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Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship FAYEZ SAROFIM & CO. U.S. MEN’S CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIP: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, April 7, 2016 River Oaks Country Club, Houston, Texas, United States | April 4 – 10, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $577,860 | Surface: Clay ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com http://www.mensclaycourt.com/ Joshua Rey: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @mensclaycourt Press Room: +1 713-874-6356 facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/mensclaycourt REIGNING CHAMPION SOCK, LOPEZ, BAGHDATIS EYE QUARTER-FINALS DAY 4 PREVIEW: The remaining four second round singles matches are on Thursday’s schedule at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship with reigning champion Jack Sock, No. 3 seed Feliciano Lopez and No. 7 Marcos Baghdatis in action. In the opening match on Center Court, No. 4 seeds Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey take on Chris Guccione of Australia and Andre Sa of Brazil in a doubles quarter-final match. Querrey and Johnson have a 29-24 career match record together since first teaming up in 2012 Los Angeles (SF). They have reached ATP World Tour finals in 2014 Atlanta (l. to Pospisil/Sock) and Memphis in February (l. to Fyrstenberg/Gonzalez). They also teamed together in a Davis Cup World Group playoff tie last year in Uzbekistan, winning in straight sets. Guccione and Sa are 15-14 together and this is the one year anniversary since they first teamed up here (l. to Lindstedt/Melzer in 1R). They are 1-1 in ATP World Tour finals, winning in Nottingham last June (d. Cuevas/Marrero) and reaching the Shenzhen final in September (l. to Erlich/Fleming).This is a first-time meeting. In the first singles match of the day, Lukas Lacko of Slovakia takes on Lopez for the second time. The Spaniard won the previous meeting 63 76 in 2012 Kuala Lumpur 1R. Lacko is making his first River Oaks appearance and he’s trying to reach his first ATP World Tour quarter-final since 2014 Shenzhen (l. to eventual champ Murray). Lopez is appearing in Houston for the fourth time (4-3 record) and his best result is the semi-finals in 2012 (l. to Isner). In the next match on, Sock and Aussie qualifier Matthew Barton meet for the first time. Last year Sock defeated countryman Sam Querrey 76(9) 76(2) to earn his maiden ATP World Tour singles crown. It was the first all-American final in Houston since 2003 (Agassi d. Roddick). Sock came in unseeded and ranked No. 46 before winning 10 straight sets (lost the opening set 1R to Souza. He finished a year-end best No. 26. This season he reached the Auckland final (ret. vs. Bautista Agut) and afterwards reached a career-high No. 22 on January 18. The 24-year-old Barton is trying to reach his first career ATP World Tour quarter-final. Both of his previous match wins came over Americans, Steve Johnson in Auckland 1R in January and Frances Tiafoe on Tuesday. In the evening session, top seeds and five-time tournament winners Bob and Mike Bryan take on the wild card duo of Reilly Opelka and Tommy Paul. The Bryans survived a 1R battle on Tuesday, saving two match points in their 36 61 11-9 win over Denis Kudla and Donald Young. The Bryans are trying to win their first title since last August at ATP Masters 1000 Montreal. Opelka and Paul won their first career ATP World Tour doubles match over Monroe/N. Skupski on Monday. In the final match on Center Court, former World Top 10s Fernando Verdasco and Baghdatis square off for the third time. The Cypriot won both previous hard court meetings in straight sets in 2010 Washington and 2015 Tokyo. Baghdatis, who registered the first double bagel win on the ATP World Tour this season (d. Schwartzman), is trying to reach his first quarter-final in Houston. Verdasco, the 2014 champion at River Oaks, has a 9-2 career record in Houston. On Court 3, an all-American encounter takes place between Donald Young and Tim Smyczek, who won the last meeting in three sets in the 2R of Delray Beach in February. They also met 12 other times at the Futures, Challenger or Tour qualifying level and Young prevailed eight times. The winner will advance to their second quarter-final of the season. Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship Day 4 – Thursday, April 7, 2016 Page 2 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com DAY 4 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court CENTER COURT Lukas Lacko (SVK) vs [3] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) Lopez Leads 1-0 12 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Hard R32 Feliciano Lopez 6-3 7-6(3) Lacko 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 1-1 (1-0 on clay, 0-1 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 3, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 114 Houston W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-0 (2R- 2016) • The 28-year-old Slovakian made his River Oaks debut on Tuesday, posting a 61 75 win over Russian Dmitry Tursunov. It was also his first ATP World Tour match win of season • Prior to this week, lost to Baghdatis in Montpellier 1R – his only other tour-level match of season • Fell in qualifying at Doha, Australian Open and Rotterdam • Posted 6-4 record on ATP Challenger Tour, highlighted by run to SF at Manila, PHI (l. to Youzhny) Lopez 2016 FastFacts: SF: Dubai (l Baghdatis); QF: Quito (l Ramos-Vinolas) YTD W-L: 8-7 (7-6 on hard, 1-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: September 20, 1981 Emirates ATP Ranking: 24 Houston W-L (Best Result - Year): 4-3 (SF-2012) • The 34-year-old Madrid native is making his fourth River Oaks appearance (4-3 record) and his best result is semi-finals in his 2012 debut (l. to Isner). Last year fell in quarter-finals (l. to Querrey) • Earned 2nd win vs. World No. 1 when Djokovic retired with eye problem in Dubai QF (l. to Baghdatis in SF). Also defeated Garcia-Lopez for 400th career singles win in Dubai 1R on Feb. 22 • Beat Bautista Agut 76 67 64 in 3h16m to reach 4R at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Appeared in 56th straight Grand Slam main draw at Aust. Open (d. Pella in 5 sets, l. to Isner in 3R) • Retired down 75 43 in Quito QF vs. Ramos-Viñolas due to fatigue • Captured 2nd doubles title of career at Doha w/M. Lopez (d. J. Murray/Soares and Peya/Petzschner) • Held 2 MPs in Dubai doubles final w/M. Lopez before falling 14-12 in Match TB to Bolelli/Seppi [4] Jack Sock (USA) vs [Q] Matthew Barton (AUS) First Meeting Sock 2016 FastFacts: F: Auckland (l Bautista Agut) YTD W-L: 7-6 (7-4 on hard, 0-1 on clay, 0-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September 24, 1992 Emirates ATP Ranking: 25 Houston W-L (Best Result-Year): 8-2 (Winner- 2015) • The 23-year-old American is making his fourth Houston appearance (8-2 record) and last year came in ranked No. 46 and won 10 straight sets (lost opening set in 1R to Souza). Beat countryman Querrey 76 76 in first all-American final in Houston since 2003 (Agassi d. Roddick) • Opened season by retiring with illness in Auckland final when he trailed Bautista Agut 61 1-0. Beat frequent doubles partner Pospisil, No. 12 Anderson and No. 8 Ferrer en route to final, snapping 9-match losing streak vs. Top 10 opponents • Achieved career-high No. 22 in Emirates ATP Rankings on January 18 Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship Day 4 – Thursday, April 7, 2016 Page 3 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com • Played and won 1st 5-set match of career in Australian Open 1R (d. Fritz, l. to Rosol in 2R) • Suffered 1st Davis Cup loss of career to Tomic (USA d. AUS 3-1 in 1R) • Withdrew from Buenos Aires due to illness Barton 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 2-1 (1-1 on hard, 1-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: December 18, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 270 Houston W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-0 (2R-2016) • The 24-year-old Sydney native qualified and defeated wild card Frances Tiafoe 63 64 on Tuesday to earn his second career ATP World Tour match win • In second week of season in Auckland, qualified and beat Steve Johnson (l. to No. 8 Ferrer 62 64) • Since then has been playing mostly on ATP Challenger Tour although in his last tournament he won U.S. Futures #11 without dropping a set in California where he beat Laaksonen in final (picked up 27 Emirates ATP Ranking pts.) • On Challenger circuit, reached QF on home soil in Launceston (l. to Golubev) and followed with 2R at New Delhi and SF at Kyoto (l. to Sugita). Lost in 1R qualifying at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Harrison) and 1R at Drummondville Challenger in Canada (l. to Evans) • Has a 35-28 career record in Challengers (0-1 on clay) with lone title coming at West Lakes, AUS in Feb. 2013 (d. Ward). Also has 98-59 career record in Futures with four titles (24-18 on clay, no titles) YEAR-END EMIRATES ATP RANKINGS – Career-high: 201 (April 15, 2013) 2015: 297 2012: 426 2014: 524 2011: 661 2013: 253 2010: 898 [1] B.
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