IF STOCKHOLM OPEN: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, October 20, 2015 Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden | October 19-25, 2015 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €537,050 | Surface: Indoor Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.stockholmopen.se Maria Garcia-Planas:
[email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @IfSthlmOpen Press Room: Facebook: facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/ifstockholmopen +46 73 4336806 NIEMINEN BEGINS FINALE; BACK-TO-BACK FINALIST DIMITROV RETURNS DAY 2 PREVIEW: Nine first-round matches are on tap at the If Stockholm Open on Tuesday, highlighted by the return of 2013 champion and 2014 runner-up Grigor Dimitrov. The 24-year-old Bulgarian is 26th in the Emirates ATP Rankings, the lowest he’s been since he entered the 2013 If Stockholm Open at No. 28. Dimitrov went on to defeat World No. 3 David Ferrer for the title, then repeated his run to the championship match in 2014 (l. to No. 7 Tomas Berdych). Just 11-11 since May 7, Dimitrov has yet to reach an ATP World Tour final this season. He opens his campaign against former junior rival Filip Krajinovic in the last match on Tuesday’s schedule. The winner of Dimitrov vs. Krajinovic will face either Finnish wild card Jarkko Nieminen or Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava, who also meet on Tuesday. With Mikael Ymer’s loss on Monday, Nieminen is the lone Scandinavian player left in what happens to be the last tournament of his career. The 34- year-old left-hander is retiring at the conclusion of the If Stockholm Open, where he reached the singles final in 2001, 2006 and 2011, as well as the doubles final with Johan Brunström of Sweden in 2010.