CITI OPEN: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, July 20, 2016 Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, Washington, DC, USA | July 18-24, 2016 Draw: S-48, D-16 | Prize Money: $1,629,475 | Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing www.ATPWorldTour.com www.citiopentennis.com Edward La Cava: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour Twitter: @CitiOpen Joshua Rey: [email protected] Facebook: @ATPWorldTour Facebook: @CitiOpen Press Room: +1 202 250 8515 LEADING SEEDS ISNER, MONFILS, TOMIC RETURN TO WASHINGTON DAY 3 PREVIEW: The 12 remaining second-round matches take to court at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center Wednesday, starting with the resumption of No. 5 seed Steve Johnson’s contest with France’s Adrian Mannarino – last year’s semi-finalist leads 4-2 after Tuesday’s action. Wednesday’s Stadium Court schedule continues with opening matches for high-flying 19-year-old Alexander Zverev and top three seeds John Isner, Gael Monfils and Bernard Tomic. Zverev, the No. 19 seed currently at a career-high No. 27, enters a first career showdown with American 18-year-old Taylor Fritz, who has a 6-4 record on home soil in 2016 boosted by his run to the Memphis final in February (l. to Nishikori). Monfils’ match with Yen-Hsun Lu follows, with the French No. 2 seed hoping to pick up where he left off on his last appearance in 2011 when he reached the final (l. to Stepanek), before top seed and three-time finalist Isner faces Australia’s James Duckworth for the first time. The U.S. No. 1 is looking to extend his ATP World Tour title streak to seven consecutive seasons – seven of his 10 career ATP World Tour titles have come in July or August. Last up on Stadium Court, No. 3 seed Tomic takes on Donald Young, who twice came out on top in three sets when the duo met on American hard courts in 2015. The Grandstand 1 action starts with an all-African match-up as Malek Jaziri takes on South Africa’s No. 9 seed Kevin Anderson, who won their previous encounter at Washington in the 2014 third round, the second of his three straight-sets victories against the Tunisian. Slovakian Lukas Lacko’s first hard-court win of 2016 in the first round has set up a showdown with U.S. No. 6 seed Jack Sock, who reached the final of his last ATP World Tour tournament on home soil at Houston (l. to Monaco). Wrapping up the action, 2010 finalist Marcos Baghdatis, the No. 15 seed, faces John Millman, one of four Australians to reach the second round (also Tomic (1R bye), James Duckworth, and Jordan Thompson). There’s American interest on Grandstand 2 as well, where qualifier Ryan Harrison takes on No. 10 seed Viktor Troicki and Brian Baker faces No. 13 seed Ivo Karlovic, who won the Newport title last week. At 37 years, 4 months, Karlovic became the oldest ATP World Tour singles champion since Marty Riessen (37 years, 9 months) in 1979 (Lafayette, La.).Japan is well represented despite the absence of 2015 champion Kei Nishikori, as Yuichi Sugita takes on Croatian No. 16 seed Borna Coric, while over on Court 1 Yoshihito Nishioka faces Gilles Muller, who like Isner and Baghdatis reached the final here 12 years ago in his debut (d. No. 6 Agassi SF,l. to No. 8 Hewitt F). DAY THREE FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: In Order of Play by Court Stadium Court Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs [5] Steve Johnson (USA) Series Tied 1-1 14 Australian Open Hard R128 Adrian Mannarino 3-6 6-3 6-0 5-7 6-4 16 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R16 Steve Johnson 4-6 6-3 6-4 Mannarino 2016 FastFacts SF: Nice (l Thiem); QF (4): Sofia (l Bautista Agut), Delray Beach (l Dimitrov), s-Hertogenbosch (l Karlovic), Newport (l Muller) YTD W-L: 22-17 (10-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Citi Open Day 3 – Wednesday, July 20, 2016 Page 2 of 7 www.ATPWorldTour.com Date of Birth: June 29, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 55 Washington W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2016 Round of 32) • Tournament Note: The 28-year-old Frenchman made tournament debut with 7-6(4) 7-5 win over wild card Frances Tiafoe in 1R on Monday night • Advanced to SF at Nice (l. to Thiem) and QFs at Sofia (l. to Bautista Agut), Delray Beach (l. to Dimitrov), s- Hertogenbosch (l. to Karlovic) and Newport (l. to Muller) • Reached 3R at ATP Masters 1000s in Indian Wells (d. Paire, l. to Isner) and Miami (d. Querrey, l. to Kuznetsov) • Qualified at London/Queen’s Club and advanced to 2R (d. Garcia-Lopez, l. to Johnson) • In doubles, reached Australian Open SF w/Pouille (d. Bolelli/Fognini and Rojer/Tecau, l. to J. Murray/Soares) • Entered Melbourne with 1-9 Grand Slam doubles record and 0-1 record overall w/Pouille • Captured 11th ATP Challenger Tour title to start season at Noumea, CAL (d. Falla) Johnson 2016 FastFacts W: Nottingham (d Cuevas); QF (2): London / Queen's Club (l Cilic), Newport (l Young) YTD W-L: 17-17 (5-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: December 24, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 25 Washington W-L (Best Result): 7-4 (2015 Semi-finalist) • Tournament Note: The 26-year-old Californian is making his fifth consecutive Washington appearance. Reached SF in 2015 (l. to Isner) and QF in 2014 (l. to eventual champion Raonic) • Captured 1st ATP titles in singles at Nottingham (d. Cuevas) and doubles at Geneva w/Querrey (d. Klaasen/Ram) • Reached Grand Slam 4R for 1st time at Wimbledon (d. Dimitrov, l. to No. 3 Federer) • Snapped 0-13 start to career vs. Top 10 players at London/Queen’s Club (d. No. 10 Gasquet in 1R, l. to Cilic in QF) • Advanced to Australian Open 3R for 2nd straight season (d. Bedene and Bellucci, l. to No. 8 Ferrer) • Achieved career-high No. 25 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 11 • Saved 1 MP to defeat Millman in Delray Beach 1R before squandering 75 40 lead vs. Becker in 2R • Advanced to Memphis doubles final w/Querrey (l. to Fyrstenberg/S. Gonzalez) [7/WC] Alexander Zverev (GER) vs Taylor Fritz (USA) First Meeting Zverev 2016 FastFacts F (2): Nice (l Thiem), Halle (l Mayer); SF (2): Montpellier (l Mathieu), Munich (l Thiem); QF: Rotterdam (l Monfils) YTD W-L: 29-17 (10-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: April 20, 1997 Emirates ATP Ranking: 27 (Career-High) Washington W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2015 Quarter-finalist) • Tournament Note: The 19-year-old German is making 2nd main-draw appearance. Reached QF in 2015 (l. to Cilic) • Became youngest player to beat Federer since Nadal at 2005 Roland Garros en route to Halle final (l. to F. Mayer) • Played five 3-setters en route to 1st ATP World Tour final at Nice (d. Simon in QF after saving 2 MPs, l. to Thiem) • Reached SFs at Montpellier (d. Vanni in 1R after saving 1 MP, l. to Mathieu) and Munich (l. to Thiem) • Set career-highs this season in wins (29) and ranking (No. 27 on July 11) • Youngest player to break into Top 30 of Emirates ATP Rankings since Nadal the week of March 7, 2005 • Advanced to 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Thiem in 4 sets) and Wimbledon (d. Youzhny in 5 sets, l. to No. 9 Berdych) • Beat Dimitrov and Simon en route to ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 4R (l. to No. 5 Nadal after holding 1 MP) • Appeared in 2nd ATP doubles final with older brother Mischa at Montpellier (l. to Pavic/Venus) • In Davis Cup debut, fell to No. 7 Berdych in 4h, 20m and Rosol in deciding rubber (CZE d. GER 3-2) Fritz 2016 FastFacts F: Memphis (l Nishikori); QF: Acapulco (l Querrey) YTD W-L: 10-12 (8-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: October 28, 1997 Emirates ATP Ranking: 67 Washington W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2016 Round of 32) Citi Open Day 3 – Wednesday, July 20, 2016 Page 3 of 7 www.ATPWorldTour.com • Tournament note: Won on tournament debut, beating Dudi Sela 64 63 on Monday • Reached 1st ATP final in 3rd tour-level event at Memphis as WC (d. Berankis in 3 sets, l. to No. 7 Nishikori) • At 18 years, 109 days, became youngest ATP finalist since Nishikori won 2008 Delray Beach (18 years, 50 days) • Also youngest American in an ATP final since 17-year-old Chang won 1989 Wembley • Advanced to 2nd ATP QF at Acapulco as Q (d. Chardy and Estrella Burgos, l. to Querrey) • Youngest player in Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings, rising to career-high No. 63 on June 13 • Saved 1 MP to beat Martin in Stuttgart 1R before falling to No. 3 Federer in 3 sets • Rallied from 04 down in 3rd to beat M. Zverev and qualify for 1st major at Australian Open (l. to Sock in 1R) • Started season by capturing 3rd ATP Challenger Tour title at Happy Valley, AUS (d. Sela) • Withdrew from Newport due to knee injury Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs [2] Gael Monfils (FRA) Monfils Leads 2-0 10 Johannesburg (South Africa) Hard QF Gael Monfils 6-1 6-4 13 Australian Open Hard R64 Gael Monfils 7-6(5) 4-6 0-6 6-1 8-6 Lu 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 2-2 (1-0 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 14, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 71 Washington W-L (Best Result): 2-5 (2009, 2014, 2016 Round of 32) • Tournament Note: The 32-year-old Chinese Taipei national is making his 6th main draw appearance; claimed second match win in Washington in 1R, beating Krajicek 61 76(3) on Tuesday • Extended all-time record with 23rd and 24th Challenger titles at Surbiton, GBR (d.