RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, October 4, 2016

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NISHIOKA, SUGITA, DANIEL TAKE TO CENTRE COURT TUESDAY

 DAY 2 PREVIEW: With four players in the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings, there is more to Japanese tennis than . After defeating Donald Young on Monday, the two-time Tokyo champion cedes the Centre Court spotlight Tuesday to countrymen , Yuichi Sugita and . All three wild cards achieved career-high rankings earlier this season, then teamed with Nishikori to sweep Ukraine 5-0 in a World Group Play-off tie September 16-18. The Japanese squad lost only one set during the tie, with Nishioka and Daniel each earning two singles victories and Nishikori and Sugita winning the doubles rubber.

In Tuesday’s first match, Nishioka seeks the biggest win of his career versus 14th-ranked . The Belgian is 7-7 since letting a two-set lead slip away against eventual finalist in the Wimbledon fourth round. Like Nishioka, Sugita will play for his greatest victory by ranking against No. 2 seed and World No. 8 Gael Monfils. Then, Daniel takes on resurgent Serbian Janko Tipsarevic, who reached the Shenzhen semi- finals last week. The American-born Daniel is 17-4 in tour-level and Challenger matches since the start of the Rio Olympics, where he beat and before losing a three-setter to Juan Martin del Potro in the third round. Nishioka, Sugita and Daniel are a combined 0-6 in Rakuten Japan Open main draw matches.

Also on Centre Court, No. 6 seed meets , who qualified for his eighth tour-level event of the season in Tokyo. Mischa Zverev has also qualified eight times in 2016, while Radek Stepanek leads all players after qualifying for his ninth tour-level event in Tokyo. Nine is an Open Era record shared by seven players overall, including Stepanek in 2002. The 37-year-old Czech meets 36-year-old Stephane Robert on Court 4, the same court where 37-year-old Ivo Karlovic faces . Youth will also be served on Court 4 when 18-year-old Taylor Fritz takes on Juan Monaco. Fritz, who turns 19 on October 28, is the youngest player in the Top 100 and one of seven American teenagers in the Top 300 -- most of any country.

EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON (Updated Entering Tuesday’s Matches) Position Player Points Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 1 * 10,240 27-10: 5 titles in 9 appearances (2008, 2012-15) 2 * 8,185 11-11: 3 SFs in 7 appearances (2008, 2010, 2012) 3 * 4,970 6-6: 2013-15 Semi-finalist 4 Milos Raonic 4,420 0-2: 2014 Round Robin 5 Kei Nishikori 4,360 3-4: 2014 Semi-finalist, 2015 Round Robin 6 Gael Monfils 3,355 Never Qualified 7 3,205 Never Qualified 8 3,200 16-12: 2 finals in 7 appearances (2010, 2013) 9 Tomas Berdych 2,870 6-13: 2011 Semi-finalist; 2010, 2012-15 Round Robin 10 Marin Cilic 2,445 0-3: 2014 Round Robin 11 David Goffin 2,210 Never Qualified 12 Roger Federer 2,130 52-12: 6 titles in 14 apps. (2003-04, 2006-07, 2010-11) 13 Lucas Pouille 2,016 Never Qualified 14 Nick Kyrgios 1,915 Never Qualified * Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (5 spots remain) Bold: Player in Rakuten Japan Open draw Rakuten Japan Open Day 2 – Tuesday, October 4, 2016 Page 2 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com

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

CENTRE COURT

[WC] Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) vs [5] David Goffin (BEL) First Meeting

Nishioka 2016 Summary SF: Atlanta (l. to Kyrgios); QF: Memphis (l. to Querrey) YTD W-L: 10-11 (10-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: September 27, 1995 Emirates ATP Ranking: 96 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2015-16 1st Round)

• Tournament Note: Fell to countryman and fellow wild card Ito 36 60 75 in 2015 Tokyo 1R • Reached 1st ATP World Tour SF of career at Atlanta (d. Evans after saving 4 MPs in 1R, l. to Kyrgios in 3 sets) • Earlier this season, reached 2nd ATP QF at Memphis as Q (d. Donaldson and Marchenko, l. to Querrey) • Qualified and advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R (d. Donaldson and Lopez, l. to Thiem) • Also qualified and lost 1R at Brisbane (l. to Pouille), Wimbledon (l. to Stakhovsky) and Winston-Salem (l. to Millman) • Achieved career-high No. 85 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 8 • Did not drop a set en route to 3rd Challenger title at Winnetka, USA, beating fellow ‘Next Gen’ player Tiafoe in final • Advanced to 1st Challenger doubles final w/Setkic at Cherbourg, FRA (l. to Skupski/Skupski) • Led Japan to 5-0 sweep of Ukraine in Davis Cup Play-off by beating both Marchenko and Kalenichenko

Goffin 2016 Summary SF (3): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Raonic); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Djokovic); Metz (l. to Pouille); QF (5): Marseille (l. to Berdych); Munich (l. to A. Zverev); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Murray); Roland Garros (l. to Thiem); Halle (l. to Federer) YTD W-L: 38-19 (21-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: December 7, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 14 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debuting)

• Tournament Note: Owns 7-7 record since leading eventual finalist No. 7 Raonic by 2 sets in Wimbledon 4R • Advanced to 1st QF at Roland Garros (l. to Thiem), as well as 4R at (d. Thiem, l. to No. 3 Federer) and Wimbledon (l. to No. 7 Raonic after leading by 2 sets) • Achieved career-high No. 11 in Emirates ATP Rankings on June 6 • Played in back-to-back ATP Masters 1000 SFs at Indian Wells (l. to Raonic) and Miami (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Beat No. 4 Wawrinka 76 in 3rd for biggest win of career in Indian Wells 4R (3-29 vs Top 10) • Defeated No. 8 Berdych 60 60 to reach Rome QF – 1st double-bagel of Berdych’s career (l. to No. 3 Murray) • Seeking 1st appearance in a final since Gstaad in August 2015 (l. to Thiem) • Saved 2 MPs vs Tiafoe in Indian Wells 2R and 1 MP vs Verdasco in Monte-Carlo 2R (l. to Granollers in 3R) • Held 4 MPs vs Pouille in ATP Masters 1000 1R before falling 76 in 3rd • Defeated Coric and Cilic, but lost doubles w/Bemelmans to Dodig/Skugor during Davis Cup 1R (CRO d. BEL 3-2)

[6] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) vs [Q] Ryan Harrison (USA) First Meeting

Kyrgios 2016 Summary W (2): Marseille (d. Cilic); Atlanta (d. Isner); SF (3): Dubai (l. to Wawrinka); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Nishikori); Estoril (l. to Almagro); QF: ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Nishikori) YTD W-L: 34-14 (21-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: April 27, 1995 Emirates ATP Ranking: 15 (Career-High) Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2015 Quarter-finalist) Rakuten Japan Open Day 2 – Tuesday, October 4, 2016 Page 3 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• Tournament Note: Defeated Ramos-Viñolas and Bautista Agut to reach 2015 Tokyo QF (l. to Paire in 3 sets) • Captured 1st 2 ATP World Tour titles at Marseille (d. Cilic 62 76) and Atlanta (d. Isner 76 76) • Held in all 47 of his service games at Marseille, beating No. 10 Gasquet and No. 8 Berdych en route to title • Set career-highs this season in wins (34) and ranking (No. 15 on September 12). Posted 5 wins vs. Top 10 players • Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF and SF at Miami (d. Raonic, l. to No. 6 Nishikori) • Beat No. 4 Wawrinka at Madrid (l. to No. 6 Nishikori in QF) and No. 10 Raonic at Rome (l. to No. 5 Nadal in 3R) • Reached 2nd week at Wimbledon for 3rd straight year (d. Brown in 5 sets of 2R, l. to No. 2 Murray in 4R) • Also reached 3R at Aus. Open (l. to No. 6 Berdych), Roland Garros (l. to Gasquet) and US Open (ret vs Marchenko) • Held 1 MP in ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati 2R vs Coric before falling to fellow ‘Next Gen’ player 76 in 3rd • Retired in Dubai SF (back) and US Open 3R (right hip). Withdrew from Rotterdam (elbow) and Washington (hip)

R. Harrison 2016 Summary YTD W-L: 10-9 (10-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 7, 1992 Emirates ATP Ranking: 107 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-2 (2011, 2013, 2016 1st Round)

• Tournament Note: Qualified at Tokyo for 3rd time in as many tries by winning 3-setters over Uchiyama and Young • Tied for 2nd w/M. Zverev by qualifying for 8 tour-level events in 2016, trailing only Stepanek (9) • Qualified and reached 3R at US Open (d. No. 6 Raonic, l. to Baghdatis), ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (d. Isner, l. to No. 8 Berdych) and Washington (d. Troicki, l. to Johnson) • Qualified and reached 2R at Acapulco (l. to Marchenko), Indian Wells (l. to Cilic) and Shenzhen (l. to Tomic) • Saved 4 MPs to defeat Nedovyesov and qualify for Australian Open (l. to Kuznetsov in 1R) • Also saved 1 MP to defeat Tiafoe in Memphis 1R (l. to No. 7 Nishikori in 2R) • Broke back into Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings on September 12 for 1st time since week of Jan. 6, 2014 • Captured Savannah, USA Challenger doubles title w/Baker (d. Raja/Sharan 10-8 in Match TB)

Gilles Simon (FRA) vs (GER) Simon Leads 4-3 07 Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard R32 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 3-1 ret 07 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R32 6-4 6-4 09 Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard R32 Gilles Simon 7-5 7-6(1) 10 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Gilles Simon 4-6 6-3 1-6 6-1 6-3 10 Metz (France) Hard SF Gilles Simon 6-3 6-2 14 Hamburg (Germany) Clay R16 Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5 6-3 15 Davis Cup 1R (Germany) Hard RR Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6(5) 6-4

Simon 2016 Summary SF: Metz (l. to Thiem); QF (4): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Goffin); Estoril (l. to Carreño Busta); Nice (l. to A. Zverev); Stuttgart (l. to del Potro) YTD W-L: 24-21 (13-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: December 27, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 30 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 6-4 (2014 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Reached 2014 Tokyo SF (l. to No. 8 Raonic) and 2015 Tokyo QF (l. to Muller) • Advanced to Australian Open 4R for 3rd time (d. Donskoy in 5 sets, l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 5 sets after 4h32m) • Also played 4 hours, 32 minutes vs Pella in Roland Garros 2R, rallying from 2 sets down (l. to Troicki in 3R) • Lost 76 in 5th to Lorenzi after 4 hours, 54 minutes in US Open 2R -- longest match of tournament • Reached ATP Masters 1000 Miami QF (d. Pouille 60 61, l. to Goffin) and Metz SF (l. to No. 10 Thiem) • Fell in 3R at Monte-Carlo (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka), Madrid (l. to No. 2 Murray) and Rio Olympics (l. to No. 5 Nadal) • Seeking 1st appearance in a final since Metz in September 2015 (l. to Tsonga) • Held 3 MPs vs Gabashvili in Marseille 1R and 2 MPs vs A. Zverev in Nice QF before losing both 76 in 3rd

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Kohlschreiber 2016 Summary W: Munich (d. Thiem); F: Stuttgart (l. to Thiem); SF (2): Rotterdam (l. to Monfils); Barcelona (l. to Nadal); QF (4): Sofia (l. to Troicki); Dubai (l. to Wawrinka); Halle (w/o vs Thiem); Hamburg (l. to Olivo) YTD W-L: 29-16 (12-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: October 16, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 31 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2005, 2016 1st Round)

• Tournament Note: Returns for 1st time in 11 years, losing to No. 431 Terachi in 2005 Tokyo 1R • 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) • 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 Davis Cup 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 led to 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)

[WC] Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs [2] Gael Monfils (FRA) Monfils Leads 1-0 16 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Gael Monfils 6-1 6-3 6-2

Sugita 2016 Summary YTD W-L: 6-7 (4-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: September 18, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 92 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-4 (2008, 2011-13, 2016 1st Round)

• Tournament Note: Lost in 1R in 2008 (l. to Suzuki), 2011 (l. to Raonic), 2012 (l. to Chardy) and 2013 (l. to Dodig) • Qualified and advanced to 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. A. Zverev and Mahut, l. to Raonic in 3 sets) • Achieved career-high No. 82 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 29 • Reached 2R at Halle (l. to Seppi), Newport (l. to Johnson), Washington (l. to Coric) and Rio Olympics (l. to Simon) • Captured 6th Challenger title at Kyoto, JPN (d. Zhang) and reached Kaohsiung, TPE Challenger SF (l. to Lee) • Clinched Japan’s 5-0 win over Ukraine in Davis Cup Play-off w/Nishikori (d. Smirnov/Stakhovsky 63 60 63)

Monfils 2016 Summary W: Washington (d. Karlovic); F (2): Rotterdam (l. to Klizan); ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (l. to Djokovic); US Open (l. to Djokovic); QF (4): Australian Open (l. to Raonic); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Raonic); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Nishikori); Rio Olympics (l. to Nishikori) YTD W-L: 40-12 (33-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: September 1, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 8 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 7-3 (2010 Runner-up)

• Tournament Note: Defeated No. 10 Roddick 76 in 3rd en route to 2010 Tokyo final (l. to No. 1 Nadal) • Captured biggest title of career at ATP World Tour 500 event in Washington, saving 1 MP vs Karlovic in final • Did not drop a set en route to 2nd Grand Slam SF at US Open (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 4 sets) • Returned to Top 10 on September 12 for 1st time since week of November 7, 2011 • Reached 3rd ATP Masters 1000 final at Monte-Carlo (d. No. 9 Tsonga, l. to No. 5 Nadal in 3 sets) • Also reached ATP Masters 1000 SF at Toronto (d. No. 7 Raonic, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) and QFs at Indian Wells (l. to Raonic) and Miami (l. to No. 6 Nishikori after holding 5 MPs) • Enjoyed career-long 9-match win streak and run to Rio Olympics QF (l. to No. 7 Nishikori after holding 3 MPs) • Advanced to 1st Australian Open QF in 11th appearance (l. to Raonic) • Lost to Klizan in Rotterdam championship match and is now 6-19 lifetime in finals • Withdrew from Marseille (right leg), Munich (groin strain), Roland Garros (virus) and Halle (virus) • Conceded walkover to No. 9 Thiem in ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati 3R (back) Rakuten Japan Open Day 2 – Tuesday, October 4, 2016 Page 5 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com

[PR] Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs [WC] Taro Daniel (JPN) First Meeting

Tipsarevic 2016 Summary SF: Shenzhen (l. to Gasquet) YTD W-L: 6-8 (4-3 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: June 22, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 173 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 3-5 (2012 Quarter-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Defeated Simon and Chiudinelli to reach 2012 Tokyo QF (l. to Raonic 76 in 3rd) • Reached 1st ATP World Tour SF since 2013 Chennai at Shenzhen (d. Zhang, Paire and Jaziri, ret vs Gasquet) • Snapped 7-match tour-level losing streak at London/Queen’s Club (d. Dimitrov, l. to Cilic in 2R) • Also advanced to 2R at US Open, defeating Querrey before letting 2-set lead slip away vs Carreño Busta • As World No. 413, qualified and captured 11th Challenger title at Qingdao, CHN (d. Ramirez Hidalgo) • Returned from foot and knee injuries at Ostrava, CZE Challenger in April (l. to Michalicka in 2R) • Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (fatigue) and retired in Shenzhen SF (right thigh)

Daniel 2016 Summary YTD W-L: 10-15 (5-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 27, 1993 Emirates ATP Ranking: 91 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2014, 2016 1st Round)

• Tournament Note: Made Tokyo debut as WC in 2014, falling to Istomin 76(2) 67(5) 75 • Defeated Sock and Edmund as World No. 117 en route to Rio Olympics 3R (l. to del Potro in 3 sets) • Earned 1st Grand Slam win at Roland Garros (d. Klizan 36 46 75 64 30 ret, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka in 2R) • Also earned 1st ATP Masters 1000 win at Monte-Carlo as Q (d. Mannarino, l. to Thiem in 2R) • Achieved career-high No. 85 in Emirates ATP Rankings on April 18 • Captured Challenger title at Cordenons, ITA (d. Gimeno-Traver) and reached final at Seville, ESP (l. to Ruud)

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Jiri Vesely (CZE) vs (RSA) Series Tied 2-2 14 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Kevin Anderson 2-6 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 6-4 15 Auckland (New Zealand) Hard SF Jiri Vesely 6-4 7-6(4) 15 Vienna (Austria) Hard R16 Kevin Anderson 6-7(4) 6-3 7-5 16 Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Jiri Vesely 7-6(5) 6-4 Other Meeting: 16 London/Queen's Club Q (Great Britain) Grass Q2 Kevin Anderson 7-6(2) 7-6(5)

[Q] James Duckworth (AUS) vs [8] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) First Meeting

Marcel Granollers (ESP) vs (CYP) Series Tied 1-1 08 Basel (Switzerland) Hard R32 Marcel Granollers 6-2 4-6 6-2 10 Roland Garros (France) Clay R64 Marcos Baghdatis 4-6 6-1 7-5 6-2

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Stephane Robert (FRA) vs [Q] Radek Stepanek (CZE) First Meeting

[PR] Juan Monaco (ARG) vs Taylor Fritz (USA) First Meeting

[7] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs Federico Delbonis (ARG) Karlovic Leads 2-1 14 Vienna (Austria) Hard R32 Ivo Karlovic 6-7(1) 7-6(9) 7-6(2) 15 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Ivo Karlovic 6-3 7-5 7-5 16 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Federico Delbonis 7-6(4) 6-4 2-1 ret