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: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, October 28, 2015

St. Jakobshalle, Basel, | October 26 – November 1, 2015 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: €1,575,295 | Surface: Indoor Hard

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EARLY-ROUND SHOWDOWNS AT SWISS INDOORS BASEL ON WEDNESDAY

 DAY 3 PREVIEW: All eight singles players competing Wednesday on Centre Court at Swiss Indoors Basel have advanced to the tournament quarter-finals (or better) before. Headlining the schedule is a second-round match between No. 3 seed and , who each reached the quarters in 2014. Nadal owns a 6-0 FedEx Head to Head record against Dimitrov, including straight-set wins at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in Madrid and Rome earlier this season. Two-time semi-finalists and Ivo Karlovic have also met six times entering their opening-round match, with the second-seeded Swiss leading 5-1. In other first-round matches on Centre Court, No. 7 seed Marin Cilic meets Basel native and No. 4 seed takes on 2014 semi-finalist Borna Coric. Only one man playing on Wednesday has reached the Swiss Indoors Basel final and he’s not on Centre Court. No. 8 seed , the 2014 runner-up, faces qualifier in a second-round match on Court 2.

STARS COME OUT ON CENTRE COURT AT SWISS INDOORS BASEL

Not Before Round Seed Basel Best Result Opponent Basel Best Result 2 pm 1st [7] Cilic 2009 QF [WC] Chiudinelli 2009 SF 4 pm 1st [4] Anderson 2012 QF Coric 2014 SF 6 pm 1st [2] Wawrinka 2006, 2011 SF Karlovic 2007, 2014 SF 8 pm 2nd [3] Nadal 2014 QF Dimitrov 2012-14 QF

 BASEL BRINGS CHIUDINELLI AND FEDERER TOGETHER: Wild card Marco Chiudinelli and No. 1 seed were born in Basel 33 days apart, 34 years ago. Good friends since the age of 8, Chiudinelli and Federer grew up in Münchenstein, trained at Old Boys Basel, tweet regularly about FC Basel, and return to St. Jakobshalle this week for the 10th straight season. That’s not all the Swiss veterans have in common.

BASEL’S BOYS: MARCO CHIUDINELLI AND ROGER FEDERER o 1993 National 12-and-Under Indoor Finalists (Federer d. Chiudinelli) o 1994 Swiss Indoors Basel Ballboys o 1998 Swiss Indoors Basel Wild Cards (Federer: Main Draw; Chiudinelli: Qualifying) o 2006 and 2009 US Open Singles 3rd Round (Federer won ’06 title and reached ’09 final) o 2009 Swiss Indoors Basel Singles Semi-finalists (Federer d. Chiudinelli 76 63) o 2009 Swiss Indoors Basel Doubles 1st Round (l. to Cerretani/Qureshi 64 63) o 2014 Halle Doubles Finalists (l. to Begemann/Knowle 16 75 12-10) o 2014 Champions (Chiudinelli, Federer, Lammer and Wawrinka) o 2015 Davis Cup Doubles Partners (l. to de Bakker/Middelkoop 76 46 46 64 61)

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 INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS: No. 4 seed Kevin Anderson, No. 6 seed and Ivo Karlovic all enter Swiss Indoors Basel having eclipsed 1,000 aces in 2015. They are the first trio in ATP World Tour history to hit 1,000 or more aces during the same season (Infosys ATP Scores & Stats have been tracked since 1991). Please note that the statistics below include first-round matches in Basel and Valencia on Tuesday, but do not include Davis Cup matches.

Rank Player Height Aces Matches Average 1 Ivo Karlovic 6’11” 1,340 59 23 2 John Isner 6’10” 1,181 64 18 3 Kevin Anderson 6’8” 1,003 66 15 4 Gilles Muller 6’4” 765 55 14 5 6’5” 743 47 16

 EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON UPDATE: With 12 days remaining in the Emirates ATP Race to London, two spots are still up for grabs at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Nov. 15-22. The Top 8 players in the race on Nov. 9 will compete at the year-end championships. Six players have qualified so far: , , Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych. and are next in line to qualify, and the Spaniard can earn his berth by capturing the championship this week. Only No. 10 is capable of passing either player. Gasquet must win titles at Basel (Oct. 26-Nov. 1) and ATP Masters 1000 Paris (Nov. 2-8) for a shot at qualifying for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

Race Player Points Event 2R QF SF F W 1 Novak Djokovic* 14,285 ------2 Andy Murray* 7,870 ------3 Roger Federer* 6,795 Basel 6,795 6,840 6,930 7,050 7,250 4 Stan Wawrinka* 6,140 Basel 6,140 6,185 6,275 6,395 6,595 5 Tomas Berdych* 4,440 ------6 Rafael Nadal* 4,330 Basel 4,330 4,330 4,330 4,450 4,650 7T David Ferrer 3,945 Valencia 3,945 3,945 3,945 3,945 4,015 7T Kei Nishikori 3,945 ------9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,545 ------10 Richard Gasquet 2,535 Basel 2,535 2,580 2,670 2,790 2,990 11 Marin Cilic 2,395 Basel 2,395 2,395 2,485 2,605 2,805 12 Kevin Anderson 2,385 Basel 2,385 2,385 2,475 2,595 2,795 13 John Isner 2,315 Basel 2,315 2,315 2,405 2,525 2,725 14 Milos Raonic 2,170 ------15 2,055 ------16 Feliciano Lopez 1,680 Valencia 1,680 1,680 1,725 1,785 1,885 17 David Goffin 1,670 Basel 1,670 1,715 1,805 1,925 2,125 18 Bernard Tomic 1,630 Valencia 1,630 1,630 1,675 1,735 1,835 19 1,555 Basel 1,555 1,600 1,690 1,810 2,010 20 Benoit Paire 1,508 Valencia 1,508 1,533 1,578 1,638 1,738 * Qualified

 EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON UPDATE: The Top 8 teams in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race to London on Nov. 9 will qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Nov. 15-22. Only one spot remains after No. 7 /Nenad Zimonjic secured a berth on Monday. Seven of the Top 12 teams in the race are competing at Swiss Indoors Basel, including No. 9 /. Swiss Indoors Basel Day 3 – Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Page 3 of 7 www.ATPWorldTour.com

The race within this race, however, is between No. 1 / and No. 2 Jean- Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau. With the Bryans off this week, Wimbledon champions Rojer and Tecau can take over the top spot by reaching the Basel final.

Race Team Points Event QF SF F W 1 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan* 6,285 ------2 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau* 6,130 Basel 6,130 6,220 6,340 6,540 3 /* 5,335 Basel 5,425 5,515 5,635 5,835 4 /* 5,140 ------5 /* 4,895 ------6 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut* 4,765 ------7 Marcin Matkowski/Nenad Zimonjic 4,200 Basel 4,290 4,380 4,500 4,700 8 Rohan Bopanna/Florin Mergea 3,455 Basel ------9 Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares 2,920 Basel 2,920 3,010 3,130 3,330 10 Vasek Pospisil/ 2,820 ------11 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah 2,735 Basel 2,735 2,825 2,945 3,145 12 Daniel Nestor/Edouard Roger-Vasselin 2,440 Basel 2,530 2,620 2,740 2,940 * Qualified

DAY 3 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court

CENTRE COURT

1R [7] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs [WC] Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) Cilic Leads 1-0 10 Basel (Switzerland) Hard R32 Marin Cilic 6-3 6-3

Cilic 2015 FastFacts W: Moscow (d. Bautista Agut); SF (4): Stuttgart (l. to Troicki); Washington (l. to Nishikori); US Open (l. to Djokovic); Shenzhen (l. to Garcia-Lopez); QF (4): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Djokovic); (l. to Giraldo); Wimbledon (l. to Djokovic); (l. to Nishikori) YTD W-L: 33-17 (20-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 14 Date of Birth: September 28, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 13 Basel W-L (Best Result): 3-2 (2009 Quarter-finalist)

• No. 1 Croat won 1st title of 2015 in 1st final on Oct. 25, repeating as champion at Moscow (d. Bautista Agut) • Advanced to US Open SF as defending champion (d. Tsonga, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Reached Roland Garros 4R (l. to No. 8 Ferrer) and Wimbledon QF (d. Isner 12-10 in 5th, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Has posted 29-11 record since starting season 4-6 • On a 10-match losing streak vs. Top 10 opponents since winning 2014 US Open title • Lost 2014 US Open final rematches to Nishikori in 3-set Washington SF and 3-set Tokyo QF • Played only 1 tournament in 1st 3 months due to right shoulder injury (ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells)

Chiudinelli 2015 FastFacts YTD W-L: 1-2 (0-0 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: September 10, 1981 Emirates ATP Ranking: 313 Basel W-L (Best Result): 5-10 (2009 Semi-finalist)

• No. 5 Swiss is making 10th straight appearance at hometown event (2006-10 WC, 2011 LL, 2012-15 WC) • Missed 1st 4+ months of season following right elbow surgery on Dec. 1, 2014 Swiss Indoors Basel Day 3 – Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Page 4 of 7 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• In 1st ATP event back, qualified and reached 2R at ’s-Hertogenbosch (d. Paire 76 in 3rd, l. to Mannarino) • Played Davis Cup doubles for 1st time with childhood friend Federer (l. to de Bakker/Middelkoop in 5 sets) • Lost in qualifying at Wimbledon, Newport, Bogota, US Open and Vienna • Posted 8-5 Challenger record, highlighted by 5th career final at Segovia, ESP (l. to Donskoy)

1R [4] Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs Borna Coric (CRO) Anderson Leads 1-0 15 Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard QF Kevin Anderson 6-2 7-6(1)

Anderson 2015 FastFacts W: Winston-Salem (d. Herbert); F (2): Memphis (l. to Nishikori); London/Queen's Club (l. to Murray); SF (3): Auckland (l. to Vesely); Acapulco (l. to Nishikori); Houston (l. to Sock); QF (3): US Open (l Wawrinka); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Tsonga); Vienna (l. to Johnson) YTD W-L: 44-22 (31-15 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: May 18, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 12 Basel W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2012 Quarter-finalist)

• No. 1 South African reached career-high No. 10 in Emirates ATP Rankings on Oct. 12 • Became 1st South African in Top 10 since Ferreira during week of May 5, 1997 • Started 0-7 in 4R before reaching 1st QF at US Open (d. No. 3 Murray, l. to No. 5 Wawrinka) • Captured 3rd career title and snapped 7-match losing streak in finals by winning Winston-Salem (d. Herbert) • Has set a new career-high with 44 wins this season (previous-best 42 in 2011) • Finalist at London/Queen's Club (d. No. 4 Wawrinka, l. to No. 3 Murray) and Memphis (l. to No. 5 Nishikori) • Advanced to 4R at (l. to No. 3 Nadal) and Wimbledon (l. to No. 1 Djokovic after leading by 2 sets), matching career-best showings at both events • Fell to 0-6 lifetime in ATP Masters 1000 QFs with 3-set loss to Tsonga at Shanghai • With 23 aces in Vienna QF (l. to Johnson), joined Karlovic and Isner as 1st trio with 1,000+ aces in a season

Coric 2015 FastFacts SF (2): Dubai (l. to Federer); Nice (l. to L. Mayer); QF (3): Estoril (l. to Garcia-Lopez); Umag (l. to Bautista Agut); Winston-Salem (l. to Anderson) YTD W-L: 25-26 (11-16 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 14, 1996 Emirates ATP Ranking: 47 Basel W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2014 Semi-finalist)

• No. 3 Croat is youngest player in Top 50 of Emirates ATP Rankings at age of 18 • His 25 wins in 2015 are most among teenagers on ATP World Tour • Advanced to Dubai SF as a lucky loser (d. No. 3 Murray in QF, l. to No. 2 Federer in SF) • Reached 3rd SF of career at Nice (l. to L. Mayer) • Grand Slam results: Australian Open 1R (l. to Chardy), Roland Garros 3R (l. to Sock), Wimbledon 2R (l. to Seppi) and US Open 1R (l. to No. 8 Nadal) • Captured 2nd ATP Challenger title of career at Barranquilla, COL (d. Dutra Silva) • In Davis Cup Play-off vs. BRA, beat Souza and Bellucci to lead CRO back into World Group

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1R Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs [2] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) Wawrinka Leads 5-1 06 Barcelona () Clay QF Stan Wawrinka 4-6 6-3 6-4 06 Wimbledon (England) Grass R128 Stan Wawrinka 7-6(5) 3-6 6-2 6-7(8) 11-9 07 Nottingham (Great Britain) Grass R32 Ivo Karlovic 6-3 7-6(3) 13 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Stan Wawrinka 7-5 7-6(8) 6-4 14 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard R64 Stan Wawrinka 6-3 7-5 15 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Stan Wawrinka 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 7-6(5)

Karlovic 2015 FastFacts W: Delray Beach (d. Young); F: Newport (l. to Ram); SF (3): (l. to Ferrer); Halle (l. to Federer); Bogota (l. to Mannarino); QF (5): Acapulco (l. to Harrison); Bucharest (l. to Vesely); ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Haase); Kuala Lumpur (l. to Kyrgios); Vienna (l. to Gulbis) YTD W-L: 36-23 (24-16 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: February 28, 1979 Emirates ATP Ranking: 23 Basel W-L (Best Result): 7-5 (2007, ’14 Semi-finalist)

• No. 2 Croat set ATP aces record for a career on Oct. 8 by blasting 26 aces in Beijing 2R loss to Cuevas. His 10,335 career aces entering Basel are most ever (statistics since 1991 and not including Davis Cup) • On Sept. 14, the 36-year-old became oldest player in Top 20 of Emirates ATP Rankings since Connors week of Feb. 19, 1990 • Captured 6th career title at Delray Beach (d. Young) to become oldest champion on ATP World Tour since 37-year-old Connors won 1989 Tel Aviv • 1 of only 4 players to defeat Djokovic in 2015 and only man to do it before a final (Doha QF) • Hit 45 aces in Halle QF win over No. 6 Berdych, most ever in best-of-3 sets (l. to No. 2 Federer in SF) • Posted best Grand Slam result of season by reaching Wimbledon 4R (l. to Murray in 4 sets)

Wawrinka 2015 FastFacts W (4): Chennai (d. Bedene); Rotterdam (d. Berdych); Roland Garros (d. Djokovic); Tokyo (d. Paire); SF (3): Australian Open (l. to Djokovic); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Federer); US Open (l. to Federer); QF (6): Marseille (l. to Stakhovsky); Geneva (l. to Delbonis); Wimbledon (l. to Gasquet); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Djokovic); Metz (w/o vs. Kohlschreiber); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Nadal) YTD W-L: 50-14 (32-8) YTD Titles: 4 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: March 28, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 4 Basel W-L (Best Result): 9-11 (2006, ’11 Semi-finalist)

• No. 2 Swiss and 30-year-old captured his 2nd Grand Slam title at Roland Garros to become oldest champion of event since Gomez in 1990 (d. No. 2 Federer in QF, No. 1 Djokovic in final) • On a 4-match losing streak in Basel and has lost 1R in 7 of 11 prior appearances • Winner of 11 career titles, including Chennai (d. Bedene), Rotterdam (d. No. 7 Berdych) and Tokyo (d. Paire) in 2015. Owns 7-0 finals record in 2014-15 • In Australian Open title defense, reached SF in Melbourne (d. No. 5 Nishikori, l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 5 sets) • Reached Wimbledon QF for 2nd straight year, matching career-best showing (l. to Gasquet in 5 sets) • Advanced to US Open SF for 2nd time (also 2013), falling to countryman Federer • Along with No. 1 Djokovic, 1 of only 2 players to reach QF or better at all 4 Grand Slams in 2015

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2R Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [3] Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nadal Leads 6-0 09 Rotterdam () Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 7-5 3-6 6-2 13 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-2 2-6 6-4 13 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-2 5-7 6-2 14 Australian Open () Hard QF Rafael Nadal 3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(7) 6-2 14 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-2 15 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-4

Dimitrov 2015 FastFacts SF (2): Brisbane (l. to Federer); Istanbul (l. to Cuevas); QF (4): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Monfils); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Nadal); Kuala Lumpur (l. to Becker); Stockholm (l. to Berdych) YTD W-L: 31-20 (18-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: May 16, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 28 Basel W-L (Best Result): 7-3 (2012-14 Quarter-finalist)

• No. 1 Bulgarian began campaign for 4th straight Basel QF with 1R win over Stakhovsky 63 64 on Tuesday • Enjoyed best stretch from April 13-May 10 with 2 wins over No. 9 Wawrinka en route to ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo QF, Istanbul SF and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF • Has a 14-12 record since reaching ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF (l. to No. 4 Nadal) • Seeking 1st ATP World Tour final appearance since finishing runner-up to No. 7 Berdych at 2014 Stockholm • Posted best Grand Slam result by reaching Australian Open 4R (l. to No. 6 Murray) • At other majors, fell in Roland Garros 1R (l. to Sock), Wimbledon 3R (l. to Gasquet) and US Open 2R (l. to Kukushkin) • In July, won singles and doubles match in BUL's 5-0 sweep of LUX in Davis Cup Group II tie

Nadal 2015 FastFacts W (3): Buenos Aires (d. Monaco); Stuttgart (d. Troicki); Hamburg (d. Fognini); F (2): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Murray); Beijing (l. to Djokovic); SF (3): Rio de Janeiro (l. to Fognini); ATP Masters 1000 Monte- Carlo (l. to Djokovic); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Tsonga); QF (5): Australian Open (l. to Berdych); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Raonic); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Wawrinka); Roland Garros (l. to Djokovic); ATP Masters 1000 Montréal (l. to Nishikori) YTD W-L: 53-17 (22-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 67 Date of Birth: June 3, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 7 Basel W-L (Best Result): 3-3 (2014 Quarter-finalist)

• No. 1 Spaniard rallied from 61 53 down to defeat Rosol 16 75 76(4) in 1R on Monday • Captured titles at Buenos Aires (d. Monaco), Stuttgart (d. Troicki) and Hamburg (d. Fognini), also reaching finals at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to No. 3 Murray) and Beijing (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Denied a 10th Roland Garros title by No. 1 Djokovic in QF, falling to 70-2 lifetime on Parisian clay • Reached Australian Open QF (l. to No. 7 Berdych), Wimbledon 2R (l. to No. 102 Brown) and US Open 3R (l. to Fognini after leading 2 sets to 0) • Earned 300th career ATP Masters 1000 win over No. 4 Wawrinka in Shanghai QF (l. to Tsonga in SF) • Failed to win at least 1 Grand Slam title in a season for 1st time since 2004 • Yet to win an ATP Masters 1000 title in 2015 (1+ each year from 2005-2014) • Extended Davis Cup singles win streak to 22 matches with win over Torpegaard of DEN in Sept.

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COURT 1

1R [LL] (USA) vs Jack Sock (USA) Kudla Leads 2-0 12 San Jose (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Denis Kudla 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 15 Atlanta (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Denis Kudla 7-6(6) 6-3 Other Meetings: 10 U.S.A. F30 (U.S.A.) Clay R32 Jack Sock 7-5 6-4 11 U.S.A. F3 (U.S.A.) Clay R16 Jack Sock 6-4 6-2 12 Knoxville CH (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Denis Kudla 6-3 2-6 7-6(5)

1R (RUS) vs Leonardo Mayer (ARG) Mayer Leads 1-0 14 Roland Garros () Clay R64 Leonardo Mayer 6-2 4-6 6-4 6-4

2R [Q] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs [8] David Goffin (BEL) Goffin Leads 1-0 12 Marseille (France) Hard R32 David Goffin 6-2 1-0 ret