ST. PETERSBURG OPEN: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Sibur Arena, St. Petersburg, | September 21-27, 2015 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $1,030,000 | Surface: Indoor Hard

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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 (2004) and (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. , who won the title in 2010, on the other hand, arrives in good form after upsetting No. 17 seed 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, , brings a 4-2 career -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 20-6 (.769) 2000, 2001 Never 18-5 (.783) 1997, 2005 2006 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); 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 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 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 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] (FRA) vs [WC] (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 #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 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 (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 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. top seed Goffin in 2R, No. 2 seed Robredo in F). Afterwards jumped from 62 to 42 on July 27

Janowicz 2015 FastFacts: F: Montpellier (l Gasquet); QF: Halle (l Nishikori) YTD W-L: 22-21 (16-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 13, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 66 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): Debut in 2015

• Janowicz, 24, is coming off a weekend of Davis Cup play and helped his country to 3-2 win over Slovakia by winning opening singles match (d. Gombos) before losing in reverse singles (l. to Klizan). will play in World Group next year • Led Poland to Davis Cup World Group playoff (d. Berankis in March, d. Stakhovsky in July) • In February, saved 6 match points in 1R win over Brown en route to third-career ATP World Tour final (l. to Gasquet) • Avenged 2014 Winston-Salem final loss (2 match points) by beating Rosol in Winston-Salem 2R • Has already posted 4th straight season with 20+ wins • Has match records of 16-12 on hard, 3-6 on clay, 3-3 on grass and 0-1 against Top 10 opponents

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[5] (ESP) vs [WC] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) Tied 2-2 02 Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard R32 Tommy Robredo 6-2 6-4 05 Bastad (Sweden) Clay QF Tommy Robredo 3-6 6-4 6-3 06 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Mikhail Youzhny 6-2 6-0 6-1 10 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Mikhail Youzhny 7-5 6-2 4-6 6-4

Robredo 2015 FastFacts: F: Bastad (l Paire); QF(2): Buenos Aires (l Almagro); Barcelona (l Klizan) YTD W-L: 20-17 (8-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: May 1, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 27 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2006 1R)

• Robredo, 33, makes his return to St. Petersburg for first time since 2006 when he was ranked No.8 (l. to Arthurs in 1R) • Playing in first tournament since reaching 3R at US Open (d. Berrer, Groth, l. to Paire), his best Grand Slam result of season. Fell in Australian Open 1R (l. to Roger-Vasselin), Roland Garros 2R (l. to Coric in 5 sets) and Wimbledon 1R (l. to Millman) • Missed action this season with injuries to left leg and foot, including ATP Masters 1000 events in Madrid and Rome in May • Lost to first-time ATP World Tour champion Paire in Bastad final • Returned to Davis Cup for 1st time in 5+ years, going 1-1 in Spain's 3-2 Group I loss to Russia in July • Has records of 8-7 on hard, 11-8 on clay, 1-2 on grass and 0-4 against Top 10 opponents

Youzhny 2015 FastFacts: QF: Zagreb (l Baghdatis) YTD W-L: 9-20 (6-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: June 25, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 93 St. Petersburg W-L (Best Result): 31-11 (2004 Champion)

• Youzhny, 33, is playing in St. Petersburg for 13th time and comes in with a 31-11 career record. Won title in 2004 (d. K. Beck) and runner-up in 2002 (l. to No.7 Grosjean) and ’10 (l. to Kukushkin). Also SF in 2007, ’11-12 and QF in 2003 and ‘05 • No. 2 Russian (behind No. 57 Gabashvili) suffered an 8-match losing streak from May to August, snapping skid by qualifying and reaching 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (d. Simon, l. to No. 9 Nadal) • Fell 1R or 2R in 17 of 20 tournaments other than Montreal, Zagreb (l. to Baghdatis in QF) and US Open (d. J.P. Smith, l. to Isner in 2R) • Lost in 1R of 1st 3 Grand Slam tournaments: Australian Open (l. to No. 3 Nadal), Roland Garros (l. to Dzumhur), Wimbledon (l. to Paire) • Has records of 6-8 on hard, 3-9 on clay, 0-3 on grass and 0-4 vs. Top 10 opponents