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AEGON OPEN NOTTINGHAM: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Monday, June 20, 2016

Nottingham Centre, Nottingham, Great Britain | June 19-25, 2016 Draw: S-48, D-16 | Prize Money: €648,255 | Surface: Grass

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REIGNING CHAMPION ISTOMIN, BRITISH TRIO HEADLINE CENTRE COURT

 DAY 2 PREVIEW: The remaining 13 first round singles matches and one second round contest are on Monday’s schedule at the Aegon Open Nottingham. Reigning champion and three British players are on Centre Court.

First up is a continuation of Sunday’s match between and , who leads the head-to-head meetings 2-1. Gabashvili, who is up 6-4, 3-3 in the match, has won the last two meetings, in 2008 and 2009 Zagreb.

In the next match on, of Tunisia and meet for the second time. Ward won the previous meeting 8-6 in the fifth set in a tie in 2011. Jaziri is playing in Nottingham for the second straight year.while Ward is looking for his first ATP World Tour win of the season (0-1). Ward’s best Aegon Open result is the quarter-finals in 2010.

In the third match on, Lukas Rosol and British No. 3 square off for the second time. Edmund won the previous meeting in two tie-breaks in Bucharest in April. Rosol is making his Nottingham debut and first main draw appearance on grass this season. Edmund is coming off his second ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season at the Queen’s Club in where he lost to eventual champion . Edmund is a career-high No. 68 in the Emirates ATP Rankings.

In the next match on, reigning champion Istomin and Bosnian Damir Dzumhur play each other for the first time. Istomin, who defeated in last year’s final to become the first Uzbekistani winner on the ATP World Tour, is looking to turn around his 2016 campaign. Istomin comes in with a 4-15 match record on the season and he’s no won back-to-back matches. Dzumhur is putting together his best career year with a 13-13 match record and Top 10 wins over No. 5 (ret.) at ATP Masters 1000 Miami and No. 7 Tomas Berdych at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo.

In the final match on, the only second round contest of the day features No. 16 seed Ricardas Berankis against British No. 4 Daniel Evans. Berankis won the previous meeting in five sets in a 2010 Davis Cup tie in Lithuania. Last month (on May 23), Berankis became the first Lithuanian-born player to break the Top 50 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. Evans, is one of four Britons in the Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings at No. 95. Last month on May 9 he reached a career-high No. 86.

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DAY 2 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: In Order of Play by Court

Centre Court

To Finish: 4-6 3-3 Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) Gabashvili Leads 2-1 07 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Mikhail Youzhny 3-6 6-3 6-3 08 Moscow (Russia) Hard R32 Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-5 4-6 7-6(1) 09 Zagreb (Croatia) Hard R32 Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-3 6-4

Youzhny 2016 FastFacts QF: Stuttgart (l. to Thiem) YTD W-L: 5-7 (2-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: June 25, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 73 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 1-3 (2R - 2001)

• Tournament Note: Reached 2R in tournament debut 15 years ago (l. to Ferreira) and lost 1R in 2003 and 2009 • Reached 1st ATP QF since 2015 Zagreb at Stuttgart (d. Lopez and Stakhovsky, l. to Thiem 75 in 3rd) • Won 30 of 32 sets to sweep 3 consecutive ATP Challenger Tour titles in January • Captured 2 titles in Bangkok, THA (d. Soeda and Pavlasek), followed by title at Manila, PHI (d. Chiudinelli) • Advanced to 2R at Indian Wells (w/o vs. Bautista Agut), Miami (l. to Paire) and (l. to Fognini) • Qualified at Dubai before losing to Jaziri in 1R • Illness forced walkover vs. Bautista Agut in Indian Wells 2R and retirement vs. Bellucci in Munich 1R

Gabashvili 2016 FastFacts SF: Sydney (l. to Troicki) YTD W-L: 11-17 (1-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 23, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 104 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2R - 2007)

• Tournament Note: Reached 2R in tournament debut 9 years ago (l. to Clement) and lost 1R in 2009 • Snapped 0-16 start to career in ATP World Tour QFs by reaching Sydney SF (d. Tomic, l. to Troicki) • Reached Roland Garros 3R for 3rd time (d. Young and Paire, l. to Isner in 5 sets) • Saved 3 MPs to upset defending champion Simon in Marseille 1R (l. to Kyrgios in 2R) • Also saved 2 MPs to defeat Almagro in Barcelona 1R (l. to Paire in 2R) • Achieved career-high No. 43 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 1 • Defeated Windahl and Arvidsson to help Russia sweep Sweden 5-0 in Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs [WC] James Ward (GBR) Ward Leads 1-0 11 Davis Cup Group II 1R (Great Britain) Hard RR James Ward 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 8-6

Jaziri 2016 FastFacts: QF: Barcelona (l Paire) YTD W-L: 7-12 (1-2 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 20, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 60 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2R - 2015)

• Tournament Note: Made debut last year and reached 2R (d. Edmund, l. to Thiem) • Advanced to Barcelona QF (d. Chung, Olivo and A. Zverev; l. to Paire) • Achieved career-high No. 63 in Emirates ATP Rankings on June 6 • Snapped 8-match losing streak by beating Youzhny in Dubai 1R (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 2R) • Fell to Robredo 86 in 5th of 1R after holding 1 MP • Won Challenger titles at Guadalajara, MEX (d. Pouille, Zeballos, Robert) and Le Gosier, GUD (d. Fritz, Kozlov) Aegon Open Nottingham Day 2 – Monday, June 20, 2016 Page 3 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• Played 6 tiebreaks, 15 sets and 168 games in Davis Cup Group II tie vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH d. TUN 3-1) • Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Rome qualifying 1R (back) and Furth, GER Challenger 2R (neck)

J. Ward 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 0-1 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 9, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 177 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 3-8 (QF - 2010)

• Tournament Note: Making his ninth straight tournament appearance and best result is QF in 2010 (d. Lopez, Schuettler, l. to Dolgopolov). Looking to break five-match 1R losing streak • Playing in second ATP World Tour tournament of season. Last week lost in 1R at Queen’s Club as a wild card (l. to Muller) • Has lost in ATP World Tour qualifying six times this season, three coming in final round (Chennai, Miami, Stuttgart) • Has compiled a 7-8 record in Challengers with best result QF in earlier this month (l. to Brown)

Lukas Rosol (CZE) vs Kyle Edmund (GBR) Edmund Leads 1-0 16 Bucharest (Romania) Clay R32 Kyle Edmund 7-6(4) 7-6(5)

Rosol 2016 FastFacts: SF: Geneva (l Wawrinka); QF: Auckland (l Ferrer) YTD W-L: 12-14 (0-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: July 24, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 75 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

• Tournament Note: Lost in final round of qualifying in 2012 (l. to Pospisil) in previous tournament appearance • Lost to No. 4 Wawrinka in 3-set Geneva SF on May 20 and 5-set Roland Garros 1R on May 23 • Reached Auckland QF (d. Paire, l. to No. 8 Ferrer) and Aus. Open 3R for 1st time (d. Sock, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) • Fell to 3-24 vs. Top 10 opponents, with 20 losses in his last 21 matches • Clinched ’s 3-2 win over Germany in Davis Cup 1R (d. A. Zverev) • Advanced to Challenger QFs at Irving, USA (d. Istomin, l. to Granollers); Aix en Provence, FRA (l. to E. Ymer) and Prostejov, CZE (d. E. Ymer, l. to Khachanov)

Edmund 2016 FastFacts: QF(2): Doha (l Berdych); London / Queen's Club (l Murray) YTD W-L: 7-9 (1-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 8, 1995 Emirates ATP Ranking: 68 (Career-high) Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 1-3 (2R - 2013)

• Tournament Note: British No. 3 is making his fourth straight appearance and lone win came in 2013 debut (d. De Schepper, l. to Simon). • Last week the 21-year-old Briton reached his second career ATP World Tour QF at Queen’s Club, posting his biggest career win over No. 18 Simon and advanced to QF by W/O with Mathieu’s withdrawal (wrist). He lost to eventual champion Murray in three sets. Afterwards, jumped from No. 85 to career-high No. 68 • Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF of career at Doha as Q (d. Muñoz de la Nava 76 in 3rd, l. to No. 6 Berdych) • Earned 1st ATP Masters 1000 victory at Miami (d. Vesely 76 in 3rd, l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 2R) • Reached Roland Garros 2R for 2nd straight year (d. Basilashvili, l. to Isner) • Achieved career-high No. 82 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 22 • Won Challenger titles at Dallas, USA (d. Evans) and Rome, ITA (d. Krajinovic); runner-up at Maui, USA (l. to Wu) • Did not drop a set en route to title in Dallas, including wins over Bangoura, McGee, Zemlja and Smyczek • Qualified in Nice before retiring in 1R vs. A Zverev with left ankle injury

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Denis Istomin (UZB) vs Damir Dzumhur (BIH) First Meeting

Istomin 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 4-15 (0-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September 7, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 65 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 16-6 (Winner - 2015)

• Tournament Note: The reigning champion (d. Querrey) is making his eighth straight tournament appearance. Also SF in 2010 (l. to Garcia-Lopez) and ’14 (l. to Gasquet) and QF in 2009 (l. to Tursunov) and ’12 (l. to Harrison) • Snapped 8-match losing streak by beating Coric 75 in 3rd at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to No. 2 Murray in 2R) • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 and reached 2R with win over Gabashvili • Loss to No. 8 Berdych in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 2R was 21st straight vs. Top 10 opponents (1-31 overall) • Began year 0-7 with losses at Brisbane, Sydney, Australian Open, Montpellier, Rotterdam, Dubai and Indian Wells • Retired with right buttock strain while leading Ferrer 63 32 in Geneva 2R

Dzumhur 2016 FastFacts: QF: Istanbul (l Schwartzman) YTD W-L: 13-13 (0-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 20, 1992 Emirates ATP Ranking: 90 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

• Tournament Note: The 24-year-old Bosnian native is making his tournament debut • Reached R16 at ATP Masters 1000 events in Miami (l. to Raonic 60 63) and Monte-Carlo (l. to Raonic 76 in 3rd • Defeated No. 5 Nadal 26 64 30 ret in Miami 2R and No. 7 Berdych 64 67(1) 63 in Monte-Carlo 2R • Set career-highs this season in wins (13) and ranking (No. 71 on May 16) • Fell to eventual champion Schwartzman in Istanbul QF after holding 1 MP • Lost in 2R at Doha, Australian Open, , Memphis, Delray Beach and Bucharest • Rallied from 2 sets to 1 down to defeat Edmund in Australian Open 1R (l. to Goffin in 2R) • Retired in Prostejov, CZE Challenger 1R vs. Andreozzi due to ankle injury

2nd Round – [16] Ricardas Berankis (LTU) vs Daniel Evans (GBR) Berankis Leads 1-0 10 LTU vs. GBR EAG II 1st RD (Lithuania) Hard RR Ricardas Berankis 6-1 4-6 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3 Other meetings: 10 Wimbledon Q (Great Britain) Grass -- Ricardas Berankis 7-5 6-3 16 Taipei CH (Taiwan) Carpet SF Daniel Evans 6-3 7-6(5)

Berankis 2016 FastFacts: SF: Memphis (l Fritz) YTD W-L: 7-8 (0-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 21, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 53 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

• Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour SF of career at Memphis (d. Sela, Dzumhur and Young; l. to Fritz) • Achieved career-high No. 50 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 23 • Captured back-to-back Challenger titles at Gwangju, KOR (d. Zemlja) and Nanjing, CHN (d. Zemlja) • Reached Challenger final at Raanana, ISR (d. Sela, l. to Donskoy) • Accounted for all 3 wins in Lithuania’s 3-2 victory over Norway in Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I • Retired in Busan, KOR Challenger 1R vs. Sarkissian due to illness

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Evans 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 1-3 (1-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 23, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 95 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2R - 2011, 2014)

• Tournament Note: The No. 4 Briton opened on Sunday with a 36 62 76(6) win over countryman Broady. Lost in qualifying 2007-09 before receiving WCs in 2011 (l. to Dimitrov) and 2014 (l. to Kamke) • Qualified at Aus. Open (l. to Lopez), fell to No. 6 Nishikori in Davis Cup and lost to Mathieu at London/Queen’s Club • Achieved career-high No. 86 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 9 • Won Challenger singles titles at Drummondville, CAN (d. Corrie) and Taipei, TPE (d. Berankis and Kravchuk) • Also reached Challenger finals at Dallas, USA (d. Ito, l. to Edmund) and Busan, KOR (d. Millman, l. to Kravchuk) • Advanced to Challenger doubles final at Drummondville, CAN w/Glasspool (l. to Cerretani/Schnur)

Court 1

Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) vs (AUS) First Meeting

[WC] (GBR) vs [Q] (CAN) First Meeting

[WC] (GBR) vs [Q] Stephane Robert (FRA) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 13 Burnie CH (Australia) Hard R16 Stephane Robert 6-2 6-2

Court 2

[Q] Ernesto Escobedo (USA) vs (ARG) First Meeting

Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) vs (USA) First ATP Meeting Other Meetings: 14 Memphis Q (U.S.A.) Hard 3R Rajeev Ram 6-3 6-7(1) 6-4 14 Morelos CH (Mexico) Hard SF Victor Estrella Burgos 6-4 7-6(4)

[PR] (FRA) vs (CRO) Dodig Leads 1-0 13 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Ivan Dodig 6-4 6-2

Court 4

Jordan Thompson (AUS) vs (GER) First Meeting

[Q] (CZE) vs (ISR) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 12 Vancouver CH () Hard R16 Dudi Sela 6-4 6-4 12 Helsinki CH (Finland) Hard R32 Dudi Sela 6-3 3-6 6-3 13 Leon CH (Mexico) Hard R32 Dudi Sela 3-6 6-3 6-2

Horacio Zeballos (ARG) vs Jiri Vesely (CZE) First Meeting