SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Monday, October 12, 2015 Qizhong Tennis Center, Shanghai, China | October 11 – 18, 2015 Draw: S-56, D-24 | Prize Money: $4,783,320 (7,021,335) | Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.shanghairolexmasters.com Nicola Arzani: [email protected] Twitter: @ATPWorldTour Twitter: @SHRolexMasters Richard Evans: [email protected] Facebook: ATP World Tour Facebook: Shanghai Rolex Masters Edward La Cava: [email protected] Thomas Troxler: [email protected] Press Room: +86 21 3136 4622 FIVE FINALS CONTENDERS TO BEGIN SHANGHAI CAMPAIGNS ON MONDAY DAY 2 PREVIEW: First-round play at the Shanghai Rolex Masters continues on Monday with five players from the Emirates ATP Race to London Top 20 in action. Beijing quarter-finalist John Isner and Tokyo quarter-finalist Marin Cilic begin their Shanghai campaigns on Stadium Court. Jo- Wilfried Tsonga, Feliciano Lopez and Dominic Thiem are also on the schedule after suffering first-round losses last week in Beijing or Tokyo. See below for more details on where Isner, Cilic, Tsonga, Lopez and Thiem stand in the race to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Among the other players in action on Monday are Chinese wild cards Ze Zhang, Di Wu and Yan Bai. Zhang won his first-round match in Beijing, as did Bai in Shenzhen two weeks ago. Wu, on the other hand, is seeking his first win at an ATP World Tour or Grand Slam event in his 12th attempt. EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON UPDATE: The Shanghai Rolex Masters champion will earn 1,000 points in the Emirates ATP Race to London. The Top 8 players in the race on Nov. 9 go on to compete at the year-end Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Nov. 15-22. Four players have already qualified: Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka. More than 1,000 race points separate No. 8 David Ferrer from No. 9 Richard Gasquet, which makes it essential for Gasquet, No. 10 John Isner and every other player in the Top 20 to make a deep run in Shanghai. Following the Shanghai Rolex Masters, a maximum of 2,000 race points remain on the line at ATP World Tour 500 events in Vienna and Basel, followed by ATP Masters 1000 Paris. Race Player Points 1R Opponent 2R Opponent (with 1R win) 1 Novak Djokovic* 13,285 Bye Klizan or [WC] Zhang 2 Andy Murray* 7,510 Bye Johnson or Seppi 3 Roger Federer* 6,740 Bye Querrey or [Q] Ramos-Viñolas 4 Stan Wawrinka* 5,960 Bye Cuevas or Troicki 5 Tomas Berdych 4,100 Bye [Q] Kubot or Sock 6 Rafael Nadal 3,970 Bye Karlovic or Chardy 7 Kei Nishikori 3,855 Bye Kyrgios or Haider-Maurer 8 David Ferrer 3,435 Bye Bernard Tomic 9 Richard Gasquet 2,355 Gilles Muller [Q] Bolelli or Pospisil 10 John Isner 2,225 Adrian Mannarino Goffin or [Q] Soeda 11 Kevin Anderson 2,205 [WC] Tommy Haas Fognini or Sousa 12 Marin Cilic 2,100 [WC] Di Wu Borna Coric 13 Milos Raonic 2,080 Thomaz Bellucci Bautista Agut or Garcia-Lopez 14 Gilles Simon 1,965 [Q] Nikoloz Basilashvili Mayer or [WC] Bai 15 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1,900 Tommy Robredo Estrella Burgos or [LL] Young 16 David Goffin 1,625 [Q] Go Soeda Mannarino or [13] Isner 17 Feliciano Lopez 1,590 [Q] Andrey Kuznetsov [Q] Lu or Thiem 18 Dominic Thiem 1,510 [Q] Yen-Hsun Lu [Q] Kuznetsov or [15] Lopez 19 Bernard Tomic 1,495 Fernando Verdasco [7] David Ferrer 20 Benoit Paire 1,453 N/A N/A * Qualified Shanghai Rolex Masters Day 2 – Monday, October 12, 2015 Page 2 of 8 www.ATPWorldTour.com EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON UPDATE: The Top 8 teams in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race to London on Nov. 9 will qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Nov. 15-22. Two teams have already secured their spots: World No. 1s Bob and Mike Bryan and Wimbledon champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau. Rojer and Tecau can overtake the Bryans this week for No. 1 in race under one of the following three scenarios: o Rojer/Tecau wins Shanghai Rolex Masters title o Rojer/Tecau reaches Shanghai final and Bryan/Bryan loses in 2R or QF o Rojer/Tecau reaches Shanghai SF and Bryan/Bryan loses in 2R Race Team Points 1R Opponent 2R Opponent (with 1R win) 1 Bryan/Bryan* 6,285 Bye Cabal/Farah or [WC] Gong/Zhang 2 Rojer/Tecau* 5,950 Bye Lopez/Mirnyi or Garcia-Lopez/Mayer 3 Dodig/Melo 5,140 N/A N/A 4 J. Murray/Peers 5,035 N/A N/A 5 Herbert/Mahut 4,585 Bye Goffin/Thiem or [WC] Wu/Zhang 6 Bolelli/Fognini 4,295 Bye Nadal/Verdasco or Isner/Querrey 7 Matkowski/Zimonjic 3,930 Bye Pospisil/Sock or Kyrgios/Tomic 8 Bopanna/Mergea 3,455 N/A N/A 9 Pospisil/Sock 2,820 Kyrgios/Tomic [3] Matkowski/Zimonjic 10 Peya/Soares 2,740 Inglot/Lindstedt [8] Bopanna/Kubot DAY 2 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play STADIUM Martin Klizan (SVK) vs [WC] Ze Zhang (CHN) First Meeting Klizan 2015 FastFacts W: Casablanca (d. Gimeno-Traver); SF (2): Barcelona (l. to Nishikori); Metz (l. to Simon); QF (2): Brisbane (l. to Dimitrov); Quito (l. to Estrella Burgos) YTD W-L: 29-24 (15-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: July 11, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 44 Coach: Martin Damm Shanghai W-L (Best Result): 2-2 (2012, ’14 2nd Round) • No. 1 Slovakian has reached 2R in each of his 2 prior appearances at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai, falling to Cilic in 2012 and No. 5 Ferrer in 2014 • Won 3rd career ATP World Tour singles title at Casablanca (d. Gimeno-Traver) • Also captured 3rd career doubles title at Rio de Janeiro (w/Oswald d. Andujar/Marach) • Also reached Barcelona SF (l. to No. 5 Nishikori), Metz SF (l. to No. 10 Simon), Brisbane QF (l. to Dimitrov) and Quito QF (l. to Estrella Burgos) • Went 6-0 in Davis Cup singles matches this season against Slovenia, Romania and Poland • Grand Slam results: Australian Open 2R (l. to Sousa), Roland Garros 2R (l. to Simon), Wimbledon 1R (l. to Verdasco 13-11 in on 5th) and US Open 2R (l. to Chardy) Zhang 2015 FastFacts YTD W-L: 3-4 (3-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: July 4, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 182 Coach: Tarik Benhabiles Shanghai W-L (Best Result): 0-5 (2010-14 1st Round) Shanghai Rolex Masters Day 2 – Monday, October 12, 2015 Page 3 of 8 www.ATPWorldTour.com • China No. 1 is seeking 1st ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai win in 6th consecutive appearance • Earned 1st ATP World Tour win of season over Istomin in Beijing 1R (l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 2R) • In 2015, owns singles records of 2-1 in Davis Cup, 19-14 in Challengers and 7-1 in Futures • As a WC, fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Hewitt) and Shenzhen (l. to Vesely) • Reached Challenger SFs at Launceston, AUS (l. to Fratangelo); Busan, KOR (l. to Lacko) and Seoul, KOR (l. to Soeda) • In 2013, played doubles with boyhood idol at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (d. Anderson/Tursunov in 1R, l. to Dodig/Melo in 2R) • Winner of 12 career ITF Futures titles (8 singles, 4 doubles), including 8 in China Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs [13] John Isner (USA) Isner Leads 3-1 10 Montpellier (France) Hard R16 John Isner 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-3 13 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Adrian Mannarino 1-1 ret 13 Newport (U.S.A.) Grass R16 John Isner 6-0 7-6(7) 15 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R64 John Isner 7-6(2) 6-4 Mannarino 2015 FastFacts F (2): Auckland (l. to Vesely); Bogota (l. to Tomic); SF: Delray Beach (l. to Karlovic); QF (3): ’s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Mahut); Newport (l. to Ram); Shenzhen (w/o vs. Garcia-Lopez) YTD W-L: 27-25 (20-15 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 29, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 41 Coach: Marc Gicquel Shanghai W-L (Best Result): Debut • No. 7 Frenchman is making ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai debut • Reached 1st 2 ATP World Tour finals of career at Auckland (l. to Vesely) and Bogota (l. to Tomic) • Also 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) • Achieved career-high ranking of No. 27 on July 27 • 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) Isner 2015 FastFacts W: Atlanta (d. Baghdatis); F: Washington (l. to Nishikori); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Djokovic); Nice (l. to Thiem); QF (5): Memphis (l. to Querrey); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Berdych); London/Queen's Club (l. to Troicki); ATP Masters 1000 Montréal (l. to Chardy); Beijing (l. to Djokovic) YTD W-L: 39-21 (25-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: April 26, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 13 Coach: Justin Gimelstob Shanghai W-L (Best Result): 5-5 (2012, ’14 3rd Round) • No.