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AIRCEL OPEN: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, January 5, 2016

SDAT Stadium, Chennai, | January 4-10, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $425,535 | Surface: Outdoor Hard

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CHENNAI’S OWN DEVVARMAN, RAMANATHAN TAKE TO STADIUM COURT

 DAY 2 PREVIEW: The singles first round concludes at the Aircel Chennai Open on Tuesday with nine matches, highlighted by a pair of local favorites. Play begins on Stadium Court with 18-year-old Russian wild card meeting Indian No. 3 . Rublev is making his Chennai debut, while Devvarman qualified to secure his spot in the Chennai main draw for the seventh time in eight years. The 30-year-old, who grew up near Chennai, debuted at his hometown tournament in 2009, defeating Carlos Moya and Ivo Karlovic before losing to Marin Cilic in the final. The winner of Rublev vs. Devvarman advances to face No. 1 seed .

In the second match on Stadium Court, 21-year-old Chennai native takes on Spanish veteran Daniel Gimeno-Traver for the right to meet No. 2 seed in the second round. Play on Stadium Court finishes with a marquee doubles match pitting No. 2 seeds and against Wawrinka and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. The six- time champion Paes is playing doubles in Chennai for the 16th time. Granollers became his 100th partner on the ATP World Tour and ATP Challenger Tour when they reached the Nottingham quarter-finals last June. Wawrinka and Garcia-Lopez have not teamed since Monte-Carlo in 2010.

Garcia-Lopez will also be in singles action on Tuesday. The No. 5 seed begins play on Court 1 against , a 22-year-old from Japan who cracked the Top 100 following a 39-15 campaign on the ATP Challenger Tour. In other Court 1 matches, No. 6 seed Gilles Muller meets 19-year-old Russian wild card and No. 7 seed takes on Aljaz Bedene, who won seven matches to reach the 2015 Chennai final as a qualifier (l. to Wawrinka).

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DAY 2 FEDEX ATP 2 HEADS – In Order of Play

STADIUM COURT

[WC] Andrey Rublev (RUS) vs [Q] Somdev Devvarman (IND) First Meeting

Rublev 2015 FastFacts 2015 W-L: 8-13 (5-8 on hard) 2015 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: October 20, 1997 Emirates ATP Ranking: 185 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (2016 Debut)

Devvarman 2015 FastFacts 2015 W-L: 2-3 (2-3 on hard) 2015 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 13, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 177 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 5-6 (2009 Runner-up) Aircel Chennai Open Day 2 – Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Page 2 of 2 www.ATPWorldTour.com

[WC] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) First Meeting

Ramanathan 2015 FastFacts 2015 W-L: 0-2 (0-2 on hard) 2015 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 8, 1994 Emirates ATP Ranking: 248 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2014 Round of 16)

Gimeno-Traver 2015 FastFacts F: Casablanca (l. to Klizan); SF: Bucharest (l. to Vesely); QF: Istanbul (l. to Federer) 2015 W-L: 13-18 (2-5 on hard) 2015 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 7, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 98 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2009 Round of 32)

COURT 1

Taro Daniel (JPN) vs [5] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) Garcia-Lopez Leads 1-0 15 Valencia () Hard R16 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3 6-4

Santiago Giraldo (COL) vs Lukas Rosol (CZE) First Meeting

[WC] Karen Khachanov (RUS) vs [6] Gilles Muller (LUX) First Meeting

[7] Vasek Pospisil (CAN) vs Aljaz Bedene (GBR) Series Tied 1-1 14 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Aljaz Bedene 6-7(5) 7-5 6-3 15 Valencia (Spain) Hard R16 Vasek Pospisil 6-3 6-4

COURT 2

Rajeev Ram (USA) vs (USA) First ATP Meeting Other Meetings: 14 Rimouski CH (Canada) Hard QF Austin Krajicek 7-6(7) 7-6(4) 14 Gimcheon CH (South Korea) Hard R16 7-5 4-6 7-5

Luca Vanni (ITA) vs Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) First Meeting

[Q] (ITA) vs [Q] Jozef Kovalik (SVK) First ATP Meeting