BB&T ATLANTA OPEN: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, August 6, 2016

Atlantic Station, Atlanta, GA, USA | August 1-7, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $618,030 | Surface: Outdoor Hard

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THREE PLAYERS 21 & UNDER JOIN TOP SEED ISNER IN SEMI-FINALS

Saturday's semi-finals pit top seed and three-time BB&T Atlanta Open champion against fellow American wild card Reilly Opelka, while No. 2 seed Nick Kyrgios is set to play Japanese No. 2 . Opelka and Nishioka are appearing in their first career ATP World Tour semi-final.

This is the first time since 2009 that three players 21 & under have reached an ATP World Tour semi-final. Opelka (18), Nishioka (20) and Kyrgios (21) join 31-year-old Isner in the semi-finals. The last trio 21 & under to accomplish the feat was Novak Djokovic (21), Andy Murray (21) and Juan Martin del Potro (20) at ATP Masters 1000 Miami in 2009.

In the day session semi-final, this will be the first ATP-level meeting between #NextGen stars Kyrgios and Nishioka, though they met on clay on the ATP Challenger Tour in Savannah in May 2014 with Kyrgios winning the 2R match 63 62. The Australian outlasted Fernando Verdasco in a tough two-hour quarter-final match, 64 67(5) 63. Nishioka, marks his best ATP World Tour result here in Atlanta.

This is the first career meeting between Isner and Opelka. The 6-foot-10 Isner has the more experience, as he has played in Atlanta each summer since the event debuted in 2010. The No. 1 American is the top seed for the fifth consecutive year, coinciding with the tournament’s fifth staging at Atlantic Station. Isner, who led nearby University of Georgia to the 2007 NCAA Team Championship, is playing in the semi-finals in Atlanta for the seventh consecutive year. He has a 14-match winning streak in Atlanta.

Opelka is making a surprise appearance in the semi-finals. The 18-year-old is the fourth teenager to reach the semi-finals or better at an ATP World Tour tournament this year. The other three have reached the final. He is the third player outside the Top 800 to reach a semi-final since the start of the 2000 season, joining Juan Martin del Potro (No. 1,042) in Delray Beach in February and Raemon Sluiter (No. 866) in 2009 ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Here are the teenagers to reach the semi-finals or better this season:

Player Birthdate 2016 SFsBest Result Alexander Zverev (GER) 4/20/1997 5 Nice and Halle RUP Borna Coric (CRO) 11/14/1996 2 Chennai and Marrakech RUP (USA) 10/28/1997 1 Memphis RUP Reilly Opelka (USA) 8/28/1997 1 Atlanta SF

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FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS - SINGLES SEMI-FINALS

Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) vs [2] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 14 Savannah CH (U.S.A.) Clay R16 Nick Kyrgios 6-3 6-2

Nishioka 2016 FastFacts: QF: Memphis (l. to Querrey) YTD W-L: 8-7 (8-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: September 27, 1995 Emirates ATP Ranking: 97 BB&T Atlanta Open W-L (Best result): 3-0 (2016 SF)

• Tournament note: The 20-year-old defeated Horacio Zeballos 64 64 to reach his first career ATP World Tour SF after opening with a 62 67 76 win over Daniel Evans in 1R and 63 26 61 victory over No. 4 Dolgopolov in 2R. No. 2 this week in return games won (11 of 38, 29%) and No. 3 in break pts. won (11 of 20, 55%) • Reached 2nd career ATP World Tour QF at Memphis as Q (d. Donaldson and Marchenko, l. to Querrey) • Qualified and reached ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R (d. Donaldson and Lopez, l. to Thiem) • Also qualified at Brisbane (l. to Pouille in 1R) and Wimbledon (l. to Stakhovsky in 1R) • No. 2 from Japan achieved career-high No. 93 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 18 (No. 97 this week) • 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) • Trying to become seventh left-handed winner this season and lefties are 8-5 in finals (Klizan-2, Nadal-2, Delbonis, Lopez, Ramos-Vinolas & Verdasco)

Kyrgios 2016 FastFacts: W: Marseille (d. Cilic); 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: 28-11 (16-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: April 27, 1995 Emirates ATP Ranking: 18 (Career-high) BB&T Atlanta Open W-L: 2-0 (2016 SF)

• Tournament Note: The 21-year-old Aussie made his Atlanta debut on Thursday and opened with a 76 63 win over Donaldson. Then followed by defeating Verdasco 64 67(5) 63 in 1 hr 54 min. Has held serve 25 of 26 games (96%) this week and No. 2 in 1st serve pts. won (84%) and 2nd serve pts. won (66%) and No. 3 in aces (27) • Trying to reach third career ATP World Tour final (1-1) • In February at Marseille, became 1st member of ATP’s Next Generation to win an ATP World Tour title (d. Cilic). Held in all 47 of his service games, beating No. 10 Gasquet and No. 8 Berdych en route to title • 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 (l. to No. 6 Berdych) and Roland Garros (l. to Gasquet) • Achieved career-high No. 18 in Emirates ATP Rankings on June 20 (No. 1 Aussie) • Withdrew from Rotterdam (elbow) and retired in Dubai SF vs. No. 4 Wawrinka (back)

[1] John Isner (USA) vs [WC] Reilly Opelka (USA) First Meeting

Isner 2016 FastFacts: SF: Houston (l. to Sock); QF(2): Auckland (l. to Bautista Agut); Washington (l. to Johnson) YTD W-L: 22-14 (12-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: April 26, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 17 BB&T Atlanta Open W-L (Best Result): 22-3 (2013-15 Champion)

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• Tournament Note: The 31-year-old American is on a 14-match winning streak in Atlanta with his latest win over fellow American Fritz 75 63. Opened on Wednesday with a 64 60 win over Mannarino, his first bagel set won in a tournament since ’13 US Open 1R (vs. Volandri). Has hit 36 aces in the tournament (2nd to Opelka’s 39). Has held serve 17 of 19 games (89%). Leads tournament in return games won (8 of 19, 42%) and first serve pct. (71%) • Trying to reach first ATP World Tour final of season and 21st of career (10-10). Last title came here one year ago • Reached quarter-finals in Washington (l. to Johnson in two TBs). Has 24-21 TB record in ‘16 • Reached 4R at Australian Open (l. to No. 8 Ferrer) and Roland Garros (d. Gabashvili in 5 sets, l. to No. 2 Murray) • Defeated Groth and Tomic to lead USA to 3-1 win over Australia in 1R; then beat Coric and lost to Cilic as U.S. fell 3-2 to Croatia in Davis Cup QF • Hit 49 aces and 0 DFs in 4-set win over Tomic, including fastest serve ever in a tour-level match (157 mph) • Earned 300th win of career over Edmund in Roland Garros 2R on May 25 • Advanced to Auckland QF (d. Querrey, l. to Bautista Agut) and Houston SF (d. Chung, l. to Sock) • Lost 6 matches 76 in 3rd (5 matches holding MP): Buenos Aires 2R vs. Lajovic (held 1 MP), Rio de Janeiro 1R vs. Pella (held 3 MPs), Indian Wells 4R vs. No. 6 Nishikori (held 1 MP), Miami 2R vs. Smyczek, Geneva 2R vs. Rosol and London/Queen’s Club 2R vs. Muller (held 10 MPs). Also held 1 MP in Wimbledon 3R before falling to Tsonga 19-17 in 5th after 4 hrs., 24 mins. • Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 events in Madrid and Rome due to knee injury

Opelka 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 3-2 (3-1 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 28, 1997 Emirates ATP Ranking: 837 Atlanta W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2016 SF)

• Tournament Note: The 6-foot-11 wild card leads the tournament in aces with 39 in three matches. This week has posted wins over (Q) 76 76, No. 3 seed (No. 29 ranked) /2013 finalist 67(5) 63 75 – saving 2 MPs and No. 7 seed 64 64 • Trying to become first player ranked outside Top 800 to reach an ATP World Tour final since No. 866 Raemon Sluiter in 2009 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Becker) • Last teenager to win an ATP World Tour singles title was Marin Cilic (19) in 2008 New Haven (d. Fish) • Has returned from right stress fracture, which he first discovered after 2015 US Open juniors • Made season debut February 15 at U.S. Futures #7 (2R). Has played in four other Futures events (3-5 overall) • In April, made ATP World Tour debut at Houston as LL (l. to Querrey in 1R) • Two weeks ago, fell to Jaziri in Washington 1R as WC 67(4) 76(4) 76(3). There were no breaks in match • Earned 1st ATP doubles win (w/Pau)l at Houston as WC (d. Monroe/N. Skupski, l. to Bryan/Bryan) • Fell to eventual champions Nestor/Roger-Vasselin 46 76(4) 10-8 in Washington 1R (w/Fritz) • Will jump from No. 837 to around No. 387 and to around No. 288 IF he reaches first ATP World Tour final (and around No. 204 IF wins title)

FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – POTENTIAL SINGLES FINALS

[1] John Isner (USA) vs [2] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) Isner Leads 2-0 15 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R16 John Isner 6-3 6-7(7) 6-4 15 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada) Hard R16 John Isner 7-5 6-3

[1] John Isner (USA) vs Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) First Meeting

[WC] Reilly Opelka (USA) vs [2] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) First Meeting

[WC] Reilly Opelka (USA) vs Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) First Meeting