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ATP CUP TALKING POINTS - SUNDAY 5 JANUARY 2020

• A blockbuster in Brisbane between host Australia and upstart highlights Day 3 of the inaugural ATP Cup. Depending on the result of vs. , the Aussies or Canadians could qualify for the quarter- finals with a win. If Australia and Germany win, the Aussies will book their place 9-12 January in Sydney. If Canada and Greece win, the Canadians will secure a berth among the ‘Elite Eight’ of the 2020 ATP Cup.

• Four of the ATP Tour’s brightest starts will feature in Australia vs. Canada. , 24, opens against Felix Auger-Aliassime, 19, before 20-year-olds and go head-to-head.

• Born less than two months apart in 1999, de Minaur and Shapovalov met in the 2016 Wimbledon boys’ singles final. Shapovalov rallied from a set down to defeat de Minaur for the title. The Aussie avenged that loss during the Finals last November, beating Shapovalov in a quarter-final tie that Canada went on to win 2-1.

• Shapovalov has risen from No. 38 to a career-high No. 15 in the FedEx ATP Rankings after hiring former No. 8 as his coach last August. He is 22-10 since Winston-Salem, his first event with the Russian.

Top #NextGenATP Players in FedEx ATP Rankings

Ranking Player Age 2019 W-L 15 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 20 38-28 18 Alex de Minaur (AUS) 20 41-20 21 Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 19 33-23 59 Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 20 24-22 78 (ITA) 18 11-10 #NextGenATP players were born in 1999 or later

• In doubles, Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov are scheduled to meet and . Peers and beat Guccione and en route to the 2017 title. Guccione had been inactive since then until he and Peers defeated and of Germany on Friday.

• Guccione returned to the ATP Tour with a protected ranking following injuries to both of his Achilles tendons. He started coaching during his hiatus, and with the pain finally gone, decided to resume training seven months ago.

• Also in Brisbane, World No. 6 (GRE) and No. 7 (GER) will meet following losses on Friday to Shapovalov and de Minaur respectively. Tsitsipas leads their head-to-head 4-1.

• Cinderella stories are being told in Perth and Sydney, where Norway and boast 1-0 records respectively. Only one player from both nations is in the Top 300 of the FedEx ATP Rankings. That one player made a big difference on Friday when (NOR) and (BUL) each earned two wins.

• Ruud and Dimitrov are both scheduled for singles and doubles on Day 3. Norway faces in Perth and Bulgaria meets Moldova in Sydney. No teams from Groups C and D can qualify on Sunday for the quarter-finals.

• Following 3-0 wins on opening day, Russia and Belgium return against the USA and Great Britain respectively.

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ATP CUP - TEAM LINEUPS

SYDNEY - GROUP C (BEL, GBR, BUL, MDA) and GROUP E (AUT, CRO, ARG, POL) Belgium Great Britain Bulgaria Moldova Daniel Evans Grigor Dimitrov (PC) (PC) Egor Matvievici Sander Gille Vladimir Albot (C) (C)

Austria Argentina Poland Borna Coric Marin Cilic Sebastian Ofner Viktor Galovic Kacper Zuk Jurgen Melzer Nikola Mektic Andres Molteni Wojciech Marek Maximo Gonzalez Lukasz Kubot (C) Luka Kutanjac (C) Gaston Gaudio (C) (C)

BRISBANE - GROUP A (SRB, FRA, RSA, CHI) and GROUP F (GER, GRE, CAN, AUS) Serbia France South Africa Gael Monfils Cristian Garin Benoit Paire Nicolas Jarry Nikola Milojevic (PC) Alejandro Tabilo Khololwam Montsi Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera Nikola Cacic Edouard Roger-Vasselin Hans Podlipnik-Castillo Nenad Zimonjic (C) (C) (C)

Germany Greece Canada Australia Alexander Zverev Stefanos Tsitsipas Denis Shapovalov Alex de Minaur Jan-Lennard Struff Felix Auger-Aliassime Nick Kyrgios Mats Moraing Kevin Krawietz John Peers Andreas Mies Alexandros Skorilas Chris Guccione (C) Apostolos Tsitsipas (C) Adriano Fuorivia (C) (C)

PERTH - GROUP B (ESP, JPN, GEO, URU) and GROUP D (RUS, ITA, USA, NOR) Japan Georgia Uruguay Martin Cuevas Pablo Carreno Busta George Tsivadze Juan Martin Fumeaux Albert Ramos-Vinolas Ben McLachlan Franco Roncadelli Feliciano Lopez Satoshi Iwabuchi (C) Zura Tkemaladze Francisco Roig (C) David Kvernadze (C) Felipe Maccio (C)

Russia Italy USA Norway Casper Ruud Lukas Hellum-Lilleengen Alessandro Giannessi Herman Hoeyeraal Leyton Rivera (C) Alberto Giraudo (C) David Macpherson (C) (C)

C: Captain, PC: Playing Captain

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ATP CUP - SYDNEY GROUP C SUNDAY MATCHES

BULGARIA (1-0) vs MOLDOVA (0-1)

Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) vs Alexander Cozbinov (MDA) First Meeting

Kuzmanov 2019 Summary | Age: 26 | World No. 423 (Career-High No. 250) | 2019 W-L: 1-2 | Career Titles: 0 • Fell to Norrie 6-2 3-6 6-2 in opening rubber of Bulgaria’s 2-1 win over Great Britain on Friday. • Finished as No. 2 Bulgarian for 5th time in 2019 (also 2013, 2015-16, 2018). • Seeking 1st ATP Tour win of career (0-5). All 7 career tour-level wins have come in Davis Cup Group II ties. • Went 10-9 on ATP Challenger Tour in 2019. • Captured ITF World Tennis Tour titles at Antalya, TUR in May (d. Prihodko); Antalya, TUR in November (d. Casanova) and , QAT in December (d. Kalenichenko). • Mother, Dora Rangelova, is Bulgarian Fed Cup captain.

Cozbinov 2019 Summary | Age: 24 | World No. 818 (Career-High No. 816) | 2019 W-L: 0-0 | Career Titles: 0 • Fell to Darcis 6-4 6-7(4) 7-5 in ATP Tour debut on Friday (BEL d. MDA 3-0). • Finished as No. 2 Moldovan for 2nd straight year in 2019. • Achieved career-high No. 816 in FedEx ATP Rankings on 9 December. • Owns 0-3 career record on ATP Challenger Tour (0-1 in 2019). • Captured 1st ITF World Tennis Tour singles title at Pittsburgh, USA in July (d. Freund). • Also won 3 ITF World Tennis Tour doubles titles with 3 different partners last season. • Turned pro in 2019 following 4-year college tennis career at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2015-18).

Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs Radu Albot (MDA) First Meeting

Dimitrov 2019 Summary | Age: 28 | World No. 20 (Career-High No. 3) | 2019 W-L: 22-21 | Career Titles: 8 SF (2): US Open (l Medvedev); ATP Masters 1000 Paris (l Djokovic) QF (2): Brisbane (l Nishikori); Chengdu (l Bublik) • Beat Evans 2-6 6-4 6-1 to help Bulgaria to 2-1 win over Great Britain on Friday. • Finished as No. 1 Bulgarian for 11th straight year in 2019. • Defeated Federer for 1st time in 8 tries to reach 3rd SF at US Open (l. to Medvedev). • Entered US Open at No. 78 -- lowest ranking since No. 87 on 4 June 2012. Became lowest-ranked Grand Slam semi- finalist since No. 94 Schuettler at 2008 Wimbledon and US Open semi-finalist since No. 174 Connors in 1991. • Earned 20+ wins for 8th straight season (2012-19) and finished in Top 20 for 4th straight year (2016-19). • Upset Thiem en route to 6th ATP Masters 1000 SF at Paris (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). • Advanced to QFs at Brisbane (l. to eventual champion Nishikori) and Chengdu (l. to Bublik after holding 2 MPs). • Reached Australian Open 4R (l. to Tiafoe) and Roland Garros 3R (d. Tipsarevic and Cilic in 5 sets, l. to Wawrinka). • Earned 300th career win in Vienna 1R (d. Dzumhur, l. to Berrettini in 2R). No other Bulgarian man has 20+ wins. • Qualified at Geneva (l. to Delbonis in 1R) -- 1st time playing qualifying since 2012 ATP Masters 1000 Paris. • Withdrew from Rotterdam, Acapulco, ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells and ’s-Hertogenbosch (right shoulder).

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Albot 2019 Summary | Age: 30 | World No. 46 (Career-High No. 39) | 2019 W-L: 31-26 | Career Titles: 1 W (1): Delray Beach (d Evans) SF (3): Montpellier (l Tsonga); Geneva (l Jarry); Los Cabos (l Fritz) • Fell to Goffin 6-4 6-1 on Friday (BEL d. MDA 3-0). • Finished as No. 1 Moldovan for 8th straight year in 2019. • Captured 1st ATP Tour title in 1st final at Delray Beach (d. Evans in 3rd-set TB after saving 3 MPs). • Also defeated Kyrgios, Johnson and McDonald in 3 sets en route to Delray Beach title. • Earned career-high 31 wins and achieved career-high No. 39 in FedEx ATP Rankings on 5 August. • Advanced to SFs at Montpellier (l. to Tsonga), Geneva (l. to Jarry) and Los Cabos (l. to Fritz). • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells (l. to Edmund in 3R) and Miami (l. to Federer in 2R).

Grigor Dimitrov / Alexandar Lazarov (BUL) vs First Meeting Radu Albot / Alexander Cozbinov (MDA) • Bulgarians made team debut with tie-clinching win over J. Murray/Salisbury 7-6(5) 6-7(2) [11-9] on Friday. Dimitrov, Bulgaria’s playing captain, substituted for Andreev. Lazarov earned 1st tour-level doubles win (1-3). Dimitrov fell in lone final at 2011 Eastbourne w/Seppi. He is unranked (Career-High No. 66). Lazarov is No. 477 (Career-High No. 448). • Moldovans lost team debut to Gille/Vliegen 6-7(5) 7-6(4) [11-9] on Friday. Albot won 2015 title w/Lajovic and reached 2018 US Open SF w/Jaziri. Cozbinov seeks 1st tour-level doubles win (0-1). Albot is No. 101 (Career-High No. 56) and Cozbinov is No. 388 (Career-High No. 387).

BELGIUM (1-0) vs GREAT BRITAIN (0-1)

Steve Darcis (BEL) vs Cameron Norrie (GBR) First Meeting

Darcis 2019 Summary | Age: 35 | World No. 157 (Career-High No. 38) | 2019 W-L: 5-12 | Career Titles: 2 SF (1): Pune (l Karlovic) • Defeated Cozbinov 6-4 6-7(4) 7-5 in opening rubber of Belgium’s 3-0 win over Moldova on Friday. • Finished as No. 2 Belgian for 7th time in 2019 (also 2007, 2010, 2014-17). Was No. 1 Belgian in 2008. • Announced intention to retire following . • Saved 2 MPs vs. Mmoh en route to Pune SF (l. to Karlovic). • Became 1st unranked semi-finalist in ATP Tour history (since 1990). Missed entire 2018 season due to elbow injury. • Qualified at Antalya (l. to Klahn in 1R). • Reached ATP Challenger Tour finals at Cherbourg, FRA (l. to Humbert) and Eckental, GER (l. to Vesely). • Retired in Wimbledon 2R vs. Bautista Agut due to viral infection.

Norrie 2019 Summary | Age: 24 | World No. 53 (Career-High No. 41) | 2019 W-L: 21-25 | Career Titles: 0 F (1): Auckland (l Sandgren) SF (2): Acapulco (l A. Zverev); Atlanta (l Fritz) • Defeated Kuzmanov 6-2 3-6 6-2 in opening rubber of Great Britain’s 2-1 loss to Bulgaria on Friday. • Finished as No. 2 Brit for 2nd straight year in 2019. • In city where he was raised, advanced to 1st ATP Tour final at Auckland as WC (l. to Sandgren). • Broke into Top 50 of FedEx ATP Rankings on 4 March and achieved career-high No. 41 on 20 May. • Advanced to SFs at Acapulco (l. to A. Zverev) and Atlanta (l. to Fritz). • Earned 1st ATP Masters 1000 main draw wins at Monte-Carlo (d. Mannarino and Fucsovics, l. to Sonego in 3R). • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 (l. to Coric in 2R), Beijing (l. to Murray in 2R), ATP Masters 1000 (l. to Medvedev in 2R) and ATP Masters 1000 Paris (l. to Raonic in 1R). • Withdrew from Estoril due to hip injury.

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David Goffin (BEL) vs Daniel Evans (GBR) First Meeting

Goffin 2019 Summary | Age: 29 | World No. 11 (Career-High No. 7) | 2019 W-L: 36-27 | Career Titles: 4 F (2): Halle (l Federer); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Medvedev) SF (3): Marseille (l Tsitsipas); Estoril (l Tsitsipas); Tokyo (l Djokovic) • Clinched Belgium’s win over Moldova on Friday by beating Albot 6-4 6-1. • Finished as No. 1 Belgian for 8th straight year in 2019. • Posted 35+ wins and ended year in Top 20 for 4th time in last 5 seasons (2015-17, 2019). • Became 1st Belgian to reach an ATP Masters 1000 final at Cincinnati (l. to Medvedev). • Snapped 6-match losing streak in SFs by reaching Halle final (d. Berrettini, l. to Federer). • Saved 3 MPs vs. Carreno Busta en route to Tokyo SF (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). • Advanced to 3rd Grand Slam QF of career and 1st at Wimbledon (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). • Suffered 9 losses to eventual champions, including Marseille SF (l. to Tsitsipas), Estoril SF (l. to Tsitsipas), ’s-Hertogenbosch QF (l. to Mannarino), Roland Garros 3R (l. to Nadal) and Rotterdam 1R (l. to Monfils). • Reached US Open 4R for 3rd straight year (l. to Federer). • Dropped to No. 33 in FedEx ATP Rankings on 10 June -- lowest since No. 45 on 15 September 2014. • Played in 1st ATP Tour doubles SF and final en route to 1st title at Doha w/Herbert (d. Haase/Middelkoop).

Evans 2019 Summary | Age: 29 | World No. 42 (Career-High No. 41) | 2019 W-L: 19-21 | Career Titles: 0 F (1): Delray Beach (l Albot) QF (2): Eastbourne (l Edmund); Atlanta (l Opelka) • Fell to Dimitrov 2-6 6-4 6-1 on Friday (BUL d. GBR 2-1). • Finished as No. 1 Brit for 1st time in 2019. • Broke back into Top 100 on 4 March and Top 50 on 12 August after being unranked as recently as 30 April 2018. • Returned to career-high No. 41 in FedEx ATP Rankings on 28 October. Posted career-high 19 wins during season. • Played in 2nd ATP Tour final at Delray Beach as Q (d. Tiafoe in 1R and Isner in SF, l. to Albot after holding 3 MPs). • Also qualified at Australian Open (l. to Federer in 2R), ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Wawrinka in 1R), ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Ruud in 1R), ATP Masters 1000 (l. to Nadal in 2R) and Beijing (l. to Isner in 2R). • Advanced to QFs at Eastbourne (d. Albot in 1R, l. to Edmund) and Atlanta (d. Albot, l. to Opelka). • Reached Wimbledon 3R for 2nd time (l. to J. Sousa in 5 sets) and US Open 3R for 3rd time (l. to Federer). • Captured consecutive Challenger titles on grass at Surbiton, GBR (d. Troicki) and Nottingham, GBR (d. Donskoy). • Earned 3 wins in 3rd-set TBs en route to Quimper, FRA Challenger final (l. to Barrere).

Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen (BEL) vs First Meeting Jamie Murray / Joe Salisbury (GBR) • Belgians capped 3-0 win over Moldova by beating Albot/Cozbinov 6-7(5) 7-6(4) [11-9] on Friday. They went 28-13 in 2019 with ATP 250 titles at Bastad, Gstaad and Zhuhai. Also reached Kitzbuhel final last season. Entered 2019 with 0- 5 team record. Gille is No. 47 (Career-High No. 44) and Vliegen is No. 39 (Career-High No. 37). • Brits lost team debut to Dimitrov/Lazarov 7-6(5) 6-7(2) [11-9] on Friday. Murray owns 23 men’s doubles titles including and US Open w/Soares. Salisbury owns 4 titles including 2019 Dubai and Vienna w/Ram. Murray is No. 23 after becoming 1st British World No. 1 in 2016. Salisbury is No. 22 (Career-High No. 19).

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ATP CUP - BRISBANE GROUP F SUNDAY MATCHES

CANADA (1-0) vs AUSTRALIA (1-0)

Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) vs Nick Kyrgios (AUS) Auger-Aliassime Leads 1-0 19 /Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R16 Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 7-5

Auger-Aliassime 2019 Summary | Age: 19 | World No. 21 (Career-High No. 17) | 2019 W-L: 33-23 | Career Titles: 0 F (3): Rio de Janeiro (l Djere); Lyon (l Paire); Stuttgart (l Berrettini) SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Isner); London/Queen's Club (l Lopez) • Defeated Pervolarakis 6-1 6-3 in opening rubber of Canada’s 3-0 win over Greece on Friday. • Finished as No. 2 Canadian for 1st time in 2019. Began season as No. 108 and peaked at No. 17 on 14 October. • As an 18-year-old on 27 May, became youngest player ranked in Top 25 since Hewitt, 18, on 13 December 1999. • Reached 1st ATP Tour SF and final at Rio de Janeiro as 104th-ranked WC (d. 2016 champion Cuevas, l. to Djere). • In Rio de Janeiro, became youngest ATP 500 finalist in history of series (since 2009). • Also advanced to finals at Lyon (l. to Paire) and Stuttgart (d. Brown in QF after saving 1 MP, l. to Berrettini). • Youngest 3-time ATP Tour finalist since Nadal age 17 to 18 (2004 Auckland, 2004 Sopot, 2005 Costa do Sauipe). • Qualified and became youngest semi-finalist in 35-year history of (d. Basilashvili and Coric, l. to Isner). • In Miami, became 3rd-youngest ATP Masters 1000 semi-finalist (Shapovalov 2017 Montreal, Chang 1990 ). • Withdrew from Marrakech (fatigue), Roland Garros (left adductor), Atlanta (fatigue), Vienna (left ankle), ATP Masters 1000 Paris (left ankle) and Next Gen ATP Finals (left ankle).

Kyrgios 2019 Summary | Age: 24 | World No. 30 (Career-High No. 13) | 2019 W-L: 23-15 | Career Titles: 6 W (2): Acapulco (d A. Zverev); Washington (d Medvedev) • Defeated Struff 6-4 7-6(4) in opening rubber of Australia’s 3-0 win over Germany on Friday. • Finished as No. 2 Aussie for 4th time in 2019 (also 2014-15, 2018). Was No. 1 Aussie in 2016-17. • Earned 20+ wins and finished Top 35 for 5th straight season (2015-19). • Won ATP 500 titles at Acapulco (d. A. Zverev) and Washington (d. Medvedev). Owns 6 career titles (3 at ATP 500s). • Saved 3 MPs vs. Nadal in Acapulco 2R and 1 MP vs. Tsitsipas in Washington SF en route to titles. • Fell to No. 72 in FedEx ATP Rankings on 25 February -- lowest since No. 144 on 30 June 2014. • Withdrew from Rotterdam (knee), (knee), Roland Garros (illness), Beijing (collarbone), ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (collarbone), Vienna (collarbone) and ATP Masters 1000 Paris (collarbone).

Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs Alex de Minaur (AUS) de Minaur Leads 1-0 19 Davis Cup Finals (Spain) Hard QF Alex de Minaur 3-6 6-3 7-5 Other Meeting 17 Surbiton CH Q (Great Britain) Grass Q3 Denis Shapovalov 6-4 3-6 6-3

Shapovalov 2019 Summary | Age: 20 | World No. 15 (Career-High No. 15) | 2019 W-L: 38-28 | Career Titles: 1 W (1): Stockholm (d Krajinovic) F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Paris (l Djokovic) • Clinched Canada’s win over Greece on Friday by beating Tsitsipas 7-6(6) 7-6(4). Improved to 3-1 vs. Tsitsipas in tour-level matches after going 2-1 against him on ITF Junior Circuit. • Finished as No. 1 Canadian for 1st time in 2019. • Achieved career-high No. 15 on 4 November. Broke into Top 20 on 1 April before turning 20 on 15 April. • Ended 0-7 start to career in singles SFs with 1st final and title at Stockholm (d. Sugita and Krajinovic). • Went on to ATP Masters 1000 Paris final (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). Youngest Paris finalist since Berdych, 20, in 2005. • Fell in SFs at Miami (l. to Federer), Winston-Salem (l. to Hurkacz) and Chengdu (l. to Carreno Busta). • Reached 3R at Aus. Open (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) and US Open (d. Auger-Aliassime in 1R, l. to Monfils in 5 sets). • Played in 1st doubles final at Stuttgart w/Bopanna (d. Bryan/Bryan in 1R, l. to Peers/Soares).

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de Minaur 2019 Summary | Age: 20 | World No. 18 (Career-High No. 18) | 2019 W-L: 41-20 | Career Titles: 3 W (3): Sydney (d Seppi); Atlanta (d Fritz); Zhuhai (d Mannarino) F (1): Basel (l Federer) • Equaled biggest win of career by beating No. 7 A. Zverev 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2 on Friday (AUS d. GER 3-0). • Finished as No. 1 Aussie for 2nd straight year in 2019. Achieved career-high No. 18 on 28 October. • Won 1st title in hometown of Sydney at age 19 (d. Seppi). Youngest Sydney champion since Hewitt, 19, in 2001. • Did not face a break point en route to 2nd title at Atlanta (d. Fritz). Became 3rd player to win a title without facing a break point since stats started being kept in 1991 (Haas at 2007 Memphis, Isner at 2017 Newport). • Added 3rd ATP 250 hard-court title of season at Zhuhai (d. Millman, Murray, Coric, Bautista Agut and Mannarino). • Runner-up with 4-1 record for 2nd straight year at Next Gen ATP Finals (l. to Sinner). • Reached 1st ATP 500 final at Basel as WC (l. to 10-time champion Federer). • Defeated No. 7 Nishikori to reach 1st Grand Slam 4R at US Open (l. to Dimitrov). • Snapped 5-match losing streak by reaching Roland Garros 2R (d. Klahn, l. to Carreno Busta). • Withdrew from New York due to illness, as well as ATP Masters 1000 Miami and due to hip injury.

Felix Auger-Aliassime / Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs First Meeting Chris Guccione / John Peers (AUS) • Canadians earned 1st tour-level win as a team in 4th try by beating Pervolarakis/P. Tsitsipas 6-2 6-3 on Friday (CAN d. GRE 3-0). Teamed to win 2015 US Open boys’ doubles title and reach 2016 Wimbledon boys’ doubles final. Auger- Aliassime is unranked (Career-High No. 368) and Shapovalov is No. 50 (Career-High No. 49). • Aussies earned 1st tour-level win as a team by beating Krawietz/Mies 6-4 6-4 on Friday (AUS d. GER 3-0). Guccione owns 5 titles and is playing for 1st time since 2017 Aus. Open w/Groth (l. to Kontinen/Peers in QF). Peers owns 20 titles including 2017 Aus. Open w/Kontinen. Guccione is unranked (Career-High No. 38). Peers is No. 26 (Career-High No. 2).

GERMANY (0-1) vs GREECE (0-1)

Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs Michail Pervolarakis (GRE) First Meeting

Struff 2019 Summary | Age: 29 | World No. 35 (Career-High No. 33) | 2019 W-L: 35-29 | Career Titles: 0 SF (2): Auckland (l Norrie); Stuttgart (l Berrettini) QF (2): Barcelona (l Nadal); Basel (l de Minaur) • Fell to Kyrgios 6-4 7-6(4) in opening rubber of Germany’s 3-0 loss to Australia on Friday. • Finished as No. 2 German for 1st time in 2019. Achieved career-high No. 33 on 1 July and earned career-high 35 wins. • Fell to 0-7 in SFs (l. to Norrie at Auckland, Berrettini at Stuttgart). Saved 1 MP vs. Carreno Busta in Auckland QF. • Advanced to Grand Slam 4R for 1st time at Roland Garros (d. Coric 11-9 in 5th, l. to No. 1 Djokovic). • Equaled biggest win of career over No. 3 A. Zverev in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R (l. to Raonic in 4R). • Reached Barcelona QF (d. Tsitsipas, l. to Nadal), Basel QF (l. to de Minaur), Rome 3R (l. to Nishikori), Wimbledon 3R (l. to Kukushkin), Cincinnati 3R (d. Tsitsipas, l. to Medvedev) and Paris 3R (l. to Tsonga after holding 2 MPs). • Won doubles titles at Auckland w/McLachlan (d. Klaasen/Venus) and Metz w/Lindstedt (d. Mahut/Roger-Vasselin).

Pervolarakis 2019 Summary | Age: 23 | World No. 487 (Career-High No. 433) | 2019 W-L: 0-0 | Career Titles: 0 • Fell to Auger-Aliassime 6-1 6-3 in ATP Tour debut on Friday (CAN d. GRE 3-0). • Finished as No. 2 Greek for 1st time in 2019. • Achieved career-high No. 433 in FedEx ATP Rankings on 21 October. • Debuted on ATP Challenger Tour in 2019 and went 7-8 on the season. • Captured ITF World Tennis Tour singles titles at Heraklion, GRE in May (d. Craig) and June (d. McHugh). • Also won 3 ITF World Tennis Tour doubles titles with 3 different partners last season. • Turned pro in 2018 following 4-year college tennis career at University of Portland (2015-18).

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Alexander Zverev (GER) vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) Tsitsipas Leads 4-1 18 Washington (U.S.A.) Hard SF Alexander Zverev 6-2 6-4 18 ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (Canada) Hard QF Stefanos Tsitsipas 3-6 7-6(11) 6-4 19 ATP Masters 1000 (Spain) Clay QF Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5 3-6 6-2 19 Beijing (China) Hard SF Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(6) 6-4 19 Nitto ATP Finals (Great Britain) Hard RR Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-2

Zverev 2019 Summary | Age: 22 | World No. 7 (Career-High No. 3) | 2019 W-L: 44-25 | Career Titles: 11 W (1): Geneva (d Jarry) F (2): Acapulco (l Kyrgios); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Medvedev) • Fell to de Minaur 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2 during Germany’s 3-0 loss to Australia on Friday. • Finished as No. 1 German for 4th straight year in 2019. • Earned 40+ wins for 4th straight season, highlighted by 11th career title at Geneva (d. Jarry after saving 2 MPs). • Upset No. 1 Nadal en route to Nitto ATP Finals SF (l. to Thiem). Defeated Federer and Djokovic at 2018 ATP Finals. First player to beat Big 3 at ATP Finals and 3rd to do so at a single event (Nalbandian at Madrid, Murray at Toronto). • Advanced to 6th ATP Masters 1000 final at Shanghai (d. Federer in QF, l. to Medvedev). Now 4-3 vs. Federer. • Finished as Acapulco singles runner-up (l. to Kyrgios) and doubles champion w/M. Zverev (d. Krajicek/Sitak). • Clinched for Team Europe with Day 3 wins in 2019 (d. Raonic) and 2018 (d. Anderson). • Reached Roland Garros QF for 2nd time (l. to No. 1 Djokovic), Australian Open 4R for 1st time (l. to Raonic) and US Open 4R for 1st time (l. to Schwartzman). Went 5-0 in 5th sets last season (10-1 since ). • One of 5 men under 23 to reach Australian Open 4R -- most at a Grand Slam since 2009 Roland Garros (5). • Blew 1 MP vs. Jarry in Barcelona 2R, 2 MPs vs. Garin in Munich QF and 2 MPs vs. Basilashvili in Hamburg SF. • Withdrew from Rotterdam due to ankle injury.

Tsitsipas 2019 Summary | Age: 21 | World No. 6 (Career-High No. 5) | 2019 W-L: 54-25 | Career Titles: 4 W (3): Marseille (d Kukushkin); Estoril (d Cuevas); Nitto ATP Finals (d Thiem) F (3): Dubai (l Federer); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Djokovic); Beijing (l Thiem) • Fell to Shapovalov 7-6(6) 7-6(4) during Greece’s 3-0 loss to Canada on Friday. • Finished as No. 1 Greek for 5th straight year in 2019. • One year after winning Next Gen ATP Finals, won Nitto ATP Finals in tournament debut (d. Thiem in 3rd-set TB). • At age 21, became youngest ATP Finals champion since Hewitt, 20, in 2001 and 6th-youngest in 50-year history. • Saved 11/12 BPs vs. Federer in ATP Finals SF and 12/12 BPs vs. Federer in Australian Open 4R (l. to Nadal in SF). • At age 20, became youngest Grand Slam semi-finalist since Djokovic, 20, at 2007 US Open. • Also became youngest Australian Open semi-finalist since Roddick, 20, in 2003. • Achieved career-high No. 5 on 5 August. First Greek to break into Top 5 and 1st Greek to reach Grand Slam SF. • Earned 54 wins last season, including 1st over Nadal to reach ATP Masters 1000 Madrid final (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). • Youngest player to beat Nadal on clay and youngest of 28 players with wins over Nadal, Djokovic and Federer. • Posted biggest win of career over No. 1 Djokovic in ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai QF (l. to Medvedev in SF). • Champion at Marseille (d. Kukushkin) & Estoril (d. Cuevas). Finalist at Dubai (l. to Federer) & Beijing (l. to Thiem). • Reached Roland Garros 4R, losing to 2015 champion Wawrinka 8-6 in 5th after 5 hours, 9 minutes. • Squandered 1 MP vs. Kyrgios in Washington SF. Played doubles at Washington w/Kyrgios (l. to Cabal/Farah in 1R). • Defeated Fritz in Laver Cup debut, then teamed with both Nadal (l. to Kyrgios/Sock) and Federer (l. to Isner/Sock). • Retired in Zhuhai 2R vs. Mannarino due to illness.

Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies (GER) vs First Meeting Michail Pervolarakis / Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) • Germans fell to Guccione/Peers 6-3 6-4 on Friday. Went 31-20 in 2019 with titles at New York, Roland Garros and Antwerp. Own 8 Challenger titles. Krawietz is No. 9 (Career-High No. 7) and Mies is No. 11 (Career-High No. 8). • Greeks are making team debut. Pervolarakis is 0-1 lifetime. Tsitsipas reached 1st doubles final at 2019 ATP Masters 1000 Miami w/Koolhof. Pervolarakis is No. 426 (Career-High No. 321). Tsitsipas is No. 85 (Career-High No. 68).

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ATP CUP - PERTH GROUP D SUNDAY MATCHES

ITALY (0-1) vs NORWAY (1-0)

Stefano Travaglia (ITA) vs Viktor Durasovic (NOR) First Meeting

Travaglia 2019 Summary | Age: 28 | World No. 84 (Career-High No. 79) | 2019 W-L: 5-7 | Career Titles: 0 QF (1): Umag (l Balazs) • Fell to Khachanov 7-5 6-3 in opening rubber of Italy’s 3-0 loss to Russia on Friday. • One of a record 8 Italians in year-end Top 100 of FedEx ATP Rankings. Finished as No. 7 Italian. • Broke into Top 100 of FedEx ATP Rankings on 24 June and achieved career-high No. 79 on 5 August. • Earned biggest win of career over No. 9 Fognini to reach 1st ATP Tour QF at Umag (l. to Balazs). • Qualified at 4 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments -- 2018 Wimbledon (l. to Millman in 1R), 2018 US Open (l. to Hurkacz in 1R), (l. to Basilashvili in 2R) and 2019 Roland Garros (l. to Mannarino in 1R). • Went 37-19 on ATP Challenger Tour with titles at Francavilla, ITA (d. Otte) and Sopot, POL (d. Horansky). • Reached final at Shymkent, KAZ Challenger (l. to A. Martin). • Retired in Lille, FRA Challenger 2R vs. Kamke due to right elbow injury.

Durasovic 2019 Summary | Age: 22 | World No. 332 (Career-High No. 298) | 2019 W-L: 0-1 | Career Titles: 0 • Fell to Fritz 6-2 6-2 in ATP Tour debut on Friday (NOR d. USA 2-1). • Finished as No. 2 Norwegian for 5th time in 2019 (also 2013, 2016-18). Was No. 1 Norwegian in 2014-15. • Achieved career-high No. 298 in FedEx ATP Rankings on 14 October. • All 4 career tour-level wins have come in Davis Cup Group II ties. • Earned 20 wins on ATP Challenger Tour in 2019, reaching 1st Challenger final at Portoroz, SLO (l. to Bedene). • Captured ITF World Tennis Tour title at Sharm El Sheikh, EGY in March (d. Altmaier). • Born in Norway and moved to Spain at age 14. Speaks Norwegian, English, Serbian and Spanish.

Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs Casper Ruud (NOR) First Meeting

Fognini 2019 Summary | Age: 32 | World No. 12 (Career-High No. 9) | 2019 W-L: 30-24 | Career Titles: 9 W (1): ATP Masters 1000 (d Lajovic) QF (6): Auckland (l Kohlschreiber); Hamburg (l Carreno Busta); Los Cabos (l Fritz); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Nadal); Beijing (l Khachanov); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Medvedev) • Fell to Medvedev 1-6 6-1 6-3 during Italy’s 3-0 loss to Russia on Friday. • Finished as No. 2 Italian for 5th time in 2019 (also 2009, 2011-12, 2016). Was No. 1 Italian in 2013-15 and 2017-18. • On 10 June, became oldest player to break into Top 10 for 1st time at age 32. Earned career-high No. 9 on 15 July. • Defeated No. 3 A. Zverev and No. 2 Nadal en route to ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo title (d. Lajovic). • Became 1st Italian to win an ATP Masters 1000 title. Also 1st Italian in Top 10 since No. 10 Barazzutti in 1979. • One of 4 players to defeat Nadal 3+ times on clay (also Djokovic 7, Thiem 4, Gaudio 3). • Earned 30+ wins for 6th time in last 7 years, but went 1-6 in QFs including losses to eventual champions Nadal at ATP Masters 1000 Montreal and Medvedev at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai. • Snapped 5-match losing streak by reaching ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R (d. Andreozzi, l. to Bautista Agut). • Teamed with Djokovic for 1st time at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Kubot/Melo in SF). • Withdrew from Barcelona and Estoril (right hamstring), as well as ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (ankle). • Retired in Umag 2R vs. Travaglia due to right leg injury.

Ruud 2019 Summary | Age: 21 | World No. 54 (Career-High No. 54) | 2019 W-L: 23-19 | Career Titles: 0 F(1): Houston (l Garin) SF (2): Sao Paulo (l Garin); Kitzbuhel (l Ramos-Vinolas)

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• Saved 2 MPs to defeat No. 19 Isner for biggest win of career on Friday, leading Norway to 2-1 win over USA. • Finished as No. 1 Norwegian for 4th straight year in 2019. • Broke into Top 100 of FedEx ATP Rankings on 4 March and achieved career-high No. 54 on 12 August. • Highest-ranked Norwegian since his father Christian was No. 51 on 27 September 1999 (Career-High No. 39). • Reached Houston final (l. to Garin), becoming 2nd Norwegian ATP Tour finalist (Christian Ruud at 1995 Bastad). • Also became youngest Houston finalist at age 20 since 19-year-old Roddick in 2002. • Advanced to SFs at Sao Paulo (l. to Garin) and Kitzbuhel (l. to Ramos-Vinolas). • Beat Berrettini in Roland Garros 2R (l. to Federer in 3R). • Went 1-2 in debut at Next Gen ATP Finals (d. Davidovich Fokina, l. to Kecmanovic and de Minaur). • Qualified at Rio de Janeiro (l. to Djere in QF) and ATP Masters 1000 events in Miami (l. to Auger-Aliassime in 1R), Rome (l. to Del Potro in 3R), Cincinnati (l. to Pella in 1R) and Paris (l. to Mannarino in 1R). • Withdrew from Barcelona Q (arm), Tokyo Q (back) & Shanghai Q (back). Retired vs. Kecmanovic in Zhuhai 1R (ill).

Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs First Meeting Viktor Durasovic / Casper Ruud (NOR) • Italians are 79-47 as a team highlighted by title. Reached 3 ATP Masters 1000 finals in 2015 (Indian Wells, Monte-Carlo, Shanghai). Fognini is No. 148 (Career-High No. 7). Bolelli is No. 80 (Career-High No. 8). • Norwegians clinched win over USA by beating Krajicek/Ram 4-6 6-3 [10-5] in ATP team debut on Friday. Ruud reached 2019 US Open 3R w/Kecmanovic. Durasovic is No. 696 (Career-High No. 381). Ruud is No. 226 (Career-High No. 221).

RUSSIA (1-0) vs USA (0-1)

Karen Khachanov (RUS) vs Taylor Fritz (USA) Khachanov Leads 1-0 19 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R32 Karen Khachanov 6-2 6-4

Khachanov 2019 Summary | Age: 23 | World No. 17 (Career-High No. 8) | 2019 W-L: 30-29 | Career Titles: 4 SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Medvedev); Beijing (l Thiem) QF (5): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Nadal); Roland Garros (l Thiem); Halle (l Berrettini); (l Seppi); Vienna (l Schwartzman) • Defeated Travaglia 7-5 6-3 in opening rubber of Russia’s 3-0 win over Italy on Friday. • Finished as No. 2 Russian for 3rd time in 2019 (also 2016-17). Was No. 1 Russian in 2018. • Broke into Top 10 of FedEx ATP Rankings on 10 June and achieved career-high No. 8 on 15 July. • Reached SFs at ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (d. A. Zverev, l. to Medvedev) and Beijing (l. to Thiem). • Defeated Del Potro to reach 1st Grand Slam QF at Roland Garros (l. to Thiem). • Also reached QFs at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Nadal), Halle (l. to Berrettini), Moscow as defending champion (d. Kohlschreiber after saving 5 MPs, l. to Seppi) and Vienna (l. to Schwartzman). • Ended 5-match losing streak at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d. Munar, l. to Verdasco in 2R). • Fell to Struff in opening match at ATP Masters 1000 Paris as defending champion. Lost 990 ranking points. • Despite that loss, advanced to 2nd ATP Masters 1000 doubles final at Paris w/Rublev (l. to Herbert/Mahut). • Withdrew from Marseille as defending champion due to virus.

Fritz 2019 Summary | Age: 22 | World No. 32 (Career-High No. 25) | 2019 W-L: 31-30 | Career Titles: 1 W (1): Eastbourne (d Querrey) F (2): Atlanta (l de Minaur); Los Cabos (l Schwartzman) • Defeated Durasovic 6-2 6-2 in opening rubber of USA’s 2-1 loss to Norway on Friday. • Finished as No. 2 American for 1st time in 2019. • Won 1st ATP title at Eastbourne (d. Querrey). Finalist at Atlanta (l. to de Minaur) and Los Cabos (l. to Schwartzman). • Achieved career-high No. 25 at age 21 on 5 August. Youngest American in Top 25 since Roddick on 31 May 2004.

MEDIA NOTES

• Snapped 5-match losing streak by beating No. 5 Thiem at Laver Cup for biggest win of career. • Ended an earlier 5-match losing streak by reaching ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo 3R (l. to No. 1 Djokovic). • Qualified and reached 2R at Madrid (d. Dimitrov, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) and Rome (d. Pella, l. to Nishikori). • One of 10 men under 23 in Aus. Open 3R (l. to Federer) -- most at a Grand Slam since 2008 Roland Garros (10). • Did not drop a set en route to Basel doubles final w/Opelka (l. to Rojer/Tecau). • Successfully defended Newport Beach, USA Challenger title (d. Schnur).

Daniil Medvedev (RUS) vs John Isner (USA) First Meeting

Medvedev 2019 Summary | Age: 23 | World No. 5 (Career-High No. 4) | 2019 W-L: 59-21 | Career Titles: 7 W (4): Sofia (d Fucsovics); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d Goffin); St. Petersburg (d Coric); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (d Zverev) F (5): Brisbane (l Nishikori); Barcelona (l Thiem); Washington (l Kyrgios); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Nadal); US Open (l Nadal) • Clinched Russia’s win over Italy on Friday by defeating Fognini 1-6 6-1 6-3. • Finished as No. 1 Russian for 1st time in 2019. • Led ATP Tour last season with 59 overall wins (59-21), 46 hard-court wins (46-13) and 9 finals appearances (4-5). • Achieved career-high No. 4 on 9 September. Highest-ranked Russian since No. 4 Davydenko on 4 August 2008. • Reached 6 straight finals after Wimbledon with 29-3 run (3-3 in finals). • Captured consecutive ATP Masters 1000 titles at Cincinnati (d. No. 1 Djokovic and Goffin) and Shanghai (d. Tsitsipas and A. Zverev). Also beat No. 1 Djokovic to reach 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Monte-Carlo (l. to Lajovic). • Won ATP 250 titles at Sofia (d. Fucsovics) and St. Petersburg (d. Coric) -- all 7 career titles were on hard courts. • Rallied from 2 sets down before falling to Nadal after 4 hours, 51 minutes in 1st Grand Slam final at US Open. • At age 23, became youngest Grand Slam finalist since Djokovic, 23, at 2010 US Open. • Became 1st Russian Grand Slam finalist since Safin at 2005 Australian Open. • Also runner-up at Brisbane (l. to Nishikori), Barcelona (d. Nishikori, l. to Thiem), Washington (l. to Kyrgios) and ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (d. Thiem and Khachanov, l. to Nadal). • Went 0-3 in Nitto ATP Finals debut (l. to Tsitsipas, Nadal after holding 1 MP and A. Zverev).

Isner 2019 Summary | Age: 34 | World No. 19 (Career-High No. 8) | 2019 W-L: 30-18 | Career Titles: 15 W (1): Newport (d Bublik) F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Federer) • Squandered 2 MPs in 6-7(3) 7-6(10) 7-5 loss to Ruud on Friday (NOR d. USA 2-1). • Finished as No. 1 American for 7th time in 2019 (also 2012-16, 2018). • One of 3 players who has an active streak of 10+ seasons with 30+ wins, joining Nadal (16) and Djokovic (14). • Captured tournament-record 4th title at Newport as WC (d. Bublik). Improved Newport record to 23-5. • Did not drop a set and went 9-0 in TBs en route to 2nd straight ATP Masters 1000 Miami final (l. to Federer). • Lost 3-set SFs in 3 straight weeks at New York (l. to Opelka after holding 6 MPs), Delray Beach as WC (l. to Evans) and Acapulco (l. to Kyrgios). Beat Mannarino for 400th win in Acapulco 1R. • Reached US Open 3R-or-better for 11th straight year and 12th time overall (l. to Cilic in 3R). • Broke left foot in 2nd set of ATP Masters 1000 Miami final and did not play in April, May and June.

Karen Khachanov / Daniil Medvedev (RUS) vs First Meeting Austin Krajicek / Rajeev Ram (USA) • Russians earned 1st tour-level win as a team in 4th try by beating Bolelli/Lorenzi 6-4 6-3 on Friday. Teamed to reach 2014 Roland Garros boys’ doubles QF. Khachanov has gone on to 2 ATP Masters 1000 finals w/Rublev (2018 Miami and 2019 Paris). Khachanov is No. 86 (Career-High No. 64). Medvedev is No. 188 (Career-High No. 170). • Americans fell to Durasovic/Ruud 4-6 6-3 [10-5] on Friday. Own 6-2 team record with 2018 Moscow title. Krajicek owns 3 titles and Ram owns 19 titles overall. Krajicek is No. 42 (Career-High No. 35) and Ram is No. 24 (Career-High No. 9).