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TATA OPEN MAHARASHTRA – ATP MEDIA NOTES DAY 7 – SUNDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2020 Balewadi Stadium | Pune, India | 3 – 9 February 2020 ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com maharashtraopen.com Mark Epps: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATPTour @MaharashtraOpen Udita Dutta: [email protected] (Media Desk) Facebook: @ATPTour @MaharashtraOpen TV & Radio: TennisTV.com FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: SUNDAY SINGLES AND DOUBLES FINAL [8] Egor Gerasimov (BLR) vs Jiri Vesely (CZE) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 19 Dubai Q (U.A.E.) Hard Q2 Egor Gerasimov 7-6(5) 6-4 Gerasimov Summary | Age: 27 | World No. 90 (Career-High) | 5-1 in 2020 | 10-7 in 2019 (St. Petersburg SF) | 4-0 at event (2020 F) • Into 1st ATP Tour final of career. Didn’t face break point in his SF win over Duckworth. 3rd player from Belarus to reach an ATP Tour Singles final (see chart below). Will reach career-high ranking on Monday when rankings are released (Top 75 if loses final, Top 65 if wins). • In 2020, achieved career-high No. 90 in FedEx ATP Rankings on 3 February. • Won 5th-set TB against Ruud in Australian Open main draw debut (l. to A. Zverev in 2R). • Fell in Doha qualifying 1R (l. to Fucsovics) and Bendigo, AUS Challenger 2R (l. to Mayot). • In 2019, beat No. 13 Berrettini for biggest career win and reached 1st ATP Tour SF at St. Petersburg as Q (l. to Medvedev). • Earned 7 wins in 8 days entering St. Petersburg SF, including 2 Davis Cup victories (d. Domingues and J. Sousa). • Followed by reaching Chengdu QF as SE (d. Isner in 3 TBs, l. to Shapovalov). • Qualified at a Grand Slam for 1st time in 14th try at US Open (d. Harris in Slam debut, l. to Schwartzman in 2R). • Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour title of career at Recanati, ITA (d. Marcora). Belarusians to reach ATP Tour Singles Final YEAR PLAYER TOURNAMENT RESULT IN FINAL 2020 Egor Gerasimov Pune ??? 2005 Max Mirnyi Nottingham Lost to Richard Gasquet 2005 Max Mirnyi Memphis Lost to Kenneth Carlsen 2003 Max Mirnyi Rotterdam Defeated Raemon Sluiter 2002 Vladimir Voltchkov Tashkent Lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov Vesely Summary | Age: 26 | World No. 107 | 4-0 in 2020 | 9-11 in 2019 (Marrakech QF) | 7-4 at event (2020 F) • Into 1st ATP Tour Final since Bucharest in April 2015 (1-1 in Tour finals). Saved 2 MP in QF vs Ivashka. In SF vs Berankis, squandered 4 SP in opening set and saved 4 MP in deciding set tiebreak in 3h03 (longest match this week). • In 2020, fell in second round of qualifying at Doha (l. to Fucsovics). • Reached QF of ATP Challenger Tour event at Bangkok, THA (l. to Gaio). • In 2019, qualified and earned 2nd-biggest win of career over No. 5 A. Zverev en route to Wimbledon 3R (l. to Paire). • Also qualified at Lyon (l. to Fritz in 1R) and US Open (l. to Berankis in 1R after 4 hours, 16 minutes). • Advanced to Marrakech QF (d. Fognini in 1R, W/O vs. Andujar due to right toe injury). • Fell to No. 142 in ATP Rankings on 15 July -- lowest since No. 164 on 29 April 2013. • Won ATP Challenger Tour title at Eckental, GER (def. Darcis in final). Winning tournament having saved match points in 2 matches (since 2013) YEAR PLAYER TOURNAMENT ROUND (PLAYERS DEFEATED) 2018 Bernard Tomic Chengdu 2R (Lloyd Harris) + F (Fabio Fognini) 2017 Victor Estrella Burgos Quito 2R (Ivo Karlovic) + F (Paolo Lorenzi) 2017 Feliciano Lopez London/Queen’s Club QF (Tomas Berdych) + F (Marin Cilic) 2016 Dominic Thiem Rio de Janeiro 2R (Gastao Elias) + SF (Rafael Nadal) 2016 Martin Klizan Rotterdam QF (Roberto Bautista Agut) + SF (Nicolas Mahut) 2015 Rajeev Ram Newport 1R (John Isner) + QF (Adrian Mannarino) 2013 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Marseille QF (Bernard Tomic) + F (Tomas Berdych) For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. Tata Open Maharashtra Day 7 – Sunday 9 February 2020 Page 2 of 2 www.ATPTour.com Tata Open Maharashtra Egor Gerasimov Jiri Vesely Aces 48 68 1st-Serve Percentage 68% ( 205 of 301 ) 66% ( 215 of 325 ) 1st-Serve Points Won 79% ( 162 of 205 ) 82% ( 176 of 215 ) 2nd-Serve Points Won 52% ( 50 of 96 ) 49% ( 54 of 110 ) Service Games Won 90% ( 44 of 49 ) 88% ( 45 of 51 ) Break Points Saved 67% ( 10 of 15 ) 65% ( 11 of 17 ) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 32% ( 65 of 202 ) 31% ( 71 of 227 ) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 49% ( 51 of 104 ) 49% ( 73 of 148 ) Return Games Won 21% ( 10 of 47 ) 21% ( 11 of 52 ) Break Points Converted 38% ( 10 of 26 ) 28% ( 11 of 39 ) BOLD: Leads all 28 players at Tata Open Maharashtra. Andre Goransson (SWE) / Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs First Meeting [3] Jonathan Erlich (ISR) / Andrei Vasilevski (BLR) • No. 108 Andre Goransson (will be ranked career-high inside top 100 when FedEx ATP rankings are released on monday) and No. 87 Christopher Rungkat (career-high No. 68 on 17 June 2019) are teaming up for the 5th time and are both looking for their first ever ATP Tour title. • Previous best team result was reaching the 2019 Kobe Challenger Final (l. to Indian pair of Raja/Ramanathan). • Both players are appearing for the very first time here in Pune and only dropped 1 set (1R to [4] Hsieh/Molchanov). • No. 72 Jonathan Erlich (career-high No. 5 on 7 July 2008) and No. 95 Andrei Vasilevski (career-high No. 52 on 5 February 2018) are teaming up for only the second time (2020 Bendigo CH – lost in final to Purcell/Saville). • Erlich, 42, is appearing in his 42nd career ATP Tour doubles final (21-20). His biggest title came in 2008 winning the Australian open with Andy Ram. Last title came in 2019 Antalya with Artem Sitak. • Vasilevski, 28, is appearing in only his 2nd career ATP Tour doubles final (2017 Kitzbuhel with partner Hans Podlipnik- Castillo l. to Cuevas/Duran). For the latest stats, facts and figures about the ATP Tour, follow @ATPMediaInfo on Twitter. TATA OPEN MAHARASHTRA – ATP MEDIA NOTES DAY 6 – SATURDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2020 Balewadi Stadium | Pune, India | 3 – 9 February 2020 ATP Tour Tournament Media ATPTour.com maharashtraopen.com Mark Epps: [email protected] (ATP PR) Twitter: @ATPTour @MaharashtraOpen Udita Dutta: [email protected] (Media Desk) Facebook: @ATPTour @MaharashtraOpen TV & Radio: TennisTV.com FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: SATURDAY SEMI-FINAL SINGLES MATCHES CENTRE COURT Jiri Vesely (CZE) vs [2] Ricardas Berankis (LTU) Berankis Leads 1-0 19 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Ricardas Berankis 4-6 7-6(4) 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4 Vesely Summary | Age: 26 | World No. 107 | 3-0 in 2020 | 9-11 in 2019 (Marrakech QF) | 6-4 at event (2020 SF) • Into 1st ATP Tour SF since Antalya in June 2018. Seeking 1st final since Bucharest in April 2015 (1-1 in Tour finals). • In 2020, fell in second round of qualifying at Doha (l. to Fucsovics). • Reached QF of ATP Challenger Tour event at Bangkok, THA (l. to Gaio). • In 2019, qualified and earned 2nd-biggest win of career over No. 5 A. Zverev en route to Wimbledon 3R (l. to Paire). • Also qualified at Lyon (l. to Fritz in 1R) and US Open (l. to Berankis in 1R after 4 hours, 16 minutes). • Advanced to Marrakech QF (d. Fognini in 1R, W/O vs. Andujar due to right toe injury). • Fell to No. 142 in ATP Rankings on 15 July -- lowest since No. 164 on 29 April 2013. • Won ATP Challenger Tour title at Eckental, GER (def. Darcis in final). Berankis Summary | Age: 29 | World No. 73 | 3-2 in 2020 | 9-12 in 2019 (Dubai QF) | 3-1 at event (2020 SF) • Into 1st ATP Tour SF since Moscow in October 2017 (d. Mannarino; l. to Dzumhur in F). Seeks 3rd final (0-2 in finals). • In 2020, at Australian Open, advanced to 2R for 3rd straight Grand Slam event (l. to Querrey). • Fell to 279th-ranked wild card Ilkel in Doha 1R. • In 2019, qualified at Doha (d. Goffin, l. to Lajovic in 2R), Dubai (d. Medvedev in 1R, l. to Monfils in QF), Basel (l. to Tsitsipas in 2R) and ATP Masters 1000 Paris (l. to Edmund in 1R). • Snapped 9-match Grand Slam main draw losing streak at 2019 Wimbledon (d. Shapovalov, l. to Tsonga in 2R). • Went 24-3 on ATP Challenger Tour with titles at Rennes, FRA (d. Hoang); Drummondville, CAN (d. Maden); Busan, KOR (d. A. Harris) and Vancouver, CAN (d. Jung). [6] James Duckworth (AUS) vs [8] Egor Gerasimov (BLR) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 15 Kolkata CH (India) Hard QF James Duckworth 6-4 6-2 Duckworth Summary | Age: 28 | World No. 96 | 4-2 in 2020 | 0-3 in 2019 | 3-0 at event (2020 SF) • Into 1st ATP Tour SF of career. 0-2 in QFs prior to this week: 2015 Brisbane (l. to Federer) and 2015 Nice (l. to Coric). • In 2020, earned 1st tour-level win since 2018 Washington: def. Delbonis in Auckland 1R (l. to Auger-Aliassime in 2R). • Suffered 7th straight Grand Slam main draw loss, falling in 5 sets to Bedene at Australian Open. • Reached Aus. Open doubles QF w/Polmans (l. to Bublik/Kukushkin). Entered with 0-8 Grand Slam doubles record. • In 2019, returned to Top 100 of ATP Rankings on 18 November. First week all season ranked in Top 100. • Went 0-3 in tour-level matches with 1R losses as WC at Brisbane (l.