MONTE-CARLO ROLEX MASTERS: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, April 14, 2016 Monte-Carlo Country Club, Monte-Carlo, Monaco | April 10-17, 2016 Draw: S-56, D-24 | Prize Money: €3,748,925 | Surface: Outdoor Clay ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.MonteCarloTennisMasters.com Nanette Duxin:
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[email protected] instagram.com/ATPWorldTour instagram.com/MonteCarloRolexMastersOfficial Press Room: +33 4 93 41 79 58 MURRAY, FEDERER, WAWRINKA, NADAL HEADLINE THIRD ROUND ACTION DAY 5 PREVIEW: Third round play on Thursday features 12 seeds, led by No. 2 Andy Murray, No. 3 Roger Federer, No. 4 Stan Wawrinka and No. 5 Rafael Nadal. There are also a tournament-high five Frenchmen remaining among the final 16 players. Wawrinka, who won the title two years ago, and eight- time champion Nadal, are the former winners left. In the first match on Court Rainier III, No. 16 seed Benoit Paire takes on Murray for the first time. Paire is trying to reach his second career ATP Masters 1000 QF (SF at 2013 Rome). The 26-year-old Frenchman has a 5-19 career record vs. Top 10 opponents and his last win came over No. 4 Wawrinka in Marseille in February. Murray, who reached the semi-finals here in 2009 and 2011 (l. to Nadal both times), is attempting to reach the QF for the first time since 2012. Murray has won his last 10 matches against Frenchmen since losing to Gilles Simon in Rotterdam QF in February 2015.