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SKISTAR SWEDISH OPEN: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, July 20, 2015 Båstad Tennisstadion, Båstad, Sweden | July 20 – 26, 2015 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €494,301 | Surface: Clay ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com http://men.swedishopen.org Martin Dagahs: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @swedish_open #swedishopen Press Room: +46 725 836 065 facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/swedishopen SKISTAR SWEDISH OPEN TALKING POINTS Skistar Swedish Open: The top four seeds in the 28-player field are all ranked in the Top 30, led by World No. 14 David Goffin, who is making his Bastad debut. The others are: No. 2 Tommy Robredo, who is a former two-time winner (2006, ’08), reigning champion/No. 3 Pablo Cuevas, and No. 4 Juan Monaco, who was runner-up in 2009. The other seeds are: No. 5/’13 runner-up Fernando Verdasco, No. 6 Thomaz Bellucci, No. 7 Jeremy Chardy and No. 8 Jerzy Janowicz. The other former champion in the field is 2010 winner (’07, ’12 finalist) Nicolas Almagro. He opens against Verdasco in the 1R. Day 1 Preview: There are two singles scheduled on Monday at the Skistar Swedish Open. Leading off is a first-time meeting between Swedish wild card Markus Eriksson and Frenchmen Benoit Paire. The 25-year-old Eriksson is appearing in just his third career tour-level match (1-1 record), he has played mainly Futures with a career record of 142-112 (27-15 in 2015) with three titles. Following is a first-time meeting on the ATP World Tour between Swedish wild card Christian Lindell and Brazilian Joao Souza. The 23-year-old Lindell has a career record of 170-91 in Futures (13-6 in 2015) with 8 titles and 22-13 in Challengers (8-8 in 2015). Qualifying wraps up on Monday. Goffin Top Seed: Goffin is the top seed in an ATP World Tour tournament for the first time in his career. The 24-year-old Belgian is ranked a career-high No. 14 and this season he reached the final in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Mahut), SFs in Chennai and QFs in Munich and ATP Masters 1000 Rome. Over the weekend he helped Belgium into the Davis Cup semi-finals with a singles win vs. Canada. The Reigning Champ: Last year Cuevas came in ranked No. 111 and he defeated Joao Sousa 62 61 in the final to capture his maiden ATP World Tour title. He also won the Umag title two weeks later. This is the Uruguayan’s third appearance (7-1 record) in Bastad and he was a quarter-finalist in his 2010 debut. In February, Cuevas captured his third career title in Sao Paulo (d. Vanni) and in May was runner-up in Istanbul (l. to Federer). He has a 19-15 match record on the season (16-8 on clay) and is ranked No. 25 after reaching a career-high No. 21 on Mar. 23. Tommy Back Again: No. 2 seed Tommy Robredo is making his 15th appearance in Bastad. The 33-year-old Spaniard won the title in 2006 and ’08 and reached the semi-finals five other times. He has lost his opening round match the last two years since reaching the quarter-finals in 2012. He has a 28-12 career record, the most match wins of any player in the field. Teenagers on the Rise: Two of the teenagers in the Top 200 Emirates ATP Rankings are in the draw, led by 18-year-old German Alexander Zverev, who is ranked No. 123, and 19-year-old Swede Elias Ymer, who is ranked No. 133. Zverev reached a career-high No. 74 last month and he has compiled a 7-9 match record on the season, including 5-4 on grass. Ymer, who came into Bastad No. 1032 two years ago and No. 310 last year (reaching 2R). He qualified in all four Grand Slam tournaments this season. Ymer, who is the top Swede in the Emirates ATP Rankings, has a 4-7 record this season. SkiStar Swedish Open Day 1 – Monday, July 20, 2015 Page 2 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com Colombians Top Seeds: The top seeds in the doubles draw are Colombians Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah. They are No. 13 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings. They have won titles in Sao Paulo and Geneva this season. FORMER SKISTAR SWEDISH OPEN CHAMPIONS AND FINALISTS (Since 2000): YEAR WINNER FINALIST SCORE Bold = Denotes 2014 Pablo Cuevas Joao Sousa 6-2, 6-1 those in this year’s draw 2013 Carlos Berlocq Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 6-1 2012 David Ferrer Nicolas Almagro 6-2, 6-2 2011 Robin Soderling David Ferrer 6-2, 6-2 2010 Nicolas Almagro Robin Soderling 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 2009 Robin Soderling Juan Monaco 6-3, 7-6(4) 2008 Tommy Robredo Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-1 2007 David Ferrer Nicolas Almagro 6-1, 6-2 2006 Tommy Robredo Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 6-1 2005 Rafael Nadal Tomas Berdych 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 2004 Mariano Zabaleta Gaston Gaudio 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(4) 2003 Mariano Zabaleta Nicolas Lapentti 6-3, 6-4 2002 Carlos Moya Younes El Aynaoui 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 2001 Andrea Gaudenzi Bohdan Ulihrach 7-5, 6-3 2000 Magnus Norman Andreas Vinciguerra 6-1, 7-6(6) FORMER SKISTAR SWEDISH OPEN DOUBLES CHAMPIONS (Since 2000): YEAR WINNER YEAR WINNER 2014 Johan Brunstrom & Nicholas Monroe 2006 Jonas Bjorkman & Thomas Johansson 2013 Nicholas Monroe & Simon Stadler 2005 Jonas Bjorkman & Joachim Johansson 2012 Robert Lindstedt & Horia Tecau 2004 Mahesh Bhupathi & Jonas Bjorkman 2011 Robert Lindstedt & Horia Tecau 2003 Simon Aspelin & Massimo Bertolini 2010 Robert Lindstedt & Horia Tecau 2002 Jonas Bjorkman & Todd Woodbridge 2009 Jaroslav Levinsky & Filip Polasek 2001 Karsten Braasch & Jens Knippschild 2008 Jonas Bjorkman & Robin Soderling 2000 Nicklas Kulti & Mikael Tillstrom 2007 Simon Aspelin & Julian Knowle SkiStar Swedish Open Day 1 – Monday, July 20, 2015 Page 3 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com SEEDS TO WATCH THIS WEEK SINGLES: SEED PLAYER RECORD BEST FINISH 1. David Goffin (BEL) DEBUT — 2. Tommy Robredo (ESP) 28-12 W 2008, ‘06 3. Pablo Cuevas (URU) 7-1 W 2014 4. Juan Monaco (ARG) 9-5 RUP 2009 5. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 12-7 RUP 2013 6. Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) DEBUT — 7. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 0-1 1R 2014 8. Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 0-2 2R 2014 WILDCARDS (3): YOUNGEST: Markus Eriksson (SWE) Alexander Zverev (GER) – 18 years, 3 months Christian Lindell (SWE) Elias Ymer (SWE) OLDEST: Tommy Robredo (ESP) – 33 years, 2 months QUALIFIERS (4): TBC on Monday TOP COUNTRY BREAKDOWN: Spain (5), Argentina (3), Sweden (3), Belgium (2), Brazil (2), France (2) Countries in total: 13 DOUBLES: SEED PLAYER BEST FINISH 1. Juan Sebastian Cabal & Robert Farah TEAM DEBUT 2. Jeremy Chardy & Lukasz Kubot TEAM DEBUT 3. Nicholas Monroe & Artem Sitak TEAM DEBUT 4. Johan Brunstrom & Robert Lindstedt TEAM DEBUT WHAT’S AT STAKE? EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY W F SF QF R16 R32 SINGLES RANKING POINTS 250 150 90 45 20 0 SINGLES PRIZE MONEY (€) 80,000 42,100 22,800 12,990 7,655 4,535 DOUBLES RANKING POINTS 250 150 90 45 0 — DOUBLES PRIZE MONEY (€) 24,280 12,760 6,920 3,960 2,320 — SkiStar Swedish Open Day 1 – Monday, July 20, 2015 Page 4 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com MONDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court Centre Court (WC) Markus Eriksson (SWE) vs Benoit Paire (FRA) First Meeting Eriksson FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 0-0 (0-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 29, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 538 Bastad W-L (Best Result-Year): 0-2 (1R 2013-14) Paire FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 8-9 (5-5 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 8, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 59 Bastad W-L (Best Result-Year): Debut (WC) Christian Lindell (SWE) vs Joao Souza (BRA) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 10 Sao Paulo-2 CH (Brazil) Clay R32 Christian Lindell 5-7 6-2 6-3 14 Cali II CH (Colombia) Clay QF Joao Souza 6-2 6-2 Lindell FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 0-3 (0-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 20, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 184 Bastad W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-4 (2R 2014) Souza FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: SF: Sao Paulo (l Vanni); QF: Rio de Janeiro (l Haider-Maurer) YTD W-L: 7-12 (6-9 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 27, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 86 Bastad W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-2 (2R 2012) SkiStar Swedish Open Day 1 – Monday, July 20, 2015 Page 5 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com OTHER FIRST ROUND FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Draw Order Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs Denis Istomin (UZB) First Meeting (PR) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) vs (5) Fernando Verdasco (ESP) Verdasco Leads 7-4 05 Stuttgart (Germany) Clay R64 Fernando Verdasco 7-6(4) 6-0 07 Kitzbuhel (Austria) Clay R16 Fernando Verdasco 6-2 7-6(6) 09 Roland Garros (France) Clay R32 Fernando Verdasco 6-2 7-6(4) 7-6(8) 10 Roland Garros (France) Clay R16 Nicolas Almagro 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-4 11 Hamburg (Germany) Clay SF Nicolas Almagro 6-4 6-1 11 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay SF Fernando Verdasco 6-7(2) 7-6(2) 6-3 12 Acapulco (Mexico) Clay QF Fernando Verdasco 6-4 7-6(5) 12 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Nicolas Almagro 6-3 6-4 13 Bastad (Sweden) Clay QF Fernando Verdasco 6-4 4-6 7-5 14 Houston (U.S.A.) Clay F Fernando Verdasco 6-3 7-6(4) 14 Barcelona (Spain) Clay R16 Nicolas Almagro 6-3 6-3 Other meetings: 01 Spain F7 (Spain) Clay QF Fernando Verdasco 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3 Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) vs Steve Darcis (BEL) Gimeno-Traver leads 1-0 11 Gstaad (Switzerland) Clay R32 Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-4 5-7 7-5 Other meeting: 07 San Remo CH (Italy) Clay QF Steve Darcis 6-3 6-4 Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) vs Elias Ymer (SWE) First Meeting Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs Marsel Ilhan (TUR) First Meeting Luca Vanni (ITA) vs Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) First Meeting .
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    THE ROGER FEDERER STORY Quest For Perfection RENÉ STAUFFER THE ROGER FEDERER STORY Quest For Perfection RENÉ STAUFFER New Chapter Press Cover and interior design: Emily Brackett, Visible Logic Originally published in Germany under the title “Das Tennis-Genie” by Pendo Verlag. © Pendo Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich and Zurich, 2006 Published across the world in English by New Chapter Press, www.newchapterpressonline.com ISBN 094-2257-391 978-094-2257-397 Printed in the United States of America Contents From The Author . v Prologue: Encounter with a 15-year-old...................ix Introduction: No One Expected Him....................xiv PART I From Kempton Park to Basel . .3 A Boy Discovers Tennis . .8 Homesickness in Ecublens ............................14 The Best of All Juniors . .21 A Newcomer Climbs to the Top ........................30 New Coach, New Ways . 35 Olympic Experiences . 40 No Pain, No Gain . 44 Uproar at the Davis Cup . .49 The Man Who Beat Sampras . 53 The Taxi Driver of Biel . 57 Visit to the Top Ten . .60 Drama in South Africa...............................65 Red Dawn in China .................................70 The Grand Slam Block ...............................74 A Magic Sunday ....................................79 A Cow for the Victor . 86 Reaching for the Stars . .91 Duels in Texas . .95 An Abrupt End ....................................100 The Glittering Crowning . 104 No. 1 . .109 Samson’s Return . 116 New York, New York . .122 Setting Records Around the World.....................125 The Other Australian ...............................130 A True Champion..................................137 Fresh Tracks on Clay . .142 Three Men at the Champions Dinner . 146 An Evening in Flushing Meadows . .150 The Savior of Shanghai..............................155 Chasing Ghosts . .160 A Rivalry Is Born .