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GARANTI KOZA SOFIA OPEN: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, February 7, 2016 Arena Armeec Sofia - Sofia, Bulgaria | February 1 –7, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €520,070 | Surface: Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.sofiaopen.bg Florent Girod: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @SofiaOpen Press Room: +359 290 33654 facebook.com/ATPWorldTour Facebook: Sofiaopen.bg TOP SEEDS MEET FOR FIRST TIME IN INAUGURAL FINALS FINALS PREVIEW – The top seeds No. 1 Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain and No. 2 Viktor Troicki of Serbia meet for the first time in the inaugural Garanti Koza Sofia Open finals on Sunday at the Arena Armeec Sofia. Both finalists are looking to join Novak Djokovic (Doha and Australian Open) as the second player to win multiple titles this year. Bautista Agut the No. 3 Spaniard (behind No. 5 Nadal, No. 6 Ferrer) comes into his second final of the season with a 11-2 match record, his best career start, having captured his third career ATP World Tour title in Auckland (d. Sock) last month. He is appearing in his 8th career ATP World Tour final (3-4 record). The 29-year-old Troicki (turns 30 next week) is off to a career-best 10-2 start. He opened the season with repeat title effort in Sydney (d. Dimitrov, saving match pt.). It was his third career ATP World Tour title. He is appearing in his 9th career ATP World Tour final (3-5 record) INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS: Tournament statistics entering Sunday’s championship match Statistic Roberto Bautista Agut Viktor Troicki Aces 4 29 No. 2 1st-Serve Percentage 63% (76 of 121) 58% (115 of 197) 1st-Serve Points Won 76% (58 of 76) 81% (93 of 115) No. 3 2nd-Serve Points Won 76% (34 of 45) No. 1 60% (49 of 82) No. 2 Service Games Won 100% (21 of 21) No. 1 89% (32 of 36) No. 5 Break Points Saved 100% (1 of 1) No. 1 67% (8 of 12) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 22% (17 of 78) 32% (47 of 147) No. 4 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 48% (24 of 50) 59% (48 of 82) No. 5 Return Games Won 15% (3 of 20) 27% (9 of 33) Break Points Converted 25% (3 of 12) 26% (9 of 34) EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY Garanti Koza Sofia Open Champion Finalist Singles Ranking Points 250 150 Singles Prize Money €82,450 €43,430 Doubles Ranking Points 250 150 Doubles Prize Money €25,070 €13,170 Garanti Koza Sofia Open Day 7 – Sunday, February 7, 2016 Page 2 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: FINALS Center Court [1] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs [2] Viktor Troicki (SRB) First Meeting Bautista 2016 Agut FastFacts: W: Auckland (d Sock); QF: Chennai (l Coric) YTD W-L: 11-2 (11-2 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 18 • 1R Bye, received a walk/over in the 2R vs. Filip Krajinovic (right shoulder injury), defeated [8] Adrian Mannarino 64 63 in QF and [6] Gilles Muller 76(5) 64 in SF • The No. 3 Spaniard (behind No. 5 Nadal, No. 6 Ferrer) comes into his second final of the season with an 11-2 match record, his best career start • Appearing in his 8th career ATP World Tour final (3-4 record) • In opening month of season, lost in QFs in Chennai (after bye) to Borna Coric in third set TB and followed with third career ATP World Tour title in Auckland (d. No. 10 Tsonga in SF, Sock in F). Then reached personal-best 4R at Australian Open (l. to No. 6 Berdych in five sets) • In 2015, Spaniard finished in Top 25 of Emirates ATP Rankings for 2nd straight season at No. 25 • Appeared in back-to-back finals at Moscow on Oct. 25 (l. to Cilic) and Valencia on Nov. 1 (l. to Sousa after saving 6 MPs in SF win over Johnson) • Advanced to Wimbledon 4R (l. to No. 2 Federer) and US Open 4R (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 4 sets), matching career-best showing at a major (also 2014 Australian Open and US Open) • Played all 9 ATP Masters 1000 events, reaching R16 at Monte-Carlo (l. to No. 8 Berdych) and Madrid (l. to No. 5 Nishikori). Compiled 10-9 match record • At ATP World Tour 250s, reached SFs at Chennai (l. to Bedene), Marseille (l. to Monfils), Munich (l. to No. 3 Murray), Umag (l. to Sousa) and St. Petersburg (l. to No. 9 Raonic after saving 3 MPs in 2R win over Gabashvili) • Lost 5 matches in 2015 after holding MP, including Chennai SF to Bedene (4 MPs) Troicki 2016 FastFacts: W: Sydney (d Dimitrov) YTD W-L: 10-2 (10-2 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: February 10, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 25 • 1R bye, defeated [Q} Daniel Brands 64 63 in 2R, [5] Philipp Kohlschreiber 63 64 in QF and [7] Martin Klizan 46 63 75 in SF • The 29-year-old Serb (turns 30 next week) is off to a career-best 10-2 start. He opened the season with a 2R in Brisbane (l. to Dimitrov) and then followed with repeat title effort in Sydney (d. Dimitrov, saving match pt.). It was his third career ATP World Tour title • In last tournament at Australian Open, reached 3R (l. to No. 14 Raonic) • Appearing in his 9th career ATP World Tour final (3-5 record) • In 2015, No. 2 Serb won 35 matches to jump 80 places in Emirates ATP Rankings, matching year-end best of No. 22 (also in 2011) • Won 1st all-qualifier final in ATP World Tour history to claim 2nd career title at Sydney (d. Kukushkin) • Defeated No. 9 Cilic 76 in 3rd to reach Stuttgart final (l. to No. 10 Nadal) • Also beat No. 9 Cilic in London/Queen's Club 2R (l. to No. 3 Murray in SF) and No. 9 Raonic in Beijing 1R (l. to Lu in 2R) • Capped 10-4 grass-court campaign with Wimbledon 4R (l. to Pospisil in 5 sets), matching career-best showing at a Grand Slam (also 2011 Roland Garros, 2012 Wimbledon, 2013 Roland Garros 4R) • Reached Australian Open 3R (l. to No. 7 Berdych), Roland Garros 2R (l. to Bolelli) and US Open 3R (l. to Young in 5 sets) • Suffered 6-match losing streak from Wimbledon to US Open Garanti Koza Sofia Open Day 7 – Sunday, February 7, 2016 Page 3 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com Philipp Oswald (AUT) / Adil Shamasdin (CAN) First Meeting [3] Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Matwe Middelkoop (NED) • Oswald / Shamasdin defeated Bury / Zelenay 63 62 in 1R, [WC] Altuna / Kravchuk 63 67(6) 10-8 in QF and Fyrstenberg / Rosol 46 63 10-2 in SF • The Austrian / Canadian are 7-6 lifetime and are appearing in their first ATP World Tour doubles final as a tandem. Their previous best result was the QF at 2015 St. Petersburg (l. to Bury / Istomin) and 3R at 2015 US Open (l. to Murray / Peers) • World No. 68 Oswald is 3-2 in ATP doubles finals with titles at 2015 Rio de Janeiro (w/Klizan) and 2014 Nice (w/Klizan) and Sao Paulo (w/Garcia-Lopez) • World No. 76 Shamasdin is 2-1 in ATP doubles finals with titles at 2014 Casablanca (w/Junaid) and 2011 Johannesburg (w/Cerretani) • Koolhof / Middelkoop defeated [WC] Kuzmanov / Lazov 67(5) 63 12-10 in 1R, Dlouhy / Stakhovsky 61 67(7) 10-4 in QF and de Bakker / Haase 26 76(3) 11-9 in SF • The Dutch pair are a combined 5-4 lifetime and are appearing in their first ATP Would Tour doubles final • They captured their 8th career Challenger doubles at Bangkok (d. Kretschmer / Satschko) in January • Koolhof is ranked No. 65 and Middelkoop is No. 61.
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    ORDER OF PLAY Tuesday, 15 March 2011 STADIUM 1 STADIUM 2 STADIUM 3 COURT 7 Starting At: 11:00 am Starting At: 11:00 am Starting At: 11:00 am Starting At: 11:00 am ATP WTA ATP ATP Mahesh BHUPATHI (IND) Ernests GULBIS (LAT) Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB) Tomas BERDYCH (CZE) Leander PAES (IND) 1 vs vs vs vs Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) Ana IVANOVIC (SRB) Thomaz BELLUCCI (BRA) Rohan BOPANNA (IND) Aisam-Ul-Haq QURESHI (PAK) Not Before 1:00 PM followed by followed by followed by WTA ATP ATP WTA Marion BARTOLI (FRA) Marin CILIC (CRO) Viktor TROICKI (SRB) Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) 2 vs vs vs vs Kim CLIJSTERS (BEL) Stanislas WAWRINKA (SUI) Michael LLODRA (FRA) Victoria AZARENKA (BLR) followed by followed by followed by followed by ATP ATP WTA WTA Juan Ignacio CHELA (ARG) Richard GASQUET (FRA) Francesca SCHIAVONE (ITA) Yanina WICKMAYER (BEL) 3 vs vs vs vs Roger FEDERER (SUI) Jurgen MELZER (AUT) Shahar PEER (ISR) Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) followed by followed by followed by followed by WTA ATP WTA - After Suitable Rest WTA Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB) Sania MIRZA (IND) Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) Milos RAONIC (CAN) Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) Elena VESNINA (RUS) 4 vs vs vs vs Alisa KLEYBANOVA (RUS) Ryan HARRISON (USA) Victoria AZARENKA (BLR) Klaudia JANS (POL) Maria KIRILENKO (RUS) Alicja ROSOLSKA (POL) followed by followed by followed by ATP WTA ATP Lukas DLOUHY (CZE) Mark KNOWLES (BAH) Paul HANLEY (AUS) Nadia PETROVA (RUS) Michal MERTINAK (SVK) 5 vs vs vs Marc LOPEZ (ESP) Shuai PENG (CHN) Jonathan ERLICH (ISR) Rafael NADAL (ESP) Andy RAM (ISR) Not Before 7:00 PM followed