Miami Open presented by Itau: Day 8 Media Notes Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Tennis Center at Crandon Park, Miami, Florida, USA | March 23 – April 3, 2016 Draw: S-96, D-32 | Prize Money: $7,037,595 | Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.miamiopen.com Maria Garcia-Planas: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour - #MarchMasters @MiamiOpenTennis - #MiamiOpen Edward LaCava: [email protected] facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/MiamiOpenTennis Joshua Rey: [email protected] instagram.com/ATPWorldTour Press Room: +1 305 365 3210 DJOKOVIC-BERDYCH, GOFFIN-SIMON SQUARE OFF IN QUARTER-FINALS DAY 8 PREVIEW: The quarter-finals in the top half of the draw on Wednesday are headlined by No. 1 and five-time Miami Open champion Novak Djokovic, No. 7 Tomas Berdych, No. 15 David Goffin and No. 18 Gilles Simon. Goffin is the only player of the foursome appearing in his first Miami quarter-final. On Thursday in the bottom half of the draw, No. 6 Kei Nishikori will take on No. 16 Gael Monfils and No. 12 Milos Raonic will meet No. 24 Nick Kyrgios. This is the first time since 2013 that two Frenchmen are in the quarter-finals in Miami. In the third match on Stadium, No. 15 seed Goffin and No. 18 Simon meet for the second time. In their previous meeting in the 1R at the Queen’s Club in London last June, Simon rallied to win 67 75 62. Goffin is the first Belgian man to reach the quarter-finals in the tournament’s 32-year history and he’s trying to advance to his second straight ATP Masters 1000 semi-final after reaching the final four in Indian Wells (l. to Raonic). The 31-year-old Simon, who is the oldest player remaining, is appearing in his third quarter-final in Miami (2011, ’13, ’16) and he’s trying to become the first Frenchman to reach the semi-finals here since Gasquet in 2013. The only Frenchman to reach the final was Sebastien Grosjean in 1999 (l. to Krajicek). In the evening session, top-ranked Djokovic brings a 22-2 career record (19-0 on hard courts) against No. 7 Berdych, who is trying to break a nine-match losing streak against the Serb. Berdych’s last win came in the QF at ATP Masters 1000 Rome in 2013. Djokovic has won 13 straight matches in Miami (27 of the last 28 back to 2011) since a 4R loss to Tommy Haas in 2013. Djokovic comes in with a 25-1 match record on the season (7-0 vs. Top 10 opponents). He’s won 19 of his last 20 matches vs. Top 10 foes since the beginning of the US Open with his only loss coming to Federer in round robin play at the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. Djokovic is chasing Andre Agassi’s tournament record six titles and he’s trying to take sole possession of the ATP Masters 1000 titles leaderboard. He and Nadal are each tied with 27 career titles. Djokovic has reached the final in his last 10 ATP Masters 1000 tournaments (DNP ’15 Madrid) going back to 2014 Paris-Bercy. During that stretch, he has compiled a 53-2 record. In doubles quarter-final action, only two seeds remain: No. 4/two-time reigning champions Bob and Mike Bryan along with No. 5/ Indian Wells champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut. The Bryans are scheduled for fourth match on Stadium against Aussie wild cards Omar Jasika and John-Patrick Smith. The Bryans are looking to become the first team to win three straight Miami titles since Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde from 1995-97. Leander Paes won three straight titles with as many partners from 2010-12. The Bryans have won a record 109 titles together, their last coming in Montreal last August. They have won Miami titles in 2007-08, ’14-15. Their best result of the season was a runner-up in Delray Beach last month (l. to Marach-F. Martin). Of the remaining quarter-finalists, the only other former Miami champion is four-time winner (2003, ’05-06, ’09) Max Mirnyi, who is playing with Treat Huey. They are third match-on Grandstand against the second-time duo of John Isner and Nicholas Monroe. Miami Open presented by Itau Day 8 – Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Page 2 of 6 www.ATPWorldTour.com DAY 8 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play STADIUM [15] David Goffin (BEL) vs [18] Gilles Simon (FRA) Simon Leads 1-0 15 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R32 Gilles Simon 6-7(6) 7-5 6-2 Goffin 2016 FastFacts SF: ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Raonic); QF: Marseille (l. to Berdych) YTD W-L: 15-5 (13-5 on hard, 2-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: December 7, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 15 Miami W-L (Best Result): 8-4 (QF – 2016) • The 25-year-old is 1st Belgian man to reach QF in tournament history after wins over qualifier Granollers 64 64, No. 19 seed Troicki 61 61 and lucky loser Zeballos 75 63 (1R bye). Has held serve all 27 games (saving 2 BPs) in 3 wins. Last year advanced to 4R (bye, d. Coric, Janowicz, l. to No. 5 Nishikori 61 61). Also 3R in 2013 and 2R in 2012 (l. to No. 12 Almagro in both). Qualified in 2014 and lost to Zeballos in 1R • Enters with a 26-20 career record in ATP Masters 1000 tourneys and appearing in 3rd QF (’15 Rome QF,’16 Indian Wells SF). Had 11-14 record prior to Rome and since Rome is 15-6 in Masters 1000 play • Comes into Miami after reaching SF at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells where he won three straight three- setters, including a final-set TB vs. Tiafoe in 2R (saved 2 MPs). Also beat [3] Wawrinka in final set TB in 4R and lone straight-sets win came over [10] Cilic 76 62 in QF (l. to Raonic). Jumped from No. 18 to No. 15 afterwards. First Belgian in a Masters 1000 SF since Christophe Rochus in Hamburg in 2005 (l. to Gasquet) • Advanced to Australian Open 4R for 1st time (d. Thiem, l. to No. 3 Federer) • Defeated Coric and Cilic, but lost doubles w/Bemelmans to Dodig/Skugor during Davis Cup 1R-CRO won 3-2 • Last month reached Marseille QF (l. to No. 8 Berdych) Simon 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 9-6 (8-6 on hard, 1-0 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: December 27, 1984 Emirates ATP Ranking: 19 Miami W-L (Best Result-Year): 16-10 (QF – 2011, 2013, 2016) • The 31-year-old Frenchman, the oldest player remaining, is appearing in his 3rd Miami QF after beating Monaco 75 61, No. 11 Cilic 63 67(4) 63 and countryman Pouille 60 61 in 58 mins. (1R bye). Last year reached 4R (l. to No. 7 Ferrer). Has a 16-10 record in Miami and also reached QF in 2011 (l. to Federer) and 2013 (l. to Haas). Trying to become 1st Frenchman to reach SF in Miami since Gasquet in 2013 (l. to Murray). Sebastien Grosjean is only French finalist in tournament history (l. to Krajicek in 1999) • Has 104-81 career record in ATP Masters 1000 tournaments and appearing in 12th QF (5-6 record). His last Masters 1000 QF & SF came in Shanghai in 2014 when he reached final (l. to Federer) • Advanced to Australian Open 4R for 3rd time (d. Donskoy in 5 sets, l. to No. 1 Djokovic in 5 sets) • Pushed Djokovic to 100 unforced errors over 4 hours, 32 minutes • Helped France to 5-0 sweep of Canada in Davis Cup 1R with straight-set win over Pospisil • As defending champion, held 3 MPs vs. Gabashvili in Marseille 1R before losing 76 in 3rd FRENCH TITLE LEADERS: Simon is tied-No. 3 among Frenchmen in the Open Era with 12 career titles on the ATP World Tour: No. Yannick Noah 23 Richard Gasquet 13 Gilles Simon 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 12 Guy Forget 11 Miami Open presented by Itau Day 8 – Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Page 3 of 6 www.ATPWorldTour.com [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs [7] Tomas Berdych (CZE) Djokovic Leads 22-2 08 Bangkok (Thailand) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-1 09 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-2 10 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass SF Tomas Berdych 6-3 7-6(9) 6-3 10 SRB vs. CZE Davis Cup SF (Serbia) Hard RR Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 10 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-3 11 Australian Open (Australia) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-1 7-6(5) 6-1 11 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-7(5) 6-2 4-2 ret 11 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 7-5 ret 11 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Novak Djokovic 3-6 6-3 7-6(3) 12 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay SF Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-3 6-2 12 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 12 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Novak Djokovic 6-2 7-6(6) 13 Australian Open (Australia) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-4 13 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard F Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-3 13 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay QF Tomas Berdych 2-6 7-5 6-4 13 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass QF Novak Djokovic 7-6(5) 6-4 6-3 13 SRB vs.