VTB KREMLIN CUP: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, October 22, 2016

Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia | October 17-23, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $717,250 | Surface: Indoor Hard

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KOHLSCHREIBER-FOGNINI, CARREÑO BUSTA-ROBERT FACE OFF IN SEMIS

• DAY 6 PREVIEW: No. 3 seed returns to the VTB Kremlin Cup semi-finals for the second straight year while tournament debutants Pablo Carreño Busta and Stephane Robert will battle for a place in final, where a new champion will be crowned at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday.

Kohlschreiber, playing in his 35th ATP World Tour semi-final, will take on another experienced opponent in . The Italian, who won his first title since 2014 at Umag (F d. Martin), is contesting his 24nd semi-final but is bidding to reach just his second hard-court final (also St Petersburg 2012, l. to Klizan). Germany’s Kohlschreiber has reached three hard-court finals, winning the Auckland title in 2008 (F d. Ferrero). All four of Fognini’s ATP titles have come on clay, while five of seven of Kohlschreiber’s titles have come on clay.

In the day’s second semi-final, Stephane Robert takes on Pablo Carreño Busta, who won their only previous meeting at Monte-Carlo in April. At 36 years old, the Frenchman may be 11 years older than his opponent but both have enjoyed breakthrough seasons in 2016. Robert has reached his second and now third ATP semi-finals of his career this year (also Hamburg, l. to Klizan; first since Johannesburg 2010) and rose to a career-high ranking of No. 52 in August. Spain’s Carreño Busta claimed the first ATP title of his career at Winston-Salem (F d. Bautista Agut) en route to a career-high ranking of No. 35 and is bidding to reach his fourth final of the season (also Sao Paulo, l.to Cuevas; Estoril, l. to Almagro).

EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON

Position Player Points Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 1 * 10,600 27-10: 5 titles in 9 appearances (2008, 2012-15) 2 * 9,685 11-11: 3 SFs in 7 appearances (2008, 2010, 2012) 3 * 5,060 6-6: 2013-15 Semi-finalist 4 * 4,690 0-2: 2014 Round Robin 5 * 4,360 3-4: 2014 Semi-finalist, 2015 Round Robin 6 Gael Monfils 3,625 Never Qualified 7 3,300 16-12: 2 finals in 7 appearances (2010, 2013) 8 3,205 Never Qualified _ 9 Tomas Berdych 2,880 6-13: 2011 Semi-finalist; 2010, 2012-15 Round Robin 10 2,660 Never Qualified 11 Marin Cilic 2,590 0-3: 2014 Round Robin 12 2,460 Never Qualified 13 2,340 Never Qualified 14 2,130 52-12: 6 titles in 14 apps. (2003-04, 2006-07, 2010-11) 15 2,106 Never Qualified 16 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,070 4-7: 2011 Runner-up; 2008, 2012 Round Robin Bold: Player competing at VTB Kremlin Cup * Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (3 spots remain)

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EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON

Position Team Points Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 1 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/* 7,165 1-2: 2015 Round Robin 2 /Bruno Soares* 7,070 Never Qualified as a Team 3 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan* 6,070 35-20: 4 titles in 13 apps. (2003-04, 2009, 2014) 4 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez* 4,170 Never Qualified as a Team 5 /Marcelo Melo* 4,130 8-5: 2014 Finalists; 2013, 2015 Semi-finalists 6 Raven Klaasen/ 3,600 Never Qualified as a Team 7 Henri Kontinen/John Peers 3,310 Never Qualified as a Team 8 /Max Mirnyi 3,065 Never Qualified as a Team _ 9 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau 2,680 5-3: 2015 Champions, 2014 Round Robin 10 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah 2,470 Never Qualified as a Team 11 / 2,195 Never Qualified as a Team 12 / 2,190 Never Qualified as a Team 13 /Edouard Roger-Vasselin 2,190 2-2: 2014 Semi-finalists 14 Mate Pavic/Michael Venus 2,140 Never Qualified as a Team 15 /Florin Mergea 2,100 3-2: 2015 Finalists 16 / 2,010 Never Qualified as a Team Bold: Team competing at VTB Kremlin Cup * Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (3 spots remain)

FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DAY 6 SINGLES MATCHES

CENTRE COURT

[3] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA) Kohlschreiber Leads 4-1 12 Hamburg (Germany) Clay R16 Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5 6-2 12 ATP Masters 1000 Hard R32 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2 6-2 13 Stuttgart (Germany) Grass F Fabio Fognini 5-7 6-4 6-4 15 Kitzbühel (Austria) Clay QF Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6(0) 6-4 16 Munich (Germany) Clay SF Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-1 6-4

Kohlschreiber 2016 Summary W: Munich (d. Thiem); F: Stuttgart (l. to Thiem); SF(2): Rotterdam (l. to Monfils), (l. to Nadal); QF(4): (l. to Troicki), Dubai (l. to Wawrinka), Halle (l. to Thiem), Hamburg (l. to Olivo) YTD W-L: 31-18 (14-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: October 16, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 32 Moscow W-L (Best Result): 8-5 (2015, 2016 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Back in SF for 2nd straight year (2015 l. to Bautista Agut) after beating Lajovic 75 36 63 in 2R and Bellucci 64 62 in QF (1R bye) • Playing in 35th career ATP World Tour SF (15-19 record); has 2-2 SF record in 2016 (Rotterdam, l. to Monfils; Barcelona, l. to No. 5 Nadal; Munich, d. Fognini; Stuttgart, d. Del Potro) • Captured 5th ATP World Tour title in Germany and 7th overall by beating Thiem 76 in 3rd at Munich • Did not drop a set en route to 10th German final at Stuttgart (d. del Potro, l. to No. 7 Thiem in 3 sets) • Also advanced to SFs at Rotterdam (d. Cilic, l. to Monfils) and Barcelona (d. Kuznetsov, l. to No. 5 Nadal) • Held 2 MPs vs Olivo in Hamburg QF before falling 16 60 75 • Beat Rosol and Berdych in 1R, but lost doubles w/Petzschner to Berdych/Stepanek (CZE d. GER 3-2) • Win over No. 7 Berdych snapped 18-match losing streak against Top 10 opponents (22-80 overall) • Right foot injury forced withdrawal from Toronto, Cincinnati and Metz; w/o in Rio Olympics 2R and ret in US Open 1R • Also withdrew from Geneva (right elbow) and conceded walkover vs No. 7 Thiem in Halle QF (left hip strain)

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Fognini 2016 FastFacts W: Umag (d. Martin); SF: Munich (l. to Kohlschreiber); QF (2): Auckland (l. to Tsonga); Barcelona (l. to Nadal) YTD W-L: 25-20 (12-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: May 24, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 50 Moscow W-L (Best Result): 3-2 (2016 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Claimed 1st Moscow win at 3rd attempt in 1R with 61 62 win over Berankis before beating No. 7 seed Lorenzi 75 46 61 in 2R and No. 2 seed Ramos Vinolas 62 62 in QF • Playing in 24th career ATP World Tour SF (11-12 record); has 1-1 record in SFs in 2016 (Munich, l. to Kohlschreiber; Umag, d. Elias) • Captured 4th singles title at Umag (d. Martin) and 4th doubles title at Shenzhen w/Lindstedt (d. Marach/F. Martin) • Posted 6th comeback from 2 sets down to beat Gabashvili in US Open 1R before falling to Ferrer in 5 sets • Lost to eventual champions in Munich SF (l. to Kohlschreiber) and Barcelona QF (l. to No. 5 Nadal) • Saved 2 MPs vs Sousa in Auckland 1R (l. to Tsonga in QF) and 1 MP vs Paire in Olympics 2R (l. to Murray in 3R) • Won 5-setter vs Delbonis in 1R before losing 5-setter vs Lopez in 2R at Wimbledon • In defense of doubles title w/Bolelli, lost to Mannarino/Pouille in 2R • Retired vs Gimeno-Traver in Rio de Janeiro 2R and withdrew from 3 events due to abdominal muscle strain

[6] Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) vs Stephane Robert (FRA) Carreño Busta Leads 1-0 16 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay R64 Pablo Carreño Busta 6-3 6-1 Other Meeting: 13 CH () Clay R16 Pablo Carreño Busta 7-6(3) 3-6 7-6(2)

Carreño Busta 2016 Summary W: Winston-Salem (d. Bautista Agut); F(2): Sao Paulo (l. to Cuevas), Estoril (l. to Almagro); SF: Los Cabos (l. to Lopez); QF(5): Quito (l. to Bellucci), Marrakech (l. to Delbonis), Geneva (l. to Wawrinka), Umag (l. to Elias), Beijing (l. to Raonic) YTD W-L: 37-24 (17-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: July 12, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 36 Moscow W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2016 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Moscow debutant opened with 36 63 76(2) win over Jurgen Melzer in 1R before beating Dzumhur 63 21 RET in 2R and wild card Bublik 64 26 76(1) in QF • Playing in 7th career ATP World Tour SF (3-3 record) and 5th of 2016 (3-1 record; Sao Paulo, d. Cervantes; Estoril, d. Paire; Los Cabos, l. to Lopez; Winston-Salem, d. Millman) • Captured 1st ATP World Tour singles title at Winston-Salem (d. Bautista Agut 67 76 64) • Defeated 4 countrymen en route to São Paulo final (l. to Cuevas). Also reached Estoril final (l. to Almagro 67 76 63) • Earned 1st 5-set win of career to reach US Open 3R, rallying from 2 sets down to beat Tipsarevic (l. to No. 10 Thiem) • Achieved career-high rankings on October 10 in singles (No. 35) and doubles (No. 25) • Set new career-highs with 37 singles and 30 doubles wins this season • Won doubles titles at Quito w/Duran (d. Bellucci/Demoliner) and Beijing w/Nadal (d. Bryan/Bryan and Sock/Tomic) • Along w/Garcia-Lopez, 1st unseeded team to reach US Open doubles final since 2000 (l. to J. Murray/Soares) • Also doubles runner-up w/Marrero at Rio de Janeiro (d. Melo/Soares, l. to Cabal/Farah) and São Paulo (l. to Peralta/Zeballos), as well as w/Fyrstenberg at Chengdu (l. to Klaasen/Ram) • Made winning Davis Cup debut in dead rubber of Spain’s 4-1 Group I win vs Romania (d. Ungur)

Robert 2016 Summary SF: Hamburg (l. to Klizan) YTD W-L: 14-15 (7-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 17, 1980 Emirates ATP Ranking: 52 Moscow W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2016 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Moscow debutant opened with 52 RET win over Granollers in 1R before 75 61 victory over Rosol in 2R and 75 06 64 win over qualifier Medvedev in QF VTB Kremlin Cup Day 6 – Friday, October 22, 2016 Page 4 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• Playing in 3rd career ATP World Tour SF (1-1 record) and 2nd of 2016 (Hamburg, l. to Klizan). Hoping to reach 1st career final since Johannesburg 2010 (d. Ferrer, F l. to Lopez) • Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour SF at Hamburg (d. L. Mayer, Cervantes and Garcia-Lopez; l. to Klizan) • Qualified at Australian Open and reached 3R for 2nd time at a major (d. Ram 75 in 5th, l. to Monfils) • Also qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Carreño Busta in 1R), Estoril (l. to Garcia-Lopez in 2R), ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 2R) and Nottingham (l. to Cuevas in 2R) • Achieved career-high No. 52 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 22 • Received WC and upset No. 20 Anderson in Roland Garros 1R (l. to A. Zverev in 2R) • Returned to Top 100 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 16 after falling as low as No. 558 on May 25, 2015 • Did not drop a set en route to Challenger title at New Delhi, IND (d. Singh, Mitchell, Popko, Cipolla and Myneni) • Reached Challenger finals at Guadalajara, MEX (l. to Jaziri 76 in 3rd) and Prague, CZE (l. to Pavlasek in 3 sets)

FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: POTENTIAL SINGLES FINALS

[6] Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) vs [3] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) Kohlschreiber Leads 2-0 14 Auckland (New Zealand) Hard R32 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2 3-6 7-5 16 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R32 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2 6-1

[6] Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA) Carreño Busta Leads 1-0 13 Oeiras (Portugal) Clay QF Pablo Carreño Busta 3-6 6-4 6-4

Stephane Robert (FRA) vs [3] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) First Meeting

Stephane Robert (FRA) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA) Fognini Leads 1-0 11 Roland Garros Clay R64 Fabio Fognini 6-2 6-1 6-0 Other Meetings: 05 Olbia CH (Italy) Clay R32 Fabio Fognini 6-3 6-2 09 San Benedetto CH (ITA) Clay R16 Fabio Fognini 3-6 7-6(5) 7-5