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OPEN: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Buenos Aires Lawn Club, , Argentina | February 8 - 14, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $598,865 | Surface: Clay

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MONACO RETURNS, THREE SEEDS IN ACTION

DAY 2 PREVIEW: Juan Monaco and three seeds are in action on Tuesday at the Argentina Open. All together there are eight singles matches and three doubles matches on the schedule.

Leading off play on Billoch Caride is Uruguayan / No. 8 seed and Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas. The pair split their two previous tour-level meetings. Following is Italian wild card / No. 6 seed and local hope . The top ranked Italian has won both previous encounters.

In the night session the youngest player in the Emirates Top 20 and No. 5 seed takes on Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta. The world No. 19 Thiem won their lone previous encounter last year in the quarter-finals at Gstaad in three sets. The final match is a first time meeting between Italian qualifer and 2007 champion Juan Monaco. The 23-year-old Italian is looking for his first career tour-level win (0-10 record), he has won a set in 7 of 10 tour-level matches. The No. 3 Argentine Monaco is making his return to the ATP World Tour for the first time since last August in Kitzbühel. The 31-year-old Argentine underwent right wrist surgery shortly after and has been side lined since.

TUESDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court

BILLOCH CARIDE

(8) Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) Series Tied 1-1 10 Valencia () Hard R32 Pablo Cuevas 6-3 6-4 15 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain)Clay R64 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 3-6 6-3 6-4 Other meetings: 10 Valencia Q (Spain) Hard -- Pablo Cuevas 7-5 6-3

Cuevas FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: YTD W-L: 2-2 (0-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: January 1, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 35 Buenos Aires W-L (Best Result): 3-5 (QF in 2015)

 The 30-year-old is making his 6th appearance and has a 3-5 tournament record. Best result was QF last year (l. to Monaco)  Playing tournament since falling in the 2R at (l. to Kyrgios). Opened season by reaching 2R at Sydney (l. to Dimitrov)  In 2015, Uruguayan enjoyed 2nd straight Top 50 finish in comeback from right knee injury  Won 3rd singles title of career at São Paulo (d. Vanni 76 in 3rd). Also reached Istanbul final (d. Dimitrov, l. to No. 2 Federer)  Earned career-high 29 singles wins (previous-best 21 in 2010)

Ramos-Vinolas FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: SF: Quito (l Estrella Burgos) Argentina Open Day 2 – Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Page 2 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com

YTD W-L: 4-4 (3-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 17, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 46 Buenos Aires W-L (Best Result): 7-5 (QF in 2013-14)

• The 28-year-old is playing here the sixth consecutive year and has a 7-5 tournament record. Best result was reaching the QF back-to-back in 2013 (l. to Wawrinka) and 2014 (l. to eventual champion Ferrer) • At No. 46, is one of five left-handed Spaniards ranked in the Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings (joined by No. 5 Nadal, No. 25 Lopez, No. 57 Verdasco, No. 74 Munoz-de la Nava) • Last week reached his 4th career ATP World Tour SF (1-3 mark) at Quito (l. to eventual champion Estrella Burgos) and first since 2012 Estoril (l. to Gasquet). Reached lone final at 2012 Casablanca (l. to Andujar) • Reached 2R at Australian Open (l. to Cilic) and fell in 1R at Qatar (l. to Mathieu) and Auckland (l to de Bakker) • In 2015, Spaniard posted double-digit win total (16-23) and finished in Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings for 5th straight season

[6/WC] Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs Federico Delbonis (ARG) Fognini Leads 2-0 13 Hamburg () Clay F Fabio Fognini 4-6 7-6(8) 6-2 15 Rio de Janeiro () Clay QF Fabio Fognini 6-4 6-7(10) 7-6(9) Other meeting: 11 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid Q (Spain) Clay -- Federico Delbonis 3-6 7-6(4) 6-2

Fognini FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: QF: Auckland (l Tsonga) YTD W-L: 2-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: May 24, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 24 Buenos Aires W-L (Best Result): 9-8 (RUP in 2014)

• The 28-year-old and 2014 finalist (l. to Ferrer) is making his 9th appearance here and has a 9-8 tournament record • The top ranked Italian opened the year by reaching the QF at Auckland (l. to Tsonga) and fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Muller) • In 2015, Italian finished as top-ranked singles player from his country and ended in Top 25 for 3rd straight season. Also peaked at No. 7 in doubles on July 20 • Posted best singles result at US Open, snapping 9-match hard-court losing streak en route to 4R (d. No. 8 Nadal from 2 sets down, l. to F. Lopez) • Along with Djokovic, Federer and del Potro, 1 of 4 players to defeat Nadal 3+ times in a season (Rio de Janeiro SF, Barcelona 3R and US Open 3R)

Delbonis FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: YTD W-L: 3-2 (0-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: October 5, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 45 Buenos Aires W-L (Best Result): 5-5 (QF in 2013, ‘15)

• The 25-year-old left-hander is making his 6th consecutive appearance here and has a 5-5 tournament record. Best result was reaching QF twice – 2013 (l. to Almagro) and 2015 (l. to eventual champion Nadal) • Opened year by reaching 2R at Sydney (l. to Gabashvili), followed with first career 3R appearance at Australian Open (l to Simon) • In 2015, Argentine finished outside Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings for 3rd time in 6 years due to wrist injuries Argentina Open Day 2 – Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• Only played 4 matches all season, reaching Sydney QF (d. Stakhovsky and Fognini, l. to Kukushkin) and falling in 1R at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Pospisil) • Underwent left wrist surgeries on January 20 and June 18 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA

Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs [5] Dominic Thiem (AUT) Thiem Leads 1-0 15 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay QF Dominic Thiem 6-4 3-6 6-2 Other meetings: 12 Morocco F10 (Morocco) Clay SF Dominic Thiem 7-5 3-6 6-3 13 Como CH () Clay F Pablo Carreno Busta 6-2 5-7 6-0

Carreno Busta FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: QF: Quito (l Bellucci) YTD W-L: 2-3 (2-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 12, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 64 Buenos Aires W-L (Best Result): 0-2 (1R in 2014-15)

• The 24-year-old is the youngest Spaniard of 14 overall in the Top 100 Emirates ATP Ranking • Playing here for the third time and looking for first win. Fell in 1R in 2014 (l. to Robredo) and 2015 (l. to Delbonis ret. trailing 0-3 in 2-set) • Last week reached ATP World Tour QF of the year at Quito (l. to Bellucci) • Opened season with 1R losses at Doha (l. to Nadal) and Australian Open (l. to Kyrgios) • In 2015, Spaniard finished in Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings for 3rd straight season • Earned a career-high 14 tour-level wins (previous-best 13 in 2014)

Thiem FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: SF: Brisbane (l Federer) YTD W-L: 5-3 (0-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: September 3, 1993 Emirates ATP Ranking: 19 Buenos Aires W-L (Best Result): Debut

• The 22-year-old, who is the youngest player in the Top 20 Emirates ATP Ranking, is making his tournament debut • Playing first event since reached the 3R at Australian Open (l. to Goffin) • Opened year by reaching 7th career ATP World Tour SF at Brisbane (d. Cilic in QF, l. to Federer), ret. down 76(2) 22 in 2R at Sydney (l. to Muller) due to blisters • • In 2015, Austrian improved his year-end Emirates ATP Ranking for 5th straight season and finished as youngest player in Top 20. • Achieved career-high No. 18 on August 10 after reaching SF at Kitzbühel • Captured 1st 3 ATP World Tour titles of career -- all on clay: Nice (d. L. Mayer 76 in 3rd), Umag (d. Sousa) and Gstaad (d. Goffin) • Won career-high 36 matches (previous-best was 22 in 2014)

[Q] Marco Cecchinato (ITA) vs Juan Monaco (ARG) First Meeting

Cecchinato FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: YTD W-L: 0-2 (0-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: September 30, 1992 Emirates ATP Ranking: 92 Buenos Aires W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (1R in 2015) Argentina Open Day 2 – Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Page 4 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• The 23-year-old is looking for his first career tour-level win (0-10 record). Has won a set in 7 of 10 tour-level matches • Made tournament debut last year as a qualifier and fell in 1R (l. to Bagnis) • Fell in 1R at Qatar (l. to Dzumhur) and Australian Open (l. to Mahut) • In 2015, Italian improved year-end ranking for 5th straight season and finished in Top 100 for 1st time • Achieved career-high No. 82 on October 5 after reaching , ITA Challenger SF (d. Cervantes, l. to Krajinovic) • Has a career Challenger record of 89-57 (2-3 in finals)

Monaco FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: YTD W-L: 0-0 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: March 29, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 55 Buenos Aires W-L (Best Result): 22-10 (Winner in 2007)

• The 31-year-old has reached the QF or better 6 times on home soil including winning in 2007 (d. Di Mauro). Also reached the finals in 2009 (d. Nalbandian in SF, l. to Robredo) and last year (l. to Nadal). Has a 22-10 tournament record • In 2015, Argentine finished in Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings for 12th straight season • Reached at least 1 final in 9 straight seasons, most recently on home soil at Buenos Aires in 2015 (l. to No. 4 Nadal) • Earned 20+ wins for 9th straight season • Injured right wrist in Kitzbühel 1R and underwent surgery in August that side lined him for rest of season

ESTADIO 2

[Q] (ARG) vs [WC] (ARG) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 09 Argentina F24 (Argentina) Clay R16 Facundo Bagnis 6-1 3-6 7-6(3) 11 Buenos Aires Q (Argentina) Clay -- Facundo Bagnis 6-0 6-1 13 Barranquilla CH (Colombia) Clay QF Facundo Bagnis 6-3 6-1 13 Montevideo CH () Clay R32 Renzo Olivo 6-3 3-6 6-2 15 Guayaquil CH (Ecuador) Clay R32 Facundo Bagnis 7-6(4) 7-5

Dusan Lajovic (SRB) vs [LL] Facundo Arguello (ARG) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 11 Todi CH (Italy) Clay R16 Dusan Lajovic 6-3 3-6 7-6

Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) vs Pablo Andujar (ESP) Series Tied 2-2 13 Acapulco (Mexico) Clay R16 6-4 6-3 14 Kitzbühel () Clay R16 Paolo Lorenzi 6-2 6-0 15 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay R32 Pablo Andujar 3-6 6-0 6-3 16 Doha (Qatar) Hard R32 Pablo Andujar 6-4 0-6 6-4 Other meetings: 07 Cordenons CH (Italy) Clay R16 Pablo Andujar 6-2 6-3 09 Orbetello CH (Italy) Clay QF Pablo Andujar 6-2 6-1 09 Tarragona CH (Spain) Clay R32 Paolo Lorenzi 6-3 7-5 10 Orbetello CH (Italy) Clay QF Pablo Andujar 6-3 7-6(4) 11 ATP Masters 1000 Rome Q (Italy) Clay -- Paolo Lorenzi 6-2 7-6(2)

ESTADIO 3

(Q) Augusto Elias (BRA) vs Daniel Munoz de la Nava (ESP) First Meeting