril (l Muller) QF (2): Geneva (l Nishikori); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l to A. Zverev)

Hard-Court Summer (7-3) Washington: Finalist (l A. Zverev) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: Quarter-finals (l A. Zverev) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 1st Round (l Dolgopolov)

2017 in Review • Tournament Note: Bids to become 1st South African in US Open SF since Drysdale in 1965 and in Grand Slam SF since Ferreira at 2003 Aus. Open. Held in 55/55 service games and saved 14/14 BPs before being broken by Lorenzi in 4R. • Saved 1 MP to beat No. 1 seed Thiem in 3R en route to 1st final since 2015 at Washington (l. to A. Zverev) • Fell in Grand Slam 4R matches at Roland Garros (ret vs Cilic) and Wimbledon (l. to Querrey in 5 sets) • Avenged loss to Querrey in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 3R (l. to eventual champion A. Zverev in QF) • Reached Estoril SF (l. to Muller), Geneva QF (l. to Nishikori after holding 3 MPs) and Barcelona 3R (l. to Nadal) • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to A. Zverev in 1R) • Dropped to No. 80 in Emirates ATP Rankings on January 16 -- lowest since No. 87 on August 9, 2010 • Retired in Roland Garros 4R vs Cilic due to left thigh injury • Withdrew from Brisbane (hip), Australian Open (hip), London/Queen’s Club Q (leg) and Winston-Salem (right elbow)

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