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DAY 3 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – in Order of Play by Court RIO OPEN PRESENTED BY CLARO: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Jockey Club Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | February 15 – 21, 2016 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: $1,471,315| Surface: Clay ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.rioopen.com Edward La Cava: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @RioOpenOficial Maria Garcia-Planas: [email protected] facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/rioopenoficial Press Room: +55 2131845384 FERRER, TSONGA, THIEM FEATURED ON WEDNESDAY DAY 3 PREVIEW: Defending champion David Ferrer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Dominic Thiem are featured on Wednesday at the Rio Open. In the opening match on Quadra Guga Kuerten, 21-year-old Brazilian wild card Thiago Monteiro makes his ATP World Tour debut against the French No. 3 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Last week the World No. 9 Tsonga kicked off his Latin America debut by reaching the quarter-finals at Buenos Aires (l. to Almagro). In the second match on, Austrian No. 5 seed Thiem looks to extend his current 6-match winning streak alive when he squares off against the Argentine Diego Schwartzman (Thiem leads 1-0). The 22-year- old Austrian is coming off his fourth career ATP World Tour title in Buenos Aires, where he defeated Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals before overcoming Nicolas Almagro in the final. The 23-year-old Schwartzman is looking to reach his second career ATP World Tour quarter-final and first since reaching his maiden semi-final at Istanbul (l. to Federer) last May. Following the Spanish No. 2 seed Ferrer brings a 5-0 head-to-head advantage over his countryman Albert Ramos-Vinolas. The World No. 6 Ferrer is looking to reach his fourth ATP World Tour quarter- final of the year. Last week he reached his second ATP World Tour semi-final of the year at Buenos Aires (l. to Almagro). The 28-year-old Ramos-Vinolas is looking for just his second career win over a Top 10 opponent (1-16 record). His lone win came over No. 3 Roger Federer last October at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai. The final match on Quadra Guga Kuerten is a first-time meeting between Colombian Santiago Giraldo and Argentinian Guido Pella. The 28-year-old Giraldo is the only Colombian ranked to in the Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings, while the 25-year-old Pella is one of five Argentinians ranked in the Top 100. Both players are attempting to reach their first ATP World Tour quarter-final of the year. On Quadra 1 Italian No.7 seed Fabio Fognini brings a 3-1 advantage of the Spanish qualifier Daniel Gimeno-Traver. DAY 3 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court Quadra Guga Kuerten [3] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs [WC] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) First Meeting Tsonga FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: SF: Auckland (l Bautista Agut); QF: Buenos Aires (l Almagro) YTD W-L: 6-3 (1-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: April 17, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 9 Rio de Janeiro W-L (Best Result-Year): Debut The 30-year-old is making his tournament debut Last week reached 2nd ATP World Tour QF of the year and first on clay at Buenos Aires (l. to Almagro) Rio Open Presented by Claro Day 3 – Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Page 2 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com The top ranked Frenchman is one of six Frenchmen ranked in the Top 30 Emirates ATP Rankings (joined by: No. 10 Gasquet, No. 15 Simon, No. 16 Monfils, No. 22 Paire and No. 30 Chardy) Opened season by reaching the SF at Auckland (l. to Bautista Agut) and reached 4R at Australian Open (l.to Nishikori) In 2015, Frenchman finished in Top 10 for 6th time in 8 seasons (all but 2010 and 2014). Also won 30+ matches and ended in Top 15 for 8th straight season Missed 1st 11 weeks with an arm injury before season debut at ATP Masters 1000 Miami in March Career 70-39 record on clay and looking to reach first final Monteiro FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: YTD W-L: 0-0 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 31, 1994 Emirates ATP Ranking: 338 Rio de Janeiro W-L (Best Result-Year): Debut The 21-year-old left-hander is making his ATP World Tour debut In Challenger action reached SF at Rio de Janeiro (l. to Bagnis) and QF at Mendoza, ARG (l. to Melzer) last month Has a career 27-37 record (5-2 in 2016) in Challengers and has never reached a final Has a career 86-50 record in Futures with five titles in eight finals [5] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs Diego Schwartzman (ARG) Thiem Leads 1-0 15 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Dominic Thiem 7-6(0) 7-5 Thiem FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: W: Buenos Aires (d Almagro); SF: Brisbane (l Federer) YTD W-L: 11-3 (6-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: September 3, 1993 Emirates ATP Ranking: 19 Rio de Janeiro W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-0 (2R 2016) The 22-year-old, who is the youngest player (22) in the Top 20 Emirates ATP Ranking, defeated Pablo Andujar in his tournament debut on Tuesday Last week captured 4th career ATP World Tour title at Buenos Aires (d. Nadal in SF, d. Almagro). With win over Nadal became the first player aged 22-under to beat Nadal on clay since Igor Andreev in Valencia 2005 Looking to reach 3rd ATP World Tour QF of the year Opened year by reaching SF at Brisbane (d. Cilic in QF, l. to Federer), ret. down 76(2) 22 in 2R at Sydney (l. to Muller) due to blisters, fell in 3R at Australian Open (l. to Goffin) In 2015, Austrian improved his year-end Emirates ATP Ranking for 5th straight season and finished as youngest player in Top 20 Achieved career-high No. 18 on August 10 after reaching SF at Kitzbühel Captured 1st 3 ATP World Tour titles of career -- all on clay: Nice (d. L. Mayer 76 in 3rd), Umag (d. Sousa) and Gstaad (d. Goffin) Won career-high 36 matches (previous-best was 22 in 2014) Career 2-10 record vs Top 10 opponents (2-6 vs Top 5), prior to win over No. 5 Rafael Nadal had lost 8 against Top 10 foes, previous win was over No. 3 Wawrinka at 2014 Madrid as a qualifier Schwartzman FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: YTD W-L: 2-2 (2-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 16, 1992 Emirates ATP Ranking: 90 Rio de Janeiro W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-1 (2R 2016) Rio Open Presented by Claro Day 3 – Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Page 3 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com The 23-year-old advanced to the 2R here for the first time with a 63 62 win over Joao Souza. In tournament main draw debut last year fell in the 1R (l. to Delbonis ret in 3-set) Looking to reach 2nd career ATP World Tour QF and first since reaching maiden SF at Istanbul (l. to Federer) last year Last week reach 2R at Buenos Aires (l. to Lorenzi) In only other tour-level event of year ret. in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Millman) In 2015, Argentine finished in Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings for 2nd straight season Achieved a career-high ranking of No. 57 on May 4 after advancing to Istanbul SF (l. to No. 2 Federer 75 in 3rd) Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) vs [2] David Ferrer (ESP) Ferrer Leads 5-0 12 Valencia (Spain) Hard R16 David Ferrer 6-4 6-2 14 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay QF David Ferrer 6-1 6-2 14 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R32 David Ferrer 7-6(6) 5-7 6-3 15 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R32 David Ferrer 6-4 6-0 15 Vienna (Austria) Hard R32 David Ferrer 1-6 6-3 6-4 Ramos-Vinolas FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: SF: Quito (l Estrella Burgos) YTD W-L: 5-5 (4-2 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 17, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 47 Rio de Janeiro W-L (Best Result-Year): 2-2 (2R 2014, ‘16) The 28-year-old advanced to the 2R for the second after Dusan Lajovic ret. at 3-4 in first set. Also reached 2R in 2014 (l. to Sousa) and has a 2-2 tournament record At No. 47, is one of five left-handed Spaniards ranked in the Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings (joined by No. 5 Nadal, No. 25 Lopez, No. 60 Verdasco, No. 72 Munoz-de la Nava) Last week fell in 1R at Buenos Aires (l. to Cuevas) Reached his 4th career ATP World Tour SF (1-3 mark) at Quito (l. to eventual champion Estrella Burgos) and first since 2012 Estoril (l. to Gasquet). Reached lone final at 2012 Casablanca (l. to Andujar) Reached 2R at Australian Open (l. to Cilic) and fell in 1R at Qatar (l. to Mathieu) and Auckland (l to de Bakker) In 2015, Spaniard posted double-digit win total (16-23) and finished in Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings for 5th straight season Career 1-16 record vs Top 10 opponents, lone win came over No. 3 Roger Federer last year at AMS Shanghai Ferrer FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: SF(2): Auckland (l Sock); Buenos Aires (l Almagro); QF: Australian Open (l Murray) YTD W-L: 9-4 (3-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 26 Date of Birth: April 2, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 6 Rio de Janeiro W-L (Best Result-Year): 9-1 (Winner 2015) The 33-year-old Spaniard opened with a 63 76(3) win over Chilean wild card Nicolas Jarry on Tuesday.
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