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DAY 4 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – in Order of Play by Court ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL presented by HSBC: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, February 25, 2016 Acapulco Princess Mundo Imperial, Acapulco, Mexico | February 22 – February 27, 2016 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: $1,413,600 | Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.abiertomexicanodetenis.com Edward La Cava: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @AbiertoTelcel Greg Sharko: [email protected] facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/AbiertoMexicanoDeTenis Press Room: + 52 744 466 3899 YOUNG STARS LEAD WAY IN ACAPULCO QUARTER-FINALS QUARTER-FINALS PREVIEW: Four of the ATP World Tour’s brightest rising stars - No. 4 seed Dominic Thiem (22) of Austria, No. 5 Bernard Tomic (23) of Australia, No.7 Grigor Dimitrov (24) of Bulgaria, and American qualifer Taylor Fritz (18) lead the way in the quarter-finals at Acapulco. The opening match on Cancha Central is a first time meeting on the ATP World Tour between Ukrainian Illya Marchenko and Tomic. The 28-year-old Marchenko is appearing in his eight career ATP World Tour quarter-final (3-4 record) and is looking to reach fourth career ATP World Tour semi-final (0-3 record). The top ranked Aussie reached a new career-high ranking of No. 17 after opening season with semi-final appearance in Brisbane (l. to eventual champion Raonic). He is appearing in his fourth quarter-final of the year (1-2 mark). Following is the fourth meeting between Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov and Dutch Robin Haase (Haase leads 2-1). The Ukrainian is playing in the quarter-finals here for the fourth time. He has a 10-3 tournament record and is a two-time semi-finalist – 2011 (l. to eventual champion Ferrer) and 2014 (l. to Anderson). Prior to reaching the quarter-finals the Dutchman’s best result of the year was second round three times – last week at Marseille (l. to Cilic) and back-to-back at Doha (l. to Nadal) and Auckland in opening month. Rising stars Thiem and Dimitrov meet for the first time in the third quarter-final. The Austrian is playing here on a career-high ranking of No. 15 after reaching the semi-finals at Rio de Janeiro (l. to Pella) last week. Two weeks ago he captured his fourth career title at Buenos Aires (d. Nadal in SF, d. Almagro). The Bulgarian captured his second of his four career title here in 2014 (d. Anderson). Americans Sam Querrey and Fritz meet for the first time in the last quarter-final of the day. The 28- year-old American is appearing in his third consecutive ATP World Tour quarter-final. Last week he captured his eighth career ATP World Tour title at Delray Beach (d. Ram) and the weekend before reached the semi-finals at Memphis (l. to eventual champion Nishikori). The youngest player left in the draw, Fritz (18), is appearing in his second career quarter-final. Two weeks ago reached his first career final at Memphis (d. Mmoh in 1R, Johnson in 2R, Becker in QF, d. Berankis in SF, l. to Nishikori). DAY 4 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court CANCHA CENTRAL Illya Marchenko (UKR) vs [5] Bernard Tomic (AUS) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 13 Bratislava CH (Slovakia) Hard R32 Illya Marchenko 6-4 6-2 Marchenko FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: SF: Doha (l Nadal) YTD W-L: 7-4 (7-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: September 8, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 85 Acapulco (Best Result-Year): 2-0 (QF 2016) Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC Day 4 – Thursday, February 25, 2016 Page 2 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com The 28-year-old knocked off American qualifier Tommy Paul 62 76(4) in his tournament debut on Monday. Followed with a 76(3) 46 76(5) win over American qualifier Ryan Harrison on Wednesday Appearing in his 8th career ATP World Tour QF (3-4 record) and looking to reach 4th career ATP World Tour SF (0-3 record) Opened year with SF appearance at Doha (1R d. No. 7 Ferrer, l. to Nadal) before 1R exit at Australian Open (l. to Jasika). Reached 2R at Memphis (l. to Nishioka) and Delray Beach (l. to Ram) In 2015, Ukrainian returned to year-end Top 100 for 1st time since 2010, finishing season at No. 94 Qualified at Australian Open (l. to No. 8 Raonic in 1R), Roland Garros (l. to Berlocq in 1R after leading by 2 sets) and US Open (d. Monfils in 1R, l. to Stakhovsky in 2R). Did not attempt to qualify at Wimbledon Best ATP World Tour result was QF at 's-Hertogenbosch in June (l. to Goffin) Posted 30-16 record on ATP Challenger Tour with 4th career title at Mons, BEL (d. Becker) Tomic FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: SF: Brisbane (l Raonic); QF (2): Sydney (l Gabashvili); Quito (l Lorenzi) YTD W-L: 10-5 (9-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: October 21, 1992 Emirates ATP Ranking: 21 Acapulco (Best Result-Year): 4-1 (QF 2015-16) The 23-year-old reached the QF here for the second year in a row with a 64 64 win over Adrian Mannarino on Wednesday. Opened with a 75 63 win over Rajeev Ram on Tuesday. He is playing here for the second time (4-1 record) and also reach QF last year (l. to eventual champion Ferrer) The top ranked Aussie reached a new career-high ranking of No. 17 after opening season with SF appearance in Brisbane (l. to eventual champion Raonic) before ret. in QF at Sydney (l. to Gabashvili w/illness), then reaching 4R at Australian Open (l. to No. 2 Murray), QF at Quito (l. to Lorenzi) and fell in 1R last week at Delray beach (l. to Ram) In 2015, Aussie finished season at career-best year-end ranking of No. 18, which he reached after advancing to ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai QF (d. No. 8 Ferrer and No. 11 Gasquet, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) Won 2nd straight Bogotá title and 3rd ATP World Tour title overall in July (d. Mannarino) Secured career-best 40 victories (previous-best 26 in 2012) Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs Robin Haase (NED) Haase Leads 2-1 11 Halle (Germany) Grass R32 Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 11 Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard QF Robin Haase 6-4 6-4 13 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R64 Robin Haase 6-3 6-7(6) 6-2 Dolgopolov FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: QF (2): Sydney (l Dimitrov); Rio de Janeiro (W/O vs Nadal) YTD W-L: 7-3 (5-2 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: November 7, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 32 Acapulco (Best Result-Year): 10-3 (SF 2011, ‘14) The 27-year-old knocked off defending champion David Ferrer 64 64 on Wednesday to reach the QF here for the fourth time. Opened with a 75 76 (4) win over Steve Johnson on Tuesday. He is playing here for the fourth time (10-3 tournament record). Best result was SF twice – 2011 (l. to eventual champion Ferrer), 2014 (l. to Anderson). Also reached QF last year (l. to Nishikori) Appearing in his 3rd ATP World Tour QF of the year and looking to reach first SF since 2015 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Djokovic) Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC Day 4 – Thursday, February 25, 2016 Page 3 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com Last week withdrew prior to his QF match at Rio de Janeiro (vs. Nadal) due to a right shoulder injury Fell in 1R at Buenos Aires (l. to Schwartzman) Reached 2R at Australian Open (l. to Federer) Opened season by reaching QF at Sydney (l. to Dimitrov) In 2015, Ukrainian finished in Top 50 of Emirates ATP Rankings for 5th time in 6 years (all but 2013) Earned 20+ wins in each of last 6 seasons (2010-15) Career 9-36 record (1-1 in 2016) vs Top 10 opponents. Prior to defeating No. 8 Ferrer in 2R at Acapulco has lost three straight, last win was last year over No. 6 Tomas Berdych in QF at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati Haase FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: YTD W-L: 5-6 (5-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: April 6, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 62 Acapulco (Best Result-Year): 2-1 (QF 2016) The 28-year-old advanced to his first ATP World Tour QF of the year with a 64 67(3) 64 win over Aljaz Bedene on Wednesday. Opened with a 61 62 win over Mexican wild card Luis Patino on Monday. Last year fell in 1R (l. to Haider-Maurer) in tournament debut Looking to reach 12th career ATP World Tour SF (4-7 record) and first since 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. to eventual champion Mahut) He is the only Dutchman ranked in the Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings Prior to reaching QF here best result of the month was 2R last week at Marseille (l. to Cilic), fell in 1R at Sofia (l. to Rosol) and Rotterdam (l. to Simon) Opened year with back-to-back 2R appearances at Doha (l. to Nadal) and Auckland (l. to Anderson) as a qualifier. Fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Basic) In 2015, Dutchman finished in Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings for 6th straight season Posted double-digit win totals in 5 straight seasons (15-21 in 2015) [7] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [4] Dominic Thiem (AUT) First Meeting Dimitrov FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: F: Sydney (l Troicki); SF: Delray Beach (l Ram); QF: Brisbane (l Federer) YTD W-L: 12-4 (12-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: May 16, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 26 Acapulco (Best Result-Year): 8-1 (Winner 2014) The 24-year-old opened with a 75 61 win over Denis Kudla on Tuesday.
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