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Home , Illya Marchenko, John Isner, Kei Nishikori, Kyle Edmund, Marius Copil, Mikhail Youzhny

: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium | October 17-23, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €566,525 | Surface: Indoor Hard

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#NEXTGEN STAR EDMUND, SEEDS SOUSA AND MAHUT IN ACTION

 DAY 2 PREVIEW: As makes a run at World No. 1, his 21-year-old countryman continues to quickly climb the Emirates ATP Rankings. Edmund has achieved a new career-high ranking nine times this season, including when he rose to No. 43 on Monday. The #NextGen star has enjoyed a breakthrough year after ending 2015 at No. 102. Edmund reached his first three quarter-finals at Doha, /Queen’s Club and Shanghai, also beating and en route to the fourth round at the US Open.

While Edmund meets Tuesday on Court 1, No. 6 seed Joao Sousa and No. 7 seed play first-round matches on . Sousa faces qualifier Marius Copil and Mahut takes on . Both Mahut and Schwartzman won ATP World Tour singles titles earlier this season -- Mahut on the grass courts of ’s-Hertogenbosch and Schwartzman on the clay courts of Istanbul. caps the singles action against . The 484th-ranked Robredo is playing his second ATP World Tour event since undergoing right elbow surgery in April. Mayer was in Robredo’s shoes earlier this season, rebuilding his ranking following an adductor tear by winning the ATP World Tour 500 title at Halle.

Yesterday’s media notes incorrectly stated that would rise to No. 9 in the Emirates ATP Race to London by winning the European Open championship. Goffin must reach at least the semi-finals this week to add points to his race total. He would trail No. 9 Tomas Berdych by 30 race points if he captures the title on Sunday.

EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON

Position Player Points Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 1 * 10,600 27-10: 5 titles in 9 appearances (2008, 2012-15) 2 Andy Murray* 9,685 11-11: 3 SFs in 7 appearances (2008, 2010, 2012) 3 * 5,060 6-6: 2013-15 Semi-finalist 4 * 4,690 0-2: 2014 Round Robin 5 * 4,360 3-4: 2014 Semi-finalist, 2015 Round Robin 6 Gael Monfils 3,625 Never Qualified 7 3,300 16-12: 2 finals in 7 appearances (2010, 2013) 8 3,205 Never Qualified _ 9 Tomas Berdych 2,880 6-13: 2011 Semi-finalist; 2010, 2012-15 Round Robin 10 David Goffin 2,645 Never Qualified 11 Marin Cilic 2,590 0-3: 2014 Round Robin 12 2,460 Never Qualified 13 2,340 Never Qualified 14 2,130 52-12: 6 titles in 14 apps. (2003-04, 2006-07, 2010-11) 15 2,106 Never Qualified 16 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,070 4-7: 2011 Runner-up; 2008, 2012 Round Robin Bold: Player competing at European Open * Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (3 spots remain)

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EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON

Position Team Points Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 1 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut* 7,075 1-2: 2015 Round Robin 2 /* 7,070 Never Qualified as a Team 3 /* 6,070 35-20: 4 titles in 13 apps. (2003-04, 2009, 2014) 4 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez* 4,170 Never Qualified as a Team 5 /* 4,130 8-5: 2014 Finalists; 2013, 2015 Semi-finalists 6 / 3,600 Never Qualified as a Team 7 / 3,310 Never Qualified as a Team 8 Treat Huey/ 3,065 Never Qualified as a Team _ 9 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau 2,680 5-3: 2015 Champions, 2014 Round Robin 10 Juan Sebastian Cabal/ 2,320 Never Qualified as a Team 11 / 2,190 Never Qualified as a Team 12 /Edouard Roger-Vasselin 2,190 2-2: 2014 Semi-finalists 13 /Fabrice Martin 2,105^ Never Qualified as a Team 14 / 2,100 3-2: 2015 Finalists 15 / 2,010 Never Qualified as a Team 16 Mate Pavic/ 1,990 Never Qualified as a Team Bold: Team competing at European Open ^ Add 45 points with win on Tuesday * Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (3 spots remain)

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

CENTRE COURT

[Q] Marius Copil (ROU) vs [6] Joao Sousa (POR) Copil Leads 1-0 14 Stockholm (Sweden) Hard R32 Marius Copil 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4 Other Meetings: 10 Tunis CH Q (Tunisia) Clay Q3 Joao Sousa 6-3 4-3 ret 13 Guimaraes CH (Portugal) Hard F Joao Sousa 6-3 6-0

Copil 2016 Summary YTD W-L: 3-4 (3-2 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: October 17, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 198

• Qualified at Sofia (d. Chung in 1R, l. to Mannarino in 2R) and Wimbledon (l. to Pouille in 1R) • In Group I, beat Rola and Ternar (ROU d. SLO 4-1), but lost to Lopez in 5 sets (ESP d. ROU 4-1) • Advanced to Surbiton, GBR Challenger final as Q (d. Evans in 2R and Fratangelo in SF, l. to Lu) • Reached back-to-back Challenger doubles finals w/Chiudinelli at Istanbul, TUR (l. to Doumbia/Hemery) and Izmir, TUR (d. Doumbia/Hemery) • Withdrew from Los Cabos qualifying due to abdominal injury

Sousa 2016 Summary SF: Nice (l. to A. Zverev); QF (5): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Nadal); Båstad (l. to Elias); Umag (l. to Martin); St. Petersburg (l. to Bautista Agut); (l. to Goffin) YTD W-L: 25-31 (11-18 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: March 30, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 33 European Open Day 2 – Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Madrid (d. Mahut, Granollers and Sock; l. to No. 5 Nadal) • Snapped 21-match losing streak vs Top 10 players by advancing to Tokyo QF (d. No. 5 Nishikori 34 ret, l. to Goffin) • Achieved career-high No. 28 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 16 • Defeated No. 20 Anderson en route to Nice SF (l. to A. Zverev in 3 sets), but did not beat any Top 100 players to reach QFs at Båstad (l. to Elias), Umag (l. to An. Martin in 3 sets) and St. Petersburg (l. to Bautista Agut in 3 sets) • Reached 3R at (l. to No. 2 Murray in 4 sets), Wimbledon (l. to Vesely) and US Open (l. to Dimitrov) • Fell to Fognini in Auckland 1R after holding 2 MPs

Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs (RUS) Youzhny Leads 2-0 14 Australian Open () Hard R128 Mikhail Youzhny 6-1 6-4 6-2 15 Geneva (Switzerland) Clay R32 Mikhail Youzhny 7-6(2) 7-6(5)

Struff 2016 Summary QF: Kitzbühel (l. to Lorenzi) YTD W-L: 9-15 (3-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: April 25, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 98

• Snapped 13-match tour-level losing streak by beating Mahut in Montpellier 1R (l. to Bemelmans in 2R) • Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF since 2014 Vienna at Kitzbühel (l. to eventual champion Lorenzi) • Qualified and lost in 1R at Monte-Carlo (l. to Thiem), Barcelona (l. to A. Zverev) and Roland Garros (l. to Tsonga) • Reached Wimbledon 2R in doubles with countryman Brown as Q (l. to Marray/Shamasdin) • Swept Alphen aan den Rijn, NED Challenger titles in singles (d. Haase) and doubles w/Masur (d. Haase/Westerhof) • Captured 5th Challenger singles title of career at Mons, BEL (d. Barrere, Chiudinelli, Mathieu, Medvedev and Millot) • Also advanced to Challenger singles finals at Heilbronn, GER (l. to Basilashvili) and Furth, GER (l. to Albot)

Youzhny 2016 Summary QF (3): Stuttgart (l. to Thiem); Gstaad (l. to Brown); St. Petersburg (l. to A. Zverev) YTD W-L: 17-16 (9-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: June 25, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 49

• Reached QFs at Stuttgart (l. to No. 7 Thiem), Gstaad (l. to Brown), St. Petersburg (d. No. 6 Raonic, l. to A. Zverev) • Qualified and reached 2R at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Fritz, l. to No. 7 Nishikori) • Also qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Almagro in 1R) • Won 30 of 32 sets to sweep 3 consecutive ATP Challenger Tour titles in January • Captured 2 titles in , THA (d. Soeda and Pavlasek), followed by title at Manila, PHI (d. Chiudinelli) • Illness forced walkover vs Bautista Agut in Indian Wells 2R and retirement vs Bellucci in Munich 1R • Left hamstring strain forced w/o vs Kuznetsov in Winston-Salem 2R and ret vs No. 1 Djokovic in US Open 3R

Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs [7] Nicolas Mahut (FRA) First Meeting

Schwartzman 2016 Summary W: Istanbul (d. Dimitrov); QF: Chengdu (l. to Dimitrov) YTD W-L: 13-16 (4-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: August 16, 1992 Emirates ATP Ranking: 77

• Snapped 5-match losing streak with 5 straight wins at Istanbul en route to 1st ATP World Tour title • Saved 1 MP to beat Dzumhur in QF, then rallied from a set and 52 down to beat Dimitrov in final 67(5) 76(4) 60 • Also advanced to Chengdu QF (l. to Dimitrov in 3 sets) • Qualified and reached 2R at Nice (d. Verdasco, l. to Anderson) • Did not drop a set en route to Challenger title at Barranquilla, COL during 2nd week of US Open (d. Dutra Silva) • Reached Istanbul doubles final w/Molteni (l. to Cipolla/Sela 10-7 in Match TB) • Retired in Aus. Open 1R vs Millman (cramps) and withdrew from Båstad, Kitzbühel, Atlanta, Los Cabos (left thumb) European Open Day 2 – Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Page 4 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com

Mahut 2016 Summary W: 's-Hertogenbosch (d. Muller); SF: Rotterdam (l. to Klizan); QF (2): Sydney (l. to Troicki); Metz (l. to Goffin) YTD W-L: 22-17 (12-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: January 21, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 40

• Captured 3rd ’s-Hertogenbosch singles title, improving to 18-2 lifetime at event (d. Tomic, Muller and Querrey) • Reached 4R for 1st time in 43rd singles appearance at Wimbledon (d. Ferrer and Herbert, l. to Querrey) • Won 10 straight sets to qualify and reach Rotterdam singles SF (d. Troicki, l. to Klizan after holding 3 MPs) • Became World No. 1 in doubles on June 6 – 2nd Frenchman to top rankings in doubles or singles (also Noah) • Captured 2nd major title at Wimbledon w/Herbert, beating Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin to win 1st All-French Grand Slam men’s doubles final in Open Era and become 2nd All-French Wimbledon champions (Clement/Santoro in 2007) • Swept ATP Masters 1000 doubles titles w/Herbert at Indian Wells (d. Pospisil/Sock), Miami (d. Klaasen/Ram) and Monte-Carlo (d. J. Murray/Soares). Saved 1 MP in Monte-Carlo QF win over Inglot/A. Murray • Frenchmen became 2nd team to win 1st 3 ATP Masters 1000 titles of season (also Bryan/Bryan in 2014) • Repeated as London/Queen’s Club champions w/Herbert and lead tour with 5 team titles in 2016 (d. Guccione/Sa) • Enjoyed 19-match win streak in doubles, including Rotterdam title w/Pospisil (d. Petzschner/Peya) • Retired vs Granollers in Roland Garros 2R due to left knee injury

[WC] Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs Florian Mayer (GER) Robredo Leads 3-2 06 Sopot (Poland) Clay R16 Florian Mayer 6-2 6-4 07 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Tommy Robredo 6-4 6-4 07 Metz (France) Hard R32 Tommy Robredo 4-6 7-6(9) 6-2 09 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R32 Tommy Robredo 4-6 7-6(10) 6-4 10 Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard R16 Florian Mayer 6-4 3-6 6-3

Robredo 2016 Summary YTD W-L: 2-5 (2-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: May 1, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 484

• Saved 1 MP in 75 36 46 76(7) 86 win over Jaziri in Australian Open 1R (l. to Raonic in 2R) • Fell to 2-7 lifetime against World No. 1 with Dubai 1R loss to Djokovic • Underwent right elbow surgery on April 27 at Clínica Mapfre de Medicina del Tenis in Barcelona • Missed 6+ months from February to September due to right elbow injury • Returned from injury in September and fell in Genova, ITA Challenger 1R (l. to Gabashvili), Metz 1R (l. to Struff) and Orleans, FRA Challenger 2R (d. Janowicz, l. to Herbert)

F. Mayer 2016 Summary W: Halle (d. A. Zverev); QF: Stuttgart (l. to Federer) YTD W-L: 8-10 (0-3 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: October 5, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 55

• Lowest-ranked champion in Halle history, beating No. 7 Thiem and A. Zverev to win ATP World Tour 500 title • Rose from No. 192 on June 13 to No. 80 in June 20 Emirates ATP Rankings • Reached 1st QF since 2015 Halle at Stuttgart as Q (d. Troicki and Berrer, l. to No. 3 Federer) • Earned 1st tour-level win since 2015 Hamburg at Munich as Q (d. Bachinger, l. to Kohlschreiber in 2R) • Captured back-to-back Challenger titles at Portoroz, SLO (d. Medvedev) and Meerbusch, GER (d. Marterer) • Returned at following 7-month absence with torn tendon in right adductor (l. to Dustov in qualifying 1R)

COURT 1

[Q] Jozef Kovalik (SVK) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) First Meeting

Kyle Edmund (GBR) vs Illya Marchenko (UKR) First Meeting