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KONZUM CROATIA OPEN UMAG: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, July 21, 2015 ATP Stadion, Umag, Croatia | July 20 – 26, 2015 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €494,301 | Surface: Clay ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.croatiaopen.hr Florent Girod: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @CroatiaOpenUmag Press Room: +385 52 741 452 facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/AtpCroatiaOpenUmag LOCAL HOPES FEATURED ON DAY 2 Day 2: The first round continues on Tuesday at the Konzum Croatia Open Umag with eight singles matches and two doubles matches scheduled. In the first match on Centre Court, Croatian wild card Toni Androic plays just his second tour-level match when he faces 2014 runner-up Joao Sousa of Portugal for the first time. Following is a first- time meeting between local hope/No. 7 seed Borna Coric against Spaniard Marcel Granollers. Coric Leads Croat Title Hopes: No. 7 seed Borna Coric is the highest-ranked Croat in the main draw at No. 36. He is the youngest player in the Top 50 Emirates ATP Rankings and comes in with a 17-17 match record on the season (8-5 on clay). He has reached the semi-finals in Dubai and Nice and quarter-finals in Estoril. Coric is joined by countrymen wild cards 22-year-old Mate Delic, who fell to Aljaz Bedene 64 63 on Monday, and 23-year-old Toni Androic, who is No. 363. Androic 2nd Tour-Level Match: This is Androic’s second career ATP World Tour tournament. He lost to Marco Baghdatis 76(3) 26 36 in his ATP World Tour debut in the first round at Zagreb in February. He has a career record of 193-77 in Futures (7-2 in 2015) with 10 titles and 14-36 in Challengers (1-5 in 2015). Spaniards in Top 100: Three (in bold) of the 12 Spaniards in the Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings are playing here this week and Pablo Carreno Busta and Marcel Granollers in action on Tuesday. No. 7 David Ferrer No. 35 Pablo Andujar No. 10 Rafael Nadal No. 38 Fernando Verdasco No. 19 Feliciano Lopez No. 56 Pablo Carreno Busta No. 21 Tommy Robredo No. 57 Albert Ramos-Vinolas No. 22 Roberto Bautista Agut No. 69 Daniel Gimeno-Travere No. 28 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez No. 71 Marcel Granollers TUESDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court Centre Court (WC) Toni Androic (CRO) vs Joao Sousa (POR) First Meeting Androic FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 0-1 (0-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: December 28, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 363 Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): Debut Konzum Croatia Open Umag Day 2 – Tuesday, July 21, 2015 Page 2 of 2 www.ATPWorldTour.com Sousa FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: F: Geneva (l Bellucci); SF: Montpellier (l Janowicz) YTD W-L: 19-19 (10-7 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: March 30, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 51 Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): 0-2 (2R 2014, 1R bye) (7) Borna Coric (CRO) vs Marcel Granollers (ESP) First Meeting Coric FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: SF(2): Dubai (l Federer); Nice (l Mayer); QF: Estoril (l Garcia-Lopez) YTD W-L: 17-17 (8-5 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 14, 1996 Emirates ATP Ranking: 36 (Career-high) Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): 2-2 (QF 2014) Granollers FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: SF: Zagreb (l Seppi) YTD W-L: 12-15 (6-6 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: April 12, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 71 Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): 0-2 (1R 2011, ’14) Grandstand (Q) Bastian Trinker (AUT) vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) First Meeting Santiago Giraldo (COL) vs (6) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) Giraldo Leads 2-0 10 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R64 Santiago Giraldo 1-6 6-2 6-3 14 Barcelona (Spain) Clay QF Santiago Giraldo 6-4 4-3 ret Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs (8) Martin Klizan (SVK) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 13 Caltanissetta CH (Italy) Clay R32 Pablo Carreno Busta 7-6(1) 2-6 6-3 Court 1 Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs Lukas Rosol (CZE) First Meeting (Q) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) vs Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 13 San Benedetto CH (Italy) Clay QF Thomas Fabbiano 6-4 4-6 6-4 14 Mersin CH (Turkey) Clay R32 Thomas Fabbiano 6-3 7-6(4) Court 2 (Q) Matteo Trevisan (ITA) vs Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 10 Caltanissetta CH (Italy) Clay QF Matteo Trevisan 7-6(6) 1-6 6-2 10 Orbetello CH (Italy) Clay R16 Paolo Lorenzi 6-2 3-6 6-3 .