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Nishioka, Sugita, Daniel Take to Centre Court Tuesday RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, October 4, 2016 Ariake Tennis Forest Park, Tokyo, Japan | October 3-9, 2016 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: $1,368,605 | Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing www.ATPWorldTour.com www.RakutenOpen.com Richard Evans: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour Twitter: @RakutenOpen Karina Duckitt: [email protected] Facebook: @ATPWorldTour Facebook: @RakutenJapanOpen Press Room: +81 3-3529-4959 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 Kei Nishikori. After defeating Donald Young on Monday, the two-time Tokyo champion cedes the Centre Court spotlight Tuesday to countrymen Yoshihito Nishioka, Yuichi Sugita and Taro Daniel. All three wild cards achieved career-high rankings earlier this season, then teamed with Nishikori to sweep Ukraine 5-0 in a Davis Cup 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 David Goffin. The Belgian is 7-7 since letting a two-set lead slip away against eventual finalist Milos Raonic 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 Jack Sock and Kyle Edmund 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 Nick Kyrgios meets Ryan Harrison, 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 Federico Delbonis. 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 Novak Djokovic* 10,240 27-10: 5 titles in 9 appearances (2008, 2012-15) 2 Andy Murray* 8,185 11-11: 3 SFs in 7 appearances (2008, 2010, 2012) 3 Stan Wawrinka* 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 Dominic Thiem 3,205 Never Qualified 8 Rafael Nadal 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 Grand Slam QF at Roland Garros (l. to Thiem), as well as 4R at Australian Open (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 Madrid 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. 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