AEGON OPEN NOTTINGHAM: DAY 4 NOTES Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Nottingham, England | June 21 – 27, 2015 Draw: S-48, D-16 | Prize Money: €644,065 | Surface: Grass ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.lta.org.uk Thomas Troxler: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @BritishTennis #aegonopen #nottingham Press Room: +44 333 011 1030 facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/britishtennislta NINE OF TOP 16 SEEDS LEAD WAY IN THIRD ROUND ACTION DAY 4 PREVIEW: Nine of the Top 16 seeds are into the third round on Wednesday at the Aegon Open Nottingham with No. 2 Gilles Simon, No. 3 Feliciano Lopez, No. 4 Leonardo Mayer and No. 5 Pablo Cuevas leading the way. There are three seeds in the top half of the draw and six in the bottom. In the opening match on Centre Court, former World No. 8 Marcos Baghdatis, who upset top seed David Ferrer, takes on German wild card Alexander Zverev for the first time. In the next match on, Cuevas and last year’s semi-finalist No. 12 Sam Querrey, square off for the first time. In the third match, No. 14 Joao Sousa of Portugal and No. 2 /’13 runner-up Simon meet for the third time (tied 1-1). This is their first meeting on grass. In the final match on, Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei looks for his first win (0-2) against No. 3 seed/ two-time reigning champion Lopez. There are two matches on Court 1 and Court 2 with four seeds in action. th PAES TEAMS WITH 100 PARTNER – The top seeds in the doubles draw are Marcel Granollers & Leander Paes, who are teaming up together for the first time. Granollers is the 100th different partner Paes is playing with in his career (71 ATP World Tour level, 29 in Challengers). Paes has won 55 titles in his career. There are four other active players who have accomplished the feat: Frank Moser (138), Andre Sa (116), Oliver Marach (103) and Carlos Berlocq (102). ZVEREV MOVING UP ON TEENAGERS LIST – There have been 11 teenagers this season who have won at least one ATP World Tour/Grand Slam match, including 17-year-old American Taylor Harry Fritz here on Tuesday. Of the 11, eight have won multiple matches, including Zverev with six: Player Win Loss Total Borna Coric 16 15 31 Thanasi Kokkinakis 9 11 19 Alexander Zverev 6 7 13 Andrey Rublev 5 5 10 Nick Kyrgios (now 20) 5 4 9 Elias Ymer 3 5 8 Hyeon Chung 3 3 6 Yoshihito Nishioka 2 2 4 Aegon Open Nottingham Day 4 – Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Page 2 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com DAY 4 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court CENTRE COURT Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs (WC) Alexander Zverev (GER) First Meeting Baghdatis FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: SF: Zagreb (l Garcia-Lopez) YTD W-L: 12-9 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: June 17, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 59 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (3R – 2015) Baghdatis, 30, beat top seed and World No. 7 David Ferrer 62 76 on Tuesday to reach the 3R. It was his 20th career Top 10 win (20-46) and first since February 2013 in Rotterdam (d. No. 10 Gasquet). Opened on Sunday with 75 3-0 ret. win over Victor Estrella Burgos, who retired due to a neck injury. In previous appearance in ’12 (d. Andujar, l. to Darcis in 2R) The top Cypriot at No. 59 in the Emirates ATP Rankings has a 12-9 match record on the season and his best result came in February in Zagreb where he reached the semi-finals (l. to eventual champ Garcia-Lopez). Trying to reach his second quarter-final of the year In his ATP World Tour grass court season opener in Stuttgart two weeks ago (d. Rosol, l. to eventual winner Nadal in three sets in 2R) Opened season Down Under with runner-up at Happy Valley Challenger (l. to Harrison) Zverev FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: YTD W-L: 6-7 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: April 20, 1997 Emirates ATP Ranking: 76 (Career-high) Tournament W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (3R – 2015) Zverev, 18, made his Nottingham debut on Sunday, defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 60 62, and on Tuesday beat No. 13 seed Thomaz Bellucci 67 63 64. Trying to reach his first ATP World Tour QF of the season and second of career. In July last year in hometown Hamburg, reached SFs Comes in a career-high No. 76 in the Emirates ATP Rankings and has a 6-7 match record on the ATP World Tour. Has won 1R in all three grass tournaments. Last week in Halle (d. Nieminen, l. to Karlovic in three sets). Previous week in Stuttgart (d. Pavic, l. to Troicki in three sets) Also 2R at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (d. Groth, l. to Rosol) in March and Munich (d. Becker, l. to Kohlschreiber) last month Has compiled a 10-3 record in Challengers, reaching SF at Aix en Provence (l. to Mathieu) and following with second career title in Heilbronn (d. Pella) last month. In two weeks jumped from No. 110 into Top 100 for first time at No. 85 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 18 TEENAGERS IN THE TOP 100 Emirates ATP Rankings Player Rank Age Alexander Zverev GER 76 (C-H) 18 Years, 2 Months Borna Coric CRO 39 (C-H) 18 Years, 7 Months Hyeon Chung KOR 78 19 Years, 1 Month Thanasi Kokkinakis AUS 69 (C-H) 19 Years 2 Months Aegon Open Nottingham Day 4 – Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Page 3 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com C-H (Career-high) (5) Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs (12) Sam Querrey (USA) First Meeting Cuevas FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: W: Sao Paulo (d Vanni); F: Istanbul (l Federer); QF (2): Rio de Janeiro (l Nadal); Buenos Aires (l Monaco) YTD W-L: 19-13 YTD Titles: 1 Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: January 1, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 23 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2R – 2015) Cuevas, 29, made his tournament debut on Tuesday and defeated qualifier Dudi Sela 75 64 No. 1 Uruguayan captured his third career ATP World Tour title in Sao Paulo (d. Vanni) in February. Last month advanced to final in Istanbul (l. to Federer). It was his first runner-up (3-1) Trying to reach fifth ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season and comes in with a 19-13 match record (16-8 on clay). Turned in QF in Rio de Janeiro (l. to Nadal ) and Buenos Aires (l. to Monaco) in February. Trying to reach his first career ATP World Tour QF on grass Reached a career-high No. 21 in the Emirates ATP Rankings on Mar. 23 (23 this week). He is highest-ranked Uruguayan in history of the Emirates ATP Rankings (since Aug. 23, ‘73) Querrey FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: F: Houston (l Sock); SF: Memphis (l Nishikori) YTD W-L: 11-13 YTD Titles: 0 Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: October 7, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 44 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 6-4 (SF – 2014) Querrey, 27, has a 6-4 tournament record and opened Tuesday with a 76 64 win over Colombian Santiago Giraldo. Last year reached semi-finals (l. to eventual champ Lopez) No. 3 American (behind No. 17 Isner, No. 31 Sock) is trying to advance to his third ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season, first since reaching his 13th career final in Houston in April (l. to Sock) In February, reached semi-finals in Memphis (l. to eventual winner Nishikori) Has a 36-24 career record on grass and won Queen’s Club title in 2010 (d. Fish) (14) Joao Sousa (POR) vs (2) Gilles Simon (FRA) Tied 1-1 14 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (USA) Hard R64 Joao Sousa 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3 15 Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard R32 Gilles Simon 5-7 6-3 6-2 Sousa FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: F: Geneva (l Bellucci); SF: Montpellier (l Janowicz) YTD W-L: 17-17 YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: March 30, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 45 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (3R – 2015) Aegon Open Nottingham Day 4 – Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Page 4 of 5 www.ATPWorldTour.com Sousa, 26, made his tournament debut on Tuesday, saving all three break points faced in a 67 63 76 win over big-serving Aussie Sam Groth, who fired 24 aces Portugal’s No. 1 player has a 17-17 match record on the season and trying to reach his third ATP World Tour quarter-final in ’15. Last month, advanced to fourth career ATP World Tour final (1-3) in Geneva (l. to Bellucci). In February advanced to semi-finals in Montpellier (l. to Janowicz) In Grand Slam play, reached 3R at Australian Open and 2R at Roland Garros (l. to Murray both times) Simon FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: W: Marseille (d Monfils); SF (2): Rotterdam (l Berdych); London / Queen's Club (l Anderson); QF (2): Montpellier (l Janowicz); Bucharest (l Gimeno-Traver) YTD W-L: 27-12 YTD Titles: 1 Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: December 27, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 13 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 12-6 (Finalist – 2013) Simon, 30, saved three match pts. and improved his career record to 12-6 with a 46 76(3) 76(0) win in 3h,10min on Tuesday over Spaniard Marcel Granollers. Trying to reach his fifth tournament quarter-final.