AEGON OPEN NOTTINGHAM: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Monday, June 20, 2016 Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, Great Britain | June 19-25, 2016 Draw: S-48, D-16 | Prize Money: €648,255 | Surface: Grass ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing www.ATPWorldTour.com www.lta.org.uk Mark Epps:
[email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour Twitter: @BritishTennis #AegonOpen Press Room: +44 333 011 1030 Facebook: ATP World Tour Facebook: British Tennis REIGNING CHAMPION ISTOMIN, BRITISH TRIO HEADLINE CENTRE COURT DAY 2 PREVIEW: The remaining 13 first round singles matches and one second round contest are on Monday’s schedule at the Aegon Open Nottingham. Reigning champion Denis Istomin and three British players are on Centre Court. First up is a continuation of Sunday’s match between Russians Mikhail Youzhny and Teymuraz Gabashvili, who leads the head-to-head meetings 2-1. Gabashvili, who is up 6-4, 3-3 in the match, has won the last two meetings, in 2008 Moscow and 2009 Zagreb. In the next match on, Malek Jaziri of Tunisia and wild card James Ward meet for the second time. Ward won the previous meeting 8-6 in the fifth set in a Davis Cup tie in 2011. Jaziri is playing in Nottingham for the second straight year.while Ward is looking for his first ATP World Tour win of the season (0-1). Ward’s best Aegon Open result is the quarter-finals in 2010. In the third match on, Lukas Rosol and British No. 3 Kyle Edmund square off for the second time. Edmund won the previous meeting in two tie-breaks in Bucharest in April.