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For Immediate Release: July J

To: Sports Director July 26th, 2006

Bobby Reynolds leads field full of for the 13th dBI Challenger

A USTA PROFESSIONAL CIRCUIT EVENT The Best Tennis in Upstate NY www.tennischallenger.com

Direct Acceptances 22 Qualifying Tournament August 5th and 6th Wild Cards 4 Main Draw Play Begins August 7th Qualifiers 4 Special Exempts 2 Recreation Park, Binghamton NY Main Draw Singles- 32 Qualifying Draw Singles-32 Main Draw Entrants Name Country Rank Name Country Rank 1 USA 121 12 Richard Bloomfield GBR 203 2 Tomas Zib CZE 127 13 PHI 208 3 Yen-Hsun Lu TPE 134 14 USA 212 4 Peter Luczak AUS 150 15 Nathan Healey AUS 215 5 Tomas Cakl CZE 161 16 Martin Lee GBR 217 6 Gilles Elseneer BEL 186 17 USA 220 7 Jesse Witten USA 193 18 Peter Wessels NED 223 8 Uros Vico ITA 197 19 Alun Jones GBR 225 9 Jeff Salzenstein USA 198 20 Phillip Simmonds USA 235 10 Amer Delic USA 199 21 Santiago Giraldo COL 241 11 USA 200 22 USA 245

Noteworthy facts on next page

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Noteworthy (results are this year, unless noted otherwise):

9 Americans are entered in the main draw this year, up from a record 8 last year and 6 the year before; presenting the future of tennis in America right here at Rec Park. This marks the 13th year for the Challenger held in Binghamton. This is the 2nd year with title sponsor dataBased Intelligence, Inc of Vestal, NY. The full schedule of the 13th dBI Tennis Challenger is included after player highlights.

Player Highlights: Bobby Reynolds- Top collegiate in 2003; qualified and reached 3rd round of ’05 ; reached career best ranking at 92 in Dec ‘05. Binghamton participant in ’04 and ’05 (SF), multiple SF appearances in Challengers this year. Won ATP Indianapolis doubles title with last week.

Peter Wessels - Turned pro in ’96, multiple challenger titles, has played many of the big names in the last 10 years, has one ATP title (Newport 2000), career high ranking last year of 72, made the 3rd round of ’99 US Open (beating Roger Federer).

Tomas Zib – Turned pro in ’95, career high ranking of 51 last year, Czech junior champ in ’94, competed in all 4 Grand Slams in ’05 reaching 2nd round in Australian and Wimbledon (as well as 2nd round of Wimbledon this year), multiple Challenger titles.

Sam Querrey – Turned pro in ’06, won 2 of his first 3 Challengers as well as 2nd rounds of multiple ATP events, 2nd ranked American junior last year, won the ’05 Easter Bowl and USTA Spring International, QFs of multiple junior grand slams.

Cecil Mamiit- Won the 1996 NCAA singles title while playing for USC, the first freshman to win the championship since John McEnroe. 17 main draw appearances; has beaten , , , Todd Martin over his 10 year pro career. Binghamton participant in ’95,’96(SF), ’97, ’04. 1 Finalist and multiple SF in Challengers this year.

Jesse Witten- 5-time All-American finishing as #3 ranked collegiate in ’05, fastest rising American in the last year of rankings. Alternate list & notes on next page

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Interesting notes on alternates: Jeremy Wurtzman- Native of Rochester, top 5 collegiate in ’03, had his 1st Challenger match victory last year at Binghamton. - Long Island native, finished college career as #2 ranked doubles, beat Andy Roddick in ’99 US Open juniors. - Suburban Philadelphia native, #4 ranked junior in ’04 before broken leg, finalist in ’04 juniors, won his 1st Challenger title 2 weeks ago and has reached multiple challenger QF this year. Alternates Name Country Rank Name Country Rank 1. Parmar, Arvind GBR 246 33. Colangelo, Fabio ITA 442 2. Ram, Rajeev USA 248 34. Da Col, Alessandro ITA 453 3. Lacko, Lukas SVK 251 35. Gregorc, Luka SLO 458 4. Heuberger, Ivo SUI 255 36. Martin, David USA 466 5. Nunez, Eric USA 259 37. Kadir, Sadik AUS 473 6. Stoppini, Andrea ITA 260 38. Hasek, Jakub CZE 484 7. Fognini, Fabio ITA 274 39. Klier, David GER 488 8. Mergea, Florin ROM 277 40. Popovic, Petar SCG 507 9. Rehnquist, Bjorn SWE 282 41. Sipaeya, Sunil Kumar IND 514 10. Bourgeois, Luke AUS 286 42. Yoo, Daniel KOR 521 11. Baker, Jamie GBR 289 43. Kryvonos, Nikita USA 528 12. Taino, Eric PHI 291 44. Behrmann, Matthew USA 546 13. Adjei-Darko, Henry GHA 297 45. Novak, David CZE 565 14. Yani, Michael USA 300 46. Martin, Fabrice FRA 566 15. Salamanca, Carlos COL 326 47. Avellan, Carlos ECU 581 16. Smeets, Robert AUS 331 48. Nettle, Shannon AUS 585 17. Rastogi, Karan IND 339 49. Cook, Lester USA 586 18. Amritraj, Prakash IND 344 50. Behrmann, Matthew USA 589 19. Lipsky, Scott USA 361 51. Feeney, Adam AUS 598 20. Cleveland, Tyler USA 364 52. Wurtzman, Jeremy USA 632 21. Jaziri, Malek TUN 367 53. Marshall, Jason USA 633 22. Mackin, Alan GBR 369 54. Statham, Jose (Rubin) NZL 688 23. Oudsema, Scott USA 371 55. Kudryavtsev, Alexandre RUS 706 24. Naso, Gianluca ITA 384 56. Motti, Alessandro ITA 972 25. Cerovic, Ivan CRO 389 57. Thomas, Kiantki USA 1119 26. Fleming, Colin GBR 392 58. Fiorentino, Carlton USA 1237 27. Zemlja, Grega SLO 397 59. Fukaumi, Hiroshi JPN 1253 28. King, Phillip USA 399 60. Koniecko, Bryan USA 1380 29. Tecau, Horia ROM 402 61. Downey, Paul CAN 1537 30. Kuznetsov, Alex USA 409 62. Kaneko, Hijiri JPN 1537 31. Lindahl, Nick AUS 421 63. Nathan, Kris USA 1537 32. Moser, Frank GER 426 64. Takahashi, Yu JPN 32750 Full event schedule on the next page

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Daily Playing Schedule SPECIALS EVENTS $20 for Monday thru Sunday Pass. Sunday, August 6 $2/day Monday thru Thursday. $6/day Friday thru 4:30pm Tennis-Pro-am (Sponsor Participation) Sunday Location: Rec Park Courts & Party Pavilion Tent Monday, August 7 Saturday August 5 @ 9:00 am All day-USTA Member Appreciation Day: Qualifying Rounds Includes free admission, water bottle & raffle Sunday August 6 @ 10:00 am Location: Party Pavilion Tent Qualifying Rounds Tuesday, August 8 Monday August 7 @ 10:00 am 4:30-6pm Tennis Pro-Am Finals 1st Round of Singles Wednesday, August 9 Tuesday August 8 @ 10:00 am 12-1 pm High School Tennis Clinic 1st Round of Singles & Doubles 4:30-5pm Dick Gennett Ace with Pace Wednesday, August 8 @ 10:00 am Center Court 2nd Round of Singles & Doubles Thursday August 10 @ 11:00 am Thursday, August 10 2nd Round of Singles & Doubles 10-12pm Dicks Carnival Day Friday August 11 @ 11:00 am 4-5pm Will Stafford, Juggler Extraordinaire Quarterfinals of Singles Location: Center Court Saturday August 12 @ 11:00 am 4-4:30 open lesson ball kids tent session Semifinals of Singles & Doubles 4:30-5pm Center Court session Sunday August 13 @ 12:00 pm 7-10 pm Discovery Center Pastabilities. Doubles Final $40/person...$75 couple Location: Party Pavilion Tent-open to public Singles Final Immediately Following Tournament schedule subject to change at USTA Friday, August 11 Supervisor’s discretion All day-Wilson Demo Day, spectator involvement 4:30pm Wilson Tennis Clinic Music, prizes-open to public 5-8pm-Lupo’s VIP Dinner 7:00pm Live Concert with “Splash” Free with purchase of tournament ticket/pass Location: Rec Park grounds open to public Saturday, August 12 12pm Yanni’s VIP Lunch 4-8 pm YMCA “Party in the Park” Microbrewery beer tasting and sports memorabilia auction Sunday, August 13 10-12pm Catering By David VIP Brunch Concert in the Park Series

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For more information on the entire event, go to http://www.tennischallenger.com

History:

Last year’s dBI Tennis Challenger champion, Andy Murray of Scotland, is currently ranked #36 in the world and recently beat Andy Roddick in straight sets at Wimbledon. Our challenger has hosted Lleyton Hewitt, former #1; , current top American; Nicolas Massu, most recent Olympic gold medallist; as well as many other players who have gone on to become great professionals. Catch the action of the rising stars on their way to the US Open.

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