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BNP PARIBAS MASTERS: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, November 4, 2015 AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France | November 2-8, 2015 Draw: S-48, D-24 | Prize Money: €3,288,530 | Surface: Indoor Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.bnpparibasmasters.com Nicola Arzani: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour Twitter: @BNPPMasters Maria Garcia-Planas: [email protected] Facebook: ATP World Tour Facebook: BNP Paribas Masters Stephanie Natal: [email protected] Press Room: + 33 1 5870 1841 MURRAY, FEDERER, NISHIKORI, NADAL, TSONGA, GASQUET ON CENTRAL DAY 3 PREVIEW: There are 12 second-round singles matches and five doubles matches on Wednesday’s schedule at the BNP Paribas Masters. The Court Central line-up features six of the Top 10 seeds, headlined by No. 2 Andy Murray, No. 3 Roger Federer, No. 6 Kei Nishikori and No. 7 Rafael Nadal, all who have qualified for the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. The top two seeded Frenchmen this week, No. 9 Jo-Wifried Tsonga and No. 10 Richard Gasquet, also are in action. On Court 1, there are six other seeds in second round play: No. 5 Tomas Berdych, No. 11 Kevin Anderson, No. 12 Marin Cilic, No. 13 John Isner, No. 15 Feliciano Lopez and No. 16 David Goffin. Four of the six qualifiers who advanced into the main draw will attempt to reach the Round of 16: Lukas Rosol (vs. Nadal), Edouard Roger-Vasselin (vs. Berdych), Aljaz Bedene (vs. Isner) and Dusan Lajovic (vs. Goffin). Leading the five doubles matches on Court 2 are top seeds and two-time defending champions Bob and Mike Bryan, No. 3/Wimbledon champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau and No. 4 Jamie Murray and John Peers. The oldest player on the ATP World Tour, 43-year-old Daniel Nestor, attempts to win his 1,000th career doubles match. He and Roger-Vasselin take on Rojer- Tecau in the last match on Court 2. There is one spot remaining in the doubles field for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (see pg. 2 chart). 1,000 MATCH WINS CLUB Rank Partner Event Wins Titles Majors 1 Jimmy Connors Singles 1,254 109 8 2 Ivan Lendl Singles 1,071 94 8 3 Roger Federer Singles 1,054 88 17 4 Daniel Nestor Doubles 999 88 8 EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON UPDATE: Each of the eight singles spots at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Nov. 15-22 has been secured entering the BNP Paribas Masters. The ‘Elite Eight’ players are all in the Paris field this week looking to finish the regular season strongly. Race Player Points W-L Titles Paris 2R/3R Opponent 1 Novak Djokovic 14,375 74-5 9 Gilles Simon (3R) 2 Andy Murray 7,870 64-11 4 Borna Coric 3 Roger Federer 7,250 58-9 6 Andreas Seppi 4 Stan Wawrinka 6,240 51-15 4 Lopez or Troicki (3R) 5 Rafael Nadal 4,450 56-18 3 Lukas Rosol 6 Tomas Berdych 4,440 55-18 2 Edouard Roger-Vasselin 7 David Ferrer 4,035 53-12 5 Cilic or Dimitrov (3R) 8 Kei Nishikori 3,945 52-13 3 Jeremy Chardy BNP Paribas Masters Day 3 – Wednesday, November 4, 2015 Page 2 of 12 www.ATPWorldTour.com EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON UPDATE: Storylines abound in the BNP Paribas Masters doubles draw. Marcelo Melo debuts this week as the new World No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings, ending a 173-week run by Bob and/or Mike Bryan atop the rankings. The Bryan brothers remain No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race to London, but Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau can overtake them by advancing one round further in Paris. There are five teams attempting to clinch the eighth and final spot at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (Nov. 15-22). Race Team Points 2R QF SF F W 1 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan* 6,285 6,285 6,465 6,645 6,8857,285 2 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau* 6,220 6,220 6,400 6,580 6,8207,220 3 Jamie Murray/John Peers* 5,635 5,635 5,815 5,995 6,235 6,635 4 Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo* 5,140 5,140 5,320 5,500 5,740 6,140 5 Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini* 4,895 4,895 5,075 5,255 5,4955,895 6 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut* 4,765 4,765 4,945 5,125 5,365 5,765 7 Marcin Matkowski/Nenad Zimonjic* 4,290 4,290 4,470 4,650 4,8905,290 8 Rohan Bopanna/Florin Mergea 3,455 3,455 3,635 3,815 4,0554,455 9 Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares 3,420 3,420 3,510 3,690 3,930 4,330 10 Vasek Pospisil/Jack Sock 2,820 2,910 3,000 3,180 3,4203,820 11 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah 2,780 2,780 2,870 3,050 3,290 3,690 12 Daniel Nestor/Edouard Roger-Vasselin 2,620 2,620 2,710 2,890 3,130 3,530 * Qualified DAY 3 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court COURT CENTRAL [6] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA) Tied 2-2 11 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Kei Nishikori 7-6(5) 6-2 12 Acapulco (Mexico) Clay R16 Jeremy Chardy 1-6 7-6(8) 6-0 13 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay R32 Jeremy Chardy 6-4 6-1 14 Tokyo (Japan) Hard QF Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-2 Nishikori 2015 FastFacts W(3): Memphis (d Anderson); Barcelona (d Andujar); Washington (d Isner); F: Acapulco (l Ferrer); SF(5): Brisbane (l Raonic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Murray); Halle (l Seppi); ATP Masters 1000 Canada (l Murray); Tokyo (l Paire); QF(4): Australian Open (l Wawrinka); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Isner); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Roland Garros (l Tsonga) YTD W-L: 52-13 (33-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 7 BNP Paribas Masters W-L (Best Result): 6-3 (2014 Semi-finalist) • No. 1 Japanese has reached QF or better at 13 of 17 tournaments, highlighted by ATP World Tour titles at Memphis (d. Anderson), Barcelona (d. Andujar) and Washington (d. Isner). Withdrew from Basel last week due to shoulder injury • Upset by Paire in US Open 1R after holding 2 match points (1st US Open runner-up to lose 1R following year since Agassi in 1991) • Reached Australian Open QF (d. No. 10 Ferrer, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka), matching career-best showing in Melbourne (also 2012 QF) • Advanced to Roland Garros QF for 1st time in career (l. to Tsonga) • Achieved career-high ranking of No. 4 on March 2 • Won 2014 US Open final rematches over Cilic in 3-set Washington SF and 3-set Tokyo QF • Defeated No. 6 Raonic and Pospisil in Davis Cup 1R, then beat Falla and Giraldo in Davis Cup Play-off BNP Paribas Masters Day 3 – Wednesday, November 4, 2015 Page 3 of 12 www.ATPWorldTour.com Chardy 2015 FastFacts SF: ATP Masters 1000 Montréal (l. to Djokovic); QF (3): Marseille (l. to Simon); Houston (l. to Anderson); Stockholm (l. to Gasquet) YTD W-L: 27-26 (20-16 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: February 12, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 32 BNP Paribas Masters W-L (Best Result): 4-6 (2011-12, ’14-15 2nd Round) • No. 6 Frenchman opened with 36 63 62 win on Tuesday over countryman wild card Lucas Pouille • In August, played in 1st career ATP Masters 1000 SF at Montréal after saving 9 MPs (2 vs. L. Mayer in 2R, 7 vs. Isner in QF). Lost to No. 1 Djokovic in SF • Advanced to US Open 4R for 1st time with win over No. 7 Ferrer, snapping 12-match losing streak to Top 10 opponents (l. to No. 9 Cilic). Has a 9-41 career record vs. Top 10 (1-9 this year) • Reached Roland Garros 4R with Top 20 wins over Isner and Goffin (l. to No. 3 Murray), matching career- best showing in Paris (also 2008 4R) • Other Grand Slam results: Australian Open 2R (l. to Seppi) and Wimbledon 1R (l. to No. 6 Berdych) • Won 3rd career doubles title at Båstad (w/Kubot d. Cabal/Farah) • Fell to countryman Gasquet in Stockholm QF 76 in 3rd • Teamed with Anderson to beat Bryan/Bryan en route to ATP Masters 1000 Rome SF (l. to Cuevas/Marrero) Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs [10] Richard Gasquet (FRA) First Meeting Mayer 2015 FastFacts: F: Nice (l Thiem); SF: Sydney (l Kukushkin); QF(2): Sao Paulo (l Souza); Nottingham (l Istomin) YTD W-L: 27-22 (10-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 15, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 36 BNP Paribas Masters W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2015 2nd Round) • On Monday, No. 1 Argentine opened with a 64 63 win over Martin Klizan of Slovak Republic • In May, nearly captured 2nd career ATP World Tour title at Nice, falling in final to Thiem 76 in 3rd • Led Argentina to Davis Cup SF with 2 singles wins over Brazil and 1 singles & 1 doubles win over Serbia. In 1R, won longest Davis Cup singles match ever by beating Souza 15-13 in 5th set (6 hours, 43 minutes) • In Davis Cup SF, won both of his matches (d.