GARANTI KOZA SOFIA OPEN: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, February 5, 2016 Arena Armeec Sofia - Sofia, Bulgaria | February 1 –7, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: €520,070 | Surface: Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com wwwe.com Florent Girod: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @SofiaOpen.bg Press Room: +359 290 33654 facebook.com/ATPWorldTour Facebook: Sofiaopen.bg ALL EIGHT SEEDS HEADLINE QUARTER-FINALS ACTION PERFECT EIGHT-FOR-EIGHT – All eight seeds are in Friday’s quarter-finals, which marks only the second time since 2009 all eight seeds have advanced to the quarters on the ATP World Tour. Last summer in Gstaad, all eight seeds made it through. Prior to that, the last time it occurred was at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Montreal where the top seeds advanced to the quarter-finals. In the first match on, top seed Roberto Bautista Agut and No. 8 Adrian Mannarino meet for the third time (tied 1-1). They also split two meetings on the ATP Challenger Tour in 2009 and ’11. Bautista Agut is playing in his first match of the week after a bye and walkover vs. Filip Krajinovic. Bautista Agut is the top seed in an ATP World Tour tournament for the first time in his career. He is off to a career-best 9-2 start, having captured his third career ATP World Tour title in Auckland (d. Sock) last month and following with a fourth round showing at the Australian Open (l. to Berdych in five sets). Mannarino is playing in his first ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season. The Frenchman is trying to reach his first semi-final since the final in Bogota in July. In the second match on, No. 3 seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez takes a 2-0 head-to-head advantage against No. 6 Gilles Muller. Their last meeting came almost seven years ago in June 2009 at the Queen’s Club in London as the Spaniard prevailed in straight sets. Garcia-Lopez is attempting to reach his first semi-final since getting to the final in Shenzhen in October (l. to Berdych). Muller, who at 32 is still looking for his first career ATP World Tour title, reached the semi-finals in Sydney last month (l. to Dimitrov). In the evening session, No. 5 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber brings a 4-1 head-to-head lead against No. 2 Viktor Troicki. The German has won the last four meetings since losing their first match at the 2008 US Open. Kohlschreiber is appearing in his first quarter-final of the season and he’s looking to reach his first semi-final since Moscow last October. Troicki is off to a career- best 8-2 start and last month he repeated his title in Sydney (d. Dimitrov). He then advanced to the 3R at the Australian Open (l. to Raonic). In the final match on, No. 7 seed Martin Klizan plays No. 4 Andreas Seppi, who won both previous meetings (’12 ATP Masters 100 Paris, ’15 Hamburg). Klizan, who came into Sofia with an 0-3 record in 2016, is appearing in his first quarter-final of the season. Seppi is trying to reach his first semi-final since Hamburg last July. DAY 5 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play Center Court [1] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs [8] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) Tied 1-1 14 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Roberto Bautista Agut 7-5 6-2 6-3 15 Auckland (New Zealand) Hard R16 Adrian Mannarino 6-2 2-1 ret Other meetings: 09 Segovia CH (Spain) Hard QF Adrian Mannarino 7-5 6-1 11 Rennes CH (France) Hard R16 Roberto Bautista Agut 4-6 7-5 6-3 Garanti Koza Sofia Open Day 5 – Friday, February 5, 2016 Page 2 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com Bautista 2016 Agut FastFacts: W: Auckland (d Sock); QF: Chennai (l Coric) YTD W-L: 9-2 YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 18 • The No. 3 Spaniard (behind No. 5 Nadal, No. 6 Ferrer) comes into his third quarter-final of the season with a 9-2 match record, his best career start • 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 at No. 25 and in Top 100 for 4th consecutive year • Appeared in back-to-back finals at Moscow on Oct. 25 (l. to Cilic) and Valencia on Nov. 1 (l. to Sousa after saving 6 MPs in SF win over Johnson) • Advanced to Wimbledon 4R (l. to No. 2 Federer) and US Open 4R (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 4 sets), matching career-best showing at a major (also 2014 Australian Open and US Open) • Played all 9 ATP Masters 1000 events, reaching R16 at Monte-Carlo (l. to No. 8 Berdych) and Madrid (l. to No. 5 Nishikori). Compiled 10-9 match record • At ATP World Tour 250s, reached SFs at Chennai (l. to Bedene), Marseille (l. to Monfils), Munich (l. to No. 3 Murray), Umag (l. to Sousa) and St. Petersburg (l. to No. 9 Raonic after saving 3 MPs in 2R win over Gabashvili) • Lost 5 matches in ’15 after holding MP, including Chennai SF to Bedene (4 MPs) • Enters '16 on a 17-match losing streak vs. Top 10 opponents (3-23 overall) Mannarino 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 2-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 29, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 49 • The 27-year-old Frenchman is appearing in his first ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season • In opening month of season, won New Caledonia Challenger (d. Falla) and then lost in 1R in Sydney (l. to Mahut) and Australian Open (l. to Groth) • In 2015, Frenchman earned career-best 28 wins and enjoyed his 2nd straight Top 50 finish • Reached 1st 2 ATP World Tour finals of career at Auckland (l. to Vesely) and Bogotá (l. to Tomic) • Achieved career-high ranking of No. 27 on July 27 after appearing in Bogotá final • Fell to eventual champion in Delray Beach SF (l. to Karlovic), 's-Hertogenbosch QF (l. to Mahut) and Newport QF (l. to Ram) • Reached 4R at back-to-back ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells (l. to No. 4 Murray) and Miami (d. No. 8 Wawrinka, l. to Thiem) • Win over Wawrinka at ATP Masters 1000 Miami was 1st over Top 10 player (1-14 overall) • In Basel 1R, saved 2 MPs to defeat Troicki 76 in 3rd• Grand Slam results: Australian Open 2R (l. to F. Lopez), Roland Garros 1R (l. to Melzer), Wimbledon 2R (l. to Monfils), US Open 2R (l. to No. 3 Murray after leading 2 sets to 0) [3] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs [6] Gilles Muller (LUX) Garcia-Lopez Leads 2-0 09 Delray Beach (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Guill. Garcia-Lopez 5-7 6-3 6-3 09 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R32 Guill. Garcia-Lopez 7-6(3) 6-3 Other meeting: 08 Segovia CH (Spain) Hard R16 Guill. Garcia-Lopez 7-6(5) 6-2 Garcia-Lopez 2016 FastFacts: QF: Chennai (l Wawrinka) YTD W-L: 5-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: June 4, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 27 Garanti Koza Sofia Open Day 5 – Friday, February 5, 2016 Page 3 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com • The 32-year-old Spaniard is appearing in his second ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season. He opened the year with a QF in Chennai (l. to eventual champion Wawrinka). Then lost in 1R in Auckland (l. to Rosol) and 3R at Australian Open (l. to No. 7 Nishikori in four sets) • In 2015, Spaniard finished at year-end best No. 27 and concluded 11th straight season in Top 100 • Won multiple titles in a single season for 1st time in career, triumphing at Zagreb (d. Seppi) and Bucharest (d. Vesely) • Also reached Shenzhen final (d. Cilic in SF, l. to No. 5 Berdych) • Tied career-high with 31 victories (also in 2010), his 8th straight season with 20+ wins • Reached Australian Open 4R (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka 76 in 4th), matching career-best showing at a Grand Slam (also 2014 Roland Garros 4R) • Other Grand Slam results: Roland Garros 1R (l. to Johnson in 5 sets), Wimbledon 1R (l. to Andujar in 5 sets) and US Open 3R (l. to No. 6 Berdych) • Has played in 44 consecutive Grand Slam main draws entering 2016, tied with Djokovic for 5th-longest active streak Muller 2016 FastFacts: SF: Sydney (l Dimitrov) YTD W-L: 7-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 9, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 42 • The 32-year-old left-hander is appearing in his second ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season. In second tournament of the year in Sydney, advanced to semi-finals (d. Coric, Thiem, Chardy, l. to Dimitrov). At Australian Open, reached 2R (d. No. 23 Fognini in four TBs, l. to Millman 7-5 in fifth set) • In 2015, Luxembourgian finished at year-end best No. 38 in Emirates ATP Rankings • Achieved career-high ranking of No.