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DAY 3 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – in Order of Play by Court DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Dubai Duty Free Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | February 22 – February 27, 2016 Draw: S-32, D-16 | Prize Money: $2,674,445 | Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.dubaidutyfreetennischampionships.com Nicola Arzani: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @DDFTennis Richard Evans: [email protected] facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/Dubai-Duty-Free-Tennis-Championships-146132218775533 SIX SEEDS IN SECOND ROUND ACTION ON WEDNESDAY DAY 3 PREVIEW: Six seeds are in action as the second round takes place on Wednesday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. All together there a 13 matches scheduled (8 singles, 5 doubles). Leading off play on Centre Court is a first time meeting between the Spanish No. 4 seed Roberto Bautista Agut and the Korean teenager Hyeon Chung. The No. 3 Spaniard is off to a career best start, 15-3 record and is looking to reach his fifth ATP World Tour quarter-final of the year. At No. 66, the 19- year-old Chung, is one of three teenagers in Top 100 Emirates ATP Ranking (joined by: No. 38 Coric, and No. 56 Zverev). He is looking to reach his second career quarter-final. Italian qualifier Thomas Fabbiano looks to reach his second career ATP World Tour quarter-final in a first time meeting with the Czech No. 3 seed Tomas Berdych. The 26-year-old Fabbiano opened the year by reaching his maiden quarter-final at Chennai (l. to Paire) as a qualifier. He is looking for just his third career win over a Top 100 opponent (2-6 record). The World No. 7 Berdych is a two-time finalist (2013-14), has reached the semi-finals or better in four of the last five years, owns a 21-9 career record in Dubai. Following Top seed and four-time champion Novak Djokovic looks to record his 700th career tour-level win in a first time meeting with the Tunisian wild card Malek Jaziri. The World No. 1 enters with a 699- 146 match record. He is also trying to become the third active player to accomplish the feat, joining Roger Federer (1,067) and Rafael Nadal (775). Coach Boris Becker is also a member of the 700 wins club (713). The 32-year-old Jaziri has a career 0-3 record against top 10 opponents and is looking to reach his fifth career ATP World Tour quarter-final. In the last match on Centre Court Croatian qualifier Franco Skugor looks to reach his second career ATP World Tour quarter-final in a first time meeting with the No. 2 seed Stan Wawrinka. Other seeds in action are No. 8 Philipp Kohlschreiber vs. Borna Coric in the first match on Court 1. On Court 3 Lukas Rosol faces No. 6 Feliciano Lopez, who on Monday recorded his 400th tour-level win of his career as he defeated countryman Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 61 46 64. DAY 3 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court Centre Court [4] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs Hyeon Chung (KOR) First Meeting Bautista Agut FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: W (2): Auckland (d Sock); Sofia (d Troicki); QF (2): Chennai (l Coric); Rotterdam (l Klizan) YTD W-L: 15-3 (15-3 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 18 Dubai (Best Result-Year): 4-3 (2R 2013-16) Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Day 3 – Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Page 2 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com The 27-year-old opened with a 62 64 win over Simone Bolelli on Tuesday. He is playing here for the fourth straight year (4-3 record) and has fallen in the 2R on three previous – 2013 (l. to eventual champion Djokovic), 2014 (l. to Djokovic) and 2015 (l. to Gasquet) The No. 3 Spaniard (behind No. 5 Nadal, No. 8 Ferrer) captured his second title of the year and fourth overall at Sofia (d. Troicki). Has a 15-3 match record, his best career start. Reached QF two weeks ago at Rotterdam (l. to eventual champion Klizan) In opening month of season, lost in QFs in Chennai (after bye) to Borna Coric in third set TB and followed with third career ATP World Tour title in Auckland (d. No. 10 Tsonga in SF, Sock in F). Then reached personal-best 4R at Australian Open (l. to No. 6 Berdych in five sets) In 2015, Spaniard finished in Top 25 of Emirates ATP Rankings for 2nd straight season and Top 100 for 4th straight Chung FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: YTD W-L: 3-5 (3-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 19, 1996 Emirates ATP Ranking: 66 Dubai (Best Result-Year): 1-0 (2R 2016) The 19-year-old knocked off Andreas Seppi 63 64 in his tournament debut on Monday At No. 66 one of three teenagers in Top 100 Emirates ATP Ranking (joined by: No. 38 Coric, and No. 56 Zverev) Looking to reach 2nd career ATP World Tour QF Also reached 2R at Brisbane (l. to Cilic) and Rotterdam (l. to Troicki), fell in 1R at Australian Open (l.. to eventual champion Djokovic), Sofia (l. to Copil) and Marseille (l. to Goffin) In 2015, South Korean rose in year-end rankings for 3rd straight season, ending at a career- high No. 51 Earned 55 total wins during season with records of 12-10 on tour, 9-6 in ATP qualifying, and 34- 7 at Challengers Became 1st Asian player to earn ATP Most Improved Player of the Year honors since Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand in 2002 Reached 1st ATP World Tour QF at Shenzhen (l. to No. 14 Cilic) [Q] Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) vs [3] Tomas Berdych (CZE) First Meeting Fabbiano FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: QF: Chennai (l Paire) YTD W-L: 3-2 (3-2 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 26, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 144 Dubai (Best Result-Year): 1-0 (2R 2016) The 26-year-old defeated Leonardo Mayer 63 64 to reach the 2R in his tournament debut on Tuesday Looking to reach 2nd career ATP World Tour QF. Opened year by reaching maiden QF at Chennai (l. to Paire) as a qualifier. Fell in 1R at Sofia (l. to Brands) as a qualifier Fell in qualifying at Australian Open (l. to Wu in Q2), Rotterdam (l. to Darcis in Q1) and Marseille (l. to Benneteau) Career 2-6 record vs Top 100 opponents. Prior to defeating No. 40 Mayer on Tuesday only win was over No. 38 Gilles Muller at Chennai earlier this year Career 3-8 record in tour-level matches, career 98-112 record in Challengers with one title and a career 152-58 record in Futures with 12 titles Berdych FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: SF (2): Doha (l Djokovic); Marseille (l Kyrgios); QF: Australian Open (l Federer) Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Day 3 – Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Page 3 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com YTD W-L: 10-3 (10-3 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: September 17, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 7 Dubai (Best Result-Year): 21-9 (RUP 2013-14) The 30-year-old advanced to the 2R with a 61 64 win over Joao Sousa on Tuesday. He is making his 10th appearance here and has a 201-9 tournament record. The two-time finalist – 2013 (d. Federer in SF, l. to Djokovic) and 2014 (l. to Federer), also reached the SF twice – 2011 (l. to eventual champion Djokovic) and 2015 (l. to Djokovic) Looking to reach 4th ATP World Tour QF of the year (2-1 record) Last week reached 2nd ATP World Tour SF of the year at Marseille (l. to eventual champion Kyrgios) Opened season with SF appearance at Doha (l. to eventual champion Djokovic) before QF appearance at Australian Open (l. to No. 3 Federer) In 2015, Czech finished at No. 6 or No. 7 in Emirates ATP Rankings for 6th straight season Achieved career-high of No. 4 on May 18 after reaching ATP Masters 1000 Rome QF (l. to No. 2 Federer) Captured 11th and 12th titles of career at Shenzhen (d. Garcia-Lopez) and Stockholm (d. Sock) Reached QF or better at 15 of 22 events in 2015 and won 2 or more matches at 18 of 22 [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs [WC] Malek Jaziri (TUN) First Meeting Djokovic FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: W (2): Doha (d Nadal); Australian Open (d Murray) YTD W-L: 13-0 (13-0 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 61 Date of Birth: May 22, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 1 Dubai (Best Result-Year): 35-5 (Winner 2009-11, ’13) The 28-year-old, World No 1, needed just 66 minutes to sweep aside Tommy Robredo 61 62 in the opening round on Monday. He is making his 10th consecutive appearance here and has 35-5 tournament record. The four-time champion - 2009 (d. Ferrer), 2010 (d. Youzhny), 2011 (d. Federer) and 2013 (d. Berdych) has only fallen once before the SF here and that was in reaching the QF in his tournament debut in 2007 (l. to eventual champion Federer) Looking to capture his 700th ATP World Tour win (699-146 record). He is also trying to become the third active player to accomplish the feat, joining Roger Federer (1,067) and Rafael Nadal (775). Coach Boris Becker is also a member of the 700 wins club (713).
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