CITI OPEN: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, August 6, 2015 William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, Washington D.C., USA | August 3 – 9, 2015 Draw: S-48, D-16 | Prize Money: $1,753,020| Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com www.citiopentennis.com Maria Garcia-Planas: [email protected] @ATPWorldTour @CitiOpen Robin Holtermann: [email protected] facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/CitiOpen Press Room: +1 202-250-8515 US OPEN FINALISTS, TOP FOUR AMERICANS FEATURED IN ROUND OF 16 Day 4: Last year’s US Open finalists and the top four Americans are featured on Thursday at the Citi Open. In the second match on Stadium Court 2014 US Open runner-up Kei Nishikori looks to reach his 11th ATP World Tour quarter-final of the year when he faces Argentinian / No. 16 seed. Leonardo Mayer. Following the No. 2 American Sam Querrey looks for his first win in his fourth meeting with last year’s US Open champion Marin Cilic. The third match features No. 4 seed Richard Gasquet vs No. 15 Jack Sock in a first-time meeting. In the last match of the evening on Stadium Court, top American John Isner looks to even his head-to-head at 2-2 when he faces last year’s runner-up Vasek Pospisil. On Grandstand American Steve Johnson faces Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, All together there are 11 matches (8 singles and 3 doubles). Top Seed Falls: With Andy Murray falling to Teymuraz Gabashvili in his opening match on Wednesday evening it marked the first time a top seed has lost in an opening round match in Washington since Ivan Lendl in 1993 (l. to Robbie Weiss). It was also Murray’s first opening round loss on hard courts (non round robin) since 2012 Indian Wells (l. to Garcia-Lopez). US Open Finalists Eye QF: US Open champion Marin Cilic is looking to reach his 5th ATP World Tour quarter-final of the year, while finalist Kei Nishikori is looking to reach his 11th. Cilic is playing in his first tournament since reaching the quarter-finals at Wimbledon for the second straight year (l. to eventual champ Djokovic again). Cilic is also the first reigning US Open champion to play in Washington since Andre Agassi in 2000. He is playing here for the third time and first time since reaching the semi-finals in 2010 (l. to eventual champion Nalbandian) and has a 4-2 tournament record. Nishikori is also returning to action for the first time since Wimbledon where he withdrew from the 2R due to a calf injury. Nishikori is 5-4 in Washington, reaching the quarter-finals last year. Americas in Top 100: Seven (in bold) of the 8 Americans in the Top 100 Emirates ATP World Rankings are playing here this week, with the top foursome of Isner, Querrey, Sock, and Johnson reaching the third round and in action on Thursday. No. 18 John Isner No. 75 Donald Young (l. to Pospisil in 2R) No. 32 Sam Querrey No. 79 Denis Kudla (Career-high) (l.to Rola in 1R) No. 37 Jack Sock No. 80 Tim Smyczek (l. to Dolgopolov in 1R) No. 55 Steve Johnson No. 89 Rajeev Ram Teenage Match Wins Leaders: Coric has the most match wins (19) among teenagers on the ATP World Tour this year, while Zverev has the second most (12). Here are the teenage wins leaders (ATP World Tour, Grand Slam only): W L Coric, Borna CRO 19 17 Zverev, Alexander GER 12 11 Kokkinakis, Thanasi AUS 9 12 Rublev, Andrey RUS 5 7 Citi Open Day 4 – Thursday, August 6, 2015 Page 2 of 8 www.ATPWorldTour.com Kyrgios, Nick AUS 5 4 Chung, Hyeon KOR+ 4 5 Ymer, Elias SWE 3 6 Donaldson, Jared USA 3 4 Nishioka, Yoshihito JPN++ 2 3 + Chung lost in the 2R here (l. to Cilic) ++ Nishioka lost in the 1R here (l. to Zverev) THURSDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play by Court Stadium Court (16) Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs (2) Kei Nishikori (JPN) Nishikori Leads 2-0 13 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Kei Nishikori 7-6(5) 6-4 6-2 14 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-2 6-3 Mayer FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: F: Nice (l Thiem); SF: Sydney (l Kukushkin); QF(2): Sao Paulo (l Souza); Nottingham (l Istomin) YTD W-L: 23-15 (6-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 15, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 35 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-0 (3R 2015 – 1R bye) The 28-year-old Argentinian opened with a 76(2) 67(3) 64 win over Blaz Rola in his tournament debut on Wednesday Has reached the QF or better four times this year on the ATP World Tour, highlighted by reaching third career ATP World Tour final at Nice (l. to Thiem). Also reached SF at Sydney (l. to Kukushkin) and QF at Sao Paulo (l. to Souza) and Nottingham (l. to Istomin) In Davis Cup helped Argentina reach the Davis Cup SFs for the 10th time in the past 14 years with 4-1 win over Serbia...Beat Krajinovic in singles and partnered Berlocq to doubles win. In Davis Cup 1R vs Brazil won the fourth rubber versus Souza 76(4) 76(5) 57 57 15-13….It was the longest singles match in Davis Cup history at six hours and 43 minutes, and levelled the tie at 2-2 in Buenos Aires In Grand Slam play (5-3 record), reached 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Cilic) and at Wimbledon (l. to Anderson), fell in 2R at Australian Open (l. to Troicki) Nishikori FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: W (2): Memphis (d Anderson); Barcelona (d Andujar); F: Acapulco (l Ferrer); SF(3): Brisbane (l Raonic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Murray); Halle (l Seppi); QF(4): Australian Open (l Wawrinka); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Isner); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Roland Garros (l Tsonga) YTD W-L: 39-9 (22-5) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 9 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 5 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 5-4 (QF 2014) The 25-year-old from Japan opened with a 67(8) 61 64 win over Aussie James Duckworth on Tuesday. He is making his 5th appearance here and his best result was QF last year (1R bye, l. to Gasquet). Has a 5-4 tournament record Playing first match since pulling out of his 2R at Wimbledon (vs. Giraldo) due to a left calf injury. Also retired in SFs in Halle (vs. Seppi) due to same injury Citi Open Day 4 – Thursday, August 6, 2015 Page 3 of 8 www.ATPWorldTour.com Has reached QF or better 10 times this year, highlighted by titles in Memphis (d. Anderson) for the third straight year and defended his title at Barcelona (d. Andujar). Also reached finals at Acapulco (l. to Ferrer) In Grand Slam play (8-2 record), reached QF at Australian Open (d. Ferrer in 4R, l. to Wawrinka) and at Roland Garros (w/o vs. Becker in 3R, l. to Tsonga), reached 2R at Wimbledon (l. to Giraldo) Best ATP Masters 1000 result was SF at Madrid (l. to Murray), also reached QF at Miami (l. to Isner) and Rome (l. to eventual champion Djokovic) (13) Sam Querrey (USA) vs (3) Marin Cilic (CRO) Cilic Leads 3-0 09 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Marin Cilic 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4 12 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass SF Marin Cilic 6-3 3-6 6-3 12 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R32 Marin Cilic 7-6(6) 6-4 6-7(2) 6-7(3) 17-15 Querrey FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: F (2): Houston (l Sock); Nottingham (l Istomin); SF: Memphis (l Nishikori) YTD W-L: 17-16 (5-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: October 7, 1987 Emirates ATP Ranking: 32 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 7-6 (SF 2012) The 27-year-old American opened with a 63 57 64 win over Go Soeda on Wednesday. He is playing here for the seventh time and has a 7-6 tournament record. His best result was SF in 2012 (l. to eventual champion Dolgopolov) The No. 2 American (behind No. 18 Isner) reached his 14th career ATP World Tour final (7-7) at Nottingham (l. to Istomin). Also reached final at Houston (l. to Sock) in April In February, reached SF in Memphis (l. to eventual champion Nishikori) In Grand Slam play (1-3 record), reached 2R in Wimbledon (l. to Federer), fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Pospisil in 5-sets) and Roland Garros (l. to Coric) Cilic FastFacts: 2015 Highlights: SF: Stuttgart (l Troicki); QF(3): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Djokovic); Geneva (l Giraldo); Wimbledon (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: 15-10 (1-1 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 13 Date of Birth: September 28, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 8 Washington W-L (Best Result-Year): 4-2 (SF 2010) The 26-year-old Croat opened with a 76(2) 63 win over Hyeon Chung on Wednesday. He is playing here for the third time and first time since reaching the SFs in 2010 (l. to eventual champion Nalbandian). Has a 4-2 tournament record Playing in his first tournament since reaching the QF at Wimbledon for the second straight year (l.