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DAY 2 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – in Order of Play ST. PETERSBURG OPEN: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Sibur Arena, St. Petersburg, Russia | September 21-27, 2015 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $1,030,000 | Surface: Indoor Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.spbopen.ru Richard Evans: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @SPBOpen_RU Press Room: Facebook: facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/saintpetersburgopen +7 812 383 9369 FORMER CHAMPIONS GULBIS, YOUZHNY RETURN TO ST. PETERSBURG DAY 2 PREVIEW: There are four main draw singles matches on Tuesday at the St. Petersburg Open and two of the three former champions are in action with local favorite Mikhail Youzhny (2004) and Ernests Gulbis (2013). Both players are former Top 10 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. Youzhny (9-20) and Gulbis (8-20) have struggled this season, though the Latvian may receive a confidence boost as the defending champion from 2013. Mikhail Kukushkin, who won the title in 2010, on the other hand, arrives in good form after upsetting No. 17 seed Grigor Dimitrov en route to the third round at the US Open (l. to Cilic in 5 sets). In the opening match on Centre Court, another former Top 10, Marcos Baghdatis, brings a 4-2 career head-to-head record against Gulbis, who has won the previous two meetings. YOUZHNY WELCOMES RETURN: The return of the St. Petersburg Open is reason to rejoice for Russian No. 2 Mikhail Youzhny, who is the winningest player in event history with 31 victories spread across 12 consecutive appearances (2002-13). Long among the most consistent players on the ATP World Tour, Youzhny is 9-20 this year and he fell outside the Top 100 in July for the first time since 2001. Searching for wins, the 33-year-old Youzhny has come to the right place. Player Tournament W-L Champion Runner-Up Mikhail Youzhny 31-11 (.738) 2004 2002, 2010 Marat Safin 20-6 (.769) 2000, 2001 Never Thomas Johansson 18-5 (.783) 1997, 2005 2006 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 17-5 (.773) 1995 1996 Ernests Gulbis 13-5 (.722) 2013 Never DAY 2 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play Centre Court Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT) Baghdatis Leads 4-2 07 Sydney (Australia) Hard R32 Marcos Baghdatis 7-6(3) 6-1 07 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R128 Marcos Baghdatis 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 09 Delray Beach (USA) Hard R32 Marcos Baghdatis 7-5 6-2 09 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (USA) Hard R128 Marcos Baghdatis 6-2 6-2 10 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Ernests Gulbis 6-2 6-2 13 Halle (Germany) Grass R32 Ernests Gulbis 6-4 3-6 6-3 Baghdatis 2015 FastFacts: F: Atlanta (l Isner); SF(2): Zagreb (l Garcia-Lopez); Nottingham (l Istomin) YTD W-L: 20-15 (11-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: June 17, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 52 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2013 1R) St. Petersburg Open Day 2 – Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Page 2 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com • Baghdatis, 30, in his previous St. Petersburg appearance two years ago (l. to Tursunov in 1R) • Started season with Challenger final in Happy Valley, Australia (l. to Harrison); Australian Open 3R (d. Goffin, l. to Dimitrov); and SF in Zagreb (l. to Garcia-Lopez) • Also reached SF in Nottingham in June leading into Wimbledon (d. No. 7 Ferrer, ret. vs. Istomin) • Other Grand Slam results: Roland Garros 2R (d. Karlovic, l. to Dzumhur) and Wimbledon 3R (l. to Goffin) • Posted an 8-4 record on ATP Challenger Tour • During North American summer circuit, reached 12th career ATP World Tour final in Atlanta (l. to Isner). It was his first U.S. final since ’10 Washington • Enters with records of 11-9 on hard, 7-3 on grass and 2-3 on clay and 1-2 vs. Top 10 opponents Gulbis 2015 FastFacts: QF(2): Nice (l Thiem); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: 8-20 (4-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: August 30, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 68 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 13-5 (2013 Champion) • Gulbis, 27, enters with a 13-5 record in St. Petersburg and won the title two years ago (d. Garcia- Lopez). Also SF in ’06 (l. to Ancic) and QF in ’07 (l. to Cilic) and ’09 (l. to Zeballos) • His best week of season came last month at ATP Masters 1000 Montreal where he qualified and beat practice partner Dominic Thiem 3-6 7-6(8) 6-1 (saving two match pts.) in the 1R, Lukas Rosol 6-2 5-7 6-3 in 2R and fellow qualifier Donald Young 6-4 6-4 in 3R (l. to Djokovic 6-1 in 3rd set). He also reached QF in Nice in May (bye, d. Dolgopolov, l. to Thiem) • Since Montreal, has not won a match (0-3), losing in 1R at Vancouver Challenger, Winston-Salem and US Open (ret. vs. Bedene) • Finished last year in Top 20 Emirates ATP Rankings for first time at a year-end high No. 13, reaching QF or better 11 times and winning a career-high 41 matches. • Has tour-level records of 4-10 on hard, 3-8 on clay, 1-2 on grass and 0-2 vs. Top 10 opponents [Q] Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) vs [WC] Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) First Meeting Sidorenko 2015 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 0-0 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 18, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 508 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): Main draw debut in 2015 • Sidorenko, 27, qualified into his first ATP World Tour main draw of season by winning three matches, last two from a set down to prevail 6-4 in third set. Previously tried to qualify in 2011 (1R) and ’08 (2R) 30-year-old Cypriot reached first final since 2011 Kuala Lumpur, falling to Isner in Atlanta • Frenchman has a 3-7 career record in ATP World Tour level play and appearing in first main draw since May 2010 in Munich (l. to Hajek). His last ATP World Tour main draw win came in Zagreb in February 2010 (d. Bemelmans, l. to Karlovic) • Ranked as low as No. 710 on Jan. 19 before improving 202 positions in Emirates ATP Rankings. Has compiled a 21-13 match record in Futures (145-99 career), reaching final at France #16 in August • His best Emirates ATP Ranking came on May 25, 2009 at No. 145. His best year-end ranking was No. 182 in ’09 (also No. 188 in ’08, his only two seasons in Top 200). Finished No. 707 last season Donskoy 2015 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 2-4 (2-3 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 9, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 117 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 2-3 (2010, ’13 2R) St. Petersburg Open Day 2 – Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com • Donskoy, 25, is making his fourth main draw appearance in St. Petersburg (2-3 record), reaching 2R in 2010 as a qualifier (d. Kuznetsov, l. to No. 10 Youhzny) and in ’13 (d. Mannarino, l. to Bautista Agut in third set TB). Lost in qualifying draw in ’07 (2R), ’08 (1R) and ’09 (2R) • Qualified at US Open and reached 2R (d. Pouille, l. to No. 9 Cilic). Also qualified in Chennai in opening week of season (l. to Garcia-Lopez) • Fell in qualifying at Australian Open, Dubai, Bucharest, Istanbul, Roland Garros and Wimbledon • Helped Russia rally from 0-2 down to defeat Spain 3-2 in Davis Cup Group I play. In doubles (w/Kravchuk), d. M. Lopez/Marrero 6-4 in 5th. In singles, d. Robredo 7-6 in 4th • Has posted a 24-13 Challenger record with title at Segovia, Spain (d. Chiudinelli) and runner-up in Karshi (ret. vs. Gabashvili) and Astana (l. to Kukushkin) [6] Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Jerzy Janowicz (POL) Janowicz Leads 1-0 15 Montpellier (France) Hard R16 Jerzy Janowicz 6-2 3-6 6-3 Other meeting: 11 Salzburg CH (Austria) Hard R16 Benoit Paire 7-6(6) 2-6 6-3 Paire 2015 FastFacts: W: Bastad (d Robredo); QF: Hamburg (l Pouille) YTD W-L: 19-13 (6-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 8, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 32 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): Debut in 2015 • Paire, 26, has worked his way back into Top 50 Emirates ATP Rankings by winning titles at Futures, Challenger and ATP World Tour level, 1st player to accomplish feat in a season since Steve Darcis in 2007 • Finished out of Top 100 at No. 118 last year due to left knee injury. In opening month of season, won France #2 Futures title and in February captured Bergamo Challenger title (d. Nedovyesov). Continued success in March with runner-up at Cherbourg (l. to Gombos) and title at Quimper (d. Barrere) • In Grand Slam play (6-3), career best result was 4R at US Open (d. No. 4 Nishikori in 1R, saving 2 MPs in 4th set TB, l. to Tsonga). Also 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Berdych) and 2R at Wimbledon (l. to Bautista Agut). Failed to qualify at Australian Open (l. to Ymer in Q1) • In July, biggest career week came in Bastad where he won his maiden ATP World Tour title without dropping a set (d.
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