ST. PETERSBURG OPEN: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, September 21, 2015 Sibur Arena, St. Petersburg, Russia | September 21-27, 2015 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $1,030,000 | Surface: Indoor Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.spbopen.ru Richard Evans:
[email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @SPBOpen_RU Press Room: Facebook: facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/saintpetersburgopen +7 812 383 9369 ST. PETERSBURG OPEN TALKING POINTS SPOTLIGHT ON ST. PETERSBURG: The St. Petersburg Open celebrates its 20th edition as it returns to the ATP World Tour Monday following a one-year hiatus. Now staged at the world-class Sibur Arena, the event was held from 1995 to 2013 at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex. Australian Open semi-finalist Tomas Berdych, No. 2 seed Milos Raonic and rising star Dominic Thiem lead a star-studded field back to St. Petersburg, which serves as an important event on the road to the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. A maximum of 4,000 Emirates ATP Ranking points are on the line over the next seven weeks before the season finale in London Nov. 15-22. Berdych, Raonic and Thiem are among those hoping to qualify by finishing the year among the Top 8. Position Singles Player Points 1 Novak Djokovic (Qualified) 12,785 2 Andy Murray (Qualified) 7,510 3 Roger Federer (Qualified) 6,740 4 Stan Wawrinka (Qualified) 5,505 5 Tomas Berdych 3,850 6 Kei Nishikori 3,770 7 Rafael Nadal 3,715 8 David Ferrer 3,005 13 Milos Raonic 1,830 18 Dominic Thiem 1,465 DAY 1 PREVIEW: Main draw singles and doubles action gets underway Monday at the St.