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VTB KREMLIN CUP: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, October 23, 2016 Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia | October 17-23, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $717,250 | Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing www.ATPWorldTour.com www.KremlinCup.ru Mark Epps: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour Twitter: @KremlinCup_Eng Press Room: +7 9057944494 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour Facebook: @KremlinCup CARREÑO BUSTA, FOGNINI CHASING SECOND TITLE OF 2016 IN MOSCOW • DAY 7 PREVIEW: Since 1990, the VTB Kremlin Cup singles title has been won by just one Italian, and never by a Spaniard. Can Fabio Fognini follow in the footsteps of 2012 champion Andreas Seppi and deny Pablo Carreño Busta Spain’s 10th ATP title of the season? First up at Olympic Stadium, Austrians Jurgen Melzer and Julian Knowle have the chance to roll back the years against Colombian duo Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah. It has been three years since Melzer and Knowle last played together on the ATP World Tour – explained, in part, by Melzer’s 10-month absence with a shoulder injury – and the reunion has paid dividends in Moscow, where they are chasing their fifth title in tandem, and first since 2009. No. 2 seeds Cabal and Farah stand in their way, the Colombians still in the hunt for a place at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals next month. Currently two places outside the top eight set for London, they can close to within 500 points of a qualifying spot with victory today. Both Fognini and Carreño Busta are seeking their second ATP title of the season in the singles final, a feat the Italian achieved in 2013 with victories at Hamburg and Stuttgart. Fognini is playing just his second ATP hard court final – his last appearance also came in Russia, at the 2012 St Petersburg Open (l. to Klizan). Fognini had not won in Moscow before his third attempt in 2016 but the world No. 50 has subsequently seen off three seeds to reach the final. Carreño Busta is seeking his second hard court title after winning the first of his career at Winston- Salem (d. Bautista Agut). He will hope to join fellow Spaniards Rafael Nadal (ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo, Barcelona) and Bautista Agut (Auckland, Sofia) among the multiple title winners of 2016. EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON Position Player Points Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 1 Novak Djokovic* 10,600 27-10: 5 titles in 9 appearances (2008, 2012-15) 2 Andy Murray* 9,685 11-11: 3 SFs in 7 appearances (2008, 2010, 2012) 3 Stan Wawrinka* 5,060 6-6: 2013-15 Semi-finalist 4 Milos Raonic* 4,690 0-2: 2014 Round Robin 5 Kei Nishikori* 4,360 3-4: 2014 Semi-finalist, 2015 Round Robin 6 Gael Monfils 3,625 Never Qualified 7 Rafael Nadal 3,300 16-12: 2 finals in 7 appearances (2010, 2013) 8 Dominic Thiem 3,205 Never Qualified _ 9 Tomas Berdych 2,880 6-13: 2011 Semi-finalist; 2010, 2012-15 Round Robin 10 David Goffin 2,660 Never Qualified 11 Marin Cilic 2,590 0-3: 2014 Round Robin 12 Nick Kyrgios 2,460 Never Qualified 13 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,340 Never Qualified 14 Roger Federer 2,130 52-12: 6 titles in 14 apps. (2003-04, 2006-07, 2010-11) 15 Lucas Pouille 2,106 Never Qualified 16 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,070 4-7: 2011 Runner-up; 2008, 2012 Round Robin Bold: Player competing at VTB Kremlin Cup * Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (3 spots remain) VTB Kremlin Cup Day 7 – Sunday, October 23, 2016 Page 2 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON Position Team Points Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 1 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut* 7,225^ 1-2: 2015 Round Robin 2 Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares* 7,070 Never Qualified as a Team 3 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan* 6,070 35-20: 4 titles in 13 apps. (2003-04, 2009, 2014) 4 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez* 4,170 Never Qualified as a Team 5 Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo* 4,130 8-5: 2014 Finalists; 2013, 2015 Semi-finalists 6 Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram 3,600 Never Qualified as a Team 7 Henri Kontinen/John Peers 3,310 Never Qualified as a Team 8 Treat Huey/Max Mirnyi 3,065 Never Qualified as a Team _ 9 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau 2,680 5-3: 2015 Champions, 2014 Round Robin 10 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah 2,470^ Never Qualified as a Team 11 Oliver Marach/Fabrice Martin 2,195 Never Qualified as a Team 12 Pablo Cuevas/Marcel Granollers 2,190 Never Qualified as a Team 13 Julien Benneteau/Edouard Roger-Vasselin 2,190 2-2: 2014 Semi-finalists 14 Mate Pavic/Michael Venus 2,140^ Never Qualified as a Team 15 Rohan Bopanna/Florin Mergea 2,100 3-2: 2015 Finalists 16 Vasek Pospisil/Jack Sock 2,010 Never Qualified as a Team Bold: Team competing at VTB Kremlin Cup * Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (3 spots remain) ^ Add 100 points for title win • INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS: Tournament statistics entering Sunday’s championship match Statistic Pablo Carreño Busta Fabio Fognini Aces 21 7 1st-Serve Percentage 62% (188 of 304) 51% (124 of 244) 1st-Serve Points Won 72% (135 of 188) 74% (92 of 124) 2nd-Serve Points Won 54% (63 of 116) 59% (71 of 120) Service Games Won 83% (39 of 47) 85% (34 of 40) Break Points Saved 50% (8 of 16) 45% (5 of 11) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 31% (61 of 199) 37% (52 of 141) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 57% (69 of 121) 61% (78 of 128) Return Games Won 22% (10 of 46) 49% (19 of 39) Break Points Converted 33% (10 of 30) 46% (19 of 41) • EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY VTB Kremlin Cup Champion Finalist Singles Ranking Points 250 150 Singles Prize Money $126,850 $66,815 Doubles Ranking Points 250 150 Doubles Prize Money $38,540 $20,260 VTB Kremlin Cup Day 7 – Sunday, October 23, 2016 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DAY 7 SINGLES AND DOUBLES FINALS CENTRE COURT [PR] Julian Knowle (AUT) / Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs First Meeting [2] Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL) • Knowle/Melzer beat No. 3 seeds Duran/Fyrstenberg 36 62 10-8 in 1R, KukusHkin/Robert 61 57 11-9 in QF and wild cards Medvedev/Rublev 76(3)36 10-2 in SF • Austrians first played together 15 years ago (2001 Davis Cup EAG1, l. to Ivanisevic/Ljubicic) and have won 4 titles together: St Petersburg 2005, Casablanca 2006, New Haven and Tokyo 2009. They Have a 4-11 record in finals together. Last final appearance together: Vienna 2009 (l. to Kubot/MaracH; Melzer won singles title) • Reunited September 2016 on Challenger circuit, reaching Orleans SF (l. to BeHar/Vasilevski) and winning Mons title (d. Arends KoolHof); playing first ATP event together since Tokyo 2013 (SF l. to Murray/Peers) • Former doubles world No. 6 Knowle (now No. 83) is 18-24 in doubles finals. THis is his first final of 2016; he is chasing first doubles title since Halle 2014 w/Begemann (d. Chiudinelli/Federer) • Former doubles world No. 6 Melzer (now No. 256) is 13-16 in ATP doubles finals. In July he returned from a 10-month layoff with a shoulder injury. This is His first final of 2016; he is chasing first doubles title since Vienna 2014 w/PetzscHner (d. Begemann/Knowle) • Cabal/Farah beat [PR] Berankis/Tipsarevic 76(5) 60 in 1R, Mektic/Sancic 76(2) 46 10-4 in QF and KravcHuk/Kuznetsov 36 62 10-4 in SF • Colombian No. 2 seeds are 28-19 this season and 135-91 lifetime, winning 3 titles together this season (Buenos Aires, d. Cervantes/Lorenzi; Rio de Janeiro, d. Carreño Busta/Marrero; Nice d. Pavic/Venus). Made ATP debut together at Wimbledon 2011 (l. 3R to Cerretani/Marx). • Own 7-9 record in finals (3-1 in 2016), with at least 2 titles in each of last 3 seasons, and 6 titles on clay. Only hard-court title came at Winston-Salem 2014 (1-3 hard court finals record) • The duo sHare tHe world No. 31 ranking; Cabal is 7-12 in ATP doubles finals, wHile FaraH is 7-10. All 7 title wins Have come togetHer [6] Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA) Carreño Busta Leads 1-0 13 Oeiras (Portugal) Clay QF Pablo Carreño Busta 3-6 6-4 6-4 Carreño Busta 2016 Summary W: Winston-Salem (d. Bautista Agut); F(2): Sao Paulo (l. to Cuevas), Estoril (l. to Almagro); SF: Los Cabos (l. to Lopez); QF(5): Quito (l. to Bellucci), MarrakecH (l. to Delbonis), Geneva (l. to Wawrinka), Umag (l. to Elias), Beijing (l. to Raonic) YTD W-L: 38-24 (18-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of BirtH: July 12, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 36 Moscow W-L (Best Result): 4-0 (2016 Finalist) • Tournament Note: Moscow debutant opened with 36 63 76(2) win over Jurgen Melzer in 1R before beating Dzumhur 63 21 RET in 2R, wild card Bublik 64 26 76(1) in QF and Robert 63 76(2) in SF • Has spent 6 Hours 22 minutes on court (4 matcHes) to reacH final • Playing in 4th career ATP World Tour final, all in 2016 (1-2 record). Captured 1st ATP World Tour singles title at Winston-Salem (d.