KONZUM OPEN UMAG: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, July 22, 2016

ATP Stadion, Umag, Croatia | July 18 – 24, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €520,070 | Surface: Clay

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SEEDS SOUSA, CHARDY, FOGNINI, CARRENO BUSTA LEAD QUARTER-FINALS

Day 5 Preview: There are four seeds remaining in the quarter-finals at the Konzum Umag on Friday, led by No. 2 seed Joao Sousa, No. 3 Jeremy Chardy, No. 4 and No. 6 Pablo Carreno Busta. All four players along with the four other unseeded quarter-finalists arrying to capture their first ATP World Tour title of the season. In fact, Carreno Busta is the only player left to reach an ATP World Tour final in 2016. He is a two-time finalist.

In the opening match on Centre Court, of Argentina takes on Chardy, who won the previous meeting on grass in Eastbourne two years ago. The 33-year-old Berlocq is appearing in his first ATP World Tour quarter-final since reaching the semi-finals on home soil in in February 2015 (l. to Nadal). Chardy is making his fourth quarter-final showing of the season, first on clay, and he’s looking to reach the semi-finals for the first time since last August when he reached the final four at ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l. to Djokovic).

In the next match on, Fognini and Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia & Herzegovina meet for the second time in Umag. Last year the Italian won 63 75 in the 2R. Fognini, who reached the final in 2013 (l. to Robredo), is trying to advance to his fifth career semi-final in Umag. Dzumhur, who was a quarter-finalist in Istanbul in May, is looking to reach his second career ATP World Tour semi-final (’15 Casablanca).

On Grandstand, Gastao Elias of and Carreno Busta square off for the first time. The 25-year- old Elias is playing here on a career-high No. 72 ranking after reaching his first career ATP World Tour semi-final last week at Bastad (l. to Verdasco). Carreno Busta is appearing in his sixth quarter-final of the season and his best results are runner-up efforts in Sao Paulo and Estoril.

In the next match on Grandstand, Slovakian and Sousa collide for the first time on the ATP World Tour. They split two previous ATP Challenger Tour clay court meetings in 2013. Martin is appearing in his first career ATP World Tour quarter-final and Sousa, who reached the final here last year (l. to Thiem), has turned his season around after a slow start. After compiling a 5-13 start through April, Sousa has put together a 12-8 match record since May, highlighted by the semi-finals in Nice (l. to A. Zverev) and quarter-finals at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Nadal) and Bastad (l. to Elias).

DAY FIVE FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: In Order of Play by Court

Centre Court

Carlos Berlocq (ARG) vs [3] Jeremy Chardy (FRA) Chardy Leads 1-0 14 Eastbourne (Great Britain) Grass R16 Jeremy Chardy 6-4 7-5

Berlocq 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 3-4 (3-4 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: February 3, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 87 Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): 10-6 (QF 2007, 2011-12, ‘16)

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• Tournament Note: The 33-year-old Argentine is making his fourth QF appearance in eight appearances after posting wins over Krajinovic 63 61 and No. 8 seed Vesely, who retired with a left shoulder injury trailing 75 3-0 • Qualified at Houston (l. to Verdasco in 1R), Istanbul (l. to Chung in 1R) and Roland Garros (l. to Goffin in 2R) • Did not drop a set en route to 17th ATP Challenger Tour title at Blois, FRA (d. Darcis 62 60) • Has compiled a 19-5 match record in ATP Challenger Tour play and advanced to Aix en Provence, FRA final (d. Dutra Silva and E. Ymer, l. to Monteiro) • Also reached Challenger SFs at Milan, ITA (l. to Cecchinato) and Båstad, SWE (l. to Zeballos) • Made season debut during 1R, falling w/Olivo to Kubot/Matkowski (ARG d. POL 3-2)

Chardy 2016 FastFacts: QF(3): Doha (l Marchenko); Sydney (l Muller); Delray Beach (l del Potro) YTD W-L: 16-16 (7-6 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: February 12, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 38 Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-0 (2R 2016)

• Tournament Note: The 29-year-old Frenchman made his tournament debut on Wednesday,defeating Q Cacic 62 60 • Appearing in fourth ATP World Tour QF of season, first on clay. He advanced to QFs on hard courts at Doha (l. to Marchenko), Sydney (l. to Muller) and Delray Beach (l. to del Potro) • Reached Roland Garros 3R (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) and Wimbledon 2R (d. Monfils in 5 sets, l. to Johnson) • In 1R, defeated Gulbis 13-11 in 5th after 4 hours, 43 minutes (l. to Kuznetsov in 2R) • Avenged loss to Bautista Agut in Monte-Carlo 2R by beating him in Rome 2R (l. to No. 3 Murray in 3R)

[4] Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs Damir Dzumhur (BIH) Fognini Leads 1-0 15 Umag (Croatia) Clay R16 Fabio Fognini 6-3 7-5

Fognini 2016 FastFacts: SF: Munich (l Kohlschreiber); QF(2): Auckland (l Tsonga); Barcelona (l Nadal) YTD W-L: 12-13 (9-10 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: May 24, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 39 Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): 16-8 (RUP 2013)

• Tournament Note: The 29-year-old Italian is playing here for ninth straight year and has a 16-8 tournament record. Opened on Wednesday with a 64 61 win over Olivo. Best result was final in 2013 (l. to Robredo); also reached semi- finals three times - 2008 (l. to eventual champ Verdasco), 2011 (l. to Cilic) and 2014 (l. to eventual champion Cuevas) • Lost to eventual champions in Munich SF (l. to Kohlschreiber) and Barcelona QF (l. to No. 5 Nadal) • Saved 2 MPs in 64 26 76(3) win over Sousa in Auckland 1R (l. to No. 10 Tsonga in QF) • Won 5-setter vs. Delbonis before losing 5-setter vs. Lopez at Wimbledon • In defense of Australian Open doubles title w/Bolelli, lost to Mannarino/Pouille in 2R • Retired vs. Gimeno-Traver in Rio de Janeiro 2R and withdrew from 3 events due to abdominal muscle strain

Dzumhur 2016 FastFacts: QF: Istanbul (l Schwartzman) YTD W-L: 19-15 (7-5 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 20, 1992 Emirates ATP Ranking: 81 Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): 3-1 (QF 2016)

• Tournament Note: The 24-year-old Bosnian is appearing in his first QF after defeating No. 5 seed Almagro 62 57 75 and Fabianno 46 61 62. Last year made debut and reached 2R (l. to Fognini) • Appearing in second ATP World Tour QF after falling to eventual winner Schwartzman in Istanbul QF (held 1 MP) • Trying to advance to second career ATP World Tour SF. Last year in Casablanca (l. to Klizan in SF) • Reached R16 at ATP Masters 1000 events in Miami (l. to Raonic 60 63) and Monte-Carlo (l. to Raonic 76 in 3rd) • Defeated No. 5 Nadal 26 64 30 ret in Miami 2R and No. 7 Berdych 64 67(1) 63 in Monte-Carlo 2R • Has established career-highs this season in wins (19) and ranking (No. 71 on May 16) Konzum Croatia Open Umag Day 5 – Friday, July 22, 2016 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• Lost in 2R at Doha, Australian Open, Sofia, Memphis, Delray Beach, Bucharest, Nottingham and Wimbledon • Won 5-setters against Edmund in Australian Open 1R and Kudla in Wimbledon 1R

Grandstand

Gastao Elias (POR) vs [6] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) First Meeting

Elias 2016 FastFacts: SF: Bastad (l Verdasco); QF: Sao Paulo (l Lajovic) YTD W-L: 8-7 (8-5 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 24, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 72 (Career-high) Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): 2-0 (QF 2016)

• Tournament Note: The 25-year-old Portuguese defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 61 62 in his debut on Tuesday and followed with a 36 63 76(7) win over top seed Cuevas on Thursday, saving 1 MP • Last week reached 1st career ATP World Tour SF at Bastad (l. to Verdasco) • Playing here on a career-high No. 72 Emirates ATP Ranking • Advanced to 3rd ATP World Tour QF at São Paulo as Q (d. Andujar and Giraldo, l. to Lajovic) • Also qualified at Buenos Aires (l. to Thiem in 2R after holding 1 MP) and Rio de Janeiro (l. to Giraldo in 1R) • Captured Challenger singles titles at Turin, ITA (d. Lopez-Perez) and Mestre, ITA (d. Lorenzi and Zeballos) • Won Challenger doubles title w/Ghem at Rio de Janeiro, BRA (d. Eysseric/Reyes-Varela) and reached final w/Neis at Vicenza, ITA (l. to Golubev/Mektic) • Fell 76 in 5th to Thiem and lost 2-set lead w/Sousa vs. Peya/Thiem in Davis Cup Group I (AUT d. POR 4-1)

Carreno Busta 2016 FastFacts: F(2): Sao Paulo (l Cuevas); Estoril (l Almagro); QF(3): Quito (l Bellucci); Marrakech (l Delbonis); (l Wawrinka) YTD W-L: 22-17 (20-11 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 12, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 56 Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): 2-2 (QF 2014, ‘16)

• Tournament Note: The 25-year-old Spaniard reached QFs in tournament debut in 2014 (l. to Robredo). This week back in QFs after wins over Seppi 64 64 and Gabashvili 64 62 • Defeated 4 countrymen en route to 1st ATP World Tour singles final at São Paulo (l. to Cuevas) in February • Beat Verdasco, Simon and Paire en route to 2nd final at Estoril (l. to Almagro 67 76 63) in May • Set career-highs this season in wins (22) and ranking (No. 43 on May 9). Comes in No. 56 this week • Advanced to QFs at Quito (l. to Bellucci in 3 sets), Marrakech (l. to Delbonis) and Geneva (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) • Won 1st ATP doubles title at Quito w/Duran (d. Bellucci/Demoliner) • Runner-up w/Marrero at Rio de Janeiro (d. Melo/Soares, l. to Cabal/Farah) and São Paulo (l. to Peralta/Zeballos)

SPANISH WINNERS IN 2016: Carreno Busta is trying to add his name to the list of Spanish ATP World Tour winners this season. The five winners are the most from any country in 2016:

Roberto Bautista Agut 2 (Auckland, Sofia) 2 (ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo, Barcelona) Nicolas Almagro 1 (Estoril) Albert Ramos-Vinolas 1 (Bastad) 1 (Bucharest)

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Andrej Martin (SVK) vs [2] Joao Sousa (POR) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 13 Furth CH () Clay R16 Joao Sousa 6-4 2-6 7-5 13 San Benedetto CH () Clay F Andrej Martin 6-4 6-3

Martin 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 6-2 (6-2 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: September 20, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 124 Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): 2-0 (QF 2016)

• Tournament Note: The 26-year-old Slovak is appearing in his first career ATP World Tour QF after defeating Stakhovsky 76 64 and countryman/No. 7 seed Klizan 36 75 62, saving 5 MPs • Prior to this week, his best tour level result was 3R at Roland Garros where he qualified (d. Munoz de la Nava, Pouille, l. to No. 9 Raonic). Reached a career-high No. 105 on June 27 • Has 10-13 match record on ATP Challenger Tour, reaching SFs on home soil in Poprad Tatry, and three QFs

Sousa 2016 FastFacts: SF: Nice (l A. Zverev); QF(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); Bastad (l Elias) YTD W-L: 17-21 (11-9 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: March 30, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 32 Umag W-L (Best Result-Year): 5-3 (Runner-up 2015)

• Tournament Note: The 27-year-old No. 1 Portuguese native, who fell to in the final last year, opened on Thursday with a 75 76 win over (after 1R bye) • After 5-13 start through April, has compiled 12-8 record since May • Reached 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Madrid (d. Mahut, Granollers and Sock; l. to No. 5 Nadal) • Lost 21st straight match vs. Top 10 opponent in Halle 1R vs. No. 7 Thiem (1-23 overall) • 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) • Advanced to 3R at Australian Open (l. to eventual finalist Murray in 4 sets) and Wimbledon (l. to Vesely) • Contributed Portugal’s lone win in 4-1 Davis Cup Group I loss to (d. G. Melzer)