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Open presented by Itau: Day 8 Media Notes Wednesday, March 30, 2016

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DJOKOVIC-BERDYCH, GOFFIN-SIMON SQUARE OFF IN QUARTER-FINALS

 DAY 8 PREVIEW: The quarter-finals in the top half of the draw on Wednesday are headlined by No. 1 and five-time champion , No. 7 Tomas Berdych, No. 15 and No. 18 . Goffin is the only player of the foursome appearing in his first Miami quarter-final. On Thursday in the bottom half of the draw, No. 6 will take on No. 16 Gael Monfils and No. 12 will meet No. 24 . This is the first time since 2013 that two Frenchmen are in the quarter-finals in Miami.

In the third match on Stadium, No. 15 seed Goffin and No. 18 Simon meet for the second time. In their previous meeting in the 1R at the Queen’s Club in London last June, Simon rallied to win 67 75 62. Goffin is the first Belgian man to reach the quarter-finals in the tournament’s 32-year history and he’s trying to advance to his second straight ATP Masters 1000 semi-final after reaching the final four in Indian Wells (l. to Raonic). The 31-year-old Simon, who is the oldest player remaining, is appearing in his third quarter-final in Miami (2011, ’13, ’16) and he’s trying to become the first Frenchman to reach the semi-finals here since Gasquet in 2013. The only Frenchman to reach the final was Sebastien Grosjean in 1999 (l. to Krajicek).

In the evening session, top-ranked Djokovic brings a 22-2 career record (19-0 on hard courts) against No. 7 Berdych, who is trying to break a nine-match losing streak against the Serb. Berdych’s last win came in the QF at ATP Masters 1000 Rome in 2013. Djokovic has won 13 straight matches in Miami (27 of the last 28 back to 2011) since a 4R loss to in 2013. Djokovic comes in with a 25-1 match record on the season (7-0 vs. Top 10 opponents). He’s won 19 of his last 20 matches vs. Top 10 foes since the beginning of the US Open with his only loss coming to Federer in round robin play at the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. Djokovic is chasing ’s tournament record six titles and he’s trying to take sole possession of the ATP Masters 1000 titles leaderboard. He and Nadal are each tied with 27 career titles. Djokovic has reached the final in his last 10 ATP Masters 1000 tournaments (DNP ’15 Madrid) going back to 2014 -Bercy. During that stretch, he has compiled a 53-2 record.

In doubles quarter-final action, only two seeds remain: No. 4/two-time reigning champions Bob and along with No. 5/ Indian Wells champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and . The Bryans are scheduled for fourth match on Stadium against Aussie wild cards and John-Patrick Smith. The Bryans are looking to become the first team to win three straight Miami titles since and from 1995-97. won three straight titles with as many partners from 2010-12. The Bryans have won a record 109 titles together, their last coming in Montreal last August. They have won Miami titles in 2007-08, ’14-15. Their best result of the season was a runner-up in Delray Beach last month (l. to Marach-F. Martin).

Of the remaining quarter-finalists, the only other former Miami champion is four-time winner (2003, ’05-06, ’09) , who is playing with . They are third match-on Grandstand against the second-time duo of and . Miami Open presented by Itau Day 8 – Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Page 2 of 6 www.ATPWorldTour.com

DAY 8 FEDEX ATP 2 HEADS – In Order of Play

STADIUM

[15] David Goffin (BEL) vs [18] Gilles Simon (FRA) Simon Leads 1-0 15 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R32 Gilles Simon 6-7(6) 7-5 6-2

Goffin 2016 FastFacts SF: ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Raonic); QF: (l. to Berdych) YTD W-L: 15-5 (13-5 on hard, 2-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: December 7, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 15 Miami W-L (Best Result): 8-4 (QF – 2016)

• The 25-year-old is 1st Belgian man to reach QF in tournament history after wins over qualifier Granollers 64 64, No. 19 seed Troicki 61 61 and lucky loser Zeballos 75 63 (1R bye). Has held serve all 27 games (saving 2 BPs) in 3 wins. Last year advanced to 4R (bye, d. Coric, Janowicz, l. to No. 5 Nishikori 61 61). Also 3R in 2013 and 2R in 2012 (l. to No. 12 Almagro in both). Qualified in 2014 and lost to Zeballos in 1R • Enters with a 26-20 career record in ATP Masters 1000 tourneys and appearing in 3rd QF (’15 Rome QF,’16 Indian Wells SF). Had 11-14 record prior to Rome and since Rome is 15-6 in Masters 1000 play • Comes into Miami after reaching SF at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells where he won three straight three- setters, including a final-set TB vs. Tiafoe in 2R (saved 2 MPs). Also beat [3] Wawrinka in final set TB in 4R and lone straight-sets win came over [10] Cilic 76 62 in QF (l. to Raonic). Jumped from No. 18 to No. 15 afterwards. First Belgian in a Masters 1000 SF since Christophe Rochus in Hamburg in 2005 (l. to Gasquet) • Advanced to 4R for 1st time (d. Thiem, l. to No. 3 Federer) • Defeated Coric and Cilic, but lost doubles w/Bemelmans to Dodig/Skugor during 1R-CRO won 3-2 • Last month reached Marseille QF (l. to No. 8 Berdych)

Simon 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 9-6 (8-6 on hard, 1-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: December 27, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 19 Miami W-L (Best Result-Year): 16-10 (QF – 2011, 2013, 2016)

• The 31-year-old Frenchman, the oldest player remaining, is appearing in his 3rd Miami QF after beating 75 61, No. 11 Cilic 63 67(4) 63 and countryman Pouille 60 61 in 58 mins. (1R bye). Last year reached 4R (l. to No. 7 Ferrer). Has a 16-10 record in Miami and also reached QF in 2011 (l. to Federer) and 2013 (l. to Haas). Trying to become 1st Frenchman to reach SF in Miami since Gasquet in 2013 (l. to Murray). Sebastien Grosjean is only French finalist in tournament history (l. to Krajicek in 1999) • Has 104-81 career record in ATP Masters 1000 tournaments and appearing in 12th QF (5-6 record). His last Masters 1000 QF & SF came in Shanghai in 2014 when he reached final (l. to Federer) • Advanced to Australian Open 4R for 3rd time (d. Donskoy in 5 sets, l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 5 sets) • Pushed Djokovic to 100 unforced errors over 4 hours, 32 minutes • Helped to 5-0 sweep of Canada in Davis Cup 1R with straight-set win over Pospisil • As defending champion, held 3 MPs vs. Gabashvili in Marseille 1R before losing 76 in 3rd

FRENCH TITLE LEADERS: Simon is tied-No. 3 among Frenchmen in the Open Era with 12 career titles on the ATP World Tour: No. 23 13 Gilles Simon 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 12 11

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[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs [7] Tomas Berdych (CZE) Djokovic Leads 22-2 08 Bangkok (Thailand) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-1 09 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-2 10 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass SF Tomas Berdych 6-3 7-6(9) 6-3 10 SRB vs. CZE Davis Cup SF (Serbia) Hard RR Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 10 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-3 11 Australian Open () Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-1 7-6(5) 6-1 11 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-7(5) 6-2 4-2 ret 11 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 7-5 ret 11 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Novak Djokovic 3-6 6-3 7-6(3) 12 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay SF Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-3 6-2 12 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 12 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Novak Djokovic 6-2 7-6(6) 13 Australian Open (Australia) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-4 13 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard F Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-3 13 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay QF Tomas Berdych 2-6 7-5 6-4 13 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass QF Novak Djokovic 7-6(5) 6-4 6-3 13 SRB vs. CZE Davis Cup Final (Serbia) Hard RR Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-6(5) 6-2 14 (China) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-0 6-2 14 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-2 15 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-0 5-7 6-4 15 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay F Novak Djokovic 7-5 4-6 6-3 15 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 7-6(3) 7-6(8) 15 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Novak Djokovic 6-3 7-5 16 Doha (Qatar) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-3 7-6(3)

Novak Djokovic Tomas Berdych Sets Won: 49 12 Tiebreak Sets Won: 8 2

Match Wins By Surface: Clay: 2 1 Hard: 19 0 Grass: 1 1

20-MORE WINS VS. OPPONENTS – Djokovic has 20-more career wins on the ATP World Tour against four opponents: W-L 25-23 23-22 Tomas Berdych 22-2 22-9

Djokovic 2016 FastFacts: W(3): Doha (d Nadal); Australian Open (d Murray); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Raonic); QF: Dubai (l Lopez) YTD W-L: 25-1 (25-1 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 62 Date of Birth: May 22, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 1 Miami W-L (Best Result-Year): 39-5 (Winner – 2007, ’11-12, ’14-15)

• The 28-year-old Serb comes into QF with a 39-5 career match record. He defeated 63 63 on Friday night after 1R bye and followed on Sunday with a 64 61 win over Joao Sousa and 63 64 over No. 14 , saving 14 of 15 break pts. Has won his last 13 matches in Miami since losing to No. 18 Haas in 4R 2013. Since 2011, has a 27-1 record • Last year defeated No. 7 Ferrer (QF) and No. 4 Murray (F) to win his 5th Miami title (second behind Agassi-6). Trying to become 1st three-peat winner since Agassi from 2001-03 • In 2014, beat No. 6 Murray (QF) and No. 1 Nadal (F) to earn fourth title. Has a 4-1 record vs. Murray, 3- 0 vs. Nadal and 1-0 vs. Federer (9-2 overall vs. Top 10 foes). Has won 19 of last 20 matches vs. Top 10 Miami Open presented by Itau Day 8 – Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Page 4 of 6 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• In 2007, became youngest winner in tournament history (at 19 yrs., 314 days) and did not drop a set (d. Canas) en route to first ATP Masters 1000 title. Won 2nd title in 2011 (d. No. 1 Nadal) and repeated in ’12 (d. No. 4 Murray). Also reached final in 2009 (d. No. 2 Federer, l. to No. 4 Murray) • Comes in with a 25-1 match record on the season and ATP World Tour-leading three titles. Won record-tying 5th title (w/Federer) at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. Raonic). It was also his 27th career ATP Masters 1000 crown (tied w/Nadal) and has reached final in last 10 Masters 1000 events (DNP ’15 Madrid) going back to ’14 Paris-Bercy. Has 8-2 record in finals and 53-2 record during that stretch • Since beginning of 2015, has compiled an 107-7 match record (38-5 vs. Top 10) in 21 tournaments (including Miami), winning 14 titles in 18 finals over that span • Has held No. 1 the 5th-most weeks (191) in history of Emirates ATP Rankings. Has been No. 1 every week since July 7, 2014 (91 straight weeks as of Mar. 28) and will reach 200 week mark on May 23 • Captured 60th career title to start season at Doha, not dropping a set all week (d. No. 5 Nadal) • Then tied Emerson’s all-time record with 6th Australian Open title (d. No. 2 Murray). Moved into tie with Laver and Borg for 5th all-time with 11 men’s singles titles. Won a 5-set match en route to title for 7th time at a major, overcoming 100 unforced errors in 4R (d. Simon) • Became 3rd active player to reach 700 wins by beating Jaziri in Dubai 2R on Feb. 24 (also Federer, Nadal). Has 711 career match wins and closing in on coach , who won 713 matches • Fell 1 shy of Lendl’s Open-Era record 18 straight finals when eye problem forced retirement in Dubai QF (vs. Lopez). Had not retired since ‘11 Davis Cup SF vs. del Potro, a stretch of 350 matches (318-32) • Beat Nedovyesov in 3 sets and Kukushkin in 5 sets to lead Serbia to a 3-2 Davis Cup win over Kazakhstan

INDIAN WELLS, MIAMI SWEEP: Since 1991, seven players have won the first two ATP Masters 1000 events of the season (10 times) in Indian Wells and Miami. Djokovic is the only player to accomplish the feat three times (2011, ’14-15). Federer did it twice. Seven players have won both titles in the same year: Year - Novak Djokovic 2011, 2014-15 - Roger Federer 2005-06 - Andre Agassi 2001 - Marcelo Rios 1998 - 1994 - 1992 - 1991

Berdych 2016 FastFacts: SF(2): Doha (l Djokovic); Marseille (l Kyrgios); QF(2): Australian Open (l Federer); Dubai (l Kyrgios) YTD W-L: 16-6 (16-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: September 17, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 7 Miami W-L (Best Result-Year): 30-10 (Finalist - 2010)

• The 30-year-old native is making his 4th straight QF appearance and 7th in last 9 years with a 30-10 match record. Advanced to QF after receiving a 2R walkover from Ram (withdrew due to illness) and followed with 63 67(6) 63 win on Sunday over Johnson, saving all 10 break pts., and on Tuesday beat No. 10 Gasquet 64 36 75 in 4R. Has held serve 29 of 32 games (91%), saving 15 of 18 break pts. (83%). Trying to reach his 3rd straight SF and 5th overall in Miami • His best result was runner-up in 2010 (l. to No. 8 Roddick) and SF in 2008 (l. to No. 2 Nadal) and last two years (W/O vs. No. 1 Nadal in ’14, l. to No. 4 Murray last year). Has only one opening round loss in 2005 debut (retired vs. Clement in 1R) • Has a 47-111 career record vs. Top 10 foes (0-2 this year) and 4-26 vs. No. 1s (Federer-3, Djokovic-1) • Comes in with 16-6 record and has advanced to QF-or-better at 5 of first 6 events this season. In last outing at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells, reached 4R (l. to Raonic). Appearing in 51st consecutive ATP Masters 1000 tournament since last missing Madrid in May 2010 • Reached 6th straight Australian Open QF (d. Bautista Agut in 5 sets, l. to No. 3 Federer) • Fell to No. 1 Djokovic in Doha SF and Kyrgios in both Marseille SF and Dubai QF • Helped Czech Republic defeat Germany 3-2 in Davis Cup 1R by winning 5-setter over A. Zverev in 4h, 20m. Retired with right hamstring injury in 4th rubber while trailing Kohlschreiber 63 75 • Also won doubles w/Stepanek for 50th Davis Cup victory of career (d. Kohlschreiber/Petzschner) Miami Open presented by Itau Day 8 – Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Page 5 of 6 www.ATPWorldTour.com

30 MATCH WINS CLUB: Berdych won his 30th career match in Miami on Tuesday and he is one of 10 players to win at least 30 matches: W-L Titles 1) Andre Agassi 61-13 6 2) Roger Federer 44-13 2 3) Pete Sampras 42-10 3 4) Novak Djokovic 39-5 5 5) Rafael Nadal 35-11 0 6) 33-11 2 Jim Courier 33-12 1 8) 32-10 0 9) 31-14 0 10) Tomas Berdych 30-10 0

BOTTOM HALF QUARTER-FINALS FED EX HEAD 2 HEADS – on Thursday

[12] Milos Raonic (CAN) vs [24] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) Raonic Leads 2-1 14 Roland Garros (France) Clay R128 Milos Raonic 6-3 7-6(1) 6-3 14 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass QF Milos Raonic 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4 7-6(4) 15 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R32 Nick Kyrgios 5-7 7-5 7-6(3) 6-3

[16] Gael Monfils (FRA) vs [6] Kei Nishikori (JPN) Nishikori Leads 1-0 14 Halle (Germany) Grass R16 Kei Nishikori 6-1 3-6 6-3

DOUBLES QUARTER-FINALS – In Order of Play

Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/Fabrice Martin (FRA) Herbert/Mahut Leads 1-0 vs [5] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)/Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

• Chardy/Martin defeated top seeds Rojer/Tecau 76(7) 76(4) in 1R, Lopez/Lopez 76(5) 36 10-7 in 2R • Frenchmen are 4-1 on ATP World Tour in career, with previous pairing in Indian Wells where they reached QF (l. to eventual champs Herbert/Mahut 61 75) • World No. 45 Chardy is 3-6 lifetime in ATP World Tour doubles finals and World No. 44 Martin is 2-1 in finals, winning both of his titles this year w/March in (d. Krajicek/Paire) and Delray Beach (d. Bryans 13-11 in Match TB, saving 6 MPs)

• Herbert/Mahut defeated Marach/Thiem 76(3) 64 in 1R, Qureshi/Simon 62 63 in 2R • Frenchmen are 39-15 on ATP World Tour (9-2 in 2016) • Reigning US Open champions (d. M. Lopez/Granollers, Rojer/Tecau, Inglot/Lindstedt and J. Murray/Peers) and won ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells two weeks ago (d. Pospisil/Sock) • Advanced to final (d. Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin and Dodig/Melo, l. to Bolelli/Fognini) • Also reached finals in 2015 at ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Karlovic/Kubot) and (l. to Kubot/Roger- Vasselin) • World No. 12 Herbert is 4-3 lifetime in finals and World No. 7 Mahut is 12-10 in finals, winning title last month in Rotterdam w/Pospisil (d. Petzschner/Peya)

John Isner (USA)/Nicholas Monroe (USA) First Meeting vs Treat Huey (PHI)/Max Mirnyi (BLR)

• Isner/Monroe defeated [8] Pospisil/Sock 76(3) 63 in 1R, and received W/O from Nadal/Verdasco in 2R • American duo are playing together for second time (’13 Paris-Bercy 2R) and have a 2-1 record. Isner is highest-ranked singles player (No. 13) remaining in doubles quarter-finals • World No. 120 Isner is 3-3 lifetime in finals and World No. 53 Monroe is 3-4 in finals

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• Huey/Mirnyi defeated [WC] Butorac/Lipsky 75 63 in 1R and [2] Dodig/Melo 76(1) 64 in 2R • First-year duo teamed up at beginning of season and have compiled an 11-4 match record. In their last tournament they won 500 level title in Acapulco (d. Petzschner/Peya). • World No. 30 Huey is 7-9 lifetime in finals and World No. 28 Mirnyi is 49-43 in finals. He’s won four titles in Miami (2003, ’05-06, ’09)

[4] (USA)/Mike Bryan (USA) First Meeting vs [WC] Omar Jasika (AUS)/John-Patrick Smith (AUS)

• Bryan/Bryan defeated Cervantes/Ferrer 63 75 in 1R, & received W/O from Bautista Agut/Troicki in 2R • Future Hall-of-Famers have career match record of 963-296 and 109-53 in finals. Their best result this season is a runner-up in Delray Beach last month (l. to Marach-F. Martin after holding 6 MPs) • They are looking to become first team to win three straight Miami titles since Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde from 1995-97. Leander Paes won three straight titles with as many partners from 2010- 12. The Bryans have won a record 109 titles together, their last coming in Montreal last August. They have won Miami titles in 2007-08, ’14-15. • World No. 5 Bob Bryan is 109-53 lifetime in finals and World No. 6 Mike is 111-54 in finals

• Jasika/Smith defeated [7] Roger-Vasselin/Zimonjic 61 57 12-10 in 1R and Marrero/Paire 63 64 in 2R • Aussie duo are playing together for second time (’15 Aust. Open-2R, l. to J. Murray-Peers) • Jasika, 18, is playing in his third career ATP level tournament (2015-16 Australian Open) and youngest player in doubles draw. Has 3-2 career record • Smith has a 15-21 career match record in ATP World Tour level tournaments and best result is SF in Newport in 2014 w/Krajicek • World No. 476 Jasika and No. 405 Smith have never reached an ATP World Tour doubles final

Philipp Petzschner (GER)/ (AUT) First Meeting vs (RSA)/ (USA)

• Petzschner/Peya defeated Bellucci/Sa 64 62 in 1R and Cuevas/Granollers 64 76(5) in 2R • The German, Austrian duo have a 34-22 career record together, including 13-7 this season with three runner-up appearances: Doha, Rotterdam and Acapulco. They also were finalists in in 2008 • Prior to this season, they last teamed together in 2011 • World No.42 Petzschner has a 6-6 career record in doubles finals and World No. 21 Peya has a 14-23 record in finals

• Klaasen/Ram defeated [3] J. Murray/Soares 36 63 10-7 in 1R and Cilic/Draganja 76(10) 60 in 2R • The South African, American duo have a 23-16 career record together, including 7-5 this season • Last season they won their first ATP World Tour title together in Halle and reached the final in Kuala Lumpur later in season • World No. 20 Klaasen has a 9-6 career record in doubles finals and World No. 36 Ram has an 8-4 record in finals