AEGON OPEN NOTTINGHAM: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Monday, June 20, 2016 Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, Great Britain | June 19-25, 2016 Draw: S-48, D-16 | Prize Money: €648,255 | Surface: Grass ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing www.ATPWorldTour.com www.lta.org.uk Mark Epps: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour Twitter: @BritishTennis #AegonOpen Press Room: +44 333 011 1030 Facebook: ATP World Tour Facebook: British Tennis REIGNING CHAMPION ISTOMIN, BRITISH TRIO HEADLINE CENTRE COURT DAY 2 PREVIEW: The remaining 13 first round singles matches and one second round contest are on Monday’s schedule at the Aegon Open Nottingham. Reigning champion Denis Istomin and three British players are on Centre Court. First up is a continuation of Sunday’s match between Russians Mikhail Youzhny and Teymuraz Gabashvili, who leads the head-to-head meetings 2-1. Gabashvili, who is up 6-4, 3-3 in the match, has won the last two meetings, in 2008 Moscow and 2009 Zagreb. In the next match on, Malek Jaziri of Tunisia and wild card James Ward meet for the second time. Ward won the previous meeting 8-6 in the fifth set in a Davis Cup tie in 2011. Jaziri is playing in Nottingham for the second straight year.while Ward is looking for his first ATP World Tour win of the season (0-1). Ward’s best Aegon Open result is the quarter-finals in 2010. In the third match on, Lukas Rosol and British No. 3 Kyle Edmund square off for the second time. Edmund won the previous meeting in two tie-breaks in Bucharest in April. Rosol is making his Nottingham debut and first main draw appearance on grass this season. Edmund is coming off his second ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season at the Queen’s Club in London where he lost to eventual champion Andy Murray. Edmund is a career-high No. 68 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. In the next match on, reigning champion Istomin and Bosnian Damir Dzumhur play each other for the first time. Istomin, who defeated Sam Querrey in last year’s final to become the first Uzbekistani winner on the ATP World Tour, is looking to turn around his 2016 campaign. Istomin comes in with a 4-15 match record on the season and he’s no won back-to-back matches. Dzumhur is putting together his best career year with a 13-13 match record and Top 10 wins over No. 5 Rafael Nadal (ret.) at ATP Masters 1000 Miami and No. 7 Tomas Berdych at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo. In the final match on, the only second round contest of the day features No. 16 seed Ricardas Berankis against British No. 4 Daniel Evans. Berankis won the previous meeting in five sets in a 2010 Davis Cup tie in Lithuania. Last month (on May 23), Berankis became the first Lithuanian-born player to break the Top 50 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. Evans, is one of four Britons in the Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings at No. 95. Last month on May 9 he reached a career-high No. 86. Aegon Open Nottingham Day 2 – Monday, June 20, 2016 Page 2 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com DAY 2 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: In Order of Play by Court Centre Court To Finish: 4-6 3-3 Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) Gabashvili Leads 2-1 07 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Mikhail Youzhny 3-6 6-3 6-3 08 Moscow (Russia) Hard R32 Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-5 4-6 7-6(1) 09 Zagreb (Croatia) Hard R32 Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-3 6-4 Youzhny 2016 FastFacts QF: Stuttgart (l. to Thiem) YTD W-L: 5-7 (2-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: June 25, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 73 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 1-3 (2R - 2001) • Tournament Note: Reached 2R in tournament debut 15 years ago (l. to Ferreira) and lost 1R in 2003 and 2009 • Reached 1st ATP QF since 2015 Zagreb at Stuttgart (d. Lopez and Stakhovsky, l. to Thiem 75 in 3rd) • 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) • Advanced to 2R at Indian Wells (w/o vs. Bautista Agut), Miami (l. to Paire) and Barcelona (l. to Fognini) • Qualified at Dubai before losing to Jaziri in 1R • Illness forced walkover vs. Bautista Agut in Indian Wells 2R and retirement vs. Bellucci in Munich 1R Gabashvili 2016 FastFacts SF: Sydney (l. to Troicki) YTD W-L: 11-17 (1-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 23, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 104 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2R - 2007) • Tournament Note: Reached 2R in tournament debut 9 years ago (l. to Clement) and lost 1R in 2009 • Snapped 0-16 start to career in ATP World Tour QFs by reaching Sydney SF (d. Tomic, l. to Troicki) • Reached Roland Garros 3R for 3rd time (d. Young and Paire, l. to Isner in 5 sets) • Saved 3 MPs to upset defending champion Simon in Marseille 1R (l. to Kyrgios in 2R) • Also saved 2 MPs to defeat Almagro in Barcelona 1R (l. to Paire in 2R) • Achieved career-high No. 43 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 1 • Defeated Windahl and Arvidsson to help Russia sweep Sweden 5-0 in Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs [WC] James Ward (GBR) Ward Leads 1-0 11 Davis Cup Group II 1R (Great Britain) Hard RR James Ward 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 8-6 Jaziri 2016 FastFacts: QF: Barcelona (l Paire) YTD W-L: 7-12 (1-2 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 20, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 60 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2R - 2015) • Tournament Note: Made debut last year and reached 2R (d. Edmund, l. to Thiem) • Advanced to Barcelona QF (d. Chung, Olivo and A. Zverev; l. to Paire) • Achieved career-high No. 63 in Emirates ATP Rankings on June 6 • Snapped 8-match losing streak by beating Youzhny in Dubai 1R (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 2R) • Fell to Robredo 86 in 5th of Australian Open 1R after holding 1 MP • Won Challenger titles at Guadalajara, MEX (d. Pouille, Zeballos, Robert) and Le Gosier, GUD (d. Fritz, Kozlov) Aegon Open Nottingham Day 2 – Monday, June 20, 2016 Page 3 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com • Played 6 tiebreaks, 15 sets and 168 games in Davis Cup Group II tie vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH d. TUN 3-1) • Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Rome qualifying 1R (back) and Furth, GER Challenger 2R (neck) J. Ward 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 0-1 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 9, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 177 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 3-8 (QF - 2010) • Tournament Note: Making his ninth straight tournament appearance and best result is QF in 2010 (d. Lopez, Schuettler, l. to Dolgopolov). Looking to break five-match 1R losing streak • Playing in second ATP World Tour tournament of season. Last week lost in 1R at Queen’s Club as a wild card (l. to Muller) • Has lost in ATP World Tour qualifying six times this season, three coming in final round (Chennai, Miami, Stuttgart) • Has compiled a 7-8 record in Challengers with best result QF in Manchester earlier this month (l. to Brown) Lukas Rosol (CZE) vs Kyle Edmund (GBR) Edmund Leads 1-0 16 Bucharest (Romania) Clay R32 Kyle Edmund 7-6(4) 7-6(5) Rosol 2016 FastFacts: SF: Geneva (l Wawrinka); QF: Auckland (l Ferrer) YTD W-L: 12-14 (0-0 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: July 24, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 75 Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut • Tournament Note: Lost in final round of qualifying in 2012 (l. to Pospisil) in previous tournament appearance • Lost to No. 4 Wawrinka in 3-set Geneva SF on May 20 and 5-set Roland Garros 1R on May 23 • Reached Auckland QF (d. Paire, l. to No. 8 Ferrer) and Aus. Open 3R for 1st time (d. Sock, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) • Fell to 3-24 vs. Top 10 opponents, with 20 losses in his last 21 matches • Clinched Czech Republic’s 3-2 win over Germany in Davis Cup 1R (d. A. Zverev) • Advanced to Challenger QFs at Irving, USA (d. Istomin, l. to Granollers); Aix en Provence, FRA (l. to E. Ymer) and Prostejov, CZE (d. E. Ymer, l. to Khachanov) Edmund 2016 FastFacts: QF(2): Doha (l Berdych); London / Queen's Club (l Murray) YTD W-L: 7-9 (1-1 on grass) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 8, 1995 Emirates ATP Ranking: 68 (Career-high) Aegon Open W-L (Best Result): 1-3 (2R - 2013) • Tournament Note: British No. 3 is making his fourth straight appearance and lone win came in 2013 debut (d. De Schepper, l. to Simon). • Last week the 21-year-old Briton reached his second career ATP World Tour QF at Queen’s Club, posting his biggest career win over No. 18 Simon and advanced to QF by W/O with Mathieu’s withdrawal (wrist). He lost to eventual champion Murray in three sets.