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AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, January 8, 2017

SDAT Tennis Stadium, Chennai, India | January 2-8, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $447,480 | Surface: Outdoor Hard

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#NEXTGEN’s MEDVEDEV BATTLES BAUTISTA AGUT IN 1ST FINAL

 Daniil Medvedev hopes to become the third #NextGen player to win an ATP World Tour title when he meets No. 2 seed Roberto Bautista Agut in Sunday’s Chennai final. Alexander Zverev (St. Petersburg) and Karen Khachanov (Chengdu) of #NextGen each won a title last fall. Medvedev is playing in his first ATP final after saving a match point against Dudi Sela to win his first semi-final. o #NextGen: Top 200 players born in 1996 or later

 En route to the final, Medvedev did not face a player in the Top 60 of the Emirates ATP Rankings. That changes Sunday when he meets the highest-ranked opponent of his young career. Bautista Agut, the World No. 14, is appearing in his fifth final of the last 52 weeks and seventh since October 2015. He fell in the 2013 Chennai final to Janko Tipsarevic, who was ranked ninth at the time.

 The doubles final features four Indians for the first time in the tournament’s 22-year history. Los Cabos champions Purav Raja and Divij Sharan face countrymen Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. The winners will follow in the footsteps of fellow Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes, who teamed for five Chennai titles. Paes added a sixth in 2012 with Tipsarevic.

NFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS

Aircel Chennai Open [2] Roberto Bautista Agut Daniil Medvedev Aces 7 26 1st-Serve Percentage 65% (121 of 186) 61% (178 of 292) 1st-Serve Points Won 71.1% (86 of 121) 71.3% (127 of 178) 2nd-Serve Points Won 57% (37 of 65) 51% (58 of 114) Service Games Won 84% (27 of 32) 83% (34 of 41) Break Points Saved 62% (8 of 13) 68% (15 of 22) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 33% (39 of 117) 42% (76 of 181) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 58% (42 of 72) 50% (52 of 104) Return Games Won 35% (11 of 31) 42% (18 of 43) Break Points Converted 46% (11 of 24) 49% (18 of 37)

NOTE: Medvedev leads Bautista Agut in 6 of 10 categories.

EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY

Aircel Chennai Open Champion Finalist Ranking Points 250 150 Singles Prize Money $79,780 $42,020 Doubles Prize Money $24,240 $12,740

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SUNDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS - SINGLES & DOUBLES FINALS

[2] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs Daniil Medvedev (RUS) First Meeting

Bautista Agut 2016 Summary W (2): Auckland (d. Sock); Sofia (d. Troicki); F (2): Winston-Salem (l. Carreño Busta); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. Murray); SF: St. Petersburg (l. Wawrinka); QF (5): Chennai (l. Coric); Rotterdam (l. Klizan); Dubai (l. Baghdatis); London/Queen's Club (l. Raonic); Rio Olympics (l. del Potro) 2016 W-L: 48-23 (37-16 on hard) 2016 Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 14 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 10-4 (2013, 2017 Finalist)

• Tournament Note: Trailed 62 41 to Youzhny in QF before rallying for 3-set win and beating [5] Paire 63 63 in SF • Upset World No. 1 Djokovic 64 64 to reach 1st ATP Masters 1000 final at Shanghai (l. to No. 2 Murray) • Captured titles at Auckland (d. Sock) and Sofia (d. Troicki); fell in Winston-Salem final (l. to Carreño Busta in 3 sets) • Set career-highs last season in wins (48) and ranking (No. 13 on October 17) • Saved 1 MP to beat No. 10 Tsonga in Auckland SF, snapping 17-match losing streak to Top 10 opponents • Reached 4R at Aus. Open (d. Cilic, l. to No. 6 Berdych in 5 sets) and Roland Garros (d. Coric, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Following Shanghai run, lost opening matches to No. 266 Bublik at Moscow, No. 417 J. Melzer at Vienna and Simon at ATP Masters 1000 Paris after holding 3 MPs • Quarter-finalist at Rio Olympics in singles (l. to del Potro) and doubles w/Ferrer (l. to Johnson/Sock) • Also advanced to SF at St. Petersburg (l. to No. 3 Wawrinka) and QFs at Chennai (l. to Coric 76 in 3rd), Rotterdam (l. to Klizan after 5 MPs), Dubai (l. to Baghdatis) and London/Queen’s Club (l. to No. 9 Raonic) • Withdrew from Munich due to meniscus injury

Medvedev 2016 Summary QF: Moscow (l. Robert) 2016 W-L: 5-5 (3-2 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 11, 1996 (20) Emirates ATP Ranking: 99 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 4-0 (2017 Finalist)

• Tournament Note: Projected to rise to around No. 54 in Emirates ATP Rankings with win in final and No. 65 with loss • Improved Emirates ATP Ranking from No. 331 at end of 2015 to career-high No. 98 on November 14 • Reached 1st ATP World Tour QF at Moscow as Q (d. Kukushkin and Troicki, l. to Robert) • Also qualified at Nice (l. to Pella in ATP debut), ’s-Hertogenbosch (d. Zeballos for 1st ATP win, l. to Mannarino in 2R), Hamburg (d. Struff, l. to Gimeno-Traver in 2R) and St. Petersburg (d. Bublik, l. to A. Zverev in 2R) • Made Grand Slam qualifying debut at Wimbledon, beating Kozlov and Millot before falling to Willis in final round • Advanced to QF-or-better at final 8 Challenger events of season, highlighted by 1st final at Portoroz, SLO (l. to F. Mayer) and 1st title at St. Remy, FRA (d. De Loore)

Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs First Meeting Purav Raja (IND)/Divij Sharan (IND)

• Bopanna/Nedunchezhiyan saved 3 MPs in Match TB to defeat Cerretani/Oswald 62 36 12-10 in QF • Indians’ only other event as a team was 2016 Chengdu (d. F. Lopez/Monaco, l. to Shamasdin/Siljestrom in QF) • Bopanna has won 14 doubles titles, including ATP Masters 1000 titles at Paris in 2011-12 and Madrid in 2015 • Nedunchezhiyan’s previous-best ATP doubles result was 2016 Chennai SF w/Devvarman (l. to Krajicek/Paire) • Doubles Rankings: Bopanna 28 (Career-High 3 in 2013), Nedunchezhiyan 100 (Career-High 100)

• Raja/Sharan did not drop a set en route to final, including wins over [3] Paes/Sa in 1R and [2] Duran/Molteni in SF • Indians are 18-12 as a team on ATP World Tour, highlighted by titles at 2013 Bogotá and 2016 Los Cabos • Won 4 Challenger titles in 2016 (6 overall): Manchester, GBR; Surbiton, GBR; Segovia, ESP and Pune, IND • Raja lost in 2008 Tashkent, UZB Challenger QF and 2013 Düsseldorf 1R w/Bopanna before winning 2013 Bhopal, IND Futures title w/Nedunchezhiyan. Sharan lost in 2016 Winnetka, USA Challenger QF w/Nedunchezhiyan • Doubles Rankings: Raja 65 (Career-High 65), Sharan 63 (Career-High 61 in 2016) AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, January 7, 2017

SDAT Tennis Stadium, Chennai, India | January 2-8, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $447,480 | Surface: Outdoor Hard

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CHANCE FOR MEDVEDEV, SELA, PAIRE TO REACH RARE FINAL

 Advancing to an ATP World Tour singles final doesn’t happen every day. Just ask Aircel Chennai Open semi-finalists Daniil Medvedev, Dudi Sela and Benoit Paire, none of whom played a tour- level championship match in 2016. They are all one win from doing so this week. In his first ATP semi, the 20-year-old Medvedev meets Sela, who is bidding for his first final since 2014 Atlanta.

 The fifth-seeded Paire challenges No. 2 seed Roberto Bautista Agut in a rematch of the 2013 Aircel Chennai Open semi-finals. Bautista Agut defeated Paire in three sets four years ago and has never lost to the Frenchman in seven career meetings. The Spaniard reached a career-high four finals in 2016, winning titles at Auckland and Sofia during the first five weeks of the season.

 Also on Stadium Court, No. 4 seeds Nicholas Monroe and Artem Sitak meet Indians Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan in a doubles semi-final. Los Cabos champions Purav Raja and Divij Sharan, another All-Indian team, await in the final. If Bopanna and Nedunchezhiyan win on Saturday, they will ensure the first Chennai doubles final to feature four players from India.

SATURDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS - SINGLES SEMI-FINALS

Daniil Medvedev (RUS) vs Dudi Sela (ISR) First Meeting

• Tournament Note: Did not drop a set against Monteiro, [8] Lu and [Q] Kovalik en route to 1st ATP World Tour SF • Reached 1st ATP World Tour QF at Moscow as Q (d. Kukushkin and Troicki, l. to Robert) • Also qualified at Nice (l. to Pella in ATP debut), ’s-Hertogenbosch (d. Zeballos for 1st ATP win, l. to Mannarino in 2R), Hamburg (d. Struff, l. to Gimeno-Traver in 2R) and St. Petersburg (d. Bublik, l. to A. Zverev in 2R) • Made Grand Slam qualifying debut at Wimbledon, beating Kozlov and Millot before falling to Willis in final round • Improved Emirates ATP Ranking from No. 331 at end of 2015 to career-high No. 98 on November 14 • Advanced to QF-or-better at final 8 Challenger events of season, highlighted by 1st final at Portoroz, SLO (l. to F. Mayer) and 1st title at St. Remy, FRA (d. De Loore) • Won Futures title at Trimbach, SUI (d. Bossel) and in doubles at Lille, FRA w/Matsukevich (d. Pel/van der Duim)

Sela 2016 Summary QF (2): Nottingham (l. Seppi); Newport (l. Baghdatis) 2016 W-L: 11-18 (4-9 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: April 4, 1985 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 96 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 12-5 (2010, 2017 Semi-finalist) Aircel Chennai Open Day 6 – Saturday, January 7, 2017 Page 2 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• Tournament Note: Did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP World Tour SF since reaching 2014 Atlanta final • Reached grass-court QFs at Nottingham (l. to Seppi) and Newport (d. defending champion Ram, l. to Baghdatis) • Advanced to Australian Open 3R for 3rd time in career (d. Becker and Verdasco, l. to Kuznetsov) • Lost 5-setters to Brown in Roland Garros 1R and Cuevas in US Open 1R • Defeated Wu for 20th Challenger title at Shenzhen, CHN (2nd all-time to Lu’s 26) • Fell in Challenger finals at Happy Valley, AUS (l. to Fritz); Karshi, UZB (l. to Tepavac) and Istanbul, TUR (l. to Jaziri) • Captured 1st ATP doubles title in 1st final and with 1st-time partner Cipolla at Istanbul (d. Molteni/Schwartzman) • Withdrew from Winston-Salem due to illness

[5] Benoit Paire (FRA) vs [2] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Bautista Agut Leads 5-0 13 Chennai (India) Hard SF Roberto Bautista Agut 3-6 6-1 6-4 14 Auckland (New Zealand) Hard R16 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-4 14 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R32 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 6-1 6-4 14 Roland Garros (France) Clay R64 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 7-6(4) 6-2 15 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Roberto Bautista Agut 2-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3 Other Meetings 11 Cherbourg CH (France) Hard R16 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-4 11 Valencia Q (Spain) Hard Q1 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-1

Paire 2016 Summary SF (4): Chennai (l. Wawrinka); Marseille (l. Cilic); Barcelona (l. Nishikori); Estoril (l. Carreño Busta); QF: Washington (l. A. Zverev) 2016 W-L: 23-32 (13-20 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 8, 1989 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 47 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 10-4 (2013, 2016-17 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Owns 0-2 record in Chennai SFs and 0-4 record in ATP SFs since reaching 2015 Tokyo final • Advanced to SFs at Chennai (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka), Marseille (d. No. 4 Wawrinka, l. to Cilic), Barcelona (l. to No. 6 Nishikori) and Estoril (l. to Carreño Busta) • Achieved career-high No. 18 in Emirates ATP Rankings on January 11 • Improved to 8-4 in 5-setters with wins over Albot in Roland Garros 1R (l. to Gabashvili in 2R), Skugor in Wimbledon 1R (l. to Millman in 2R) and Lajovic in US Open 1R (l. to Baghdatis in 2R). Saved 4 MPs to beat Skugor 10-8 in 5th • Also saved 1 MP vs Cervantes in ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo 1R (l. to No. 2 Murray in 3R) • Squandered 1 MP vs Fognini in Rio Olympics 2R, falling 76 in 3rd • Reached Chennai doubles final with 1st-time partner Krajicek (l. to Marach/Martin)

• Tournament Note: Rallied from 62 41 down to defeat Youzhny 26 64 64 on Friday and reach 3rd Chennai SF • Upset World No. 1 Djokovic 64 64 to reach 1st ATP Masters 1000 final at Shanghai (l. to No. 2 Murray) • Captured titles at Auckland (d. Sock) and Sofia (d. Troicki); fell in Winston-Salem final (l. to Carreño Busta in 3 sets) • Set career-highs last season in wins (48) and ranking (No. 13 on October 17) • Saved 1 MP to beat No. 10 Tsonga in Auckland SF, snapping 17-match losing streak to Top 10 opponents • Reached 4R at Aus. Open (d. Cilic, l. to No. 6 Berdych in 5 sets) and Roland Garros (d. Coric, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Following Shanghai run, lost opening matches to No. 266 Bublik at Moscow, No. 417 J. Melzer at Vienna and Simon at ATP Masters 1000 Paris after holding 3 MPs • Quarter-finalist at Rio Olympics in singles (l. to del Potro) and doubles w/Ferrer (l. to Johnson/Sock) • Also advanced to SF at St. Petersburg (l. to No. 3 Wawrinka) and QFs at Chennai (l. to Coric 76 in 3rd), Rotterdam (l. to Klizan after 5 MPs), Dubai (l. to Baghdatis) and London/Queen’s Club (l. to No. 9 Raonic) • Withdrew from Munich due to meniscus injury Aircel Chennai Open Day 6 – Saturday, January 7, 2017 Page 3 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com

FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS - POTENTIAL SINGLES FINALS

[2] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs Daniil Medvedev (RUS) First Meeting

[2] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs Dudi Sela (ISR) First Meeting

[5] Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Daniil Medvedev (RUS) First Meeting

[5] Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Dudi Sela (ISR) Sela Leads 2-1 12 Chennai (India) Hard R16 Dudi Sela 4-6 6-2 6-4 13 Chennai (India) Hard R16 Benoit Paire 6-1 6-0 14 ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) Grass R32 Dudi Sela 6-4 7-6(2)

AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, January 6, 2017

SDAT Tennis Stadium, Chennai, India | January 2-8, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $447,480 | Surface: Outdoor Hard

SPANISH SEEDS, FAMILIAR FACE BEDENE IN CHENNAI QUARTERS

 No. 2 seed Roberto Bautista Agut and No. 3 seed Albert Ramos-Viñolas have picked up where they left off in 2016 by reaching the Aircel Chennai Open quarter-finals. The Spaniards earned career-high rankings in October and finished the season with the most victories of their respective careers. They are the only Chennai quarter-finalists who posted winning records on tour in 2016.

 Ramos-Viñolas opens play Friday against Dudi Sela, while Bautista Agut meets No. 7 seed Mikhail Youzhny. Both Sela and Youzhny are bidding for their first ATP World Tour semi-final since July 2014 (Sela: Atlanta, Youzhny: Stuttgart). The winner of the match on Court 1 between #NextGen player Daniil Medvedev and World No. 117 Jozef Kovalik will reach his first ATP semi-final.

 No. 5 seed Benoit Paire and Aljaz Bedene have grown accustomed to playing on Stadium Court through the years. Paire is through to his fourth singles quarter-final in Chennai to go with the 2013 doubles title and 2016 doubles final. His quarter-final opponent Bedene is a Chennai specialist. The 2015 finalist is 14-4 at India’s only ATP event (.778) and 39-65 in all other tour-level matches (.375)

FRIDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS - SINGLES QUARTER-FINALS

STADIUM COURT

[3] Albert Ramos-Viñolas (ESP) vs Dudi Sela (ISR) First Meeting

Ramos-Viñolas 2016 Summary W: Bastad (d. Verdasco); F: Chengdu (l. Khachanov); SF: Quito (l. Estrella Burgos); QF (5): Istanbul (l. Delbonis); Roland Garros (l. Wawrinka); Gstaad (l. Mathieu); Moscow (l. Fognini); Vienna (l. Tsonga) 2016 W-L: 34-31 (13-16 on hard) 2016 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: January 17, 1988 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 27 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2017 Quarter-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Saved 3 of 3 break points to defeat Darcis 62 60 in 2R on Wednesday • Won 1st ATP World Tour title at Båstad, beating countrymen Carballes Baena, Ferrer and Verdasco in straight sets • Defeated No. 10 Thiem 61 64 and Dimitrov 76 16 76 to reach Chengdu final (l. to Khachanov 67 76 63) • Appeared in 3R, 4R and QF of a Grand Slam for 1st time at Roland Garros (d. No. 9 Raonic, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) • Set career-highs last season in wins (34) and ranking (No. 26 on October 24) • Advanced to Quito SF (d. Lajovic, Ram and Lopez; l. to Estrella Burgos) • Reached 3R at Indian Wells (d. Kyrgios, l. to Monfils) and Wimbledon (d. Troicki in 5 sets, l. to No. 10 Gasquet) • In ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1R, saved 1 MP to beat A. Gonzalez 76 in 3rd (l. to No. 10 Gasquet in 2R) • Held 1 MP before falling to Mathieu in 1st match of season at Doha • Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Toronto due to foot injury

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• Tournament Note: Reached 4th Chennai QF by beating both Dzumhur and [Q] Chung 62 62 • Reached grass-court QFs at Nottingham (l. to Seppi) and Newport (d. defending champion Ram, l. to Baghdatis) • Advanced to Australian Open 3R for 3rd time in career (d. Becker and Verdasco, l. to Kuznetsov) • Lost 5-setters to Brown in Roland Garros 1R and Cuevas in US Open 1R • Defeated Wu for 20th Challenger title at Shenzhen, CHN (2nd all-time to Lu’s 26) • Fell in Challenger finals at Happy Valley, AUS (l. to Fritz); Karshi, UZB (l. to Tepavac) and Istanbul, TUR (l. to Jaziri) • Captured 1st ATP doubles title in 1st final and with 1st-time partner Cipolla at Istanbul (d. Molteni/Schwartzman) • Withdrew from Winston-Salem due to illness

[5] Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Aljaz Bedene (GBR) Series Tied 1-1 13 Casablanca (Morocco) Clay R16 Benoit Paire 4-6 6-4 6-3 16 London/Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R32 Aljaz Bedene 7-6(6) 6-7(7) 6-4 Other Meeting 09 Austria F7 (Austria) Clay F Aljaz Bedene 6-4 6-0

Paire 2016 Summary SF (4): Chennai (l. Wawrinka); Marseille (l. Cilic); Barcelona (l. Nishikori); Estoril (l. Carreno Busta); QF: Washington (l. A. Zverev) 2016 W-L: 23-32 (13-20 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 8, 1989 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 47 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 9-4 (2013, 2016 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: Reached 4th Chennai QF by beating both Kravchuk and [Q] Bhambri 63 64 • Advanced to SFs at Chennai (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka), Marseille (d. No. 4 Wawrinka, l. to Cilic), Barcelona (l. to No. 6 Nishikori) and Estoril (l. to Carreño Busta) • Achieved career-high No. 18 in Emirates ATP Rankings on January 11 • Improved to 8-4 in 5-setters with wins over Albot in Roland Garros 1R (l. to Gabashvili in 2R), Skugor in Wimbledon 1R (l. to Millman in 2R) and Lajovic in US Open 1R (l. to Baghdatis in 2R). Saved 4 MPs to beat Skugor 10-8 in 5th • Also saved 1 MP vs Cervantes in ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo 1R (l. to No. 2 Murray in 3R) • Squandered 1 MP vs Fognini in Rio Olympics 2R, falling 76 in 3rd • Upset in Australian Open 1R by 328th-ranked WC Rubin 76(4) 76(6) 76(5) • Reached Chennai doubles final with 1st-time partner Krajicek (l. to Marach/Martin)

Bedene 2016 Summary SF: Chennai (l. Coric) 2016 W-L: 12-19 (6-8 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 18, 1989 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 101 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 14-4 (2015 Runner-up)

• Tournament Note: Advanced to 5th straight Chennai QF with 3h4m win over [4] Klizan in 3 TBs • Advanced to Grand Slam 3R for 1st time at Roland Garros (d. Carreño Busta in 5 sets, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Also advanced to QF-or-better for 4th straight year at Chennai, falling in SF (l. to Coric) • Reached 2R at Acapulco, Miami, Monte-Carlo, ’s-Hertogenbosch, London/Queen’s Club, Båstad, Winston-Salem • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Robert 76 76 in 1R) • Held 5 MPs vs Querrey in Auckland 1R before retiring in 3rd set due to leg injury • Also held 1 MP vs Khachanov in Barcelona 1R before falling 76 in 3rd • Fell to 11-2 in Challenger finals with loss to Granollers in Irving, USA championship match • Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R vs Bautista Agut and withdrew from Marrakech due to right wrist injury Aircel Chennai Open Day 5 – Friday, January 6, 2017 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com

[7] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs [2] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) First Meeting

Youzhny 2016 Summary QF (3): Stuttgart (l. Thiem); Gstaad (l. Brown); St. Petersburg (l. A. Zverev) 2016 W-L: 17-18 (9-9 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: June 25, 1982 (34) Emirates ATP Ranking: 57 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 8-2 (2008 Champion)

• Tournament Note: Won 75% of points on 1st serve (30/40) and 2nd-serve return (18/24) to beat Olivo 61 75 in 2R • Reached QFs at Stuttgart (l. to No. 7 Thiem), Gstaad (l. to Brown), St. Petersburg (d. No. 6 Raonic, l. to A. Zverev) • Qualified and reached 2R at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Fritz, l. to No. 7 Nishikori) • Also qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Almagro in 1R) • Won 30 of 32 sets to sweep 3 consecutive ATP Challenger Tour titles in January • Captured 2 titles in Bangkok, THA (d. Soeda and Pavlasek), followed by title at Manila, PHI (d. Chiudinelli) • Illness forced walkover vs Bautista Agut in Indian Wells 2R and retirement vs Bellucci in Munich 1R • Left hamstring strain forced w/o vs Kuznetsov in Winston-Salem 2R and ret vs No. 1 Djokovic in US Open 3R

Bautista Agut 2016 Summary W (2): Auckland (d. Sock); Sofia (d. Troicki); F (2): Winston-Salem (l. Carreno Busta); ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. Murray); SF: St. Petersburg (l. Wawrinka); QF (5): Chennai (l. Coric); Rotterdam (l. Klizan); Dubai (l. Baghdatis); London/Queen's Club (l. Raonic); Rio Olympics (l. del Potro) 2016 W-L: 48-23 (37-16 on hard) 2016 Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 14 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 8-4 (2013 Runner-up)

• Tournament Note: Reached 4th Chennai QF by beating Dutra Silva 62 62 on Thursday following 1R bye • Upset World No. 1 Djokovic 64 64 to reach 1st ATP Masters 1000 final at Shanghai (l. to No. 2 Murray) • Captured titles at Auckland (d. Sock) and Sofia (d. Troicki); fell in Winston-Salem final (l. to Carreño Busta in 3 sets) • Set career-highs last season in wins (48) and ranking (No. 13 on October 17) • Saved 1 MP to beat No. 10 Tsonga in Auckland SF, snapping 17-match losing streak to Top 10 opponents • Reached 4R at Aus. Open (d. Cilic, l. to No. 6 Berdych in 5 sets) and Roland Garros (d. Coric, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Following Shanghai run, lost opening matches to No. 266 Bublik at Moscow, No. 417 J. Melzer at Vienna and Simon at ATP Masters 1000 Paris after holding 3 MPs • Quarter-finalist at Rio Olympics in singles (l. to del Potro) and doubles w/Ferrer (l. to Johnson/Sock) • Also advanced to SF at St. Petersburg (l. to No. 3 Wawrinka) and QFs at Chennai (l. to Coric 76 in 3rd), Rotterdam (l. to Klizan after 5 MPs), Dubai (l. to Baghdatis) and London/Queen’s Club (l. to No. 9 Raonic) • Withdrew from Munich due to meniscus injury

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COURT 1

[Q] Jozef Kovalik (SVK) vs Daniil Medvedev (RUS) First ATP Meeting Other Meeting 16 Portoroz CH (Slovenia) Hard R16 Daniil Medvedev 6-3 6-3

Kovalik 2016 Summary QF: Munich (l. Fognini) 2016 W-L: 4-9 (2-5 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 4, 1992 (24) Emirates ATP Ranking: 117 (Career-High) Chennai W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2017 Quarter-finalist)

• Tournament Note: In 1st match vs. Top 10 opponent, upset No. 1 seed and World No. 6 Cilic 76(5) 57 75 in 2R • Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF at Munich as LL (d. Sijsling, l. to Fognini 75 in 3rd) • Qualified and earned 1st tour-level win at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. Herbert, l. to Thiem 76 76 in 2R) • Achieved career-high No. 117 in Emirates ATP Rankings on November 21 • Made major debut at Australian Open as Q (l. to Trungelliti in 1R) and played at US Open as LL (l. to Pospisil in 1R) • Also qualified at Chennai (l. to Fabbiano in 1R), Quito (l. to Montañes in 1R) and Antwerp (l. to Cuevas in 2R) • Captured 2nd Challenger title of career at Napoli, ITA (d. Fucsovics, Dutra Silva, Volandri, Elias and De Greef)

• Tournament Note: Like his opponent Kovalik, appearing in 2nd ATP World Tour QF and trying to reach 1st ATP SF • Reached 1st ATP World Tour QF at Moscow as Q (d. Kukushkin and Troicki, l. to Robert) • Also qualified at Nice (l. to Pella in ATP debut), ’s-Hertogenbosch (d. Zeballos for 1st ATP win, l. to Mannarino in 2R), Hamburg (d. Struff, l. to Gimeno-Traver in 2R) and St. Petersburg (d. Bublik, l. to A. Zverev in 2R) • Made Grand Slam qualifying debut at Wimbledon, beating Kozlov and Millot before falling to Willis in final round • Improved Emirates ATP Ranking from No. 331 at end of 2015 to career-high No. 98 on November 14 • Advanced to QF-or-better at final 8 Challenger events of season, highlighted by 1st final at Portoroz, SLO (l. to F. Mayer) and 1st title at St. Remy, FRA (d. De Loore) • Won Futures title at Trimbach, SUI (d. Bossel) and in doubles at Lille, FRA w/Matsukevich (d. Pel/van der Duim)

AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, January 5, 2017

SDAT Tennis Stadium, Chennai, India | January 2-8, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $447,480 | Surface: Outdoor Hard

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SEEDS BAUTISTA AGUT, KLIZAN, PAIRE, YOUZHNY EYE QUARTER-FINALS

WHAT TO WATCH FOR…  DAY 4 PREVIEW: There are four second round singles matches in the bottom half of the draw to be played on Thursday at the Aircel Chennai Open with No. 2 seed and 2013 finalist Roberto Bautista Agut, No. 4 Martin Klizan, No. 5 Benoit Paire and No. 8 Mikhail Youzhny in action.

 In the opening match on Stadium Court, Brazilian Rogerio Dutra Silva takes on Bautista Agut, who won the previous meeting in a 2014 Davis Cup tie in Brazil in straight sets. Bautista Agut is making his fifth straight showing in Chennai (7-4 record) and besides his runner-up four years ago, he also advanced to the semi-finals in 2015 and quarter-finals last year. The 28-year-old Spaniard won two ATP World Tour titles last season and finished a year-end best No. 14. The 32-year-old Dutra Silva finished in the Top 100 for the first time last year at No. 98 and he is trying to reach his second career ATP World Tour quarter-final (2012 Kitzbuehel).

 In the next match on, Paire meets Indian qualifier Yuki Bhambri for the first time. Paire is a two- time semi-finalist in Chennai (2013, 2016). Last season he finished in the Top 50 for the fourth time in the past five years (at No. 47), highlighted by four ATP World Tour semi-finals. Bhambri is looking to reach his second quarter-final in Chennai, the first since 2014.

 In the third match on, James Cerretani of the U.S. and Philipp Oswald of Austria take on Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, one of two Indian duos remaining in the quarter-finals. The other Indian squad in action on Court 1 is Purav Raja and Divij Sharan against Jurgen Melzer and Renzo Olivo, who faces Youzhny for the second time. The Argentine beat Youzhny in three sets in Hamburg last summer. In the other singles match on Court 1, Aljaz Bedene and Klizan square off for the third time (tied 1-1), the first on hard courts.

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Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) vs [2] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Bautista Agut 1-0 14 BRA vs. ESP WG Play-Off (Brazil) Clay RR Roberto Bautista Agut 6-0 6-1 6-3

Dutra Silva 2016 Summary 2016 W-L: 2-9 (1-4 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 3, 1984 (32) Emirates ATP Ranking: 98 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 Second Round)

• Tournament Note: The 32-year-old Brazilian made his debut Tuesday, defeating Lajovic 76 46 76 • Earned 1st tour-level win since April 2014 by beating Becker in Estoril 1R (l. to Coric in 2R) • Also advanced to 2R at Rio Olympics (d. Fabbiano, l. to Monfils • Achieved career-high No. 82 in Emirates ATP Rankings on June 13 • Returned to Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings on April 11 after falling as low as No. 533 on June 8, 2015 Aircel Chennai Open Day 4 – Thursday, January 5, 2017 Page 2 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• Compiled 50-23 match record on ATP Challenger Tour and won titles in singles at Bordeaux, FRA (d. Fratangelo) and doubles at Perugia, ITA w/Molteni (d Barrientos/Neis) • Challenger singles runner-up at Santiago, CHI-1 (l. to Bagnis); Barranquilla, COL (l. to Schwartzman) Santiago, CHI-2 (l. to M. Gonzalez) and Montevideo, URU (l. to Schwartzman) • Challenger doubles runner-up at Barletta, ITA w/Cipolla (l. to Brunstrom/Siljestrom) and Santos, BRA w/Neis (l. to M. Gonzalez/Galdos)

Bautista Agut 2016 Summary W(2): Auckland (d Sock); Sofia (d Troicki); F(2): Winston-Salem (l Carreno Busta); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Murray); SF: St. Petersburg (l Wawrinka); QF(5): Chennai (l Coric); Rotterdam (l Klizan); Dubai (l Baghdatis); London / Queen's Club (l Raonic); Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games (l del Potro) 2016 W-L: 48-23 (37-16 on hard) 2016 Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 14 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 7-4 (2013 Finalist)

• Tournament Note: The 28-year-old Spaniard is making his fifth straight showing (7-4) and best result is runner-up in 2013 debut (l. to No. 9 Tipsarevic). Also SF in 2015 (l. to Bedene) and QF last year (l. to Coric). All four losses have come in three sets, including final set tie-breaks in 2015-16 • Upset World No. 1 Djokovic 64 64 to reach 1st ATP Masters 1000 final at Shanghai (l. to No. 2 Murray) • No. 2 Spaniard (behind No. 9 Nadal) captured titles at Auckland (d. Sock) and Sofia (d. Troicki); fell in Winston-Salem final (l. to Carreño Busta in 3 sets) • Set career-highs this season in wins (48) and ranking (No. 13 on October 17) • Saved 1 MP to beat No. 10 Tsonga in Auckland SF, snapping 17-match losing streak to Top 10 opponents • Reached 4R at Aus. Open (d. Cilic, l. to No. 6 Berdych in 5 sets) and Roland Garros (d. Coric, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Following Shanghai run, lost opening matches to No. 266 Bublik at Moscow, No. 417 J. Melzer at Vienna and Simon at ATP Masters 1000 Paris after holding 3 MP • Quarter-finalist at Rio Olympics in singles (l. to del Potro) and doubles w/Ferrer (l. to Johnson/Sock) • Also advanced to SF at St. Petersburg (l. to No. 3 Wawrinka) and QFs at Chennai (l. to Coric 76 in 3rd) Rotterdam (l. to Klizan after 5 MPs), Dubai (l. to Baghdatis) and London/Queen’s Club (l. to No. 9 Raonic)

[5] Benoit Paire (FRA) vs [Q] Yuki Bhambri (IND) First Meeting

Paire 2016 Summary SF(4): Chennai (l Wawrinka); Marseille (l Cilic); Barcelona (l Nishikori); Estoril (l Carreno Busta); QF: Washington (l A. Zverev) 2016 W-L: 23-32 (13-20 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: Date of Birth: May 8, 1989 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 47 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 8-4 (2013, 2016 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: The 27-year-old Frenchman is trying to reach quarter-finals or better for fourth time in five appearance. Best result is semi-finals in 2013 (l. to Bautista Agut) and last year (l. to Wawrinka) and quarter finalist in 2014 (l .to Granollers). Opened on Tuesday with 63 64 win over Kravchuk • Advanced to SFs at Chennai (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka), Marseille (d. No. 4 Wawrinka, l. to Cilic), Barcelona (l. to No. 6 Nishikori) and Estoril (l. to Carreño Busta) • Achieved career-high No. 18 in Emirates ATP Rankings on January 11 • Improved to 8-4 in 5-set matches with wins over Albot in Roland Garros 1R (l. to Gabashvili in 2R), Skugor in Wimbledon 1R (l. to Millman in 2R) and Lajovic in US Open 1R (l. to Baghdatis in 2R). Saved 4 MPs to beat Skugor 10-8 in 5th • Also saved 1 MP vs Cervantes in ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo 1R (l. to No. 2 Murray in 3R) • Squandered 1 MP vs Fognini in Rio Olympics 2R, falling 76 in 3rd • Upset in Australian Open 1R by 328th-ranked WC Rubin 76(4) 76(6) 76(5) • Reached Chennai doubles final with 1st-time partner Krajicek (l. to Marach/Martin)

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Bhambri 2016 Summary 2016 W-L: 0-3 (0-3 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 4, 1992 (24) Emirates ATP Ranking: 474 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 4-4 (2014 Quarter-finalist)

• Tournament History: The 24-year-old Indian is making fifth main draw appearance (4-4 record), first since 2014 when he reached quarter-finals (d. Carreno-Busta, No. 16 Fognini-ret., l. to Pospsil). Opened on Tuesday with 61 61 victory over countryman [WC] Ramanathan. In 2012, reached 2R (d. K. Beck, l. to Tipsarevic). Did not play last year and two years ago lost in second round of qualifying • Last season had an 0-3 record in tour-level matches, including Australian Open loss to No. 6 Berdych • Advanced to Zhuhai, CHN Challenger SF in singles (d. Gojowczyk, Chen and Myneni; l. to Fabbiano) • Won Challenger doubles title in hometown of New Delhi, IND with 1st-time partner Bhupathi (d. Myneni/Singh). Withdrew from Chennai and last event was Mar. 14 at Guangzhou, CHN Challenger. Then missed six months due to right elbow injury before returning Sept. 26 at Tiburon, USA Challenger (1R) • In 2015, finished as No. 1 Indian at No. 93 in Emirates ATP Rankings, his first Top 100 year-end ranking • Went 40-15 on ATP Challenger Tour, reaching 5 finals and winning titles at Shanghai, CHN (d. Wu 76 in 3rd set) and Pune, IND (d. Donskoy)

COURT 1

[7] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs Renzo Olivo (ARG) Olivo Leads 1-0 16 Hamburg (Germany) Clay R32 Renzo Olivo 7-6(5) 2-6 6-1

Aljaz Bedene (GBR) vs [4] Martin Klizan (SVK) Tied 1-1 12 Belgrade (Serbia) Clay R32 Aljaz Bedene 6-4 7-6(6) 12 Umag (Croatia) Clay R32 Martin Klizan 6-2 6-2 Other meetings: 09 Slovak Republic F1 (Slovak Republic) Clay SF Martin Klizan 7-5 6-3 12 Prague CH (Czech Republic) Clay SF Martin Klizan 5-7 6-3 6-2

AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, January 4, 2017

SDAT Tennis Stadium, Chennai, India | January 2-8, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $447,480 | Surface: Outdoor Hard

TOP SEED CILIC RETURNS, #NEXTGEN CHUNG, MEDVEDEV IN ACTION

WHAT TO WATCH FOR…  DAY 3 PREVIEW: There are four second round singles matches on Wednesday’s order of play at the Aircel Chennai Open with 2009-10 champion and top seed Marin Cilic leading the way.

 In the opening match on Stadium Court, Cilic takes on Slovak qualifier Jozef Kovalik for the first time. Cilic is making his first appearance in Chennai since 2013 when he reached the quarter-finals. He won back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010 and semi-finals in 2008. The 28- year-old Croat is coming off his best season in 2016 when he finished a year-end best No. 6 and won two ATP World Tour titles, including his first ATP Masters 1000 crown in Cincinnati. Kovalik, who finished a year-end best No. 117 last season, is playing his first career Top 10 opponent.

 In the next match on, Israeli No. 1 Dudi Sela meets #NextGen Korean star Hyeon Chung, who won the previous meeting 62 61 in the 1R of 2015 Washington. Sela is attempting to reach his fourth quarter-final in Chennai, having advanced to the semi-finals in 2010 and quarter-finals in 2012 and 2014. The 20-year-old Chung is aiming to reach his third career ATP World Tour quarter-final (2015 Shenzhen, 2016 Houston).

 In the third match on, the Indian duo of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan take on No. 3 seeds Leander Paes and Andre Sa, who are teaming up for the first time. Paes is making his 17th Chennai appearance with his 11th different partner. He has a 33-9 record in his home country tournament. The 43-year-old Calcutta native was runner-up two years ago (w/Klaasen). Paes has won the doubles title six times (1997-99, ’02, ’11-12), the first five with long-time partner Mahesh Bhupathi. His last title came w/Tipsarevic in 2012.

 On Court 1, Indian duo Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan meet Marcelo Demoliner of Brazil and Nikola Mektic of Croatia. The wild card squad of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan play Steve Darcis and Benoit Paire.

 MARIN TOUGH TOP SEED: Cilic is the top seed in an ATP World Tour tournament for the ninth time in his career, the first in Chennai. This is Cilic’s first appearance in Chennai since 2013 (l. to Paire in QF). He finished last season a career year-end best No. 6 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, highlighted by two titles in four finals, including his first ATP Masters 1000 crown in Cincinnati (d. Murray). He also helped his country to the Davis Cup final (l. to Argentina 3-2). Cilic has an outstanding 25-5 career record as the top seed in an ATP World Tour tournament, winning three titles and reaching two other finals:

- 2015 Moscow Champion - 2010 Metz QF - 2013 Memphis QF - 2010 Munich Finalist - 2013 Zagreb Champion - 2010 Zagreb Champion - 2011 Zagreb QF - 2009 Vienna Finalist

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STADIUM COURT

[1] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs [Q] Jozef Kovalik (SVK) First Meeting

Cilic 2016 Summary W(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d Murray); Basel (d Nishikori); F(2): Marseille (l Kyrgios); Geneva (l Wawrinka); SF(3): London / Queen's Club (l Murray); Tokyo (l Goffin); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris (l Isner); QF(4): Brisbane (l Thiem); Rotterdam (l Kohlschreiber); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Goffin); Wimbledon (l Federer) 2016 W-L: 49-24 (38-18 on hard) 2016 Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 16 Date of Birth: September 28, 1988 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 6 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 14-3 (2009-10 Champion)

• Tournament Note: The top Croat returns for first time since 2013 when he reached QFs. Won back-to-back titles in 2009 (d. Devvarman) and 2010 (d. Wawrinka). Also SF in 2008 main draw debut (l. to Youzhny) • Captured 1st ATP Masters 1000 title at Cincinnati in 71st appearance at that level (d. No. 2 Murray) • Beat Coric for 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF win and Dimitrov in SF that ended at 1:35 am on same day as final • Added 1st ATP World Tour 500 title at Basel, winning 2014 US Open final rematch over No. 5 Nishikori • Also played in finals at Marseille (l. to Kyrgios) and Geneva (d. Ferrer, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) • Ended season at career-high No. 6 in Emirates ATP Rankings • Defeated No. 1 Djokovic for 1st time in 15 meetings to reach ATP Masters 1000 Paris SF (l. to Isner) • Also reached SFs at London/Queen’s Club (l. to No. 2 Murray in 3 sets) and Tokyo (l. to Goffin) • Advanced to 3rd straight Wimbledon QF, falling to No. 3 Federer after leading by 2 sets and holding 3 MPs • Ended 11-match losing streak vs Top 10 players with win over No. 10 Gasquet in Indian Wells 4R (l. to Goffin in QF) • Posted 1-2 record at ATP Finals (d. No. 5 Nishikori, l. to No. 1 Murray and No. 3 Wawrinka) • Defeated Delbonis in 5 sets before letting 2-set lead slip away against del Potro in Davis Cup final (ARG d. CRO 3-2). Also teamed w/Dodig to defeat del Potro/L. Mayer in doubles rubber • Led Croatia to Davis Cup final with 3-2 wins over Belgium (d. Coppejans, l. to Goffin), USA (l. to Sock after leading by 2 sets, w/Dodig d. Bryan/Bryan, d. Isner) and France (d. Pouille, w/Dodig d. Herbert/Mahut, d. Gasquet) • Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 events at Monte-Carlo, Madrid and Rome due to knee injury

Kovalik 2016 Summary QF: Munich (l Fognini) 2016 W-L: 4-9 (2-5 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 4, 1992 (24) Emirates ATP Ranking: 117 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2017 Second Round)

• Tournament Note: The 24-year-old Slovak qualified for second straight year and opened with a 67 64 62 win over Elias on Tuesday. Last year lost to Fabbiano in 1R as a qualifier • In May, advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF at Munich as LL (d. Sijsling, l. to Fognini 75 in 3rd) • Qualified and earned 1st tour-level win at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d. Herbert, l. to Thiem 76 76 2R) • Achieved career-high No. 123 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 25 • Made Grand Slam debut at Australian Open as Q (l. to Trungelliti in 1R) • Also qualified at Chennai (l. to Fabbiano in 1R) and Quito (l. to Montañes in 1R) • Captured 2nd Challenger title of career at Napoli, ITA (d. Fucsovics, Dutra Silva, Volandri, Elias and De Greef) • Made Davis Cup debut by beating Fucsovics in Slovakia’s 3-0 sweep of Hungary in Group I QF

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Dudi Sela (ISR) vs [Q] Hyeon Chung (KOR) Chung Leads 1-0 15 Washington (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Hyeon Chung 6-2 6-1

Sela 2016 Summary QF(2): Nottingham (l Seppi); Newport (l Baghdatis) 2016 W-L: 11-18 (4-9 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: April 4, 1985 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 96 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 10-5 (2010 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament Note: The 31-year-old Israeli improved to 10-5 with a 62 62 opening round win over Dzumhur. His best result is a semi-final in 2010 (l. to Wawrinka) and quarter-finals in 2012 (l. to Raonic) and 2014 (l. to Roger-Vasselin), his last appearance • No. 1 Israeli has finished in Top 100 in nine of past 10 seasons (except 2012) and No. 96 last year • Reached grass-court QFs at Nottingham (l. to Seppi) and Newport (d. defending champion Ram, l. to Baghdatis), his best ATP World Tour results in 2016 • Advanced to Australian Open 3R for 3rd time in career (d. Becker and Verdasco, l. to Kuznetsov) • Lost 5-setters to Brown in Roland Garros 1R and Cuevas in US Open 1R • Defeated Wu for 20th Challenger title at Shenzhen, CHN (2nd all-time to Lu’s 24) • Compiled 25-8 record in ATP Challenger Tour events and fell in finals at Happy Valley, AUS (l. to Fritz); Karshi, UZB (l. to Tepavac) and Istanbul, TUR (l. to Jaziri) • Captured 1st ATP doubles title in 1st final and with 1st-time partner Cipolla at Istanbul (d. Molteni/Schwartzman)

Chung 2016 Summary QF: Houston (l Isner) YTD W-L: 8-13 (5-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 19, 1996 (20) Emirates ATP Ranking: 104 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 Second Round)

• Tournament Note: The 20-year-old #NextGen qualifier opened with a 63 75 win over No. 6 seed/last year’s finalist Coric on Tuesday. Trying to reach third career ATP World Tour quarter-final • Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour QF at Houston (d. Estrella Burgos and Paul, l. to Isner) • Earned biggest win of career by ranking over No. 34 Garcia-Lopez in Rotterdam 1R (l. to Troicki in 2R) • Also reached 2R at Brisbane (l. to Cilic), Dubai (l. to Bautista Agut) and Istanbul (l. to Granollers) • Ended season with 21-4 run at Challengers, winning titles at Kaohsiung, TPE (d. Lee) and Kobe, JPN (d. Duckworth) • Also advanced to Nanchang, CHN Challenger final (l. to Moriya) • Swept 6 sets to defeat Venus and Statham in Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I (KOR d. NZL 3-1) • Did not play in June, July and August due to abdominal injury

COURT 1

Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) vs Steve Darcis (BEL) First Meeting

COURT 2

Daniil Medvedev (RUS) vs [8] Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) First Meeting

AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, January 3, 2017

SDAT Tennis Stadium, Chennai, India | January 2-8, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $447,480 | Surface: Outdoor Hard

FORMER CHAMPION YOUZHNY, NO. 5 PAIRE, INDIAN TRIO HEADLINE ACTION

 DAY 2 PREVIEW: There are seven singles matches on Tuesday’s order of play at the Aircel Chennai Open with 2008 champion Mikhail Youzhny, No. 5 seed Benoit Paire and three Indian players leading the way on Stadium Court.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR…  In the opening match on Stadium Court, the last player to gain direct entry into the main draw, Aljaz Bedene of Great Britain, takes a 2-0 head-to-head record against Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. Bedene won the last meeting here in the quarter-finals last year before losing in the semi-finals (l. to Coric). Bedene, who has a 12-4 record in Chennai, reached the final here two years ago as a qualifier. Garcia-Lopez advanced to the semi-finals in his debut 12 years ago (l. to No. 5 Moya).

 In the next match on, Indian wild card Ramkumar Ramanthan meets countryman qualifier Yuki Bhambri for the first time on the ATP World Tour. In their previous pro meeting, Ramanathan won in straight sets at the Indore Challenger in India. Both players have enjoyed success on home soil with Ramanthan reaching the quarter-finals last year and Bhambri in 2014. Bhambri, who finished a year-end best No. 93 in 2015, is coming back from an elbow injury which sidelined him for six months last season.

 In the last match on, Youzhny and wild card Saketh Myneni square off for the first time. Youzhny won the title here in 2008 (d. Nadal) and his last appearance came three years ago. The 29-year-old Myneni is making his first main draw appearance in Chennai. Last season he finished as the No. 1 Indian at No. 192 in the Emirates ATP Rankings.

 On Court 1, No. 5 seed Paire meets Russian Konstantin Kravchuk for the first time. Paire is making his fifth visit to Chennai (7-4 record) and he reached the semi-finals in 2013 and last year and quarter-finals in 2014.

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Aljaz Bedene (GBR) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) Bedene Leads 2-0 12 Vienna (Austria) Hard R32 Aljaz Bedene 6-4 1-0 ret 15 Chennai (India) Hard QF Aljaz Bedene 2-6 6-3 6-2

Bedene 2016 Summary SF: Chennai (l Coric) 2016 W-L: 12-19 (6-8 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 18, 1989 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 101 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 12-4 (2015 Finalist Aircel Chennai Open Day 2 – Tuesday, January 3, 2017 Page 2 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• Tournament History: The 27-year-old Briton is making his fifth straight showing in Chennai. Has a 12-4 record and has advanced to QFs or better each time. His best result came two years ago as a qualifier when he reached final (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka). Made debut in 2013 and reached SF (l. to No. 9 Tipsarevic). Also SF last year (l. to Coric). In 2014, reached QF (l. to No. 8 Wawrinka) • Advanced to Grand Slam 3R for 1st time at Roland Garros (d. Carreño Busta in 5 sets, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Also advanced to QF-or-better for 4th straight year at Chennai, falling in SF (l. to Coric) • Reached 2R at Acapulco, Miami, Monte-Carlo, ’s-Hertogenbosch, London/Queen’s Club, Båstad and Winston-Salem • Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Robert 76 76 in 1R) • Fell to 11-2 in Challenger finals with loss to Granollers in Irving, USA championship match • Held 5 MPs vs Querrey in Auckland 1R before retiring in 3rd set due to leg injury • Also held 1 MP vs Khachanov in Barcelona 1R before falling 76 in 3rd • Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R vs Bautista Agut and W/D from Marrakech due to right wrist Injury

Garcia-Lopez 2016 Summary SF: Bucharest (l Verdasco); QF(6): Chennai (l Wawrinka); Sofia (l Muller); Marrakech (l Vesely); Estoril (l Paire); Geneva (l Ferrer); Hamburg (l Robert) 2016 W-L: 22-31 (9-18 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: June 4, 1983 (33) Emirates ATP Ranking: 70 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 10-6 (2005 Semi-finalist)

• Tournament History: The 33-year-old Spaniard has a 10-6 record in Chennai and made his debut in 2005 and reached semi-finals (l. to No. 5 Moya in third set TB). Also QF in 2008 (l. to No. 2 Nadal), 2015 (l. to Bedene) and last year (l. to Wawrinka). His only 1R loss came to No. 9 Ljubicic in 2006 • Best result last season came in Bucharest where he saved 1 MP to beat Pella in QF (l. to Verdasco in SF) • Lost in QFs at Chennai (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka), Sofia (l. to Muller), Marrakech (l. to Vesely), Estoril (l. to Paire), Geneva (l. to Ferrer) and Hamburg (d. De Schepper in 1R after saving 1 MP, l. to Robert) • Reached Australian Open 3R (l. to No. 7 Nishikori in 4 sets) and Roland Garros 2R (l. to Thiem) • Made 48th consecutive Grand Slam appearance at US Open, tied with Djokovic for 3rd-longest active streak • Fell to fellow Spaniard Ferrer 3 straight weeks in Madrid 1R, Rome 2R and Geneva QF • Ended season on 6-match losing streak in singles • Advanced to 1st Grand Slam QF, SF and final at US Open in doubles w/Carreño Busta (l. to J. Murray/Soares) • Captured 3rd doubles title at Winston-Salem with 1st-time partner Kontinen (d. Begemann/Paes after saving 5 MPs) • Started season 0-11 in doubles before reaching Atlanta SF w/Demoliner (l. to Brunstrom/Siljestrom)

[WC] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs [Q] Yuki Bhambri (IND) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 14 Indore CH (India) Hard R16 Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-6(4) 6-3

Ramanathan 2016 Summary QF: Chennai (l Bedene) 2016 W-L: 3-5 (3-5 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 8, 1994 (22) Emirates ATP Ranking: 227 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 3-3 (2016 Quarter-finalist)

• Tournament History: Last year advanced to quarter-finals (l. to Bedene) and made main draw debut in 2014 as a qualifier (l. to Granollers in 2R). In 2015, lost in 1R (l. to Ito). Lost in 1R qualifying in 2012-13 • Last season finished as No. 2 Indian at No. 227 in Emirates ATP Rankings, his second-best year-end ranking (No. 215 in 2014) • His best ATP World Tour result was a quarter-final in Chennai (l. to Bedene). Played rest of season mostly on Futures and ATP Challenger Tour. Won Spain #12 Futures title in May and SF at Spain #8 Futures in April. Best Challenger results were SFs in Samarkand in May and Binghamton in July • Played in Davis Cup ties vs. Korea (1-1 in singles) and Spain in World Group playoff tie (l. to Lopez, Ferrer) Aircel Chennai Open Day 2 – Tuesday, January 3, 2017 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com

Bhambri 2016 Summary 2016 W-L: 0-3 (0-3 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 4, 1992 (24) Emirates ATP Ranking: 474 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 3-4 (2014 Quarter-finalist)

• Tournament History: Making fifth main draw appearance, first since 2014 when he reached quarter-finals (d. Carreno-Busta, No. 16 Fognini-ret., l. to Pospsil). In 2012, reached 2R (d. K. Beck, l. to Tipsarevic). Did not play last year and two years ago lost in second round of qualifying • Last season had an 0-3 record in tour-level matches, including Australian Open loss to No. 6 Berdych • Advanced to Zhuhai, CHN Challenger SF in singles (d. Gojowczyk, Chen and Myneni; l. to Fabbiano) • Won Challenger doubles title in hometown of New Delhi, IND with 1st-time partner Bhupathi (d. Myneni/Singh). Withdrew from Chennai and last event was Mar. 14 at Guangzhou, CHN Challenger. Then missed six months due to right elbow injury before returning Sept. 26 at Tiburon, USA Challenger (1R) • In 2015, finished as No. 1 Indian at No. 93 in Emirates ATP Rankings, his first Top 100 year-end ranking • Went 40-15 on ATP Challenger Tour, reaching 5 finals and winning titles at Shanghai, CHN (d. Wu 76 in 3rd) and Pune, IND (d. Donskoy)

[8] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs [WC] Saketh Myneni (IND) First Meeting

Youzhny 2016 Summary QF(3): Stuttgart (l Thiem); Gstaad (l Brown); St. Petersburg (l A. Zverev) 2016 W-L: 17-18 (9-9 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: June 25, 1982 (34) Emirate s ATP Ranking: 57 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 6-2 (2008 Champion)

• Tournament History: Has a 6-2 record and won title in 2008 (d. No. 2 Nadal). Made debut in 2001 and lost in 2R (l. to Wessels). Last visit was in 2014 and ret. vs. Sela in 2R (after bye) • Best results last season were QFs at Stuttgart (l. to No. 7 Thiem), Gstaad (l. to Brown) and St. Petersburg (d. No. 6 Raonic, l. to A. Zverev) • Qualified and reached 2R at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Fritz, l. to No. 7 Nishikori) • Also qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (l. to Almagro in 1R) • Won 30 of 32 sets to sweep 3 consecutive ATP Challenger Tour titles in January • Captured 2 titles in Bangkok, THA (d. Soeda and Pavlasek), followed by title at Manila, PHI (d. Chiudinelli) • Illness forced walkover vs Bautista Agut in Indian Wells 2R and retirement vs Bellucci in Munich 1R • Left hamstring strain forced W/O vs Kuznetsov in Winston-Salem 2R and ret vs No. 1 Djokovic in US Open 3R with same injury

Myneni 2016 Summary 2016 W-L: 0-1 (0-1 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0/ Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: October 19, 1987 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 192 Chennai W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut (lost in 2R qualifying in 2013 & 2016, 1R qualifying in 2014)

• Tournament History: The 29-year-old Indian is appearing in first main draw after losing in qualifying 3 times • Last season finished as No. 1 Indian at No. 192 in Emirates ATP Rankings, his second straight year in Top 200 (No. 171 in 2015) • Qualified for 1st tour-level event of career at US Open, holding 1 MP before falling to Vesely in 1R • Fell in qualifying at Chennai, Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and ATP Masters 1000 Toronto • Did not drop a set en route to Challenger final on home soil at New Delhi, IND (l. to Robert) • In doubles, did not drop a set en route to Nanjing, CHN Challenger title w/Nedunchezhiyan (d. Molchanov/Nedovyesov). Also reached Challenger doubles finals at New Delhi, IND w/Singh (l. to Bhambri/Bhupathi); Shenzhen, CHN w/Nedunchezhiyan (l. to Saville/Thompson) and Granby, CAN w/Singh (l. to Clezar/A. Gonzalez)

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COURT 1

Renzo Olivo (ARG) vs [WC] Casper Ruud (NOR) First Meeting

[5] Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) First Meeting

COURT 2

Radu Albot (MDA) vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) First Meeting

Daniel Dutra da Silva (BRA) vs Dusan Lajovic (SRB) First Meeting

AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, January 2, 2017

SDAT Tennis Stadium, Chennai, India | January 2-8, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $505,730 | Surface: Outdoor Hard

AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN TALKING POINTS

 TOURNAMENT PREVIEW: The Aircel Chennai Open returns for the 22nd consecutive year, which is the only ATP World Tour tournament in India. The 28-player field is led by top seed and World No. 6 Marin Cilic, who won back-to-back titles in 2009-10. The other seeds are: No. 2/2013 runner- up Roberto Bautista Agut, No. 3 Albert Ramos-Vinolas, No. 4 Martin Klizan, No. 5 Benoit Paire, No. 6/last year’s finalist Borna Coric, No. 7/2008 champion Mikhail Youzhny and No. 8 Yen-Hsun Lu. Cilic and Youzhny are the only former winners in the draw.

 MARIN TOUGH TOP SEED: Cilic is the top seed in an ATP World Tour tournament for the ninth time in his career, the first in Chennai. The 28-year-old Croatian star has a 14-3 main draw record in Chennai, winning back-to-back titles in 2009 (d. Devvarman) and 2010 (d. Wawerinka). He also was a SF in 2008 (l. to eventual champion Youzhny). This is Cilic’s first appearance in Chennai since 2013 (l. to Paire in QF). He finished last season a career year-end best No. 6 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, highlighted by two titles in four finals, including his first ATP Masters 1000 crown in Cincinnati (d. Murray). He also helped his country to the Davis Cup final (l. to Argentina 3-2). Cilic has an outstanding 25-5 career record as the top seed in an ATP World Tour tournament, winning three titles and reaching two other finals: - 2015 Moscow Champion - 2010 Metz QF - 2013 Memphis QF - 2010 Munich Finalist - 2013 Zagreb Champion - 2010 Zagreb Champion - 2011 Zagreb QF - 2009 Vienna Finalist

 BAUTISTA AGUT IS BACK: No. 2 seed Roberto Bautista Agut is making his fifth straight appearance in Chennai (7-4 record). The No. 2 Spaniard last season (behind No. 9 Nadal) finished a year-end best No. 14 in the Emirates ATP Rankings with two titles. He reached the Chennai final in 2013 and SF in 2015.

 CORIC RETURNS: No. 6 seed Borna Coric, who reached his first career ATP World Tour final here last year (l. to Wawrinka), is coming off his second straight Top 50 finish at No. 48. The 20- year-old #NextGen star underwent season-ending right knee surgery on Sept. 27, 2016.

 BEDENE IN CHENNAI: British No. 4 Aljaz Bedene is the last direct entry into the main draw and he comes in with a 12-4 career record in Chennai. He reached the final in 2015 as a qualifier, SF in 2013 and last year and QF in 2014.

 WILD CARDS/INDIAN TITLE HOPES: The top two Indian players in the Emirates ATP Rankings are wild cards Saketh Myneni, who is No. 192, and Ramkumar Ramanathan, who is ranked No. 227. The other Indian in the field is qualifier Yuki Bhambri , who is ranked No. 474. The other wild card is 18-year-old Norwegian star Casper Ruud, ranked a career-high No. 225. Aircel Chennai Open Day 1 – Monday, January 2, 2017 Page 2 of 6 www.ATPWorldTour.com

 LEANDER WITH 11th PARTNER: Indian doubles star Leander Paes is making his 17th Chennai appearance with his 11th different partner. He has a 33-9 record in his home country tournament. The 43-year-old Calcutta native is playing for the first time with Brazilian Andre Sa. They are the No. 3 seeds. Paes was runner-up two years ago (w/Klaasen). Paes has won the doubles title six times (1997-99, ’02, ’11-12), the first five with long-time partner Mahesh Bhupathi. His last title came w/Tipsarevic in 2012.

 INDIAN DOUBLES TEAMS: There are a tournament record four all-Indian doubles teams in the draw. Here is a look at the previous years with three all-Indian doubles teams:

2015 – 3 2000 -- 3 2012 – 3 1999 -- 3 2011 – 3 1998 -- 3 2002 – 3 1997 – 3 2001 – 3

 DAY 1 PREVIEW: There are five singles and three doubles matches on Monday’s order of play at the Aircel Chennai Open.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR…  In the opening match on Stadium Court, it’s a first-time meeting between Brazilian Thiago Monteiro and #NextGen Russian Daniil Medvedev, who finished a year-end best No. 99 in the Emirates ATP Rankings last season.  In the next match on, #NextGen stars Hyeon Chung, who qualified into the main draw, and No. 6 seed Borna Coric, who reached his maiden ATP World Tour final here last season (l. to Wawrinka), square off for the first time. Coric is playing in his first tournament since undergoing knee surgery on Sept. 26, 2016.  In the last match on, Swedes Johan Brunstrom and Andreas Siljestrom meet the Indian wild card duo of N.Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan.

SINGLES HONOR ROLL (since 2006)

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE

2016 Stan Wawrinka Borna Coric 6-3, 7-5

2015 Stan Wawrinka Aljaz Bedene 6-3, 6-4

2014 Stan Wawrinka Edouard Roger-Vasselin 7-5, 6-2

2013 Janko Tipsarevic Roberto Bautista Agut 3-6, 6-1, 6-3

2012 Milos Raonic Janko Tipsarevic 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 7-6(4)

2011 Stan Wawrinka Xavier Malisse 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 2010 Marin Cilic Stan Wawrinka 7-6(2), 7-6(3)

2009 Marin Cilic Somdev Devvarman 6-4, 7-6(3) 2008 Mikhail Youzhny Rafael Nadal 6-0, 6-1

2007 Xavier Malisse Stefan Koubek 6-1, 6-3 2006 Ivan Ljubicic Carlos Moya 7-6(6), 6-2

BOLD: Players in 2017 singles draw Aircel Chennai Open Day 1 – Monday, January 2, 2017 Page 3 of 6 www.ATPWorldTour.com

 DOUBLES HONOR ROLL (since 2006)

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP 2016 Oliver Marach/Fabrice Martin Austin Krajicek/Benoit Paire 2015 Yen-Hsun Lu/Jonathan Marray Raven Klaasen/Leander Paes 2014 Johan Brunstrom/Frederik Nielsen Marin Draganja/Mate Pavic 2013 Benoit Paire/Stan Wawrinka Andre Begemann/Martin Emmrich 2012 Leander Paes/Janko Tipsarevic Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram 2011 Mahesh Bhupathi/Leander Paes Robin Haase/David Martin 2010 Marcel Granollers/Santiago Ventura Yen-Hsun Lu/Janko Tipsarevic 2009 Eric Butorac/Rajeev Ram Jean-Claude Scherrer/Stan Wawrinka 2008 Sanchai Ratiwatana/Sonchat Ratiwatana Marcos Baghdatis/Marc Gicquel 2007 Xavier Malisse/Dick Norman Rafael Nadal/Bartolome Salva-Vidal 2006 Michal Mertinak/Petr Pala Prakash Amritraj/Rohan Bopanna BOLD: Players in 2017 doubles draw

 SEEDS TO WATCH IN SINGLES

SEED PLAYER CHENNAI W-L BEST FINISH 1 Marin Cilic 14-3 W 2009-10 2 Roberto Bautista Agut 7-4 F 2013 3 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 0-1 R32 2014 4 Martin Klizan 0-0 Debut 5 Benoit Paire 7-4 SF 2016, 2013 6 Borna Coric 5-2 F 2016 7 Mikhail Youzhny 6-2 W 2008 8 Yen-Hsun Lu 5-6 QF 2015

 WILD CARDS (3)  YOUNGEST Saketh Myneni (IND) Casper Ruud (NOR) – 18 years, 11 days Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) Casper Ruud (NOR)  OLDEST Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) – 34 years, 6 mons.  QUALIFIERS (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND)  TOP COUNTRY BREAKDOWN Hyeon Chung (KOR) Croatia (3), India (3), Russia (3), Spain (3), Jozef Kovalik (SVK) Brazil (2), Slovakia (2). Nikola Mektic (CRO)

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 SEEDS TO WATCH IN DOUBLES

SEED TEAM BEST FINISH 1 Jonathan Erlich/Scott Lipsky Debut 2 Guillermo Duran/Andres Molteni Debut 3 Leander Paes/Andre Sa Debut 4 Nicholas Monroe/Artem Sitak Debut

 EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY

W FSFQFR16 R32 SINGLES RANKING POINTS 250 150 90 45 20* 0 SINGLES PRIZE MONEY ($) $79,780 $42,020 $22,765 $12,970 $7,640 $4,525 DOUBLES RANKING POINTS 250 150 90 45 0 — DOUBLES PRIZE MONEY ($) $24,240 $12,740 $6,910 $3,950 $2,310 — * Second-round losers who received a first-round bye earn 0 points

DAY 1 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court

STADIUM COURT

Thiago Monteiro (BRA) vs Daniil Medvedev (RUS) First Meeting

Monteiro 2016 FastFacts: QF(2): Sao Paulo (l Cuevas); Gstaad (l Haase) 2016 W-L: 6-7 (0-3 on hard) 2016 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 31, 1994 (22) Emirates ATP Ranking: 82 Chennai W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

• Tournament History: The 22-year-old Brazilian is making his debut in Chennai • Last season finished as No. 2 Brazilian (behind No. 61 Bellucci) and in Top 100 for first time at No. 82, climbing from No. 392 in 2015 • Defeated 3-time champion Almagro en route to 1st ATP World Tour QF of career at São Paulo as WC (l. to Cuevas) • Also advanced to Gstaad QF as Q (d. Simon, l. to Haase) and Hamburg 2R as Q (l. to Cuevas) • Made winning ATP debut as 338th-ranked WC at Rio de Janeiro (d. No. 9 Tsonga in 1R, l. to Cuevas in 2R) • Broke into Top 100 on August 15 and achieved career-high No. 80 in Emirates ATP Rankings on October 24 • Captured 1st ATP Challenger Tour title in 1st final at Aix En Provence, FRA (d. Berlocq in 3 sets) • Also reached Challenger finals at Lyon, FRA (l. to Darcis in 3 sets) and Santos, BRA (l. to Olivo)

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Medvedev 2016 FastFacts: QF: Moscow (l Robert) 2016 W-L: 5-5 (3-2 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 11, 1996 (20) Emirates ATP Ranking: 99 Chennai W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

• Tournament History: The 20-year-old Moscow native is making his debut and one of three Russians in draw • Reached 1st ATP World Tour QF at Moscow as Q (d. Kukushkin and Troicki, l. to Robert) • Also qualified at Nice (l. to Pella in ATP debut), ’s-Hertogenbosch (d. Zeballos for 1st ATP win, l. to Mannarino in 2R), Hamburg (d. Struff, l. to Gimeno-Traver in 2R) and St. Petersburg (d. Bublik, l. to A. Zverev in 2R) • Made Grand Slam qualifying debut at Wimbledon, beating Kozlov, Millot before falling to Willis in last round • Improved Emirates ATP Ranking from No. 331 at end of 2015 to career-high No. 98 on November 14 • Compiled 35-15 match record on ATP Challenger Tour and advanced to QF-or-better at final 8 events of season, highlighted by 1st final at Portoroz, SLO (l. to F. Mayer) and 1st title at St. Remy, FRA (d. De Loore) • Won Futures title at Trimbach, SUI (d. Bossel) and in doubles at Lille, FRA w/Matsukevich (d. Pel/van der Duim)

[Q] Hyeon Chung (KOR) vs [6] Borna Coric (CRO) First Meeting

Chung 2016 FastFacts: QF: Houston (l Isner) 2016 W-L: 8-13 (5-8 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 19, 1996 (20) Emirates ATP Ranking: 104 Chennai W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

• Tournament History: The 20-year-old Korean is making his main draw debut after qualifying • Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour QF at Houston (d. Estrella Burgos and Paul, l. to Isner) • Earned biggest win of career by ranking over No. 34 Garcia-Lopez in Rotterdam 1R (l. to Troicki in 2R) • Also reached 2R at Brisbane (l. to Cilic), Dubai (l. to Bautista Agut) and Istanbul (l. to Granollers) • Ended season with 21-4 run at Challengers, winning titles at Kaohsiung, TPE (d. Lee) and Kobe, JPN (d Duckworth) • Also advanced to Nanchang, CHN Challenger final (l. to Moriya) • Swept 6 sets to defeat Venus and Statham in Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I (KOR d. NZL 3-1) • Did not play in June, July and August due to abdominal injury

Coric 2016 FastFacts: F(2): Chennai (l Wawrinka); Marrakech (l Delbonis); QF(2): Estoril (l Kyrgios); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Cilic) 2016 W-L: 22-24 (14-15 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 14, 1996 (20) Emirates ATP Ranking: 48 Chennai W-L (Best Result): 5-2 (2016 Finalist)

• Tournament History: Last year advanced to final and two years ago in debut lost in 2R (both to Wawrinka) • Began season by reaching 1st ATP World Tour final at Chennai (d. Bautista Agut 76 in 3rd, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) • Became 1st teenager to play in an ATP final since countryman Cilic at 2008 New Haven (d. Fish) • Beat Mathieu and Vesely to reach 2nd ATP final at Marrakech (l. to Delbonis) • Rallied from a set down vs Paire, saved 1 MP vs Kyrgios and beat No. 5 Nadal to reach Cincinnati QF (ret vs Cilic) • At 19 years, 9 months, became youngest ATP Masters 1000 quarter-finalist since Djokovic at 2006 Madrid Aircel Chennai Open Day 1 – Monday, January 2, 2017 Page 6 of 6 www.ATPWorldTour.com

• Advanced to 3R at Roland Garros (d. Tomic, l. to Bautista Agut) and Indian Wells (d. Bellucci, l. to No. Berdych) • Clinched Croatia’s 3-2 Davis Cup wins over Belgium in 1R (d. Coppejans) and USA in QF (d. Sock) • Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati QF vs Cilic and US Open 1R vs Lopez due to right knee injury • Underwent season-ending right knee surgery on September 27

COURT 1

Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs Dudi Sela (ISR) Sela Leads 1-0 16 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games (Brazil) Hard R64 Dudi Sela 6-4 6-4

[Q] Jozef Kovalik (SVK) vs Gastao Elias (POR) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 13 Sao Paulo 2 CH (Brazil) Clay R32 Jozef Kovalik 6-7(3) 7-5 6-3 16 Napoli CH (Italy) Clay SF Jozef Kovalik 6-1 6-7(6) 6-3

COURT 2

Steve Darcis (BEL) vs [Q] Nikola Mektic (CRO) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 11 Guangzhou CH (China) Hard R16 Steve Darcis 7-5 7-6(2)

TUESDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Draw Order

Radu Albot (MDA) vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) First Meeting

Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) First Meeting

Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Yuki Bhambri (IND) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 14 Indore CH (India) Hard R16 Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-6(4) 6-3

Aljaz Bedene (GBR) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) Bedene Leads 2-0 12 Vienna (Austria) Hard R32 Aljaz Bedene 6-4 1-0 ret 15 Chennai (India) Hard QF Aljaz Bedene 2-6 6-3 6-2

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs Saketh Myneni (IND) First Meeting

Renzo Olivo (ARG) vs Casper Ruud (NOR) First Meeting

Daniel Dutra da Silva (BRA) vs Dusan Lajovic (SRB) First Meeting