WINSTON-SALEM OPEN: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Friday, August 26, 2016 Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA | August 21-27, 2016 Draw: S-48, D-16 | Prize Money: $639,255 | Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing www.ATPWorldTour.com www.WinstonSalemOpen.com Greg Sharko: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour Twitter: @WSOpen #WSOpen Press Room: +1-336-706-1470 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour Facebook: @WinstonSalemOpen UNSEEDED MILLMAN AMONG FIRST-TIME SEMI-FINALISTS SEMI-FINAL PREVIEW: The Winston-Salem Open will crown a new champion as four first-time semi- finalists – one playing the first ATP semi-final of his career – face off for a place in Saturday’s singles final. First up on Center Court is a rematch of the Sofia final in February, when Roberto Bautista Agut beat Viktor Troicki for the title. Bautista Agut, seeded No. 2 after accepting a wild card, is a two-time winner on the ATP World Tour in 2016 (also Auckland) and bidding to reach his first ATP final on American soil. On the two occasions the Spaniard has reached semi-finals on tour in 2016, he has gone on to win the title. This is the 20th ATP semi-final of Troicki’s career (9-10) and third of 2016 (2-0) after reaching finals in Sydney (d. Dimitrov) and Sofia (l. to Bautista Agut). The No. 9 seed is aiming to reach his 10th ATP final, and second in the U.S. – his only other stateside final came at 2008 Washington (l. to del Potro). Not before 7pm, John Millman plays in his first ATP World Tour semi-final against Spaniard Pablo Carreño Busta, whom he beat in in their first meeting at ATP Masters 1000 Miami in March. The Aussie Millman comes into the match after collecting the biggest win of his career, downing No. 1 seed and World No. 15 Richard Gasquet in straight sets following comebacks from a set down in the first, second and third rounds. Carreño Busta, seeded 16th, eyes the third ATP final of his season and career, having fallen in finals at São Paulo and Estoril. Should Carreño Busta and Bautista Agut advance, it will be the third all- Spanish ATP final of 2016 (Almagro d. Carreño Busta in Estoril, Ramos-Viñolas d. Verdasco in Båstad). FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: SINGLES SEMI-FINALS [9] Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs [2/WC] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Bautista Agut Leads 1-0 16 Sofia (Bulgaria) Hard F Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-4 Troicki 2016 FastFacts W: Sydney (d. Dimitrov); F: Sofia (l. to Bautista Agut); QF: Rotterdam (l. to Mahut) YTD W-L: 23-20 (17-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: February 10, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 35 Winston-Salem W-L (Best Result): 3-2 (2016 Semi-finalist) • Tournament Note: Entered on 5-match losing streak and hoping to win 2 titles in 1 season for 1st time in career • Playing 20th ATP SF of career (9-10) and 3rd of 2016 (2-0). Owns a 3-6 record in ATP finals (1-1 in 2016) • Repeated as Sydney champion by saving 1 MP in 26 61 76(7) win over Dimitrov • Three days later, saved 2 MPs in 5-set win over Muñoz de la Nava in Australian Open 1R (l. to Raonic in 3R) • Also saved 4 MPs in 67(6) 76(9) 76(3) win over Cervantes in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R (l. to Goffin in 3R) • Advanced to Sofia final (l. to Bautista Agut) and Rotterdam QF (l. to Mahut) • Reached Roland Garros 4R for 3rd time (d. Dimitrov, Lajovic and Simon; l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) • Clinched Serbia’s 3-2 Davis Cup 1R win over Kazakhstan by beating Nedovyesov in straight sets Winston-Salem Open Day 6 – Friday, August 26, 2016 Page 2 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com Bautista Agut 2016 FastFacts W (2): Auckland (d. Sock); Sofia (d. Troicki); QF (5): Chennai (l. to Coric), Rotterdam (l. to Klizan), Dubai (l. to Baghdatis); London/Queen’s Club (l. to Raonic); Rio Olympics (l. to del Potro) YTD W-L: 37-15 (26-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 17 Winston-Salem W-L (Best Result): 5-1 (2016 Semi-finalist) • Tournament Note: Bidding to become 5th player with 3+ titles in 2016 (Djokovic 7, Murray 4, Thiem 4, Wawrinka 3) • Playing 17th ATP SF of career (8-8) and 3rd of 2016 (2-0); won his last 4 SFs after losing previous 5. Owns a 4-4 record in ATP finals (2-0 in 2016) • 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) • Reached 4R at Aus. Open (d. Cilic, l. to No. 6 Berdych in 5 sets) and Roland Garros (d. Coric, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Quarter-finalist at Rio Olympics in singles (l. to del Potro) and doubles w/Ferrer (l. to Johnson/Sock) • Also advanced to QFs at Chennai (l. to Coric 76 in 3rd), Rotterdam (l. to Klizan after 5 MPs), Dubai (l. to Baghdatis) and London/Queen’s Club (l. to No. 9 Raonic) • Led Spain to 4-1 win over Romania in Davis Cup Group I 2R, beating both Ungur and Mergea in straight sets • Withdrew from Munich due to meniscus injury John Millman (AUS) vs [16] Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) Millman Leads 1-0 16 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R128 John Millman 6-3 6-2 Millman 2016 FastFacts QF: Montpellier (l. to Mathieu) YTD W-L: 19-17 (15-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 14, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 81 Winston-Salem W-L (Best Result): 4-0 (2016 Semi-finalist) • Tournament Note: Earned biggest win of career by ranking over World No. 15 Gasquet to reach 1st ATP SF • Advanced to 3R at Australian Open (d. Muller in 5 sets, l. to Tomic) and Wimbledon (d. Paire, l. to No. 2 Murray) • Also advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF at Montpellier (d. Benneteau and Roger-Vasselin, l. to Mathieu in 3 sets) • Achieved career-high No. 60 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 16 • Reached 2R at Rio Olympics (d. Berankis 60 60, l. to No. 7 Nishikori) and Cincinnati as Q (l. to No. 9 Thiem) • Won ATP Masters 1000 debut over Sarkissian at Indian Wells (l. to Johnson in 2R) • Saved 2 MPs in 67(5) 64 76(6) win over Donskoy in Chennai 1R (l. to Bautista Agut in 2R) • Held 1 MP vs. Johnson in Delray Beach 1R before falling 63 57 76(8) • Retired in Toronto 1R vs. Donaldson (left wrist) and withdrew from Houston and Geneva (left ankle) Winston-Salem Open Day 6 – Friday, August 26, 2016 Page 3 of 3 www.ATPWorldTour.com Carreño Busta 2016 FastFacts F (2): São Paulo (l. to Cuevas); Estoril (l. to Almagro); SF: Los Cabos (l. to Lopez); QF (4): Quito (l. to Bellucci); Marrakech (l. to Delbonis); Geneva (l. to Wawrinka); Umag (l. to Elias) YTD W-L: 28-20 (8-6 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 12, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 49 Winston-Salem W-L (Best Result): 6-2 (2016 Semi-finalist) • Tournament Note: Yet to drop a set, beating Struff 64 75, [3] Cuevas 63 76(1) and [12] Kuznetsov 64 63 • Playing 6th ATP SF of career (2-3) and 4th of 2016 (2-1). Owns an 0-2 record in ATP finals, both in 2016 • Defeated 4 countrymen en route to 1st ATP World Tour singles final at São Paulo (l. to Cuevas) • Beat Verdasco, Daniel, Simon and Paire en route to 2nd final at Estoril (l. to Almagro 67 76 63) • Set career-highs this season in wins (28) and ranking (No. 43 on May 9) • Advanced to 1st hard-court SF of career at Los Cabos as WC (l. to Lopez in 3 sets) • Fell in QFs at Quito (l. to Bellucci), Marrakech (l. to Delbonis), Geneva (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) and Umag (l. to Elias) • Won 1st ATP doubles title at Quito w/Duran (d. Bellucci/Demoliner) • Runner-up w/Marrero at Rio de Janeiro (d. Melo/Soares, l. to Cabal/Farah) and São Paulo (l. to Peralta/Zeballos) • Made winning Davis Cup debut in dead rubber of Spain’s 4-1 Group I QF win vs. Romania (d. Ungur) FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: POTENTIAL SINGLES FINALS [2/WC] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs [16] Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) Bautista Agut Leads 1-0 15 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Roberto Bautista Agut 4-6 6-4 6-0 2-6 6-4 Other Meetings: 09 Spain F31 (Spain) Hard QF Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 6-3 09 Spain F32 (Spain) Hard SF Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-3 11 Alessandria CH (Italy) Clay F Pablo Carreno Busta 3-6 6-3 7-5 [2/WC] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs John Millman (AUS) Bautista Agut Leads 1-0 16 Chennai (India) Hard R16 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 6-1 Other Meeting: 09 Spain F7 (Spain) Clay R32 John Millman 4-6 6-3 6-3 [9] Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs [16] Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) First Meeting [9] Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs John Millman (AUS) First Meeting .