Miami Open, presented by Itau: Day 4 Media Notes Saturday, March 26, 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 MURRAY, WAWRINKA, NADAL, NISHIKORI, TSONGA HEADLINE DAY 4 DAY 4 PREVIEW: Second round action concludes on Saturday with the bottom half of the draw being played. World No. 2 and two-time Miami Open champion Andy Murray, World No. 4 Stan Wawrinka, No. 5/four-time finalist Rafael Nadal, No. 6 Kei Nishikori and No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga headline the order of play. In addition, the top two Americans, No. 13 John Isner and No. 22 seed Jack Sock, play their opening round matches. In the first match on Stadium, Nishikori, who reached the semi-finals two years ago, takes on French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert for the first time. Nishikori is off to a 14-5 start this season and last month he won his fourth straight title in Memphis. He comes in after reaching the quarter- finals at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Nadal). Herbert, who reached his maiden ATP World Tour singles final in Winston-Salem (l. to Anderson) last August, is ranked No. 107. He and countryman Nicolas Mahut won the doubles title in Indian Wells last weekend. In the third match on, Nadal makes his 12th appearance in Miami as he faces Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia-Herzegovina for the first time. The 29-year-old Spaniard is a four-time runner-up in Miami (2005, ’08, ’11, ’14). This is the only tournament he has not won with this many attempts. The No. 94-ranked Dzumhur is looking for his first career Top 10 win (0-5). In the evening session, Murray brings a 2-0 head-to-head record against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan. Both of Murray’s wins came in 2013 (Brisbane, US Open). The 28-year-old Brit, who won the title in 2009 (d. Djokovic) and ’13 (d. Ferrer), has reached the final in three of the last four years. He was runner-up in 2012 and last year (l. to Djokovic both times). Istomin won his first match of the season (1-7) on Thursday in three sets over Borna Coric. Istomin is trying to break a 19-match losing streak against Top 10 opponents. He is 1-29 lifetime against Top 10 foes and his lone win came over No. 5 David Ferrer in the 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells in 2012. In the second match on Grandstand, Russian Andrey Kuznetsov and Wawrinka meet for the second straight tournament. In the 3R at Indian Wells, Wawrinka won 64 76. In the next match on, No. 26 Grigor Dimitrov takes on Federico Delbonis for the second time. In their previous meeting in the 1R at Wimbledon last year, the Bulgarian won in straight sets. In the third men’s match on, Isner and fellow Tampa resident qualifier Tim Smyczek square off for the first time. Isner reached the semi-finals here last year (l. to Djokovic). In the final match on, Santiago Giraldo of Colombia and Tsonga meet for the third time (tied 1-1), the first on hard courts. On Court 1, Denis Kudla plays No. 12 Milos Raonic, who is coming off his third career ATP Masters 1000 final in Indian Wells. This is a first-time meeting. In the next match, Sock and Sergiy Stakhovsky meet for the first time in a main draw. Sock won the previous qualifying meeting here in 2013. In the final match, Marcos Baghdatis and No. 24 Nick Kyrgios square off for the first time. Both lost to eventual champion Wawrinka in Dubai: Baghdatis in final, Kyrgios in semi-final. Miami Open, presented by Itau Day 4 – Saturday, March 26, 2016 Page 2 of 11 www.ATPWorldTour.com DAY 4 FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court STADIUM [6] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs [Q] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) First Meeting Nishikori 2016 FastFacts: W: Memphis (d Fritz); QF(3): Brisbane (l Tomic); Australian Open (l Djokovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Nadal) YTD W-L: 14-5 (14-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 6 Miami W-L (Best Result-Year): 12-5 (SF – 2014) • The 26-year-old Japanese star is making his 7th appearance and owns a 12-5 record, reaching SF two years ago (W/O vs. Djokovic after wins over No. 4 Ferrer in 4R & No. 5 Federer in QF). Last year reached QF (l. to Isner). Also 4R in 2012 (l. to No. 2 Nadal) & ’13 (l. to No. 5 Ferrer). Has 3 Top 5 losses • In last tournament at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells, reached QF (l. to Nadal) • In February,earned 4th straight Memphis title and extended win streak at event to 17 matches (d. Fritz) • Advanced to 3rd Australian Open QF of career (d. No. 10 Tsonga, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Beat Evans before falling to No. 2 Murray in 5 sets, snapping 12-match Davis Cup win streak (GBR d. JPN 3-1) • Reached Brisbane QF (l. to Tomic) and Acapulco 2R (l. to Querrey) Repeat Winners (8): Nishikori is one of eight repeat winners on the ATP World Tour this year: Player Tournament Stan Wawrinka Chennai (three-peat) Viktor Troicki Sydney Novak Djokovic Australian Open Victor Estrella Burgos Quito Richard Gasquet Montpellier Kei Nishikori Memphis (four-peat) Pablo Cuevas Sao Paulo Novak Djokovic Indian Wells (three-peat) Herbert 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 3-2 (3-2 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: March 18, 1991 Emirates ATP Ranking: 107 Miami W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-0 (2R – 2016) • The 25-year-old Frenchman qualified into main draw and made successful debut on Thursday with a 75 64 win over Lukas Rosol • Qualified and reached 3R in Australian Open singles debut (d. Andujar and Rubin, l. to No. 10 Tsonga) • Also qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells, falling in 1R to fellow qualifier Kovalik 76 in 3rd. Won doubles title in IW w/Mahut (d. Pospisil/Sock) • Captured 3rd ATP Challenger Tour singles title at Bergamo, ITA (d. Gerasimov) • Won 14th ATP Challenger Tour doubles title at Wroclaw, POL w/Olivetti (d. Mektic/Sancic) • Looking for first career Top 10 win (0-3) and last faced a Top 10 opponent in 3R at Australian Open (l. to No. 10 Tsonga) Miami Open, presented by Itau Day 4 – Saturday, March 26, 2016 Page 3 of 11 www.ATPWorldTour.com [5] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Damir Dzumhur (BIH) First Meeting Nadal 2016 FastFacts: F: Doha (l Djokovic); SF: Buenos Aires (l Thiem); Rio de Janeiro (l Cuevas); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: 12-5 (8-3 on hard, 4-2 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 67 Date of Birth: June 3, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 5 Miami W-L (Best Result-Year): 35-10 (Finalist - 2005, ’08, ’11, ‘14) • The 29-year-old Mallorcan native is making his 12th appearance in Miami and enters with a 35-10 career record. Has reached four finals: 2005 (l. to Federer in five sets), 2008 (l. to Davydenko), 2011 and 2014 (l. to Djokovic in both). Has played this tournament most in his career without winning title • Playing doubles this year for 1st time since 2012. Won 1R on Thursday w/Verdasco over Bolelli/Seppi • In opening week of season, reached 99th career final in Doha (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) • Lost to eventual champions in back-to-back SFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Thiem after holding 1 MP) and Rio de Janeiro (l. to Cuevas) • Suffered 2nd Grand Slam 1R loss of career at Australian Open vs. Verdasco in 4h41m, 5-set marathon ATP MASTERS 1000 MATCH-WIN LEADERS: Nadal is second with 306 career ATP Masters 1000 match wins. Here are the Top 5 ATP Masters 1000 wins leaders: W-L Titles 1) Roger Federer 327-96 24 2) Rafael Nadal 306-65 27 3) Novak Djokovic 274-58 27 4) Andre Agassi 209-73 17 5) Pete Sampras 190-70 11 Dzumhur 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 6-7 (6-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 20, 1992 Emirates ATP Ranking: 94 Miami W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-1 (2R - 2016) • The 23-year-old Bosnian native won his 1st match here on Thursday over Argentine Leonardo Mayer 46 63 64. Last year made debut as a qualifier and lost in 1R (l. to Duckworth) • Lost in 2R at 1st 5 main draws of 2016 season: Doha, Australian Open, Sofia, Memphis, Delray Beach. Also fell in 1R at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Granollers) • Rallied from 2 sets to 1 down to defeat Edmund in Australian Open 1R (l. to Goffin in 2R) • Avenged Memphis 2R loss by beating Berankis in Delray Beach 1R (l. to Dimitrov in 2R) Miami Open, presented by Itau Day 4 – Saturday, March 26, 2016 Page 4 of 11 www.ATPWorldTour.com Denis Istomin (UZB) vs [2] Andy Murray (GBR) Murray Leads 2-0 13 Brisbane (Australia) Hard QF Andy Murray 6-4 7-6(3) 13 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Andy Murray 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4 6-4 Istomin 2016 FastFacts: YTD W-L: 1-7 (1-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September 7, 1986 Emirates ATP Ranking: 76 Miami W-L (Best Result-Year): 4-6 (3R- 2014) • No.