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: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Sichuan International Center, Chengdu, China | September 26-October 2, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $840,915 | Surface: Outdoor Hard

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HISTORY-MAKING DI WU SEEKS ELUSIVE ATP WORLD TOUR WIN

DAY 2 PREVIEW: Di Wu etched his name in the record books on January 31 when he upset top seed and current World No. 54 in Maui, USA to become the first ATP Challenger Tour singles champion from China. The Chinese No. 2 hopes to break through again at the Chengdu Open on Tuesday when he meets . Wu is 0-13 lifetime in ATP World Tour and main draw matches, coming closest to his first victory when he held a match against Marin Cilic at 2015 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai. All 17 of Wu’s tour-level wins have come as a member of China’s team.

Also in first-round action is Czech qualifier Radek Stepanek, who turns 38 on November 27. By defeating Japanese players and over the weekend, Stepanek qualified for the eighth time on tour in 2016, tied for the lead with Shenzhen Open qualifier . Stepanek won his main draw opener at five of the previous seven tournaments in which he qualified. His opponent Tuesday is Yen-Hsun Lu, who extended his own record with his 23rd and 24th Challenger titles at grass-court events in June.

Among the other matches scheduled for Stadium Court is the first meeting between World No. 36 and World No. 39 Pablo Carreño Busta. Both are coming off strong showings at the US Open, where Baghdatis reached the fourth round of a major for the first time since 2009. As for Carreño Busta, the 2013 ATP World Tour Most Improved Player of the Year is again a contender for the award. He’s reached the first seven tour-level finals of his career in 2016 (3 singles, 4 doubles), highlighted by the Winston- Salem singles title and a US Open runner-up finish with countryman Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in doubles.

Taking to the outer courts are No. 5 seed Albert Ramos-Viñolas, No. 8 seed and 17-year- old . Ramos-Viñolas (Båstad) and Lorenzi (Kitzbühel) won the first tour-level titles of their respective careers in July, while Ruud is making his ATP World Tour debut after winning the Seville, ESP Challenger title on September 10. In doubles, No. 1 seeds and continue their quest for qualification at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals against Yecong He and Fajing Sun.

EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON Position Team Points Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 1 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/* 7,075 1-2: 2015 Round Robin 2 /* 6,800 Never Qualified as a Team 3 /* 5,530 35-20: 4-time Champions 4 / 4,130 8-5: 2014 Finalists 5 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez* 3,990 Never Qualified as a Team 6 / 3,065 Never Qualified as a Team 7 Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram 3,050 Never Qualified as a Team 8 / 2,710 Never Qualified as a Team 12 Juan Sebastian Cabal/ 2,050 Never Qualified as a Team * Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (4 spots remain) Bold: Team in Chengdu Open draw

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FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DAY 2 FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES

STADIUM COURT

[Q] Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) Stepanek Leads 2-0 04 London/Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R16 Radek Stepanek 6-2 6-4 08 San Jose (U.S.A.) Hard QF Radek Stepanek 6-2 7-6(5)

Stepanek 2016 FastFacts QF: (l. to Kohlschreiber) YTD W-L: 9-9 (4-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: November 27, 1978 Emirates ATP Ranking: 105

• Tied with M. Zverev for ATP World Tour lead by qualifying for 8 tour-level events in 2016 • Qualified and won 1+ main draw match at Aus. Open (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka in 2R), Barcelona (l. to Kuznetsov in 3R), Madrid (l. to No, 2 Murray in 2R), Stuttgart (d. Cilic, l. to Kohlschreiber in QF) and Toronto (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 3R) • Also qualified at Roland Garros (l. to No. 2 Murray in 1R after leading by 2 sets) and US Open (l. to Simon in 1R) • 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 in 1R tie

Lu 2016 FastFacts QF: Winston-Salem (l. to Bautista Agut) YTD W-L: 6-7 (5-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 14, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 63

• Advanced to QF-or-better for 4th straight year at Winston-Salem (l. to Bautista Agut in QF) • Fell to No. 1 Djokovic in Roland Garros 1R, No. 2 Murray in Wimbledon 2R and Karlovic in US Open 1R • Also advanced to 2R at Washington (l. to Monfils) and ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (d. A. Zverev, l. to No. 7 Raonic) • 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) • Underwent right elbow surgery on January 18 and did not make season debut until week of May 9

[7] Joao Sousa (POR) vs (RUS) First Meeting

Sousa 2016 FastFacts SF: Nice (l. to A. Zverev); QF (4): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Nadal); Båstad (l. to Elias); Umag (l. to An. Martin); St. Petersburg (l. to Bautista Agut) YTD W-L: 23-28 (9-15 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: March 30, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 34

• Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Madrid (d. Mahut, Granollers and Sock; l. to No. 5 Nadal) • 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), but did not beat any Top 100 players to reach QFs at Båstad (l. to Elias), Umag (l. to An. Martin in 3 sets) and St. Petersburg (l. to Bautista Agut in 3 sets) • Reached 3R at (l. to No. 2 Murray in 4 sets), Wimbledon (l. to Vesely) and US Open (l. to Dimitrov) • Lost 21st straight match vs. Top 10 opponent in Halle 1R vs. No. 7 Thiem (1-23 overall) • Fell to Fognini in Auckland 1R after holding 2 MPs

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Khachanov 2016 FastFacts QF: Kitzbühel (l. to Lajovic) YTD W-L: 6-7 (1-3 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 21, 1996 Emirates ATP Ranking: 101

• Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour QF at Kitzbühel (d. Volandri and Kohlschreiber, l. to Lajovic) • Made winning Grand Slam main draw debut at US Open as Q (d. Fabbiano, l. to No. 7 Nishikori in 2R) • Qualified and advanced to 3R at Barcelona, saving 1 MP vs. Bedene, then beating Bautista Agut (l. to Dolgopolov) • Broke into Top 100 on June 6 and achieved career-high No. 81 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 12 • Fell to countryman Donskoy in Båstad 1R 36 76(4) 63 after holding 2 MPs • Captured 2nd Challenger title at Samarkand, UZB (d. Ramirez Hidalgo, who is 18+ years older) • Reached Challenger final at Jonkoping, SWE (d. Krajinovic and Struff, l. to Golubev after holding 4 MPs) • Fell in qualifying at Australian Open, Montpellier, Marseille, Monte-Carlo, Roland Garros and Wimbledon

Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs (AUS) First Meeting

Anderson 2016 FastFacts QF (4): Auckland (l. to Sock); Nice (l. to Sousa); Nottingham (l. to Johnson); ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (l. to Wawrinka) YTD W-L: 12-16 (8-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: May 18, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 45

• Fell to 0-7 in ATP Masters 1000 QFs at Toronto (d. Troicki, No. 9 Thiem and Tomic; l. to No. 5 Wawrinka) • Reached 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to No. 2 Murray) and US Open (l. to Tsonga) • As World No. 20, qualified at London/Queen’s Club (l. to Tomic in 1R) • Lost to Vesely in opening match as defending champion at Winston-Salem • In Wimbledon 1R, suffered 4th loss of career from 2 sets up after holding 1 MP vs. Istomin • Also held 2 MPs in Atlanta 2R vs. Opelka before falling 75 in 3rd • Retired from 2 matches and withdrew from 8 events due to left knee, right shoulder and ankle injuries • Dropped to No. 46 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 12 – lowest ranking since No. 59 on January 31, 2011

Thompson 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 3-9 (2-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: April 20, 1994 Emirates ATP Ranking: 98

• Earned 1st tour-level win at Sydney as WC (d. Klizan, l. to Tomic in 2R) • Reached Roland Garros 2R as WC, defeating Djere before losing to Karlovic 12-10 in 5th • Achieved career-high No. 88 in Emirates ATP Rankings on June 27 • Led by 2 sets and held 2 MPs in US Open 1R vs. Darcis before falling 75 in 5th • In team debut w/Hewitt at Wimbledon, saved 8 MPs to beat Almagro/Marrero 19-17 in 3rd (l. to Pospisil/Sock in 2R) • Captured 1st 2 Challenger singles titles at Cherbourg, FRA (d. Herbert and Pavlasek) and Anning, CHN (d. Bourgue) • Won Challenger doubles titles w/Saville at Launceston, AUS (d. Kelly/Reid); Shenzhen, CHN (d. Myneni/Nedunchezhiyan) and Lexington, USA (d. Scholtz/Vorster)

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Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) First Meeting

Baghdatis 2016 FastFacts F: Dubai (l. to Wawrinka); SF: Newport (l. to Karlovic); QF (4): Montpellier (l. to Gasquet); Houston (l. to Sock); Halle (l. to A. Zverev); Nottingham (l. to Cuevas) YTD W-L: 23-18 (14-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: June 17, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 36

• Finished as Dubai runner-up, falling to 4-9 in ATP singles finals with 5 straight losses (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) • Earned 300th win over Muller at Roland Garros on May 24 (l. to No. 7 Tsonga in 2R after leading by 2 sets) • Extended Davis Cup singles win streak to 36 matches with 4 victories March 2-5, passing Borg for all-time record • Reached 1st Grand Slam 4R since 2009 Aus. Open at US Open (d. Bagnis, Paire and R. Harrison; l. to Monfils) • Advanced to Newport SF in tournament debut (d. Baker and Sela, l. to Karlovic) • Beat Schwartzman 60 60 en route to Houston QF (l. to Sock) -- 1st double-bagel of season • Also reached QFs at Montpellier (l. to No. 10 Gasquet), Halle (d. No. 8 Berdych in 1R, l. to A. Zverev) and Nottingham (d. Querrey after saving 2 MPs, l. to Cuevas after holding 1 MP)

Carreño Busta 2016 FastFacts W: Winston-Salem (d. Bautista Agut); F (2): São Paulo (l. to Cuevas); Estoril (l. to Almagro); SF: Los Cabos (l. to Lopez); QF (4): Quito (l. to Bellucci); Marrakech (l. to Delbonis); Geneva (l. to Wawrinka); Umag (l. to Elias) YTD W-L: 32-21 (12-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: July 12, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 39 (Career-High)

• 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 to reach US Open 3R, rallying from 2 sets down to beat Tipsarevic (l. to No. 10 Thiem) • Set career-highs this season in wins (32) and ranking (No. 39 on August 29) • Along w/Garcia-Lopez, 1st unseeded team to reach US Open doubles final since 2000 (l. to J. Murray/Soares) • Won 1st ATP doubles title at Quito w/Duran (d. Bellucci/Demoliner) • Runner-up w/Marrero at Rio de Janeiro (d. Melo/Soares, l. to Cabal/Farah) and São Paulo (l. to Peralta/Zeballos) • Made winning Davis Cup debut in dead rubber of Spain’s 4-1 Group I QF win vs. Romania (d. Ungur)

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Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) vs [WC] Di Wu (CHN) First Meeting

Kravchuk 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 3-1 (2-0 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 23, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 96

• Broke into Top 100 on August 1 and achieved career-high No. 93 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 15 • Saved 2 MPs to beat Pella 67 76 76 in Gstaad 1R for 1st ATP win since 2013 St. Petersburg (l. to Ymer in 2R) • Qualified and reached 2R in doubles at Wimbledon w/Molchanov (l. to Klaasen/Ram) • Captured 2nd Challenger singles title at Busan, KOR (d. Chung, Wang, Matosevic, Zemlja and Evans) • Reached Challenger finals at , TPE (l. to Evans); Fergana, UZB (l. to Albot) and Astana, KAZ (l. to Donskoy) • Won Challenger doubles title at Raanana, ISR w/Molchanov (d. Erlich/Oswald) and reached final at , RUS w/Oswald (l. to Bury/Zelenay) • Posted 4-0 record for Russia in Davis Cup Group I wins over Sweden and The Netherlands

Wu 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 2-3 (0-1 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: September 14, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 193

• Chinese No. 2 is seeking 1st ATP World Tour or Grand Slam main draw win of career (0-13) • Became 1st Chinese player to capture an ATP Challenger Tour singles title at Maui, USA (d. Edmund in 3 sets) • Also advanced to Challenger final on home soil at Shenzhen, CHN (d. Fabbiano 76 in 3rd, l. to Sela) • Achieved career-high ranking of No. 140 in Emirates ATP Rankings on April 25 • Qualified at Australian Open (l. to Krajicek in 1R), but lost in qualifying at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open • Won 3rd ATP Challenger Tour doubles title at Nanchang, CHN w/Zh. Zhang (d. Barrientos/Gonzales) • Reached Zhuhai, CHN Challenger doubles final at Zhuhai, CHN w/Hsieh (l. to Gong/Yi) • Owns 17-9 Davis Cup record and 2-2 in 2016, falling to Istomin and Dustov July 15-17 (UZB d. CHN 3-2) • Defeated Y. Khan and Abid to lead China to 5-0 sweep of Pakistan March 4-6

COURT 1

Dusan Lajovic (SRB) vs (ARG) Series Tied 1-1 14 Roland Garros () Clay R128 Dusan Lajovic 6-3 6-2 6-3 15 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Federico Delbonis 6-4 6-3 Other Meetings: 12 Geneva CH (Switzerland) Hard R32 Federico Delbonis 6-2 4-6 6-3 14 ATP Masters 1000 Paris Q (France) Hard Q1 Federico Delbonis 4-6 6-4 6-1 15 Rome 2 CH (Italy) Clay SF Federico Delbonis 7-6(8) 7-6(5)

Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs [Q] (USA) Mannarino Leads 1-0 15 Delray Beach (U.S.A.) Hard R16 6-2 6-2 Other Meeting: 15 Basel Q (Switzerland) Hard Q2 Adrian Mannarino 6-2 2-6 6-4

John Millman (AUS) vs [8] Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) First Meeting

[Q] (GER) vs [5] Albert Ramos-Viñolas (ESP) First Tour-Level Meeting 11 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Q Clay Q1 Albert Ramos-Viñolas 6-4 6-0 15 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai Q (China) Hard Q2 Albert Ramos-Viñolas 6-4 7-6(4)

[6] (SRB) vs [WC] Casper Ruud (NOR) First Meeting