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ROGERS CUP presented by National Bank: DAY 2 NOTES

Monday, July 25, 2016 , , Ontario, | July 25 -31, 2016 Draw: S-56, D-24 | Prize Money: $4,089,740 ($4,691,730) | Surface: Outdoor Hard

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WAWRINKA, BERDYCH IN 2R ACTION; ZVEREV, MONFILS, ON CENTRE

 DAY 2 PREVIEW: There are 11 remaining first round singles matches on Tuesday’s schedule along with two second round matches, featuring No. 2 seed and No. 5 Tomas Berdych. There are also five first round doubles matches, including World No. 1 with countryman Nenad Zimonjic on Grandstand (second-on). This is Djokovic’s first tournament doubles appearance since last October in Beijing (w/brother Djordje).

In the first match on Centre Court, Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei takes on NextGen German teenage star Alexander Zverev, who is making his Rogers Cup debut. Zverev is coming off a semi- final in Washington and he is a career-high No. 25 in this week’s Emirates ATP Rankings. At 19 years, 3 months, Zverev is the youngest to rank in the Top 25 since (19y, 1m) on Aug. 15, 2005 at No. 15. Next on is No. 10 seed Gael Monfils against Joao Sousa of . Monfils has won two of the previous three meetings in in 2014. On Sunday, Monfils captured his sixth career ATP World Tour title in Washington, saving one match point in his 57 76 64 victory over Ivo Karlovic. The Frenchman’s best result in Canada is the quarter-finals in 2011. In the last match of the day session, another NextGen Croatian teenager Borna Coric looks to defeat Berdych for the first time (0-2) and break a nine-match losing streak against Top 10 opponents. His last win came over No. 3 Murray in the quarter-finals at 2015 Dubai. In the evening session, No. 2 Canadian faces Frenchman Jeremy Chardy for the first time. Pospisil, a semi- finalist three years ago, has slipped to No. 101 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, the first time he’s out of the Top 100 since July 7, 2013 at No. 103. Chardy is also a former Rogers Cup semi-finalist, reaching that round last year (l. to Djokovic). In the final match on, Russian brings a 3-2 head-to-head advantage against Wawrinka. Their first meeting came here in the 2R in 2007 and Youzhny won 64 64. The Russian won the last two meetings in 2010, both from a set down at ATP Masters 1000 Miami and the US Open.

In the opening match on Grandstand, qualifier Radek Stepanek, who is the oldest player in the singles draw (at 37y, 7m), squares off for the first time against No. 14 seed Benoit Paire. Djokovic and Zimonjic follow in their 1R doubles match against the wild card duo of and . The Canadian squad is looking for their first Rogers Cup match win. They have a combined 0-11 record. In the next match on, American plays Alexandr Dolgopolov for the third time (tied 1-1). Next up is , fresh off his fourth career ATP World Tour title in Umag on Sunday, against No. 15 seed , who is a career-high No. 21 in this week’s Emirates ATP Rankings. Johnson is 0-2 against the Italian. In the final match on, big-serving Ivo Karlovic takes on American teenager Taylor Fritz for the first time. Karlovic reached the final in Washington on Sunday, falling to Monfils after holding one match point.

CANADIANS START STRONG: Three of the four Canadian wild cards advanced to the second round on Monday, led by 17-year-old , who posted his first career ATP World Tour match win over No. 19-ranked 76 36 63. The No. 370-ranked left-hander was joined by and in the second round. Diez also posted his first career ATP World Tour match win over Kyle Edmund 36 63 62 while Polansky beat qualifier 46 63 60. The only Canadian to fall on opening day was to 76 64.

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

Centre Court

Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs Alexander Zverev (GER) First Meeting

Lu 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 2-3 (1-1 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 14, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 70 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 3-7 (2010 3rd Round)

• Tournament Note: The 32-year-old Chinese Taipei native is making his eighth straight Rogers Cup appearance and best result came in 2010 when he qualified and advanced to 3R (d. Duclos, Mathieu, l. to Kohlschreiber). Also reached 2R in 2014 (d. Granollers, l. to No. 5 Berdych). Last year qualified and lost to Pospisil in 1R • Extended all-time record with 23rd and 24th Challenger titles at Surbiton, GBR (d. Copil) and Ilkley, GBR (d. Millot) • Reached Challenger finals at Seoul, KOR (l. to Stakhovsky after holding 7 MPs) and Manchester, GBR (l. to Brown) • Fell to No. 1 Djokovic in Roland Garros 1R and No. 2 Murray in Wimbledon 2R • Underwent right elbow surgery on January 18 and did not make season debut until week of May 9

Zverev FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: F(2): Nice (l Thiem); Halle (l Mayer); SF(3): Montpellier (l Mathieu); Munich (l Thiem); Washington (l Monfils); QF: Rotterdam (l Monfils) YTD W-L: 32-18 (13-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: April 20, 1997 Emirates ATP Ranking: 25 (Career-high) Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

• Tournament Note: The 19-year-old German is making his tournament debut and one of five teenagers in main draw • Became youngest player to beat Federer since Nadal at 2005 Roland Garros en route to Halle final (l. to F. Mayer) • Played five 3-setters en route to 1st ATP World Tour final at Nice (d. Simon in QF after saving 2 MPs, l. to Thiem) • Reached SFs at Montpellier (d. Vanni in 1R after saving 1 MP, l. to Mathieu) and Munich (l. to Thiem) • Set career-highs this season in wins (32) and ranking (No. 25 on July 25) • Youngest player to break into Top 25 of Emirates ATP Rankings since Gasquet the week of Aug. 15, 2005 • Advanced to 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Thiem in 4 sets) and Wimbledon (d. Youzhny in 5 sets, l. to No. 9 Berdych) • Beat Dimitrov and Simon en route to ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 4R (l. to No. 5 Nadal after holding 1 MP) • Appeared in 2nd ATP doubles final with older brother Mischa at Montpellier (l. to Pavic/Venus) • In debut, fell to No. 7 Berdych in 4h, 20m and Rosol in deciding rubber (CZE d. GER 3-2)

TEENAGE SUCCESS: Zverev is one of five teenagers in the main draw (listed by ranking): Age Emirates ATP Ranking 1R Result Alexander Zverev 19 No. 25 (career-high) today vs. Lu Borna Coric 19 No. 53 d. Dodig (vs. Berdych in 2R) Taylor Fritz 18 No. 63 (career-high) today vs. Karlovic Jared Donaldson 19 No. 147 today vs. Millman Denis Shapovalov 17 No. 370 d. Kyrgios (vs. Dimitrov in 2R)

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[10] Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Joao Sousa (POR) Monfils Leads 2-1 14 Montpellier (France) Hard R16 Gael Monfils 6-3 6-2 14 Metz (France) Hard SF Joao Sousa 7-6(6) 6-2 14 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R64 Gael Monfils 6-1 6-4

Monfils 2016 FastFacts: W: Washington (d Karlovic); F(2): Rotterdam (l Klizan); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); QF(3): (l Raonic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Raonic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Nishikori) YTD W-L: 26-9 (19-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: September 1, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 14 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 7-6 (2011 Quarter-finalist)

• Tournament Note: The 29-year-old Frenchman is appearing in his seventh Rogers Cup and best result is quarter-finals in 2011 (1R bye, d. No. 15 Troicki, l. to No. 1 Djokovic). Also 3R in 2010 (l. to No. 4 Murray). Lost in 2R last two years in third set TB (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 2014, Muller last year) • Comes in after winning ATP World Tour 500 level title in Washington (d. Karlovic, saved 1 MP), biggest of his career and sixth overall (6-19). It was also his first title on U.S. soil (1-2) • Improved from No. 17 to No. 14 by winning title and to No. 9 in Emirates Race to London • Reached 3rd ATP Masters 1000 final at Monte-Carlo (d. No. 9 Tsonga, l. to No. 5 Nadal in 3 sets) • Also reached ATP Masters 1000 QFs at Indian Wells (l. to Raonic) and Miami (l. to No. 6 Nishikori after 5 MPs) • Advanced to 1st Australian Open QF in 11th appearance (l. to Raonic) • Lost to Klizan in Rotterdam championship match in February • Won 8th straight Davis Cup match to open France’s 5-0 sweep of Canada in 1R (d. Dancevic) • Withdrew from Marseille (right leg), Munich (groin strain), Roland Garros (virus) and Halle (virus)

MATCH POINT(S) SAVED WINNERS: Monfils is one of eight ATP World Tour winners this season after saving match point(s) along the way to the title:

Player Tournament/Opponent Round M.P. Saved Auckland – d. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga SF Saved 1 M.P. Viktor Troicki Sydney – d. Grigor Dimitrov Final Saved 1 M.P. Martin Klizan Rotterdam – d. SF Saved 3 M.P. Rotterdam – d. Roberto Bautista Agut QF Saved 5 M.P. Dominic Thiem Buenos Aires – d. Gastao Elias 2R Saved 1 M.P. Buenos Aires – d. SF Saved 1 M.P. Diego Schwartzman Istanbul - d. Dami Dzumhur QF Saved 1 M.P. Dominic Thiem Stuttgart - d. SF Saved 2 M.P. Ivo Karlovic Newport – d. Gilles Muller Final Saved 3 M.P. Monfils, Gael Washington – d. Ivo Karlovic Final Saved 1 M.P.

Sousa 2016 FastFacts: SF: Nice (l Zverev); QF(3): ATP Masters 1000 (l Nadal); Bastad (l Elias); Umag (l Martin) YTD W-L: 17-22 (4-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: March 30, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 36 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 0-2 (2014-15 1st Round)

• Tournament Note: The 27-year-old No. 1 Portuguese native is making his third straight Rogers Cup appearance and looking for first win after 1R losses to Gulbis in 2014 and Tomic last year • After 5-13 start through April, has compiled 12-9 record since May • Reached 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Madrid (d. Mahut, Granollers and Sock; l. to No. 5 Nadal) • Lost 21st straight match vs. Top 10 opponent in Halle 1R vs. No. 7 Thiem (1-23 overall) • Achieved career-high No. 28 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 16 • Defeated No. 20 Anderson en route to Nice SF (l. to A. Zverev in 3 sets) • Advanced to 3R at Australian Open (l. to eventual finalist Murray in 4 sets) and Wimbledon (l. to Vesely) • Contributed Portugal’s lone win in 4-1 Davis Cup Group I loss to (d. G. Melzer) Rogers Cup presented by National Bank Day 2 – Tuesday, July 26, 2016 Page 4 of 12 www.ATPWorldTour.com

Borna Coric (CRO) vs [5] Tomas Berdych (CZE) Berdych Leads 2-0 15 Halle () Grass R16 Tomas Berdych 6-3 6-2 16 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (USA)Hard R32 Tomas Berdych 6-1 7-6(3)

Coric 2016 FastFacts: F(2): Chennai (l Wawrinka); Marrakech (l Delbonis); QF: Estoril (l Kyrgios) YTD W-L: 19-19 (11-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 14, 1996 Emirates ATP Ranking: 53 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2016 2nd Round)

• Tournament Note: The 19-year-old Croat is making his second straight Rogers Cup appearance and rallied past countryman Dodig 57 64 62 on Monday. Last year lost in 1R (l. to Tsonga 64 64) • Began season by reaching 1st ATP World Tour final at Chennai (d. Bautista Agut 76 in 3rd, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) • Became 1st teen to play in an ATP final since countryman Cilic at 2008 New Haven (d. Fish) • Beat Mathieu and Vesely to reach 2nd ATP World Tour final at Marrakech (l. to Delbonis) • Advanced to Roland Garros 3R for 2nd straight year (d. Fritz and Tomic, l. to Bautista Agut) • Reached ATP Masters 1000 3R for 1st time at Indian Wells (d. Pouille and Bellucci, l. to No. 7 Berdych) • After falling to Goffin in 5 sets, clinched ’s 3-2 win over in Davis Cup 1R (d. Coppejans), then after falling to Isner in straight sets, beat Sock in 4 sets to clinch Croatia’s 3-2 win over United States in Davis Cup QF

Berdych 2016 FastFacts: SF(3): Doha (l Djokovic); Marseille (l Kyrgios); Wimbledon (l Murray); QF(5): Australian Open (l Federer); Dubai (l Kyrgios); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Djokovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Murray); Roland Garros (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: 28-13 (16-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: September 17, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 8 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 12-11 (2006, 2010-11 Quarter-finalist)

• Tournament Note: The 30-year-old native is making his 12th consecutive Rogers Cup appearance and best result is QF three times: in 2006 (d. No. 2 Nadal in 3R, l. to Gasquet), 2010 (l. to No. 3 Federer in third set TB) and 2011 (l. to Tipsarevic). Since then, has not won back-to-back matches, falling in 3R (after 1R bye) from 2012-14. Last year lost in opening round after 1R bye (l. to Young) • Defeated A. Zverev, Vesely and Pouille en route to 6th SF at Wimbledon (l. to No. 2 Murray) • Also advanced to SFs at Doha (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) and Marseille (d. Goffin, l. to Kyrgios) • Reached QFs at Aus. Open (d. Bautista Agut, l. to No. 3 Federer), Dubai (l. to Kyrgios), Miami (d. No. 10 Gasquet, l. to No. 1 Djokovic), Madrid (d. No. 9 Ferrer, l. to No. 2 Murray) and Roland Garros (d. Ferrer, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Suffered 60 60 loss to Goffin in ATP Masters 1000 Rome 3R – 1st double-bagel of career at any level • Helped Czech Republic defeat Germany 3-2 in Davis Cup 1R by winning 5-setter over A. Zverev in 4h, 20m • Also won doubles w/Stepanek for 50th Davis Cup victory of career (d. Kohlschreiber/Petzschner) • Retired with right hamstring injury in 4th rubber while trailing Kohlschreiber 63 75

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Vasek Pospisil (CAN) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA) First Meeting

Pospisil 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 5-18 (4-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 23, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 101 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 7-5 (2013 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: The No. 2 Canadian is making his sixth straight main draw appearance and his best result came in 2013 when he reached semi-finals (d. No. 20 Isner, Stepanek, No. 6 Berdych, Davydenko, l. to Raonic in third set TB). Also 2R in 2011-12 and last year. All five losses have come to Top 15 opponents • Yet to win back-to-back main draw singles matches this season • Slipped out of Top 100 in Emirates ATP Rankings this week at No. 101 for first time since July 7, 2013 • Snapped 7-match main draw losing streak at Nottingham (1R bye, d. Dzumhur in 2R, l. to Johnson in 3R) • Went 0-6 in sets during Canada’s 5-0 loss to France in Davis Cup 1R (l. to Simon, w/Bester l. to Gasquet/Tsonga) • Fell to frequent doubles partner Sock in Auckland 2R (1st H2H meeting) • Captured 6th ATP World Tour doubles title at Rotterdam w/Mahut (d. Peya/Petzschner) • Reached ATP Masters 1000 finals w/Sock at Indian Wells (l. to Herbert/Mahut) and Rome (l. to Bryan/Bryan) • Withdrew from Newport due to back injury

CANADIANS IN MAIN DRAW: Pospisil is one of six Canadians in the main draw: No. 7 No. 101 Vasek Pospisil No. 192 Steven Diez No. 234 Frank Dancevic No. 247 Peter Polansky No. 370 Denis Shapovalov

Chardy 2016 FastFacts: QF(4): Doha (l Marchenko); Sydney (l Muller); Delray Beach (l del Potro); Umag (l Berlocq) YTD W-L: 16-17 (8-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: February 12, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 39 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 11-7 (2015 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: The 29-year-old Frenchman is making his eighth straight Rogers Cup appearance and his best result came last year when he reached semi-finals (d. Mahut, L. Mayer, Karlovic, No. 12 Isner- saved MPs, l. to Djokovic). Also QF in 2010 (d. No. 20 Baghdatis, No. 9 Verdasco, No. 6 Davydenko, l. to Djokovic). In 2012, posted Top 10 win over No. 6 Tsonga in 2R (l. to Granollers in 3R) • Coming off fourth ATP World Tour QF of season, first on clay in Umag (l. to Berlocq). He advanced to QFs on hard courts at Doha ( l. to Marchenko), Sydney (l. to Muller) and Delray Beach (l. to del Potro) • Reached Roland Garros 3R (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) and Wimbledon 2R (d. Monfils in 5 sets, l. to Johnson) • In Australian Open 1R, defeated Gulbis 13-11 in 5th after 4 hours, 43 minutes (l. to Kuznetsov in 2R) • Avenged loss to Bautista Agut in Monte-Carlo 2R by beating him in Rome 2R (l. to No. 3 Murray in 3R)

FRENCHMEN IN TOP 50: Chardy is one of eight Frenchmen in the Top 50 Emirates ATP Rankings: No. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga No. 14 Gael Monfils No. 15 Richard Gasquet No. 23 Lucas Pouille No. 28 Benoit Paire No. 31 No. 39 Jeremy Chardy No. 44 Nicolas Mahut

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Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs [2] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) Youzhny Leads 3-2 07 ATP Masters 1000 (Canada)Hard R32 Mikhail Youzhny 6-4 6-4 09 () Clay R32 Stan Wawrinka 7-5 6-1 09 ATP Masters 1000 Rome () Clay R32 Stan Wawrinka 6-3 7-6(5) 10 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Mikhail Youzhny 1-6 7-6(5) 7-5 10 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard QF Mikhail Youzhny 3-6 7-6(7) 3-6 6-3 6-3

Youzhny 2016 FastFacts: QF(2): Stuttgart (l Thiem); Gstaad (l Brown) YTD W-L: 11-11 (3-2 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: June 25, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 61 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 13-13 (2007, 2009, 2015 3rd Round)

• Tournament Note: The 34-year-old Russian opened on Monday with a 63 76 win over Robert to even his Rogers Cup match record at 13-13. Trying to reach 3R for fourth time: 2007 (l. to No. 5 Davydenko), 2009 (l. to No. 4 Djokovic) and last year as a qualifier (d. Troicki, No. 11 Simon, l. to No. 9 Nadal). Has 1-5 record vs. Top 10 opponents (d. No. 6 Nalbandian in 2004 1R) • Last week reached second ATP World Tour of season in Gstaad (l. to Brown). Reached 1st ATP QF since 2015 Zagreb at Stuttgart (d. Lopez and Stakhovsky, l. to Thiem 75 in 3rd) • Advanced to Nottingham 3R (l. to Muller) before reaching Wimbledon 2R (l. to A. Zverev in 5 sets) • 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) • Illness forced W/O vs. Bautista Agut in Indian Wells 2R and retirement vs. Bellucci in Munich 1R

Wawrinka 2016 FastFacts: W(3): Chennai (d Coric); Dubai (d Baghdatis); Geneva (d Cilic); SF: Roland Garros (l Murray); QF(2): Marseille (l Paire); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal) YTD W-L: 28-10 (15-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 14 Date of Birth: March 28, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 5 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 10-9 (2011 Quarter-finalist)

• Tournament Note: The 31-year-old Swiss native is making his 10th Rogers Cup appearance in 12 years (missed 2006, '12) and best result is quarter-finals in 2011 (l. to No. 8 Fish). Also 3R in 2008 (l. to No. 9 Murray), 2009 (l. to No. 1 Federer) and 2014 (l. to Anderson). Last year after 1R bye (retired with back injury vs. Kyrgios in 2R) • On a 10-match win streak in finals after beating Cilic 64 76(11) for 1st Swiss title at Geneva • Also beat Baghdatis 64 76(13) to win ATP World Tour 500 event in Dubai • Captured 3rd straight Chennai title (d. Coric), increasing win streaks at event to 12 matches and 24 sets • Enjoyed 400th career win in Australian Open 3R on Jan. 23 (d. Rosol) before falling in 4R (l. to Raonic in 5 sets) • In defense of Roland Garros title, won 5-setter over Rosol in 1R and reached SF (l. to No. 2 Murray) • Appeared in 46 consecutive Grand Slam main draws since making major debut at 2005 Roland Garros • Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo QF (d. Kohlschreiber and Simon, l. to No. 5 Nadal) • Saved 2 MPs to beat Stakhovsky 64 46 76(8) in Marseille 2R and came within 2 points of losing to Stakhovsky in Dubai 1R before earning 57 63 75 win

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Grandstand

[Q] Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs [14] Benoit Paire (FRA) First Meeting

Stepanek 2016 FastFacts: QF: Stuttgart (l Kohlschreiber) YTD W-L: 7-7 (2-2 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: November 27, 1978 Emirates ATP Ranking: 129 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 9-11 (2007 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: The Czech Republic native qualified into main draw with wins over Schnur 64 76 and Myneni 76 67 64 and oldest player in singles draw at 37y, 7m. Making 12th tournament appearance since debut in 2002 (l. to Grosjean in 3R) and best result is semi-finals in 2007 (d. No. 6 Gonzalez in 2R, No. 12 Haas in 3R, No. 5 Davydenko in QF, l. to No. 1 Federer). Also 3R in 2012 (d. No. 8 del Potro in 2R, l. to Haas). In last appearance two years ago, lost in 1R (l. to Monfils) • Has qualified an ATP World Tour-best six times in main draw this season and won at least 1 main draw match at Australian Open, Barcelona and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid • Reached Aus. Open 2R (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka), Barcelona 3R (l. to Kuznetsov) and Madrid 2R (l. to No. 2 Murray) • Also qualified at Roland Garros, where he led No. 2 Murray by 2 sets in 1R before falling 75 in 5th • Oldest player to win a tour-level singles match since 38-year-old El Aynaoui at 2010 Doha • Advanced to 5th Grand Slam doubles final at Aus. Open w/Nestor (d. Cuevas/Granollers, l. to J. Murray/Soares) • Stepanek, 37, and Nestor, 43, became oldest team to reach a Grand Slam men’s doubles final in Open Era • Improved to 16-2 in Davis Cup doubles matches w/Berdych, beating Kohlschreiber/Petzschner (CZE d. GER 3-2)

Paire 2016 FastFacts: SF(4): Chennai (l Wawrinka); Marseille (l Cilic); Barcelona (l Nishikori); Estoril (l Carreno Busta); QF: Washington (l Zverev) YTD W-L: 19-21 (9-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 8, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 28 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 3-2 (2013 3rd Round)

• Tournament Note: The 27-year-old Frenchman is making his third Rogers Cup appearance in four years (missed last year) and best result came in 2013 debut (d. Kohlschreiber, No. 10 Wawrinka, l. to Matosevic in 3R). Two years ago, reached 2R as a qualifier (d. Falla, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) • Last week advanced to QFs in Washington (l. to Zverev) • Best results this season are four SFs: at Chennai (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka), Marseille (d. No. 4 Wawrinka, l. to Cilic), Barcelona (l. to No. 6 Nishikori) and Estoril (l. to Carreño Busta) • Achieved career-high No. 18 in Emirates ATP Rankings on January 11. Comes in No. 24 this week • Improved to 7-4 in 5-set matches with wins over Albot in Roland Garros 1R (l. to Gabashvili in 2R) and Skugor in Wimbledon 1R (l. to Millman in 2R). Saved 4 MPs to beat Skugor 10-8 in 5th • Saved 1 MP to beat Cervantes 76 in 3rd of ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo 1R (l. to No. 2 Murray in 3R)

Novak Djokovic (SRB) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) vs. First Meeting [WC] Philip Bester (CAN) / Adil Shamasdin (CAN)

• Djokovic/Zimonjic have a 6-6 career record together (3-3 in Davis Cup) and they are teaming up in their first tournament since the 2008 Beijing Olympics (1R). They did team up in the 1R Davis Cup tie vs. Kazakhstan in March and lost in straight sets • Djokovic is No. 163 in Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings and his lone title came at 2010 London/ Queen’s Club (w/Erlich) • Last year Djokovic played in Montreal (w/Tipsarevic) and reached SFs. His last tournament was in Beijing last October (w/brother Djordje, reached QFs) Rogers Cup presented by National Bank Day 2 – Tuesday, July 26, 2016 Page 8 of 12 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• Zimonjic is No. 31 in Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings and he is 53-37 in career finals. He won the title (w/Nestor) and 2011 (w/Llodra)

• Bester/Shamasdin have an 0-2 career record together, losing in the 1R at the Rogers Cup in 2012 (l. to Chardy/Simon) and last year (l. to Cilic/Lindstedt) (3-3 in Davis Cup) and they are teaming up in their first tournament since the 2008 Beijing Olympics • Bester is No. 234 in Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings and he’s looking for his first career match win at the Rogers Cup (0-5) • Shamasdin is No. 72 in Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings and he is 2-3 in career ATP World Tour doubles finals, winning titles in 2011 Johannesburg and 2015 Casablanca. He’s also looking for his first career match win at the Rogers Cup (0-6)

Donald Young (USA) vs Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) Tied 1-1 15 Delray Beach (U.S.A.) Hard QF Donald Young 2-6 6-3 6-4 15 Nottingham (Great Britain) Grass R64 Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-4 6-4

Young 2016 FastFacts: SF: Newport (l Muller); QF: Memphis (l Berankis) YTD W-L: 12-14 (5-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 23, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 57 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 3-4 (2015 3rd Round)

• Tournament Note: The 26-year-old American is making his fifth Rogers Cup appearance and best result came last year as a qualifier (d. Kudla, No. 6 Berdych, l. to Gulbis in 3R). Also 2R two years ago (d. Dancevic, l. to No. 8 Dimitrov in three sets). Made debut in 2008 as a qualifier (l. to Simon in 1R) • Reached first ATP World Tour SF of season at Newport (l. to Muller), first career SF on grass, posting first back-to-back tour-level wins in 2016 • Won 1 main draw match at Auckland, Memphis, Delray Beach, Acapulco, Houston, Nice as Q, London/Queen’s Club as Q and Wimbledon • Fell in 4 sets to Giraldo in Australian Open 1R • Reached Challenger SF at Savannah, USA (l. to Donaldson) and QF at Tallahassee, USA (l. to Tiafoe) • Held 2 MPs w/Kudla before falling to eventual doubles champions Bryan/Bryan in Houston 1R

Dolgopolov 2016 FastFacts: SF: Acapulco (l Tomic); QF(4): Sydney (l Dimitrov); Rio de Janeiro (W/O vs Nadal); Barcelona (l Nishikori); Nottingham (l Muller) YTD W-L: 17-12 (9-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: November 7, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 38 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 4-5 (2010 3rd Round)

• Tournament Note: The 27-year-old Ukrainian is making his sixth Rogers Cup visit in seven years (missed 2014) and best result came in 2010 debut (d. Petzschner, Youzhny, l. to No. 7 Berdych in 3R). Also 2R in 2011 and 2013 (l. to Berdych both times). Three of his five losses have come to Berdych. Last year qualified (l. to Dimitrov in 1R) • Best result of season came in Acapulco where he defeated No. 8 Ferrer en route to SF (l. to Tomic in 3 sets) • Reached QFs at Sydney (l. to Dimitrov), Barcelona (d. Donskoy in 2R after saving 1 MP, l. to No. 2 Nishikori) and Nottingham (l. to Muller) • Fell in 3R of ATP Masters 1000 events at Indian Wells (l. to No. 10 Gasquet) and Miami (l. to No. 6 Nishikori) • Conceded walkover in Rio de Janeiro QF vs. Nadal due to right shoulder injury • Withdrew from Roland Garros and ’s-Hertogenbosch due to abdominal injury

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Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs [15] Steve Johnson (USA) Fognini Leads 2-0 15 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Fabio Fognini 7-6(0) 6-3 15 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Fabio Fognini 2-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(2)

Fognini 2016 FastFacts: W: Umag (d Martin); SF: Munich (l Kohlschreiber); QF(2): Auckland (l Tsonga); Barcelona (l Nadal) YTD W-L: 15-13 (2-2 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: May 24, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 33 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 6-7 (2007 3rd Round)

• Tournament Note: The 29-year-old Italian is making his eighth Rogers Cup appearance (seventh in a row) and his best result came in 2007 debut as a qualifier (d. Polansky, No. 14 Murray, l. to No. 1 Federer in 3R). Also 2R in 2010 (l. to No. 6 Davydenko) and 2012 (l. to Kohlschreiber) as a qualifier. In 2013, reached 2R (l. to Gulbis) and 2014 (l. to Anderson). Last year lost in 1R (l. to No. 15 Monfils) • No. 1 Italian is coming off his fourth career ATP World Tour title (4-7) in Umag on Sunday (d. A. Martin). It was his first title since Vina del Mar (d. L. Mayer) in February 2014 • Lost to eventual champions in Munich SF (l. to Kohlschreiber) and Barcelona QF (l. to No. 5 Nadal) • Saved 2 MPs in 64 26 76(3) win over Sousa in Auckland 1R (l. to No. 10 Tsonga in QF) • Won 5-setter vs. Delbonis before losing 5-setter vs. Lopez at Wimbledon • In defense of Australian Open doubles title w/Bolelli, lost to Mannarino/Pouille in 2R • Retired vs. Gimeno-Traver in Rio de Janeiro 2R and W/D from 3 events due to abdominal muscle strain

Johnson 2016 FastFacts: W: Nottingham (d Cuevas); SF: Washington (l Karlovic); QF(2): London / Queen's Club (l Cilic); Newport (l Young) YTD W-L: 20-18 (8-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: December 24, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 21 (Career-high) Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2015 1st Round)

• Tournament Note: The 26-year-old Californian is making his second straight Rogers Cup appearance. Last year in debut lost in 1R (l. to No. 14 Goffin 62 62) • Last week in Washington, advanced to second SF of season (d. Isner in QF, l. to Karlovic) • After 6-14 start, has turned things around with 14-4 match record in past five tournaments • Captured 1st ATP World Tour titles in singles at Nottingham (d. Cuevas) and doubles at Geneva w/Querrey (d. Klaasen/Ram) • Reached Grand Slam 4R for 1st time at Wimbledon (d. Dimitrov, l. to No. 3 Federer) • Snapped 0-13 start to career vs. Top 10 players at London/Queen’s Club (d. No. 10 Gasquet in 1R, l. to Cilic in QF) • Advanced to Australian Open 3R for 2nd straight season (d. Bedene and Bellucci, l. to No. 8 Ferrer) • Achieved career-high No. 25 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 11 • Saved 1 MP to defeat Millman in Delray Beach 1R before squandering 75 40 lead vs. Becker in 2R • Advanced to Memphis doubles final w/Querrey (l. to Fyrstenberg/S. Gonzalez)

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Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs Taylor Fritz (USA) First Meeting

Karlovic 2016 FastFacts: W: Newport (d Muller); F: Washington (l Monfils); SF(2): Istanbul (l Dimitrov); s-Hertogenbosch (l Muller) YTD W-L: 16-14 (4-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: February 28, 1979 Emirates ATP Ranking: 27 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 6-7 (2011, 2015 3rd Round)

• Tournament Note: The 37-year-old Croat is making his eighth Rogers Cup appearance and his best result is 3R in 2011 (l. to No. 9 Berdych) and last year (d. No. 10 Raonic in 2R, l. to Chardy in three sets) • Coming off a runner-up effort in Washington where he held match point before falling 57 76 64 to Monfils. Held 53 straight service games in tournament before getting broken serving for match in second set. Finished with 28 aces in match and 108 for tournament. Ranking improved from No. 35 to No. 27 • Previous week claimed 7th career ATP World Tour title in Newport (d. Muller, saving 3 MPs); at 37 years, 4 months, became oldest ATP World Tour singles winner since Marty Riessen (37 years, 9 months) in 1979 (Lafayette, La.) • At Roland Garros, beat Thompson 12-10 in 5th to become oldest player to reach Grand Slam 3R since Connors at 1991 US Open (l. to No. 2 Murray in 3R) • Ended 8-match losing streak (back to last year) with 1st wins of season to reach Istanbul SF (d. Lajovic and Granollers, l. to Dimitrov). Since 0-6 start, has compiled a 16-8 match record in past nine tournaments • Win over Lajovic in Istanbul 2R on April 28 served as 300th victory of career • Also reached SF at ’s-Hertogenbosch (d. Sijsling and Mannarino, l. to Muller) • Suffered 11th straight loss in a final-set tiebreak, squandering 2 MPs vs. Kudla in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 1R. Streak ended in Newport final where he prevailed 14-12 in longest decisive set TB in an ATP final in Open Era • Retired in 2 matches and withdrew from 3 events between January and March due to left knee injury

Fritz 2016 FastFacts: F: Memphis (l Nishikori); QF: Acapulco (l Querrey) YTD W-L: 10-13 (8-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: October 28, 1997 Emirates ATP Ranking: 63 (Career-high) Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

• Tournament note: One of tournament-high 12 Americans and five teenagers in main draw • Reached 1st ATP final in 3rd tour-level event at Memphis as WC (d. Berankis in 3 sets, l. to No. 7 Nishikori) • At 18 years, 109 days, became youngest ATP finalist since Nishikori won 2008 Delray Beach (18 years, 50 days) • Also youngest American in an ATP final since 17-year-old Chang won 1989 Wembley • Advanced to 2nd ATP QF at Acapulco as Q (d. Chardy and Estrella Burgos, l. to Querrey) • Youngest player in Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings, rising to career-high No. 63 on June 13 • Saved 1 MP to beat Martin in Stuttgart 1R before falling to No. 3 Federer in 3 sets • Rallied from 04 down in 3rd to beat M. Zverev & qualify for 1st major at Australian Open (l. to Sock in 1R) • Started season by capturing 3rd ATP Challenger Tour title at Happy Valley, AUS (d. Sela) • Wife, Raquel Pedraza (married on July 7) in Rancho Sante Fe, Calif.

#NEXTGEN 2016 HIGHLIGHTS: Four #NextGen players have reached finals on the ATP World Tour, including Kyrgios, who won his maiden title in Marseille. Here is a look at each player to reach a final: 2016 Best Result Best Emirates ATP Ranking - Fritz Runner-up: Memphis No. 63 (June 13) - Zverev Runner-up: Nice, Halle No. 25 (July 25) - Coric Runner-up: Chennai, Marrakech No. 33 (July 27, 2015) - Kyrgios Winner: Marseille No. 18 (June 20) Rogers Cup presented by National Bank Day 2 – Tuesday, July 26, 2016 Page 11 of 12 www.ATPWorldTour.com

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

Novikov 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 1-5 (0-2 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 6, 1993 Emirates ATP Ranking: 131 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

Delbonis 2016 FastFacts: W: Marrakech (d Coric); SF(2): Bucharest (l Pouille); Istanbul (l Schwartzman); QF(3): Rio de Janeiro (l Cuevas); Sao Paulo (l Cervantes); Geneva (l Cilic) YTD W-L: 23-13 (7-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: October 5, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 43 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2014 1st Round)

[13] Lucas Pouille (FRA) vs [Q] Emilio Gomez (ECU) First Meeting

Pouille 2016 FastFacts: F: Bucharest (l Verdasco); SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Murray); QF(2): Brisbane (l Raonic); Wimbledon (l Berdych) YTD W-L: 20-14 (6-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 23, 1994 Emirates ATP Ranking: 23 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

Gomez 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 3-1 (1-1 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 28, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 318 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

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John Millman (AUS) vs [Q] Jared Donaldson (USA) First Meeting

Millman 2016 FastFacts: QF: Montpellier (l Mathieu) YTD W-L: 13-14 (9-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 14, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 67 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

Donaldson 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 1-5 (1-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: October 9, 1996 Emirates ATP Ranking: 147 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

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Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs (USA) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 09 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati Q (U.S.A.) Hard -- Rajeev Ram 3-6 6-3 6-4

Gulbis 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 7-13 (2-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: August 30, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 66 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

Ram 2016 FastFacts: F: Delray Beach (l Querrey) YTD W-L: 10-14 (7-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: March 18, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 118 Rogers Cup W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2006 1st Round)