CHINA OPEN: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, October 5, 2015 National Tennis Center, Beijing, China | October 5-11, 2015 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: $3,944,715 | Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.chinaopen.com.cn Martin Dagahs:
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[email protected] facebook.com/ATPWorldTour Press Room: +86 1084373991 CHINA OPEN TALKING POINTS SPOTLIGHT ON BEIJING: The China Open 2015 features an outstanding field with 10 of the Top 20 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, led by World No. 1 and five-time Beijing champion Novak Djokovic, No. 2 seed/2011 winner Tomas Berdych, who met in last year’s final. Djokovic won 60 62. The other seeds are: No. 3/’05 champ Rafael Nadal, No. 4 David Ferrer, No. 5 Milos Raonic, No. 6 John Isner, No. 7 David Goffin and No. 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Raonic and Goffin are making their debut. Djokovic, Nadal and Berdych are the former champions in the field. DAY 1 PREVIEW: There are seven men’s singles matches on Monday’s schedule, which features three seeds: No. 5 Raonic, No, 7 Goffin and No. 8 Tsonga. In addition, the No. 1 player from China, Ze Zhang, is in action on Lotus Court against qualifier Denis Istomin. The top two doubles seeds are on the schedule with No. 1/defending champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau along with No. 2 Marcin Matkowski and Nenad Zimonjic. EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON: Seven of the Top 15 players in the Emirates ATP Race to London for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals are in action in Beijing.