BARCELONA OPEN BANCSABADELL: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, April 19, 2016 Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899, Barcelona, Spain | April 18-24, 2016 Draw: S-48, D-16 | Prize Money: €2,152,690 | Surface: Clay ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.barcelonaopenbancsabadell.com Maria Garcia-Planas: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @bcnopenbs Nanette Duxin: [email protected] facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/barcelonaopenbancsabadell Press Room: +34 93 2052365 RUSSIANS TO FACE SEEDS, SPANIARDS SET FOR PISTA CENTRAL DAY 2 PREVIEW: The first round concludes and second round commences at the Barcelona Open BancSabadell on Tuesday. No. 5 seed Roberto Bautista Agut, No. 6 seed Benoit Paire and No. 11 seed Alexandr Dolgopolov open their campaigns against a trio of Russians who survived difficult openers on Monday. Bautista Agut’s opponent, Next Generation player Karen Khachanov, saved a match point to eliminate Aljaz Bedene in a third-set tiebreaker. Not to be outdone, Teymuraz Gabashvili fought off two match points to defeat 2013 finalist Nicolas Almagro and advance to play Paire. Though Evgeny Donskoy did not face a match point, the 25-year-old Russian saved a set point to beat Facundo Bagnis and book his meeting with Dolgopolov. Five Spaniards are scheduled to play first-round singles matches on Tuesday, highlighted by a pair of all-Spanish showdowns on Pista Central. Coming off his run to the quarter-finals at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo, Marcel Granollers takes on Daniel Muñoz de la Nava. Then, Albert Ramos- Viñolas faces 2014 Roland Garros junior finalist Jaume Munar, who is the only Spanish teenager in the Top 500 of the Emirates ATP Rankings (No. 425). São Paulo finalist Pablo Carreño Busta, who is back at his career-high of No. 49, faces Denis Istomin to begin play on Pista Central. Also at a career-high in the Emirates ATP Rankings this week is Next Generation star Elias Ymer. The Swedish wild card, who turned 20 on April 10, is up to No. 123 after winning his second career Challenger title in Barletta, ITA last week. Ymer meets Thiemo de Bakker on Pista 2 in a rematch of the 2015 Barcelona first round, looking to repeat his hard-fought 67(4) 75 64 victory. DAY 2 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play PISTA CENTRAL 1R: Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) vs Denis Istomin (UZB) Carreño Busta Leads 1-0 16 Marrakech (Morocco) Clay R16 Pablo Carreño Busta 6-3 7-6(5) Carreño Busta 2016 FastFacts F: São Paulo (l. to Cuevas); QF (2): Quito (l. to Bellucci); Marrakech (l. to Delbonis) YTD W-L: 10-10 (9-6 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 12, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 49 (Career-High) Barcelona W-L (Best Result): 1-4 (2013 Round of 32) • Tournament Note: Defeated Haase 76 in 3rd for lone Barcelona win in 2013 (l. to Bellucci in 2R) • Defeated 4 countrymen en route to 1st ATP World Tour singles final at São Paulo (l. to Cuevas) • Advanced to QFs at Quito (l. to Bellucci in 3 sets) and Marrakech (l. to Delbonis) • Fell to friend Nadal in 1R at Doha and Rio de Janeiro • Won 1st ATP doubles title at Quito w/Duran (d. Bellucci/Demoliner) • Also reached back-to-back doubles finals w/Marrero at Rio de Janeiro (d. Melo/Soares, l. to Cabal/Farah) and São Paulo (l. to Peralta/Zeballos) • Achieved career-high No. 52 in Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings on February 29 Barcelona Open BancSabadell Day 2 – Tuesday, April 19, 2016 Page 2 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com Istomin 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 2-9 (1-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September 7, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 73 Barcelona W-L (Best Result): 1-4 (2010 Round of 32) • Tournament Note: Defeated Robert for lone Barcelona win in 2010 (l. to Lopez in 2R) • Snapped 8-match losing streak by beating Coric 75 in 3rd at ATP Masters 1000 Miami • Loss to No. 2 Murray in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R was 20th straight vs. Top 10 opponents (1-30 overall) • Began year 0-7 with losses at Brisbane, Sydney, Australian Open, Montpellier, Rotterdam, Dubai and Indian Wells 1R: Marcel Granollers (ESP) vs Daniel Muñoz de la Nava (ESP) First ATP Meeting Other meetings: 08 Costa Do Sauipe Q (Brazil) Clay 1R Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 2-6 6-3 6-1 08 Buenos Aires Q (Argentina) Clay 2R Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 5-7 7-6(9) 6-1 08 St. Brieuc CH (France) Clay R16 Marcel Granollers 6-3 6-2 15 Moscow CH (Russia) Clay QF Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 6-3 5-7 6-4 Granollers 2016 FastFacts QF: ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Monfils) YTD W-L: 6-9 (2-3 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: April 12, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 50 Barcelona W-L (Best Result): 5-10 (2013, 2015 Round of 16) • Tournament Note: Upset Tsonga en route to 2015 Barcelona 3R (l. to Robredo) • Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo QF as LL (d. A. Zverev and Goffin, l. to Monfils) • Reached 2R at ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells (l. to No. 2 Murray) and Miami (l. to Goffin) • Captured 4th ATP Challenger Tour title at Irving, USA (d. Giraldo, M. Zverev, Rosol, Dodig and Bedene) • Reached Canberra, AUS Challenger SF (d. Halys, l. to Lorenzi) • In doubles, advanced to Australian Open SF w/Cuevas (d. Dodig/Melo and Pospisil/Sock, l. to Nestor/Stepanek) Muñoz de la Nava 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 2-7 (1-4 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 29, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 96 Barcelona W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (2016 Debut) • Tournament Note: Played Barcelona qualifying in 2009 (l. to Gil), 2012 (l. to Janowicz) and 2015 (l. to Munar) • Earned 1st tour-level win since 2013 Delray Beach in Doha 1R (d. Lopez 75 in 3rd, l. to Edmund 76 in 3rd) • Also advanced to São Paulo 2R (d. M. Gonzalez in 3 sets, l. to Monteiro in 3 sets) • Achieved career-high No. 68 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 29 • Nearly secured 1st Grand Slam win of career, falling to Troicki in Australian Open 1R after holding 2 MPs • Reached Canberra, AUS Challenger SF (l. to Dodig) 2R: [5] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs [Q] Karen Khachanov (RUS) First Meeting Bautista Agut 2016 FastFacts W (2): Auckland (d. Sock); Sofia (d. Troicki); QF (3): Chennai (l. to Coric); Rotterdam (l. to Klizan); Dubai (l. to Baghdatis) YTD W-L: 20-7 (2-1 on clay) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 17 Barcelona W-L (Best Result): 3-2 (2015 Quarter-finalist) Barcelona Open BancSabadell Day 2 – Tuesday, April 19, 2016 Page 3 of 4 www.ATPWorldTour.com • Tournament Note: Defeated Bellucci and Cuevas en route to 2015 Barcelona QF (l. to No. 5 Nishikori) • Captured 3rd and 4th titles respectively at Auckland (d. Sock) and Sofia (d. Troicki) • Saved 1 MP to beat No. 10 Tsonga in Auckland SF, snapping 17-match losing streak to Top 10 opponents • Beat No. 9 Tsonga again 76 in 3rd to reach ATP Masters 1000 Miami 4R (l. to No. 6 Nishikori) • Advanced to Australian Open 4R for 2nd time (d. Cilic, l. to No. 6 Berdych in 5 sets) • Reached QFs at Chennai (l. to Coric 76 in 3rd), Rotterdam (l. to Klizan after 5 MPs) and Dubai (l. to Baghdatis) • Fell to countryman Lopez 76(5) 67(1) 64 after 3 hours, 16 minutes in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R Khachanov 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 1-1 (1-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 21, 1996 Emirates ATP Ranking: 138 Barcelona W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2016 Round of 32) • Tournament Note: In 1R on Monday, qualifier saved 1 MP to beat Bedene 76 in 3rd • Reached 2nd Challenger final at Jonkoping, SWE (d. Krajinovic and Struff, l. to Golubev after holding 4 MPs) • Advanced to Challenger QFs at Cherbourg, FRA (l. to Millot) and Kazan, RUS (l. to Karatsev) • Achieved career-high No. 135 in Emirates ATP Rankings on April 4 • Fell in qualifying at Australian Open, Montpellier, Marseille and ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo 1R: Albert Ramos-Viñolas (ESP) vs [WC] Jaume Munar (ESP) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 15 Cordenons CH (Italy) Clay R32 Albert Ramos-Viñolas 6-3 6-0 Ramos-Viñolas 2016 FastFacts SF: Quito (l. to Estrella Burgos) YTD W-L: 8-11 (4-6 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 17, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 55 Barcelona W-L (Best Result): 9-6 (2013 Quarter-finalist) • Tournament Note: Beat Struff, Janowicz and Nishikori en route to 2013 Barcelona QF (l. to No. 5 Nadal) • Rallied from 25 down in 3rd to beat Ram, then upset Lopez en route to Quito SFs (l. to Estrella Burgos) • Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 3R (d. Chung and Kyrgios, l. to Monfils) • Earned 1st win in 5th appearance at Australian Open (d. Coric, l. to Cilic) • 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 Munar 2016 FastFacts YTD W-L: 0-0 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 5, 1997 Emirates ATP Ranking: 425 Barcelona W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2015-16 Round of 64) • Tournament Note: Beat Muñoz de la Nava and Cachin to qualify at 2015 Barcelona (l.