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: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Les Arènes de Metz, Metz, | September 21-27, 2015 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €439,405 | Surface: Indoor Hard

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LEFT-HANDERS KLIZAN, MANNARINO, VERDASCO HEADLINE ACTION

 DAY 2 PREVIEW: There are three left-handed seeds leading Tuesday’s order of play at the Moselle Open. No. 6 Martin Klizan, No. 7 and No. 8 are on Court Central. Mannarino is also one of five Frenchmen on the schedule. In the first match on, the No. 2 players from and , meet for the first time as Aleksandr Nedovyesov and , both make their main draw debut in Metz. In the next match on, French qualifier squares off with Mannarino for the second time on the ATP World Tour. Last year in Montpellier, Mannarino won in straight sets. In the next match, Klizan and ’08 Metz finalist Paul-Henri Mathieu battle for the third time (tied 1-1). In the final singles match on, Verdasco and German teenager meet for the first time. In the last match on Central, US Open doubles champions and top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and take on of and of .

 HOMECOMING FOR US OPEN CHAMPS: On September 13, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut became the first all-French team to win the US Open doubles title. In doing so, they emerged as the ninth different doubles champion of the last nine events (18 different players). Herbert and Mahut also reached the final this year (l. to Bolelli/Fognini).

Grand Slam Champions Runners-Up 2015 US Open Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut / 2015 Wimbledon Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau Jamie Murray/John Peers 2015 Roland Garros / / / Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut 2014 US Open Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan /Marc Lopez 2014 Wimbledon Vasek Pospisil/ Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan 2014 Roland Garros /Edouard Roger-Vasselin Marcel Granollers/Marc Lopez Lukasz Kubot/ / 2013 US Open /Radek Stepanek / Bold = Denotes playing in Metz doubles draw

DAY 2 FEDEX ATP 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court Court Central

Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) vs Vasek Pospisil (CAN) First Meeting

Nedovyesov 2015 FastFacts YTD W-L: 2-4 (1-1 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 15, 1987 Emirates ATP : 114 Metz W-L (Best Result): Main draw debut in 2015 Moselle Open Day 2 – Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Page 2 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• Nedovyesov, 28, is making his Metz debut • The No. 2 player from Kazakhstan (behind No. 48 Kukushkin) returned to Top 100 on July 20 at No. 95 with success on ATP Challenger level. Was in Top 100 for eight straight weeks before dropping out on Sept. 14 (at No. 115) • Has compiled a 17-17 match record and reached final in Bergamo (l. to Paire) in February. Also advanced to SFs twice and QFs twice • In two main draw Grand Slam appearances of year (0-2), qualified at Wimbledon (l. to Troicki) and retired at US Open due to right shoulder injury (vs. Hewitt) • Helped his country to 1R win with deciding singles victory over Fognini 7-5 in 5th. In QF, beat Kyrgios in 4 sets before falling in straight sets to Hewitt in deciding singles match

YEAR-END EMIRATES ATP 2014: 129 2013: 93 2012: 205 2011: 1,513 2010: 550

Pospisil 2015 FastFacts: QF(2): Wimbledon (l Murray); Atlanta (l Baghdatis) YTD W-L: 17-18 (12-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 23, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 46 Metz W-L (Best Result): Main draw debut in 2015

• Pospisil, 25, No. 2 Canadian is making his Metz debut • He posted a career-best Grand Slam singles result at Wimbledon, winning three 5-set matches en route to QF (l. to No. 3 Murray) • Only won back-to-back main draw matches at one other tournament, reaching 3R at Australian Open (l. to Garcia-Lopez). Lost in 1R at Roland Garros (l. to Souza) • Started season on 9-match doubles win streak (w/Sock), winning ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells title (d. Bryan-Bryan in QF, Bolelli-Fognini in F) and reaching ATP Masters 1000 Miami F (l. to Bryan-Bryan) • Canadian-American pair fell in Roland Garros QF (l. to Rojer-Tecau) and Wimbledon 3R (l. to J. Murray-Peers) • Enters with records of 12-13 on hard, 0-2 on clay, 5-3 on grass and 0-5 against Top 10 opponents

[Q] Vincent Millot (FRA) vs [7] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) Mannarino Leads 1-0 14 Montpellier (France) Hard R32 Adrian Mannarino 6-4 6-4 Other meetings: 07 France F14 (France) Hard SF Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-0 07 France F16 (France) Hard R16 Vincent Millot 7-5 6-4 12 Loughborough CH (Great Britain) Hard R16 Adrian Mannarino 6-1 6-1

Millot 2015 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 0-2 (0-1 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 30, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 198 Metz W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2012 2R)

• Millot, 29, was one of three Frenchmen (De Schepper, Roger-Vasselin) to qualify into main draw on Monday. No. 4 seed in qualifying and after a bye, posted a pair of straight-set wins • Playing in third main draw ATP World Tour level tournament (0-2) of season. Lost in 1R in Montpellier (l. to Kamke) in February and at Wimbledon (l. to Pospisil in five sets) as a qualifier. His last ATP level main draw win came at ’14 Australian Open (d. Odesnik, l. to No. 4 Murray) • Has a 12-12 match record in Challengers this season and won Granby, Canada title in July (d. Bester) Moselle Open Day 2 – Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• Reached career-high No. 145 in Emirates ATP Rankings on Feb. 21, 2011 and his best year-end ranking was No. 155 last year

Mannarino 2015 FastFacts: F(2): Auckland (l Vesely); Bogota (l Tomic); SF: Delray Beach (l Karlovic); QF(2): s-Hertogenbosch (l Mahut); Newport (l Ram) YTD W-L: 24-23 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 29, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 39 Metz W-L (Best Result): 3-4 (2008 SF)

• Mannarino, 27, one of seven Frenchmen in the Top 40 Emirates ATP Rankings (at No. 39), is playing in main draw for fifth time (3-4 record). Made debut as a qualifier in 2008 and reached SF (l. to Mathieu) and then lost in 1R in ’09 (l. to Ascione), ’10 (l. to Mathieu) and last year (l. to Janowicz) • He is putting together his best career season on ATP World Tour. Achieved career-high ranking of No. 27 on July 27 • He reached 1st ATP World Tour finals of career at Auckland (l. to Vesely) in January and Bogota (l. to Tomic) in July • Also fell to eventual champion in Delray Beach SF (l. to Karlovic), 's-Hertogenbosch QF (l. to Mahut) and Newport QF (l. to Ram) • Reached 4R at back-to-back ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells (l. to No. 4 Murray) and Miami (d. No. 8 Wawrinka, l. to Thiem). Win over Wawrinka was 1st over Top 10 player (1-14 overall) • Grand Slam results: Australian Open 2R (l. to F. Lopez), Roland Garros 1R (l. to Melzer), Wimbledon 2R (l. to Monfils) and US Open 2R (l. to No. 3 Murray) • Enters with records of 17-13 on hard, 1-5 on clay, 6-5 on grass and 1-3 vs. Top 10 opponents

[6] Martin Klizan (SVK) vs Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) Tied 1-1 13 Rotterdam () Hard R32 Martin Klizan 6-4 3-6 7-5 15 Kitzbühel (Austria) Clay R16 Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3 7-5

Klizan 2015 FastFacts: W: Casablanca (d Gimeno-Traver); SF: (l Nishikori); QF(2): Brisbane (l Dimitrov); Quito (l Estrella Burgos) YTD W-L: 26-22 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: July 11, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 35 Metz W-L (Best Result): Main draw debut in 2015

• Klizan, 26, top player from Slovak Republic is making his Metz debut • Won 3rd career singles title at Casablanca (d. Gimeno-Traver) in April and 3rd career doubles title at Rio de Janeiro w/Oswald (d. Andujar-Marach) in February • Also reached Barcelona SF (l. to No. 5 Nishikori), Brisbane QF (l. to Dimitrov) and Quito QF (l. to Estrella Burgos) • Went 6-0 in singles to lead his country to Davis Cup Europe/Africa wins over Slovenia and (l. to Poland 3-2 in World Group playoff tie) • Grand Slam results: Australian Open 2R (l. to Sousa), Roland Garros 2R (l. to Simon), Wimbledon 1R (l. to Verdasco 13-11 in on 5th) and US Open 2R (l. to Chardy) • Enters with records of 12-9 on hard, 14-11 on clay, 0-2 on grass and 0-2 vs. Top 10 opponents

Mathieu 2015 FastFacts: F: Kitzbühel (l Kohlschreiber); QF: Bastad (l Robredo) YTD W-L: 7-10 (1-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: January 12, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 90 Metz W-L (Best Result): 15-10 (2008 Runner-up)

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• Mathieu, 33, is making his 11th appearance in 12 years (except 2011) and his best result is a runner- up in 2008 (l. to Tursunov). Also a SF in 2004 and ’09 and QF last year • Has qualified an ATP World Tour-best six times at Rotterdam, Casablanca, London/Queen's Club, Bastad and Kitzbuhel, where he reached the final (l. to Kohlschreiber) • Fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Kohlschreiber), Roland Garros (l. to No. 5 Nishikori) and US Open (l. to Nishioka in five sets) • Lost in final round of qualifying at Wimbledon (l. to Sijsling 7-5 in 5th) • Posted 13-7 record on ATP Challenger Tour, reaching finals at Aix en Provence, France (l. to Haase) and Braunchweig, Germany (l. to Krajinovic) • Enters with tour-level records of 1-5 on hard, 6-4 on clay, 0-1 on grass and 0-1 vs. Top 10 opponents

[8-WC] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs Alexander Zverev (GER) First Meeting

Verdasco FastFacts 2015 Highlights: SF(2): Quito (l Lopez); Houston (l Querrey) YTD W-L: 22-20 (9-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: November 15, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 43 Metz W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2006 1R)

• Verdasco, 31, returns to Metz for first time since 2006 when he lost to countryman Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo in 1R) • Has exceeded 20 singles wins for 12th straight season and enters with 22-20 match record • In last tournament at US Open, played in 50th consecutive Grand Slam main draw, 3rd among active players behind Federer (64) and F. Lopez (55) • Advanced to 3R of Australian Open (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) and Wimbledon (d. Klizan and Thiem in 5 sets, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) and 2R at US Open (d. Haas in five sets, l. to No. 10 Raonic in four sets) • Earned 2nd-straight victory over Nadal in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R • Saved 1 match point to beat Gabashvili in Doha 1R and 3 match points to beat Bautista Agut in London/Queen's Club 1R • Enters with records of 9-8 on hard, 9-9 on clay, 4-3 on grass and 2-9 against Top 10 opponents

Zverev 2015 FastFacts: SF: Bastad (l Robredo); QF: Washington (l Cilic) YTD W-L: 13-14 (4-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: April 20, 1997 Emirates ATP Ranking: 79 Metz W-L (Best Result): Main draw debut in 2015

• Zverev, is playing in main draw for first time after losing in 2R qualifying in 2011 and final round of qualifying in ’13 (l. to Herbert). Youngest player in draw at 18 yrs,5 mons.and in Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings at No. 79. Achieved career-high ranking of No. 74 on June 29 • Earned 1st career Grand Slam main draw win at Wimbledon (d. Gabashvili 9-7 in 5th, l. to Kudla in 2R) • Reached Bastad SF (l. to Robredo) and Washington QF (d. Anderson, l. to No. 8 Cilic), becoming youngest D.C. quarter-finalist since Roddick in 2000 • Qualified at Marseille, ATP Masters 1000 Miami and ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati. Fell in Australian Open and Roland Garros qualifying • Posted 11-4 record in Challengers, highlighted by title on home soil at Heilbronn (d. Pella) in May • Enters with tour-level records of 4-7 on hard, 4-3 on clay, 5-4 on grass and 0-1 vs. Top 10 opponents

Court 1

[Q] (FRA) vs [Q] Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)First Meeting

Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs [Q] (GER) First Meeting