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SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, October 13, 2015 SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, October 13, 2015 Qizhong Tennis Center, Shanghai, China | October 11 – 18, 2015 Draw: S-56, D-24 | Prize Money: $4,783,320 (7,021,335) | Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.shanghairolexmasters.com Nicola Arzani: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour Twitter: @SHRolexMasters Richard Evans: [email protected] Facebook: ATP World Tour Facebook: Shanghai Rolex Masters Edward La Cava: [email protected] Thomas Troxler: [email protected] Press Room: +86 21 3136 4622 FEDERER, CILIC, TSONGA KICK OFF SHANGHAI 2ND ROUND DAY 3 PREVIEW: The first round ends and second round begins at the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Tuesday, highlighted by the return of reigning champion Roger Federer. The No. 2 seed is playing for the fifth time at the event and 10th time overall in Shanghai, including Tennis Masters Cup appearances in 2002 and 2005-08. Federer’s opponent, qualifier Albert Ramos-Viñolas, is 0-15 against Top 10 opponents (2-35 in sets). Also in second-round action are No. 16 seed Jo- Wilfried Tsonga and No. 14 seed Marin Cilic, who meets his 18-year-old countryman Borna Coric for the first time. Cilic and Coric each advanced in a third-set tiebreaker, with the 2014 US Open champion Cilic saving a match point against wild card Di Wu. New World No. 10 Kevin Anderson faces former World No. 2 Tommy Haas in one of nine remaining first-round matches. EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON UPDATE: The Shanghai Rolex Masters champion will earn 1,000 points in the Emirates ATP Race to London. The Top 8 players in the race on Nov. 9 go on to compete at the year-end Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Nov. 15-22. Four players have already qualified: Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka. More than 1,000 race points separate No. 8 David Ferrer from No. 9 Richard Gasquet, so it is essential for contenders to make a run this week. A maximum of 2,000 race points are on the line after the Shanghai Rolex Masters at ATP World Tour 250 events in Moscow, Stockholm and Valencia; ATP World Tour 500 events in Vienna and Basel; and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris Race Player Points 1R Opponent 2R Opponent (with 1R win) 1 Novak Djokovic* 13,285 Bye Martin Klizan 2 Andy Murray* 7,510 Bye Steve Johnson 3 Roger Federer* 6,740 Bye [Q] Albert Ramos-Viñolas 4 Stan Wawrinka* 5,960 Bye Cuevas or Troicki 5 Tomas Berdych 4,100 Bye [Q] Kubot or Sock 6 Rafael Nadal 3,970 Bye Ivo Karlovic 7 Kei Nishikori 3,855 Bye Nick Kyrgios 8 David Ferrer 3,435 Bye Bernard Tomic 9 Richard Gasquet 2,355 Gilles Muller [Q] Bolelli or Pospisil 10 John Isner 2,270 Adrian Mannarino (W) Goffin or [Q] Soeda 11 Kevin Anderson 2,205 [WC] Tommy Haas Fognini or Sousa 12 Marin Cilic 2,145 [WC] Di Wu (W) Borna Coric 13 Milos Raonic 2,080 Thomaz Bellucci Roberto Bautista Agut 14 Gilles Simon 1,965 [Q] Nikoloz Basilashvili Leonardo Mayer 15 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1,945 Tommy Robredo (W) Victor Estrella Burgos 16 Feliciano Lopez 1,635 [Q] Andrey Kuznetsov (W) Dominic Thiem 17 David Goffin 1,625 [Q] Go Soeda [13] John Isner 18 Dominic Thiem 1,555 [Q] Yen-Hsun Lu (W) [15] Feliciano Lopez 19 Bernard Tomic 1,495 Fernando Verdasco (W) [7] David Ferrer 20 Benoit Paire 1,453 Withdrew ---- * Qualified Shanghai Rolex Masters Day 3 – Tuesday, October 13, 2015 Page 2 of 9 www.ATPWorldTour.com EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON UPDATE: The Top 8 teams in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race to London on Nov. 9 will qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Nov. 15-22. Two teams have already secured their spots: World No. 1s Bob and Mike Bryan and Wimbledon champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau. Rojer and Tecau can overtake the Bryans this week for No. 1 in race under one of the following three scenarios: o Rojer/Tecau wins Shanghai Rolex Masters title o Rojer/Tecau reaches Shanghai final and Bryan/Bryan loses in 2R or QF o Rojer/Tecau reaches Shanghai SF and Bryan/Bryan loses in 2R Race Team Points 1R Opponent 2R Opponent (with 1R win) 1 Bryan/Bryan* 6,285 Bye Cabal/Farah or [WC] Gong/Ze Zhang 2 Rojer/Tecau* 5,950 Bye F. Lopez/Mirnyi or Garcia-Lopez/Mayer 3 Dodig/Melo 5,140 Not in draw ---- 4 J. Murray/Peers 5,035 Not in draw ---- 5 Herbert/Mahut 4,585 Bye Goffin/Thiem or [WC] Wu/Zh. Zhang 6 Bolelli/Fognini 4,295 Bye [Alt] Bautista Agut/Marrero or Isner/Querrey 7 Matkowski/Zimonjic 3,930 Bye Pospisil/Sock or Kyrgios/Tomic 8 Bopanna/Mergea 3,455 Not in draw ---- 9 Pospisil/Sock 2,820 Kyrgios/Tomic [3] Matkowski/Zimonjic 10 Peya/Soares 2,740 Inglot/Lindstedt (L) ---- * Qualified DAY 3 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play STADIUM Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) vs [9] Milos Raonic (CAN) First Meeting Bellucci 2015 FastFacts W: Geneva (d. Sousa); SF (2): Quito (l. to Estrella Burgos); Gstaad (l. to Goffin); QF (3): Istanbul (l. to Cuevas); Bastad (l. to A. Zverev); Winston-Salem (l. to Jaziri) YTD W-L: 29-26 (8-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: December 30, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 34 Coach: N/A Shanghai W-L (Best Result): 2-4 (2009-10 2nd Round) • No. 1 Brazilian seeks 1st win at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai since 2010 (d. Ilhan, l. to No. 10 Ferrer) • Owns a 16-match losing streak vs. Top 10 opponents since beating No. 8 Tipsarevic for 2012 Gstaad title (5-30 overall). Also looking for first Top 10 win on hard courts (0-16) • Best results of 2015 have come on clay (21-14), highlighted by 4th career ATP World Tour title at Geneva (d. Souza), SFs at Quito (l. to Estrella Burgos) and Gstaad (l. to Goffin), and QF at Bastad (l. to A. Zverev) • Also reached hard-court QF at Winston-Salem (l. to Jaziri) • Advanced to US Open 3R for 1st time in 8 appearances (l. to No. 3 Murray) • Other Grand Slam results: Australian Open 1R (l. to No. 10 Ferrer), Roland Garros 2R (l. to No. 5 Nishikori) and Wimbledon 1R (l. to No. 10 Nadal) • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Isner in 2R) and Rome (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 3R) • In Davis Cup, retired with lower back injury against Coric to concede World Group Play-off tie to Croatia (CRO d. BRA 3-1) Shanghai Rolex Masters Day 3 – Tuesday, October 13, 2015 Page 3 of 9 www.ATPWorldTour.com Raonic 2015 FastFacts W: St. Petersburg (d. Sousa); F: Brisbane (l. to Federer); SF (2): Rotterdam (l. to Wawrinka); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Federer); QF (4): Australian Open (l. to Djokovic); ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Berdych); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Murray); London/Queen's Club (l. to Simon) YTD W-L: 31-15 (23-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: December 27, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 9 Coach: Ivan Ljubicic and Riccardo Piatti Shanghai W-L (Best Result): 4-4 (2013 3rd Round) • No. 1 Canadian returns to ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai for 5th straight year, posting best finish in 2013 (l. to No. 8 Wawrinka in 3R) • Infosys 2015 Stats entering Shanghai: 708 aces (4th), 81% of 1st-serve points won (2nd), 58% of 2nd-serve points won (2nd), 94% of service games won (2nd), 78% of break points saved (2nd) • Captured 7th career title at St. Petersburg (d. Sousa), snapping 14-month title drought • Opened campaign at Brisbane with 14th appearance in a final (d. No. 5 Nishikori, l. to No. 2 Federer) • Enjoyed career-best result at Australian Open by reaching QF (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Earned 1st win in 6 tries vs. Nadal in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells QF (l. to No. 2 Federer in SF) • Achieved career-high ranking of No. 4 on May 11 • Withdrew from Roland Garros following right foot surgery on May 13 • Suffered 3R losses to Kyrgios at Wimbledon and F. Lopez at US Open [WC] Tommy Haas (GER) vs [12] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Series Tied 1-1 11 Stockholm (Sweden) Hard R16 Kevin Anderson 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4 13 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Tommy Haas 6-4 6-4 Haas 2015 FastFacts YTD W-L: 2-7 (0-3 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 15 Date of Birth: April 3, 1978 Emirates ATP Ranking: 467 Coach: Alexander Waske Shanghai W-L (Best Result): 6-2 (2012 Quarter-finalist) • No. 22 German returns to ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai for 1st time since withdrawing with back injury before 3R match vs. No. 5 del Potro in 2013 • Lost 9 of last 10 matches vs. Top 10 opponents, with only win coming over No. 3 Wawrinka in 2014 ATP Masters 1000 Rome 3R (45-82 overall) • The 37-year-old is oldest player in ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai singles draw • Missed 1st 5 months of 2015 season while recovering from arthroscopic surgery on right shoulder • Returned to tour after one-year absence at Stuttgart (d. Kukushkin, l. to Tomic) • Earned 1st Grand Slam win since 2013 US Open at Wimbledon (d. Lajovic, l. to Raonic) Anderson 2015 FastFacts W: Winston-Salem (d.
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