NISHIKORI AIMS FOR 3RD TOKYO TITLE AGAINST QUALIFIER MEDVEDEV

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1 RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, 7 October 2018 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Tokyo, Japan 1-7 October 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,781,930 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RakutenOpen.com Brendan Gilson: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com NISHIKORI AIMS FOR 3RD TOKYO TITLE AGAINST QUALIFIER MEDVEDEV No. 3 seed and home country hero Kei Nishikori will attempt to claim a third Rakuten Japan Open championship on Sunday when he battles qualifier Daniil Medvedev in the Tokyo final. Nishikori and Medvedev faced off for the first time earlier this year, with the Japanese star claiming a straight-set second-round victory en route to a finalist showing at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo. Japanese No. 1 Nishikori is into his second final of the year after Monte-Carlo, and seeks his first title since winning at Memphis in February of The World No. 12 has lost his last seven finals since then, but will try to stop that streak at an event where he is 22-7, including title runs in 2012 and year-old Nishikori is yet to drop a set this week, and he leads the field in return games won (17 of 38, 45%) and percentage of points won returning second serves (73 of 119, 61%). Medvedev was the first of a record seven qualifiers to win an ATP World Tour singles title this season with his triumph in Sydney, and hopes to repeat the feat in Tokyo, notching a third title of the year in the process. The 22-year-old Russian had slid to No. 84 just prior to claiming his firstever title in the second week of the season, and now finds himself at a career-high No. 32 and on the brink of a Top 30 debut, having also won a second title in Winston-Salem during the summer. Medvedev is the first qualifier to make the Tokyo final since Magnus Norman did so in Japan is also represented in the doubles final, as the country s top-ranked doubles player, Ben McLachlan, will try to win at Tokyo for the second year in a row. McLachlan is 7-0 in his two Rakuten Japan Open appearances, and will attempt to go back-to-back with different partners, teaming up with Jan-Lennard Struff this year after winning with Yasutaka Uchiyama in They will face 2018 Wimbledon finalists Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus in the title match. INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS Rakuten Japan Open [Q] Daniil Medvedev [3] Kei Nishikori Aces st-Serve Percentage 58% (130 of 225) 64% (147 of 230) 1st-Serve Points Won 79% (103 of 130) 75% (110 of 147) 2nd-Serve Points Won 62% (59 of 95) 55% (46 of 83) Service Games Won 90% (36 of 40) 86% (32 of 37) Break Points Saved 43% (3 of 7) 62% (8 of 13) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 31% (47 of 151) 36% (55 of 151) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 59% (47 of 80) 61% (73 of 119) Return Games Won 32% (12 of 38) 45% (17 of 38) Break Points Converted 50% (12 of 24) 47% (17 of 36) BOLD: Leads all players at Rakuten Japan Open.

2 Day 7 Sunday, 7 October 2018 Page 2 of 3 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SINGLES AND DOUBLES FINALS [Q] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) vs [3] Kei Nishikori (JPN) Nishikori Leads ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco) Clay R32 Kei Nishikori Medvedev 2018 Summary: W (2): Sydney (d. de Minaur); Winston-Salem (d. Johnson); QF (2): Rotterdam (l. Seppi); St. Petersburg (l. Thiem) YTD W-L: (30-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: February 11, 1996 (22) ATP Ranking: 32 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 4-1 (2018 Finalist) Tournament Notes: Qualified for main draw, then posted wins over [4] Schwartzman 64 64, [Q] Klizan 64 63, [6] Raonic 76 63, and Shapovalov to reach 3rd final of season. In only prior Tokyo appearance, lost 1R to Dolgopolov last year. This week, has held serve 36 of 40 games (90%), and has won 12 of 38 return games (32%). He is the first qualifier to reach the Tokyo final since Magnus Norman lost in the 2002 final to Kenneth Carlsen. Earned 7 victories overall to capture 1st ATP World Tour title at Sydney as qualifier (d. de Minaur). Went 6-0 in matches and 12-0 in sets to win 2nd title at Winston-Salem (d. Johnson). Now 2-1 in finals overall (lost 1st career final at Chennai in 2017 to Bautista Agut). Reached 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Carreno Busta), Wimbledon (d. Coric in 1R, l. to Mannarino in 5 sets), ATP Masters 1000 Toronto as Q (l. to A. Zverev) and US Open (d. Tsitsipas, l. to Coric). Also qualified at Rotterdam (l. to Seppi in QF) and ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Coric in 1R). Saved 1 MP vs. Watanuki in Washington 1R as WC (l. to Shapovalov in 2R). Lost 5 straight matches from 18 April through 10 June -- 3rd losing streak of 5+ matches since start of 2017 season. Qualifying Success Medvedev is one of a record seven qualifiers to win an ATP World Tour title this season: Daniil Medvedev Sydney (d. de Minaur) Roberto Carballes Baena Quito (d. Ramos-Vinolas) Mirza Basic Sofia (d. Copil) Nikoloz Basilashvili Hamburg (d. L. Mayer) Martin Klizan Kitzbuehel (d. Istomin) Bernard Tomic Chengdu (d. Fognini) Yoshihito Nishioka Shenzhen (d. Herbert) Nishikori 2018 Summary: F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l. Nadal); SF (3): New York (l. Anderson); US Open (l. Djokovic); Metz (l. Bachinger); QF (3): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. Djokovic); Wimbledon (l. Djokovic); Washington (l. A. Zverev) YTD W-L: (18-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 12 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 22-7 (2012, 2014 Champion) Tournament Notes: Has yet to lose a set this week in wins over countryman [WC] Sugita 64 61, Paire 63 75, [5] Tsitsipas 63 63, and [8] Gasquet to reach his 3rd final in 10 appearances (2-0 in Tokyo finals). Defeated Raonic in three sets in both of his successful finals in 2012 and Leads tournament in return games won (17 of 38, 45%) and points won returning 2nd serve (73 of 119, 61%). Played 46 tour-level events since most recent title at 2016 Memphis (d. Fritz). Has lost his last 7 finals (11-12 in finals overall). Earned Top 5 wins over Cilic and A. Zverev to reach Monte-Carlo final (l. to No. 1 Nadal). Fell to 0-4 in ATP Masters 1000 finals. As World No. 36, became lowest-ranked Monte-Carlo finalist since No. 53 Arazi in Advanced to 3rd Grand Slam SF -- all at US Open with 5-set QF wins over Top 10 players (d. Cilic, l. to Djokovic). Along with Osaka, 1st Japanese man and woman in history to reach SFs at same Grand Slam event. At Wimbledon, became 1st Japanese player to complete set of QFs at all 4 Grand Slams (l. to Djokovic). Reached New York SF (l. to Anderson in 3rd-set TB), Rome QF (l. to Djokovic) and Washington QF (l. to A. Zverev). Defeated Frenchmen Janvier, Paire and Simon to reach Roland Garros 4R for 4th straight year (l. to Thiem). Fell to No. 39 in ATP Rankings on 2 April -- lowest since No. 40 on 10 October Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour title -- 1st since at Dallas, USA as WC (d. McDonald).

3 Day 7 Sunday, 7 October 2018 Page 3 of 3 Multiple Champions Nishikori is one of four players to win the Rakuten Japan Open singles title at least twice: Stefan Edberg 4 titles (1987, ) Pete Sampras 3 titles ( , 1996) Jim Courier 2 titles (1992, 1995) Kei Nishikori 2 titles (2012, 2014) DOUBLES FINAL [4] Ben McLachlan (JPN) / Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs First Meeting [3] Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Michael Venus (NZL) McLachlan and Struff paired up for the first time in January of 2018, and have compiled a record as a team since then. This is their first final as a team, after reaching the semi-finals at the Australian Open, ATP Masters 1000 Miami, Budapest, and Hamburg. They are currently No. 11 on the Doubles Race to London (top 8 teams qualify). McLachlan is the defending champion, having won his first ATP World Tour doubles title here last year (w/uchiyama). He is now 7-0 at Tokyo. This week is Struff s Tokyo doubles debut. 26-year-old McLachlan won his second title last week at Shenzhen (w/salisbury), and has reached 2 other finals (both in 2018). He is currently ranked a career-high No year-old Struff is seeking his first ATP World Tour doubles title. This is the 2nd doubles final of his career (also 2018 Sydney w/troicki). He is currently ranked a career-high No. 29 in doubles. Klaasen and Venus teamed up for the first time at Tour-level at the start of 2018, and have a record as a team. This year, they won the title at Marseille, and reached finals at Wimbledon, ATP Masters 1000 Canada, and s-hertogenbosch. They are currently No. 6 on the Doubles Race to London (top 8 teams qualify). Klaasen won the Tokyo title in 2015 (w/melo) and reached the final the following year as well (w/r. Ram). He has improved his career doubles record at Tokyo to Venus was 0-1 at Tokyo before this week (lost 1R last year). 35-year-old Klaasen has won 14 ATP World Tour doubles titles, including 2 ATP Masters 1000 titles, and made 14 other finals. He is ranked No. 19 (career-high No. 9 on 11 July 2016). 30-year-old Venus has won 8 doubles titles, including 2017 Roland Garros (w/r. Harrison) and reached 10 other finals. He is ranked No. 14 (career-high No. 12 on 17 July 2017).

4 RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, 6 October 2018 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Tokyo, Japan 1-7 October 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,781,930 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RakutenOpen.com Brendan Gilson: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com SHAPOVALOV-MEDVEDEV, NISHIKORI-GASQUET, MEET IN SEMI-FINALS The Rakuten Japan Open semi-finals on Saturday feature unseeded Denis Shapovalov and qualifier Daniil Medvedev along with No. 3 seed and hometown hero Kei Nishikori and No. 8 Richard Gasquet. Shapovalov and Medvedev are appearing in their first Tokyo semi-final while two-time Rakuten Japan Open champion Nishikori is making his fourth semi-final showing (2-1) and Gasquet his third (1-1). Three of the semi-finalists (except Shapovalov) have yet to lose a set this week (6-0). In the first match on Arena 1, #NextGenATP Canadian Shapovalov brings a 2-0 head-to-head record against Medvedev, who is the first qualifier to reach Tokyo semi-finals since Magnus Norman, who lost in the 2002 final to Kenneth Carlsen. The 22-year-old Russian is 2-0 in semifinals this season and each time he went on to win titles in Sydney as a qualifier and Winston- Salem. The 19-year-old Shapovalov is 0-2 in semi-final matches this season (0-3 in career) and he is attempting to advance to his first ATP World Tour final. He is the first Canadian to reach the Tokyo semi-finals since Michael Chang (19) in The last teenager to reach the final/win the title was Jimmy Arias (18) in He is No. 3 in the Next Gen ATP Finals Race to Milan standings. In the next match on, Gasquet takes a 7-2 head-to-head record (5-0 on hard courts) against Nishikori. Gasquet won the first meeting here in the third round in He went on to win the next five meetings before Nishikori won two of the last three (on clay) in Gasquet reached the Tokyo final in his 2007 debut (l. to Ferrer) and was a semi-finalist the following year. The 32- year-old Frenchman has won five of his six sets in tie-breaks this week and he is appearing in his fifth semi-final of the season (3-1). He is 1-2 in finals this year and in his career. Nishikori is 1-3 in semi-final matches this year. Nishikori, who won titles in 2012 and 2014, is attempting to reach his second final of the year. He was runner-up at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal). Nishikori is also trying to win his first ATP World Tour title since February 2016 in Memphis (d. Fritz). The 28-year-old Japanese star has lost his last seven finals since capturing his 11th career title. He is lifetime in final. Multiple Champions Nishikori is one of four players to win the Rakuten Japan Open singles title at least twice: No. Years Stefan Edberg , Pete Sampras , 1996 Jim Courier , 1995 Kei Nishikori , 2014

5 Day 6 Saturday, 6 October 2018 Page 2 of 4 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SATURDAY SEMI-FINAL SINGLES MATCHES ARENA 1 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs [Q] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) Shapovalov Leads US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Denis Shapovalov Washington (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Denis Shapovalov Shapovalov 2018 Summary SF (2): Delray Beach (l Tiafoe); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l A. Zverev); QF (2): Eastbourne (l M. Zverev); St. Petersburg (l Klizan) YTD W-L: (24-13 on hard) Date of Birth: April 15, 1999 (19) ATP Ranking: 31 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2018 Semi-finals) Tournament Note: #NextGenATP Canadian made debut Monday with win over [7] Chung and followed with a victory over 2015 champion Wawrinka and 46 76(7) 64 over Struff (saved 1 MP) to reach 3rd SF in This week has held 40 of 43 service games (93%), saving 9 of 12 break pts. (75%) and No. 4 in aces (37). At 19, youngest quarter-finalist and semi-finalist ever at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d. Raonic in 3R, l. to A. Zverev). Achieved career-high 11 times in ATP Rankings -- peaking at No. 23 on 11 June. Youngest player to be ranked in Top 25 since then-no. 19 Gasquet on 25 July Became No. 1 Canadian on 21 May, but was passed by countryman Raonic on 13 August. Lost to eventual champion in Delray Beach SF (l. to Tiafoe) and Eastbourne QF (l. to M. Zverev). Reached Round of 16 at ATP Masters 1000 events in Miami (d. Troicki in 1R after saving 1 MP, l. to Coric), Rome (l. to eventual champion Nadal), Toronto (l. to Haase) and Cincinnati (l. to Raonic). Medvedev 2018 Summary W(2): Sydney (d de Minaur); Winston-Salem (d Johnson); QF(2): Rotterdam (l Seppi); St. Petersburg (l Thiem) YTD W-L: (29-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: February 11, 1996 (22) ATP Ranking: 32 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2018 Semi-finals) Tournament Note: Qualified with two wins and posted wins over [4] Schwartzman 64 64, [Q] Klizan and [6] Raonic to reach 3rd SF of season (2-0). In only prior tournament appearance, lost 1R to Dolgopolov last year. This week has held serve 27 of 31 games (87%) and has won 9 of 29 return games (31%). Earned 7 victories overall to capture 1st ATP World Tour title at Sydney as Q (d. de Minaur). Went 6-0 in matches and 12-0 in sets to win 2nd title at Winston-Salem (d. Johnson). Reached 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Carreno Busta), Wimbledon (d. Coric in 1R, l. to Mannarino in 5 sets), ATP Masters 1000 Toronto as Q (l. to A. Zverev) and US Open (d. Tsitsipas, l. to Coric). Also qualified at Rotterdam (l. to Seppi in QF) and ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Coric in 1R). Saved 1 MP vs. Watanuki in Washington 1R as WC (l. to Shapovalov in 2R). Lost 5 straight matches from 18 April through 10 June -- 3rd losing streak of 5+ matches since start of 2017 season. Qualifying Success Medvedev is one of a record seven qualifiers to win an ATP World Tour title this season: Daniil Medvedev Sydney (d. de Minaur) Roberto Carballes Baena Quito (d. Ramos-Vinolas) Mirza Basic Sofia (d. Copil) NIkoloz Basilashvili Hamburg (d. L. Mayer) Martin Klizan Kitzbuehel (d. Istomin) Bernard Tomic Chengdu (d. Fognini) Yoshihito Nishioka Shenzhen (d. Herbert)

6 Day 6 Saturday, 6 October 2018 Page 3 of 4 [3] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs [8] Richard Gasquet (FRA) Gasquet Leads Tokyo (Japan) Hard R16 Richard Gasquet London / Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R64 Richard Gasquet ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (Canada) Hard R16 Richard Gasquet ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R16 Richard Gasquet Washington (U.S.A.) Hard QF Richard Gasquet ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R16 Richard Gasquet 7-6(3) 4-1 ret 16 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R16 Kei Nishikori ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R16 Kei Nishikori Roland Garros (France) Clay R16 Richard Gasquet Nishikori 2018 Summary F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); SF (3): New York (l Anderson); US Open (l Djokovic); Metz Bachinger); QF (3): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); Washington (l Zverev) YTD W-L: (17-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 12 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 21-7 (2012, 2014 Champion) Tournament Note: Has yet to lose a set this week in wins over countryman [WC] Sugita 64 61, Paire and [5] Tsitsipas to reach his 4th SF in 10 appearances. Defeated Raonic in three sets in both of his successful finals in 2012 and Prior to this week his last SF came in 2015 (l. to Paire). Leads tournament in return games won (14 of 28, 50%) and pts. won returning 1st serve (39%) and pts. won returning 2nd serve (61%). Earned Top 5 wins over Cilic and A. Zverev to reach Monte-Carlo final (l. to No. 1 Nadal). Fell to 0-4 in ATP Masters 1000 finals. As World No. 36, became lowest-ranked Monte-Carlo finalist since No. 53 Arazi in Played 46 tour-level events since most recent title at 2016 Memphis (d. Fritz). Lost his last 7 finals. Advanced to 3rd Grand Slam SF -- all at US Open with 5-set QF wins over Top 10 players (d. Cilic, l. to Djokovic). Along with Osaka, 1st Japanese man and woman in history to reach SFs at same Grand Slam event. At Wimbledon, became 1st Japanese player to complete set of QFs at all 4 Grand Slams (l. to Djokovic). Reached New York SF (l. to Anderson in 3rd-set TB), Rome QF (l. to Djokovic) and Washington QF (l. to A. Zverev). Defeated Frenchmen Janvier, Paire and Simon to reach Roland Garros 4R for 4th straight year (l. to Thiem). Fell to No. 39 in ATP Rankings on 2 April -- lowest since No. 40 on 10 October Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour title -- 1st since at Dallas, USA as WC (d. McDonald). Gasquet 2018 Summary W(1): s-hertogenbosch (d Chardy); F(2): Montpellier (l Pouille); Bastad (l Fognini); SF(1): Marrakech (l Edmund); QF(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l A. Zverev); Metz (l Simon) YTD W-L: (14-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 15 Date of Birth: June 18, 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 25 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 13-6 (2007 Finalist) Tournament Note: Has won all six sets this week (five in tie-breaks) in wins over [Q] Kudla 76 63, 2016 champion Kyrgios and [2] Anderson to reach 3rd Tokyo SF. Reached final in 2007 debut (l. to No. 8 Ferrer) and followed with SF in 2008 (l. to No. 12 Del Potro). Has held 32 of 35 service games (91%) and 65% of 2nd serve pts. Became 1st Frenchman with 500 career wins when he beat M. Zverev in Monte-Carlo 3R (l. to A. Zverev in QF). Won 15th title -- all ATP World Tour 250s -- at s-hertogenbosch (d. Chardy). Advanced to 6th consecutive Montpellier final, falling to 3-3 in title matches (d. Goffin, l. to Pouille). Also advanced to Bastad final (l. to Fognini). Reached 3R at Australian Open (l. to Federer), Roland Garros (l. to No. 1 Nadal) and US Open (l. to Djokovic). Dropped to No. 38 in ATP Rankings on 2 April -- lowest since No. 38 on 6 September Defeated Haase to help defending champion France beat The Netherlands 3-1 in Davis Cup 1R. Retired in Rotterdam 1R vs. Herbert due to groin injury and withdrew from Indian Wells due to knee injury. Conceded walkover to Jarry in Hamburg 2R and withdrew from Kitzbuhel and Toronto due to left hip injury.

7 Day 6 Saturday, 6 October 2018 Page 4 of 4 POTENTIAL CHAMPIONSHIP FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs Kei Nishikori (JPN) Series Tied Acapulco (Mexico) Hard R32 Denis Shapovalov 6-7(3) Washington (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Kei Nishikori 7-6(1) 6-3 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs Richard Gasquet (FRA) First Meeting Daniil Medvedev (RUS) vs Kei Nishikori (JPN) Nishikori Leads ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco)Clay R32 Kei Nishikori Daniil Medvedev (RUS) vs Richard Gasquet (FRA) Gasquet Leads Montpellier (France) Hard R32 Richard Gasquet

8 RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, 5 October 2018 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Tokyo, Japan 1-7 October 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,781,930 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RakutenOpen.com Brendan Gilson: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com FIVE OF TOP EIGHT SEEDS HEADLINE QUARTER-FINALS, LED BY ANDERSON, NISHIKORI The quarter-finals on Friday at the Rakuten Japan Open feature five of the top eight seeds, led by No. 2 Kevin Anderson, No. 3 and hometown favorite Kei Nishikori, No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas, No. 6 Milos Raonic and No. 8 Richard Gasquet. Raonic is the only seed remaining in the top half of the draw. In the first match on Arena 1, unseeded Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany and #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov meet for the first time. Struff is appearing in his third ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season, the first on hard courts and he is attempting to advance to his first semifinal since September 2017 in St. Petersburg. The 19-year-old Shapovalov is the youngest player remaining and he is 2-2 in quarter-final matches this season. He is No. 3 in the Next Gen ATP Finals Race to Milan standings. In the next match on, qualifier Daniil Medvedev and Raonic square off for the first time. Medvedev, a two-time ATP World Tour winner this season, is 2-2 in quarter-final matches. The 23-year-old Russian is the first qualifier to reach the quarter-finals in Tokyo since Austin Krajicek in The last qualifier to advance to the semi-finals or better was Magnus Norman, who lost in the 2002 final to Kenneth Carlsen. Raonic, a three-time Tokyo finalist from , is 2-3 in quarter-final matches this season. In the third match on, Tsitsipas and Nishikori collide for the first time. The 20-year-old Greek is the youngest in the Top 20 at No. 15 and he is making his career-best eighth quarter-final (4-3) showing of the season. If Tsitsipas advances to the semi-finals, he will qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan, Nov Nishikori, who won titles in 2012 and 2014, is making his fifth Tokyo quarter-final appearance in 10th outing, the first since 2015 when he reached the semi-finals. In the final match on Gasquet brings a 6-4 head-to-head record against Anderson, who is trying to qualify for the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals for the first time. The 32-year-old South African holds the No. 8 spot in the Race to London standings. This is the eighth year in the last nine (except 2013) the 32-year-olds are facing each other. Anderson is appearing in his first Tokyo quarter-final in his sixth appearance and ninth quarter-final this season. He is 6-2 in QF matches. Gasquet has won three of his four sets in tie-breaks this week and he is appearing in his seventh quarter-final of the season (4-2) and fourth quarter-final in Tokyo. His best result was a runner-up in 2007 debut. 500 Wins Leaders Tsitsipas leads the ATP World Tour with 13 match wins in 500 level tournaments this season. Here are the 2018 leaders as of Friday: W-L Stefanos Tsitsipas 13-4 Roberto Bautistas Agut 10-3 Alexander Zverev 10-4 Roger Federer 9-1 Dominic Thiem 9-5

9 Day 5 Friday, 5 October 2018 Page 2 of 6 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: FRIDAY QUARTER-FINAL SINGLES MATCHES ARENA 1 Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs Denis Shapovalov (CAN) First Meeting Struff 2018 Summary QF(2): Budapest (l Cecchinato); Munich (l A Zverev) YTD W-L: (10-11 on hard) Date of Birth: April 25, 1990 (28) ATP Ranking: 56 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: Posted second career Top 10 win (2-12) over No. 6 Cilic on Tuesday and trying to reach 1st ATP World Tour SF since September 2017 in St. Petersburg (l. to Dzumhur). He is playing in his 3rd QF in Lost to eventual champions in back-to-back QFs at Budapest (l. to Cecchinato) and Munich (l. to A. Zverev). Saved 1 MP vs. Karlovic to reach Grand Slam 3R for 1st time at Wimbledon (l. to Federer). Became 1st player in Open Era to rally from 2 sets down in both Wimbledon 1R and 2R (d. L. Mayer and Karlovic). Extended winning streak in 5th sets to 4 matches by beating Benneteau in US Open 2R (l. to Goffin in 3R). Fell to 5-13 in ATP Challenger Tour finals with loss to P. Sousa at Pullach, GER Challenger. Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour final with 1st-time doubles partner Troicki at Sydney (l. to Kubot/Melo). Reached 1st Grand Slam SF in team debut w/mclachlan at Aus. Open (d. Kubot/Melo in 3rd-set TB, l. to Marach/Pavic in 3rd-set TB). Also reached ATP Masters 1000 Miami SF w/mclachlan (l. to Bryan/Bryan). Teamed w/puetz for 5-set Davis Cup wins over Ebden/Peers of Australia and Lopez/Lopez of Spain. Achieved career-high No. 29 in ATP Doubles Rankings on 13 August. Shapovalov 2018 Summary SF (2): Delray Beach (l Tiafoe); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l A. Zverev); QF (2): Eastbourne (l M. Zverev); St. Petersburg (l Klizan) YTD W-L: (23-13 on hard) Date of Birth: April 15, 1999 (19) ATP Ranking: 31 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: #NextGenATP Canadian made debut Monday with win over [7] Chung and followed with a victory over 2015 champion Wawrinka. Has a 2-2 record in QF matches and trying to reach 3rd SF in At 19, youngest quarter-finalist and semi-finalist ever at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d. Raonic in 3R, l. to A. Zverev). Achieved career-high 11 times in ATP Rankings -- peaking at No. 23 on 11 June. Youngest player to be ranked in Top 25 since then-no. 19 Gasquet on 25 July Became No. 1 Canadian on 21 May, but was passed by countryman Raonic on 13 August. Lost to eventual champion in Delray Beach SF (l. to Tiafoe) and Eastbourne QF (l. to M. Zverev). Reached Round of 16 at ATP Masters 1000 events in Miami (d. Troicki in 1R after saving 1 MP, l. to Coric), Rome (l. to eventual champion Nadal), Toronto (l. to Haase) and Cincinnati (l. to Raonic). NEXT GEN ATP FINALS STANDINGS The Top 7 along with the top Italian will qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan, Nov Here are the standings going into this week of the top 21 & under players: 1) Alexander Zverev (GER) 6) Taylor Fritz (USA) 2) Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 7) Andrey Rublev (RUS) 3) Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 8) Jaume Munar (ESP) 4) Alex de Minaur (AUS) 9) Michael Mmoh (USA) 5) Frances Tiafoe (USA) 10) Hubert Hurkacz (POL) Bold indicates still remaining in Tokyo draw

10 Day 5 Friday, 5 October 2018 Page 3 of 6 [Q] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) vs [6] Milos Raonic (CAN) First Meeting Medvedev 2018 Summary W(2): Sydney (d de Minaur); Winston-Salem (d Johnson); QF(2): Rotterdam (l Seppi); St. Petersburg (l Thiem) YTD W-L: (28-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: February 11, 1996 (22) ATP Ranking: 32 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2018 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: Qualified with two wins and so far has beaten [4] Schwartzman and [Q] Klizan to reach 5th QF of season (2-2 in QFs). In only prior tournament appearance, lost 1R to Dolgopolov last year. Earned 7 victories overall to capture 1st ATP World Tour title at Sydney as Q (d. de Minaur). Went 6-0 in matches and 12-0 in sets to win 2nd title at Winston-Salem (d. Johnson). Reached 3R at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Carreno Busta), Wimbledon (d. Coric in 1R, l. to Mannarino in 5 sets), ATP Masters 1000 Toronto as Q (l. to A. Zverev) and US Open (d. Tsitsipas, l. to Coric). Also qualified at Rotterdam (l. to Seppi in QF) and ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Coric in 1R). Saved 1 MP vs. Watanuki in Washington 1R as WC (l. to Shapovalov in 2R). Lost 5 straight matches from 18 April through 10 June -- 3rd losing streak of 5+ matches since start of 2017 season. Qualifying Success Medvedev is one of a record seven qualifiers to win an ATP World Tour title this season: Daniil Medvedev Sydney (d. de Minaur) Roberto Carballes Baena Quito (d. Ramos-Vinolas) Mirza Basic Sofia (d. Copil) NIkoloz Basilashvili Hamburg (d. L. Mayer) Martin Klizan Kitzbuehel (d. Istomin) Bernard Tomic Chengdu (d. Fognini) Yoshihito Nishioka Shenzhen (d. Herbert) Raonic 2018 Summary F (1): Stuttgart (l Federer); SF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l del Potro); QF (3): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Del Potro); Wimbledon (l Isner); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: (18-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: December 27, 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 20 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 17-6 ( Finalist) Tournament Note: Opened with win over Mannarino on Monday and followed with victory over [Q] Watanuki to reach 4th Tokyo QF. Fell to Nishikori in 2012 and 2014 finals, and to Del Potro in 2013 title match. Appearing in 6th quarter-final of season and has a 2-3 record in QF matches. Defeated Basic on 13 June for 300th ATP World Tour win of career en route to Stuttgart final (l. to Federer). Played 45 tournaments since most recent title at 2016 Brisbane (d. Federer). Lost his last 6 finals. Advanced for 4th time to both Wimbledon QF (l. to Isner) and US Open 4R (d. Wawrinka, l to Isner in 5 sets). At ATP Masters 1000 events, reached Indian Wells SF (l. to Del Potro), Miami QF (l. to Del Potro) and Cincinnati QF (l. to Djokovic). Beat No. 4 Dimitrov in Madrid 2R for biggest win since 2016 Wimbledon, then lost to countryman Shapovalov in 3R. Dropped to No. 40 in ATP Rankings on 26 February -- lowest since No. 59 on 14 February Passed by Shapovalov in ATP Rankings on 21 May, but regained status as No. 1 Canadian on 13 August.

11 Day 5 Friday, 5 October 2018 Page 4 of 6 [5] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs [3] Kei Nishikori (JPN) First Meeting Tsitsipas 2018 Summary F(2): Barcelona (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Toronto (l Nadal); SF(2): Estoril (l Sousa); Washington (l Zverev); QF(3): Doha (l Thiem); Dubai (l Jaziri); s-hertogenbosch (l Gasquet) YTD W-L: (16-14 on hard) Date of Birth: August 12, 1998 (20) ATP Ranking: 15 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2018 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: #NextGenATP Greek star d. [WC} Daniel on Tuesday and followed with victory over de Minaur to reach 8th quarter-final of season (4-3). His last SF or better came at ATP Masters 1000 Toronto where he advanced to final (l. to Nadal). Last year qualified (ranked No. 115) and lost in 1R to No. 5 Cilic Has turned things around this week after losing in opening round matches last two weeks in Metz and Shenzhen. Reached Toronto final by becoming youngest player to beat 4 Top 10 opponents at an event since ATP World Tour began in 1990 (d. Thiem, Djokovic, A. Zverev after saving 2 MPs and Anderson after saving 1 MP; l. to No. 1 Nadal). Lost to Nadal on 20th birthday, making him youngest ATP Masters 1000 finalist since Djokovic, 19, at 2007 Miami. Achieved new career-high 14 times in ATP Rankings, peaking at No. 15 on 13 August. Did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP World Tour final at Barcelona (d. Thiem in QF, l. to No. 1 Nadal). Became 2nd Greek to reach a tour-level final (also Kalogeropoulos at 1973 Des Moines). Advanced to Wimbledon 4R -- becoming 1st Greek to reach Grand Slam R16 in Open Era (l. to Isner). Saved 2 MPs vs. Donaldson in Washington 2R (l. to A. Zverev in SF) and 1 MP vs. Jaziri in s-hertogenbosch 2R (l. to Gasquet in QF). Also reached Estoril SF (l. to Sousa) and QFs at Doha as Q (l. to Thiem) and Dubai (l. to Jaziri). Qualified at ATP Masters 1000s in Monte-Carlo (d. Shapovalov, l. to Goffin in 2R) and Rome (l. to Del Potro in 2R). Nishikori 2018 Summary F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); SF (3): New York (l Anderson); US Open (l Djokovic); Metz Bachinger); QF (3): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); Washington (l Zverev) YTD W-L: (16-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 12 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 20-7 (2012, 2014 Champion) Tournament Note: Opened on Monday with a win over countryman [WC] Sugita and followed with a win over Paire to reach his 5th QF in 10 appearances. Defeated Raonic in three sets in both of his successful finals in 2012 and Prior to this week his last QF came in 2015 when he reached SF (l. to Paire). Earned Top 5 wins over Cilic and A. Zverev to reach Monte-Carlo final (l. to No. 1 Nadal). Fell to 0-4 in ATP Masters 1000 finals. As World No. 36, became lowest-ranked Monte-Carlo finalist since No. 53 Arazi in Played 46 tour-level events since most recent title at 2016 Memphis (d. Fritz). Lost his last 7 finals. Advanced to 3rd Grand Slam SF -- all at US Open with 5-set QF wins over Top 10 players (d. Cilic, l. to Djokovic). Along with Osaka, 1st Japanese man and woman in history to reach SFs at same Grand Slam event. At Wimbledon, became 1st Japanese player to complete set of QFs at all 4 Grand Slams (l. to Djokovic). Reached New York SF (l. to Anderson in 3rd-set TB), Rome QF (l. to Djokovic) and Washington QF (l. to A. Zverev). Defeated Frenchmen Janvier, Paire and Simon to reach Roland Garros 4R for 4th straight year (l. to Thiem). Fell to No. 39 in ATP Rankings on 2 April -- lowest since No. 40 on 10 October Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour title -- 1st since at Dallas, USA as WC (d. McDonald). 20 Wins Club Nishikori has won at least 20 matches in four tournaments, including the Rakuten Japan Open: W-L US Open 23-9 Australian Open 23-8 ATP Masters 1000 Miami 21-8 Tokyo 20-7

12 Day 5 Friday, 5 October 2018 Page 5 of 6 [8] Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs [2] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Gasquet Leads US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Richard Gasquet (3) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Richard Gasquet 7-6(4) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R32 Richard Gasquet (4) 12 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R32 Kevin Anderson 7-6(5) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Richard Gasquet Australian Open (Australia) Hard R32 Kevin Anderson (3) 7-6(6) 15 Roland Garros (France) Clay R32 Richard Gasquet (4) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Kevin Anderson Estoril (Portugal) Clay QF Kevin Anderson (4) 17 Eastbourne (Great Britain) Grass R16 Richard Gasquet Gasquet 2018 Summary W(1): s-hertogenbosch (d Chardy); F(2): Montpellier (l Pouille); Bastad (l Fognini); SF(1): Marrakech (l Edmund); QF(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l A. Zverev); Metz (l Simon) YTD W-L: (13-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 15 Date of Birth: June 18, 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 25 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 13-6 (2007 Finalist) Tournament Note: Opened with a win over [Q] Kudla on Tuesday and followed with victory over 2016 champion Kyrgios to reach 4th Tokyo QF. Reached final in 2007 debut (l. to No. 8 Ferrer) and followed with SF in 2008 (l. to No. 12 Del Potro). Last year reached QF (l. to No. 11 Goffin). Lost in 2R in 2009 and 2010 and 1R in Became 1st Frenchman with 500 career wins when he beat M. Zverev in Monte-Carlo 3R (l. to A. Zverev in QF). Won 15th title -- all ATP World Tour 250s -- at s-hertogenbosch (d. Chardy). Advanced to 6th consecutive Montpellier final, falling to 3-3 in title matches (d. Goffin, l. to Pouille). Also advanced to Bastad final (l. to Fognini). Reached 3R at Australian Open (l. to Federer), Roland Garros (l. to No. 1 Nadal) and US Open (l. to Djokovic). Dropped to No. 38 in ATP Rankings on 2 April -- lowest since No. 38 on 6 September Defeated Haase to help defending champion France beat The Netherlands 3-1 in Davis Cup 1R. Retired in Rotterdam 1R vs. Herbert due to groin injury and withdrew from Indian Wells due to knee injury. Conceded walkover to Jarry in Hamburg 2R and withdrew from Kitzbuhel and Toronto due to left hip injury. Anderson 2018 Summary W(1): New York (d Querrey); F(3): Pune (l Simon); Acapulco (l del Potro); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); SF(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Thiem); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Toronto (l Tsitsipas); QF(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Coric); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Carreno Busta) YTD W-L: (26-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: May 18, 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 9 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 4-5 (2018 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: Top South African, who is making his 6th straight appearance, opened on Wednesday with a win over Ebden and beat Tiafoe to reach his 1st QF. Previous best was 2R in 2014 and last year. Achieved career-high No. 5 on 16 July, becoming highest-ranked South African in ATP Rankings history. Trying to qualify for first Nitto ATP Finals and holds No. 8 position in Race to London standings. Advanced to 2nd Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, where he spent 23h20m on court (l. to Djokovic). In Wimbledon SF, beat Isner in 5th for 300th career win after 6h36m -- 2nd-longest Grand Slam match ever. In Wimbledon QF, rallied from 2 sets down and saved 1 MP for biggest career win over No. 2 Federer after 4h14m. Also earned 2 wins in 5 sets en route to US Open 4R (d. Harrison in 1R and Shapovalov in 3R, l. to Thiem). Beat Escobedo, Nishikori and Querrey in 3rd-set TBs to capture 4th ATP World Tour title at New York. Also advanced to finals at Pune (l. to Simon) and Acapulco (l. to Del Potro). Ended 0-10 start to career in ATP Masters 1000 QFs by reaching SFs at Madrid (l. to Thiem) and Toronto (d. Dimitrov, l. to Tsitsipas after holding 1 MP). Lost QFs at Indian Wells (l. to Coric in 3rd-set TB) and Miami (l. to Carreno Busta in 3rd-set TB after holding 1 MP). Served for match twice before suffering 5th loss of career from 2 sets up vs. Schwartzman in Roland Garros 4R. Became 1st player since Hewitt in 2002 to follow US Open final with Aus. Open 1R loss (l. to Edmund in 5 sets).

13 Day 5 Friday, 5 October 2018 Page 6 of 6 Withdrew from Delray Beach (elbow), Barcelona (right knee) and Washington (left hand). Retired in Rome 2R (leg).

14 RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, 4 October 2018 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Tokyo, Japan 1-7 October 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,781,930 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RakutenOpen.com Brendan Gilson: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com NO. 2 ANDERSON, NEXT GEN TRIO DE MINAUR, TIAFOE, TSITSIPAS, EYE QUARTERS There are four second round singles matches on Thursday s schedule at the Rakuten Japan Open with No. 2 seed Kevin Anderson, 2016 champion Nick Kyrgios and the #NextGenATP trio of Alex de Minaur, Frances Tiafoe and No. 5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas looking to reach the quarter-finals. In the first match on Arena 1, unseeded Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany and Jeremy Chardy of France square off for the fourth time. Struff leads the head-to-head meetings 2-1 with wins on French soil in 2014 Metz and 2017 Marseille. Struff is trying to reach his third ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season, the first on hard courts and first since Munich in May. He defeated top seed and World No. 6 Marin Cilic in the first round. Chardy is trying to advance to his fourth quarterfinal of the year, the first on hard courts. He was a quarter-finalist in Tokyo in 2014 (l. to Nishikori). In the next match on, Tsitsipas and de Minaur square off for the first time in the main draw of an ATP World Tour tournament. Last year Tsitsipas won two of the three meetings, in the Istanbul qualifying and Portoroz, SLO Challenger while de Minaur won in the Surbiton, GBR qualifying draw. Both players are in excellent position to qualify for next month s Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan with Tsitsipas No. 2 and de Minaur No. 4 in the Race to Milan standings. If Tsitsipas reaches the semifinals, he will qualify. Both players have enjoyed breakthrough seasons, reaching a pair of ATP World Tour finals and breaking into the Top 50. The 19-year-old Aussie is the second-youngest in the Top 50 at No. 38 while the 20-year-old Greek is the youngest in the Top 20 at No. 15. In the third match on, Tiafoe looks for his first win in three meetings against Anderson, who is trying to qualify for the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals in London next month. The 32-year-old South African holds the No. 8 spot in the Race to London standings. The 20-year-old Tiafoe is No. 5 in the Race to Milan standings and 2-8 lifetime against Top 10 opponents. Anderson is trying to advance to his first Tokyo quarter-final in his sixth appearance and ninth quarter-final this season. Tiafoe is looking to reach his fifth ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season. In the final match on, No. 8 seed Richard Gasquet brings a 5-2 head-to-head record against Kyrgios, who won the title two years ago (d. Goffin). They have split their previous two hard court meetings with Kyrgios winning the last one in 2016 Marseille en route to his maiden ATP World Tour title. Gasquet is attempting to advance to his seventh quarter-final of the season and Kyrgios is trying to reach his sixth quarter-final in 2018.

15 Day 4 Thursday, 4 October 2018 Page 2 of 5 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: THURSDAY 2nd ROUND SINGLES MATCHES ARENA 1 Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA) Struff Leads Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Jeremy Chardy (6) 7-6(4) 14 Metz (France) Hard R16 Jan-Lennard Struff 6-7(5) Marseille (France) Hard R32 Jan-Lennard Struff Struff 2018 Summary QF(2): Budapest (l Cecchinato); Munich (l A Zverev) YTD W-L: (9-11 on hard) Date of Birth: April 25, 1990 (28) ATP Ranking: 56 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Posted second career Top 10 win (2-12) over No. 6 Cilic on Tuesday and looking to reach 3rd ATP World Tour QF of the season, 1st on hard courts and 1st since Munich in May. Lost to eventual champions in back-to-back QFs at Budapest (l. to Cecchinato) and Munich (l. to A. Zverev). Saved 1 MP vs. Karlovic to reach Grand Slam 3R for 1st time at Wimbledon (l. to Federer). Became 1st player in Open Era to rally from 2 sets down in both Wimbledon 1R and 2R (d. L. Mayer and Karlovic). Extended winning streak in 5th sets to 4 matches by beating Benneteau in US Open 2R (l. to Goffin in 3R). Fell to 5-13 in ATP Challenger Tour finals with loss to P. Sousa at Pullach, GER Challenger. Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour final with 1st-time doubles partner Troicki at Sydney (l. to Kubot/Melo). Reached 1st Grand Slam SF in team debut w/mclachlan at Aus. Open (d. Kubot/Melo in 3rd-set TB, l. to Marach/Pavic in 3rd-set TB). Also reached ATP Masters 1000 Miami SF w/mclachlan (l. to Bryan/Bryan). Teamed w/puetz for 5-set Davis Cup wins over Ebden/Peers of Australia and Lopez/Lopez of Spain. Achieved career-high No. 29 in ATP Doubles Rankings on 13 August. Chardy 2018 Summary F(1): s-hertogenbosch (l Gasquet); SF(2): Istanbul (l Daniel); London / Queen's Club (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: (12-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: February 12, 1987 (31) ATP Ranking: 42 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 7-5 (2014 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: On Tuesday rallied past Dzumhur and looking to reach 2nd Tokyo QF. In 2014, beat Ram and No. 19 Anderson before losing to No. 7 Nishikori. Looking to reach 4th QF of the season, 1st on hard courts. Snapped 7-match losing streak in ATP World Tour SFs at s-hertogenbosch (d. Ebden, l. to Gasquet in final). Ended 7-match losing streak in ATP World Tour QFs at Istanbul (d. Fabbiano, l. to Daniel in SF). Also reached London/Queen s Club SF (l. to Djokovic). Advanced to 4R for 1st time in 10th appearance at both Indian Wells (l. to No. 1 Federer) and Miami (l. to Raonic). Defeated Dimitrov in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R for 3rd career win over World No. 4 (0-20 vs. World No. 1-3). Fell to No. 100 in on 5 March -- lowest since No. 103 on 2 January Broke back into Top 50 on 25 June. Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour title at Surbiton, GBR (d. de Minaur). Conceded walkover to D. King in Indian Wells, USA Challenger 2R due to left wrist injury.

16 Day 4 Thursday, 4 October 2018 Page 3 of 5 [5] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs Alex de Minaur (AUS) First Tour-Level Meeting Other meetings: 17 Istanbul Q (Turkey) Clay -- Stefanos Tsitsipas Surbiton Q (Great Britain) Grass -- Alex de Minaur 7-6(5) Portoroz CH (Slovenia) Hard R32 Stefanos Tsitsipas Tsitsipas 2018 Summary F(2): Barcelona (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Toronto (l Nadal); SF(2): Estoril (l Sousa); Washington (l Zverev); QF(3): Doha (l Thiem); Dubai (l Jaziri); s-hertogenbosch (l Gasquet) YTD W-L: (15-14 on hard) Date of Birth: August 12, 1998 (20) ATP Ranking: 15 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: #NextGenATP Greek star d. [WC} Daniel on Tuesday. Last year qualified (ranked No. 115) and lost in 1R to No. 5 Cilic Looking to reach 8th quarter-final of the season. Reached Toronto final by becoming youngest player to beat 4 Top 10 opponents at an event since ATP World Tour began in 1990 (d. Thiem, Djokovic, A. Zverev after saving 2 MPs and Anderson after saving 1 MP; l. to No. 1 Nadal). Lost to Nadal on 20th birthday, making him youngest ATP Masters 1000 finalist since Djokovic, 19, at 2007 Miami. Achieved new career-high 14 times in ATP Rankings, peaking at No. 15 on 13 August. Looking to turn things around (1-4 since Toronto final), losing opening round last two weeks in Metz and Shenzhen. Did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP World Tour final at Barcelona (d. Thiem in QF, l. to No. 1 Nadal). Became 2nd Greek to reach a tour-level final (also Kalogeropoulos at 1973 Des Moines). Advanced to Wimbledon 4R -- becoming 1st Greek to reach Grand Slam R16 in Open Era (l. to Isner). Saved 2 MPs vs. Donaldson in Washington 2R (l. to A. Zverev in SF) and 1 MP vs. Jaziri in s-hertogenbosch 2R (l. to Gasquet in QF). Also reached Estoril SF (l. to Sousa) and QFs at Doha as Q (l. to Thiem) and Dubai (l. to Jaziri). Qualified at ATP Masters 1000s in Monte-Carlo (d. Shapovalov, l. to Goffin in 2R) and Rome (l. to Del Potro in 2R). de Minaur 2018 Summary F(2): Sydney (l Medvedev); Washington (l A Zverev); SF(2): Brisbane (l Harrison); Shenzhen (l Herbert) YTD W-L: (19-11 on hard) Date of Birth: February 17, 1999 (19) ATP Ranking: 38 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: #NextGenATP Aussie defeated Simon in 3h, 6m on Wednesday in debut and looking to reach 5th ATP World Tour QF of the season, 2nd in as many weeks. Lost to Herbert in Shenzhen SF last week. Began season at No. 208 and achieved career-high ranking 15 times, peaking at No. 43 on 13 August. Saved 4 MPs vs. Rublev to reach Washington final (l. to A. Zverev). Youngest finalist at event since Murray in De Minaur, 19, vs. A. Zverev, 21, was youngest ATP final since Nadal, 20, vs. Djokovic, 19, at 2007 Indian Wells. Followed 1st ATP QF and SF as WC at Brisbane (l. to Harrison) with 1st ATP final as SE at Sydney (l. to Medvedev). Youngest player to reach SFs in consecutive weeks since Nadal at 2005 Monte-Carlo and Barcelona. Reached 3R at Wimbledon (l. to No. 1 Nadal) and US Open (d. Tiafoe, l. to Cilic after leading by 2 sets). Squandered 1 MP against 2016 champion Karlovic in Newport 1R. Captured 1st ATP Challenger Tour in 3rd final of season and 5th of career at Nottingham, GBR (d. Evans). Withdrew from Delray Beach Q after suffering abdominal tear in Davis Cup debut (l. to A. Zverev in 5th-set TB). NEXT GEN ATP FINALS STANDINGS The Top 7 along with the top Italian will qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan, Nov Here are the standings going into this week of the top 21 & under players: 1) Alexander Zverev (GER) 6) Taylor Fritz (USA) 2) Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 7) Andrey Rublev (RUS) 3) Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 8) Jaume Munar (ESP) 4) Alex de Minaur (AUS) 9) Michael Mmoh (USA) 5) Frances Tiafoe (USA) 10) Hubert Hurkacz (POL) Bold indicates still remaining in Tokyo draw

17 Day 4 Thursday, 4 October 2018 Page 4 of 5 Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs [2] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Anderson Leads New York (U.S.A) Hard QF Kevin Anderson ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Kevin Anderson 7-6(3) 6-4 Tiafoe 2018 Summary W(1): Delray Beach (d Gojowczyk); F(1): Estoril (l Sousa); QF(2): New York (l Anderson); London / Queen's Club (l Chardy) YTD W-L: (16-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: January 20, 1998 (20) ATP Ranking: 41 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: #NextGenATP American made debut on Tuesday and defeated Marterer and looking to reach 5th ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season. Has career-best 26 match wins on the season and No. 3 among Americans behind Isner (30) and Johnson (27). Enjoyed 1st ATP SF, final and title at Delray Beach (d. Ebden, Del Potro, Chung, Shapovalov and Gojowczyk). As 20-year-old, became youngest American champion on tour since Roddick, 19, at 2002 Houston. Forgot to sign up by Delray Beach entry deadline, becoming 1st WC to win title in 26-year tournament history. Went on to reach 2nd ATP World Tour final at Estoril (d. Sandgren in 1R after saving 3 MPs, l. to Sousa). Reached New York QF (l. to Anderson), London/Queen s Club QF (l. to Chardy), Miami 4R (d. Edmund and Berdych in 3rd-set TBs, l. to Anderson) and Toronto 3R (d. Raonic, l. to Dimitrov in 3rd-set TB). Squandered 2-set lead in 1st Grand Slam 3R appearance at Wimbledon (l. to Khachanov). Achieved career-high No. 38 on 13 August. Owns record as a 20-year-old after going 9-31 as a teenager. Anderson 2018 Summary W(1): New York (d Querrey); F(3): Pune (l Simon); Acapulco (l del Potro); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); SF(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Thiem); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Toronto (l Tsitsipas); QF(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Coric); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Carreno Busta) YTD W-L: (25-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: May 18, 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 9 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 3-5 (2014, nd Round) Tournament Note: Top South African, who is making his 6th straight appearance, opened on Wednesday with a win over Ebden to reach 2R for 3rd time: in 2014 (d. Thiem, l. to Chardy) and last year (d. Simon, l. to Harrison). Achieved career-high No. 5 on 16 July, becoming highest-ranked South African in ATP Rankings history. Trying to qualify for first Nitto ATP Finals and holds No. 8 position in Race to London standings. Advanced to 2nd Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, where he spent 23h20m on court (l. to Djokovic). In Wimbledon SF, beat Isner in 5th for 300th career win after 6h36m -- 2nd-longest Grand Slam match ever. In Wimbledon QF, rallied from 2 sets down and saved 1 MP for biggest career win over No. 2 Federer after 4h14m. Also earned 2 wins in 5 sets en route to US Open 4R (d. Harrison in 1R and Shapovalov in 3R, l. to Thiem). Beat Escobedo, Nishikori and Querrey in 3rd-set TBs to capture 4th ATP World Tour title at New York. Also advanced to finals at Pune (l. to Simon) and Acapulco (l. to Del Potro). Ended 0-10 start to career in ATP Masters 1000 QFs by reaching SFs at Madrid (l. to Thiem) and Toronto (d. Dimitrov, l. to Tsitsipas after holding 1 MP). Lost QFs at Indian Wells (l. to Coric in 3rd-set TB) and Miami (l. to Carreno Busta in 3rd-set TB after holding 1 MP). Served for match twice before suffering 5th loss of career from 2 sets up vs. Schwartzman in Roland Garros 4R. Became 1st player since Hewitt in 2002 to follow US Open final with Aus. Open 1R loss (l. to Edmund in 5 sets). Withdrew from Delray Beach (elbow), Barcelona (right knee) and Washington (left hand). Retired in Rome 2R (leg).

18 Day 4 Thursday, 4 October 2018 Page 5 of 5 [8] Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs Nick Kyrgios (AUS) Gasquet Leads FRA vs. AUS WG 1st Rd. (France) Clay RR Richard Gasquet 7-6(3) Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Nick Kyrgios (4) Estoril (Portugal) Clay F Richard Gasquet Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R16 Richard Gasquet (7) 7-6(6) 15 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Richard Gasquet Marseille (France) Hard QF Nick Kyrgios Roland Garros (France) Clay R32 Richard Gasquet (7) 6-2 Gasquet 2018 Summary W(1): s-hertogenbosch (d Chardy); F(2): Montpellier (l Pouille); Bastad (l Fognini); SF(1): Marrakech (l Edmund); QF(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l A. Zverev); Metz (l Simon) YTD W-L: (12-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 15 Date of Birth: June 18, 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 25 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 12-6 (2007 Finalist) Tournament Note: Frenchman opened with a win over [Q] Kudla on Tuesday and trying to reach QFs for 4th time. Reached final in 2007 debut (l. to No. 8 Ferrer) and followed with SF in 2008 (l. to No. 12 Del Potro). Last year reached QF (l. to No. 11 Goffin).Lost in 2R in 2009 (l. to Tsonga), 2010 (l. to Tursunov),1R in 2015 (l. to Bautista Agut) Became 1st Frenchman with 500 career wins when he beat M. Zverev in Monte-Carlo 3R (l. to A. Zverev in QF). Won 15th title -- all ATP World Tour 250s -- at s-hertogenbosch (d. Chardy). Advanced to 6th consecutive Montpellier final, falling to 3-3 in title matches (d. Goffin, l. to Pouille). Also advanced to Bastad final (l. to Fognini). Reached 3R at Australian Open (l. to Federer), Roland Garros (l. to No. 1 Nadal) and US Open (l. to Djokovic). Dropped to No. 38 in ATP Rankings on 2 April -- lowest since No. 38 on 6 September Defeated Haase to help defending champion France beat The Netherlands 3-1 in Davis Cup 1R. Retired in Rotterdam 1R vs. Herbert due to groin injury and withdrew from Indian Wells due to knee injury. Conceded walkover to Jarry in Hamburg 2R and withdrew from Kitzbuhel and Toronto due to left hip injury. Kyrgios 2018 Summary W(1): Brisbane (d Harrison); SF(2): Stuttgart (l Federer); London / Queen's Club (l Cilic); QF(2): Houston (l Karlovic); Atlanta (l Norrie) YTD W-L: (16-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: April 27, 1995 (23) ATP Ranking: 27 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 7-1 (2016 Champion) Tournament Note: The 2016 champion opened on Tuesday with a win over [WC] Nishioka. In last visit two years ago, d. No. 8 Monfils in SF and No. 14 Goffin in final to claim his biggest career title. Made debut in 2015 and advanced to QF (l. to Paire). Trying to reach 6th QF of the season, 1st since Atlanta in July (l. to Norrie). Captured 4th ATP World Tour singles title and 1st on home soil at Brisbane (d. Dimitrov and Harrison). Reached back-to-back SFs on grass at Stuttgart (l. to Federer in 3rd-set TB) and London/Queen s Club (l. to Cilic). Defeated 2008 finalist Tsonga to reach Australian Open 4R for 2nd time (l. to Dimitrov). Saved 1 MP and hit tournament-record 39 aces to defeat Kudla in Cincinnati 1R (l. to Del Potro in 3R). Lost to A. Zverev in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 4R and Davis Cup 1R (GER d. AUS 3-1). Won 1st ATP World Tour doubles title at Lyon w/sock (d. Jebavy/Middelkoop 11-9 in Match TB). Withdrew from Rotterdam, Delray Beach, Acapulco, Indian Wells, Estoril, Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros due to right elbow injury. Retired in Atlanta QF vs. Norrie and withdrew from Washington due to hip injury.

19 RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, 3 October 2018 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Tokyo, Japan 1-7 October 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,781,930 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RakutenOpen.com Brendan Gilson: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com ANDERSON, KYRGIOS-NISHIOKA OPEN PLAY, NISHIKORI, RAONIC EYE QUARTERS There are three first round and four second round singles matches on Wednesday s schedule with No. 2 seed Kevin Anderson, 2016 champion Nick Kyrgios and Japanese No. 3 Yoshihito Nishioka playing their opening matches. In second round play, No. 3 seed and two-time champion Kei Nishikori and No. 6 Milos Raonic along with 2015 winner Stan Wawrinka attempt to reach the quarter-finals. In the first match on Arena 1, Kyrgios takes on Nishioka for the second time on the ATP World Tour. In the semi-finals of 2016 Atlanta, the Aussie won in three sets en route to the title. He also beat Nishioka in the 2R of the 2014 Savannah, USA Challenger. The 23-year-old Kyrgios won the title here two years ago in his last appearance (d. Goffin). Nishioka is coming off his biggest career week on the ATP World Tour after winning his maiden title in Shenzhen as a qualifier (d. Herbert). The 23-year-old Japanese left-hander improved from No.171 to No. 95 in the ATP Rankings and he is looking for his first Rakuten Japan Open win (0-2). In the next match on, Aussie Matthew Ebden meets Anderson, who has won both previous meetings. Ebden is 2-8 lifetime against Top 10 opponents (1-2 this season) and he owns wins over No. 8 Mardy Fish in 2012 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells and No. 9 David Goffin in Wimbledon in July. Anderson, who is playing in Tokyo for the sixth straight year, is trying to qualify for the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals in London. He is No. 8 in the ATP Race to London standings. In the first second round match of the day, Frenchman Benoit Paire meets Nishikori, who has won four of the previous six meetings. Paire s last win over Nishikori came here in the semi-finals in Paire reached the final that year (l. to Wawrinka). Nishikori, who won titles in 2012 and 2014, is 19-7 lifetime in his home country tournament and he s trying to reach the quarter-finals for the fifth time. In the match on, 20-year-old Japanese qualifier Yosuke Watanuki attempts to reach his first ATP World Tour quarter-final as he takes on three-time Rakuten Japan Open finalist Raonic. In the final match on, Wawrinka and #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov collide for the first time. Wawrinka is trying to reach his fourth Tokyo QF in five visits and the 19-year-old Canadian is attempting to advance to his fifth quarter-final of the season. He is No. 3 in the ATP Race to Milan standings. On Arena 2, in a first round contest Frenchman Gilles Simon opens against #NextGenATP Aussie teenager Alex de Minaur, who is making his Tokyo debut. This is a first-time meeting. Simon comes in with 449 career match wins. The 19-year-old de Minaur is looking to qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan. He is No. 4 in the ATP Race to Milan standings. In a second round match, qualifiers Daniil Medvedev of Russia and Martin Klizan of Slovakia meet for the first time. The winner will advance to the Tokyo quarter-finals for the first time.

20 Day 3 Wednesday, 3 October 2018 Page 2 of 6 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: WEDNESDAY 1R & 2R SINGLES MATCHES ARENA 1 1R: Nick Kyrgios (AUS) vs [WC] Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) Kyrgios Leads Atlanta (U.S.A.) Hard SF Nick Kyrgios Other meeting: 14 Savannah CH (U.S.A.) Clay R16 Nick Kyrgios Kyrgios 2018 Summary W(1): Brisbane (d Harrison); SF(2): Stuttgart (l Federer); London / Queen's Club (l Cilic); QF(2): Houston (l Karlovic); Atlanta (l Norrie) YTD W-L: (15-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: April 27, 1995 (23) ATP Ranking: 27 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 6-1 (2016 Champion) Tournament Note: The 2016 champion d. No. 8 Monfils in SF and No. 14 Goffin in final to claim his biggest career title. Made debut in 2015 and advanced to QF (l. to Paire). Captured 4th ATP World Tour singles title and 1st on home soil at Brisbane (d. Dimitrov and Harrison). Reached back-to-back SFs on grass at Stuttgart (l. to Federer in 3rd-set TB) and London/Queen s Club (l. to Cilic). Defeated 2008 finalist Tsonga to reach Australian Open 4R for 2nd time (l. to Dimitrov). Saved 1 MP and hit tournament-record 39 aces to defeat Kudla in Cincinnati 1R (l. to Del Potro in 3R). Lost to A. Zverev in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 4R and Davis Cup 1R (GER d. AUS 3-1). Won 1st ATP World Tour doubles title at Lyon w/sock (d. Jebavy/Middelkoop 11-9 in Match TB). Withdrew from Rotterdam, Delray Beach, Acapulco, Indian Wells, Estoril, Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros due to right elbow injury. Retired in Atlanta QF vs. Norrie and withdrew from Washington due to hip injury. Nishioka 2018 Summary W(1): Shenzhen (d Herbert); QF(1): Los Cabos (l Fognini) YTD W-L: (10-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September 27, 1995 (23) ATP Ranking: 95 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-2 ( st Round) Tournament Note: Japanese No. 3 is looking for his 1st main draw win (0-2) after losses in 2015 (l. to Ito) and 2016 (l. to No. 14 Goffin). On Sunday in 1st ATP World Tour final in Shenzehn beat Herbert in three sets to become 7th qualifier to win a title this season. Afterwards jumped from No. 171 to No. 95 in the ATP Rankings. Advanced to QF at Los Cabos (d. Fritz, l. to eventual champion Fognini). Defeated Kohlschreiber in 5 sets to reach Australian Open 2R for 2nd straight year (l. to Seppi). Fell to No. 380 in ATP Rankings on 9 April -- lowest since No. 382 on 21 April Improved to 5-0 in ATP Challenger Tour finals by winning Gimcheon, KOR title as Q (d. Pospisil). Returned to action at Playford, AUS Challenger after tearing left ACL on 24 March 2017 (l. to Schnur in 1R). 1R: Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs [2] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Anderson Leads San Jose (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Kevin Anderson Atlanta (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Kevin Anderson 6-7(7) Ebden 2018 Summary SF(2): s-hertogenbosch (l Chardy); Atlanta (l Isner); QF(2): Halle (l Federer); Chengdu (l Fognini) YTD W-L: (9-11 on hard) Date of Birth: November 26, 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 48 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 2-3 (2011, nd Round)

21 Day 3 Wednesday, 3 October 2018 Page 3 of 6 Tournament Note: Making 4th Tokyo main draw appearance, 1st as non-qualifier. Best result is 2R in 2011 (d. Andujar, l. to No. 5 Ferrer) and last year (d. Karlovic, l. to No. 11 Goffin). Also 1R in 2015 (l. to A. Krajicek). Reached 2nd SF at s-hertogenbosch (l. to Chardy) and 3rd SF at Atlanta (l. to eventual champion Isner). Defeated 2011 champion Kohlschreiber to reach Halle QF as SE (l. to No. 1 Federer). Beat Goffin and Robert to reach Grand Slam 3R for 1st time at Wimbledon (l. to Simon). Was 0-6 in Grand Slam 2R. Broke into Top 50 and achieved career-high No. 43 in ATP Rankings on 16 July. Upset defending champion Querrey in 3rd-set TB at Acapulco (l. to Donaldson in 2R). Captured 9th ATP Challenger Tour singles title at Busan, KOR (d. Pospisil). Won doubles title at Taipei, TPE Challenger w/whittington (d. Gunneswaran/Myneni) and reached final at Irving, USA Challenger w/albot (l. to Petzschner/Peya). Returned to Davis Cup for 1st time since 2013 in 5-set loss w/peers to Puetz/Struff (GER d. AUS 3-1 in 1R). Anderson 2018 Summary W(1): New York (d Querrey); F(3): Pune (l Simon); Acapulco (l del Potro); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); SF(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Thiem); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (l Tsitsipas); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Coric); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Carreno Busta) YTD W-L: (24-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: May 18, 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 9 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 2-5 (2014, nd Round) Tournament Note: Top South African is making 6th straight appearance and best result is 2R in 2014 (d. Thiem, l. to Chardy) and last year (d. Simon, l. to Harrison). Achieved career-high No. 5 on 16 July, becoming highest-ranked South African in ATP Rankings history. Advanced to 2nd Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, where he spent 23h20m on court (l. to Djokovic). In Wimbledon SF, beat Isner in 5th for 300th career win after 6h36m -- 2nd-longest Grand Slam match ever. In Wimbledon QF, rallied from 2 sets down and saved 1 MP for biggest career win over No. 2 Federer after 4h14m. Also earned 2 wins in 5 sets en route to US Open 4R (d. Harrison in 1R and Shapovalov in 3R, l. to Thiem). Beat Escobedo, Nishikori and Querrey in 3rd-set TBs to capture 4th ATP World Tour title at New York. Also advanced to finals at Pune (l. to Simon) and Acapulco (l. to Del Potro). Ended 0-10 start to career in ATP Masters 1000 QFs by reaching SFs at Madrid (l. to Thiem) and Toronto (d. Dimitrov, l. to Tsitsipas after holding 1 MP). Lost QFs at Indian Wells (l. to Coric in 3rd-set TB) and Miami (l. to Carreno Busta in 3rd-set TB after holding 1 MP). Served for match twice before suffering 5th loss of career from 2 sets up vs. Schwartzman in Roland Garros 4R. Became 1st player since Hewitt in 2002 to follow US Open final with Aus. Open 1R loss (l. to Edmund in 5 sets). Withdrew from Delray Beach (elbow), Barcelona (right knee) and Washington (left hand). Retired in Rome 2R (leg). 2R: Benoit Paire (FRA) vs [3] Kei Nishikori (JPN) Nishikori Leads ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R32 Kei Nishikori 7-6(2) Roland Garros (France) Clay R32 Kei Nishikori (3) US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Benoit Paire (6) Tokyo (Japan) Hard SF Benoit Paire Barcelona (Spain) Clay SF Kei Nishikori Roland Garros (France) Clay R64 Kei Nishikori Paire 2018 Summary SF (2): Pune (l Anderson); Sydney (l de Minaur); QF (1): Montpellier (l Pouille) YTD W-L: (16-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 8, 1989 (29) ATP Ranking: 63 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 5-4 (2015 Finalist) Tournament Note: Opened on Monday with win over Jarry. In his final run in 2015, beat No. 6 Nishikori in SF before falling to No. 4 Wawrinka. Prior to this year in his other three appearances in 2012, lost in 1R. Advanced to SFs at Pune (d. Fucsovics after saving 5 MPs in 2R, l. to Anderson) and Sydney (l. to de Minaur). Lost 10 of last 11 ATP World Tour SFs since reaching biggest final of career at 2015 Tokyo.

22 Day 3 Wednesday, 3 October 2018 Page 4 of 6 Upset 6-time champion Djokovic in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R (l. to Krajinovic in 3R). Squandered 1 MP vs. Simon in Marrakech 1R, but reached doubles final w/roger-vasselin (l. to Mektic/Peya). Also squandered 2 MPs against 9-time champion Federer in Halle 2R. Fell to No. 231 Krueger in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 1R -- 15th loss to player outside Top 100 since Withdrew from Rotterdam due to back injury. Nishikori 2018 Summary F (1): ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); SF (3): New York (l Anderson); US Open (l Djokovic); Metz Bachinger); QF (3): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); Washington (l Zverev) YTD W-L: (15-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 12 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 19-7 (2012, 2014 Champion) Tournament Note: Opened on Monday with a win over countryman [WC] Sugita. Defeated Raonic in three sets in both of his successful finals in 2012 and His last QF came in 2015 when he reached SF (l. to Paire). Earned Top 5 wins over Cilic and A. Zverev to reach Monte-Carlo final (l. to No. 1 Nadal). Fell to 0-4 in ATP Masters 1000 finals. As World No. 36, became lowest-ranked Monte-Carlo finalist since No. 53 Arazi in Played 46 tour-level events since most recent title at 2016 Memphis (d. Fritz). Lost his last 7 finals. Advanced to 3rd Grand Slam SF -- all at US Open with 5-set QF wins over Top 10 players (d. Cilic, l. to Djokovic). Along with Osaka, 1st Japanese man and woman in history to reach SFs at same Grand Slam event. At Wimbledon, became 1st Japanese player to complete set of QFs at all 4 Grand Slams (l. to Djokovic). Reached New York SF (l. to Anderson in 3rd-set TB), Rome QF (l. to Djokovic) and Washington QF (l. to A. Zverev). Defeated Frenchmen Janvier, Paire and Simon to reach Roland Garros 4R for 4th straight year (l. to Thiem). Fell to No. 39 in ATP Rankings on 2 April -- lowest since No. 40 on 10 October Captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour title -- 1st since at Dallas, USA as WC (d. McDonald). 2R: [Q] Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) vs [6] Milos Raonic (CAN) First Meeting Watanuki 2018 Summary YTD W-L: 2-1 (2-1 on hard) Date of Birth: April 12, 1998 (20) ATP Ranking: 273 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: After 1R qualifying losses in 2016 (l. to Stepanek) and last year (l. to Pospisil), qualified with wins over Smyczek and countryman Ito On Monday earned 1st career ATP win over No. 44 Haase Has a 9-7 record on ATP Challenger Tour and reached career-high No. 252 on May 28 after reaching SF at Loughborough, GBR Challenger. Previous week qualified and advanced to SF at Busan, KOR Challenger. Also qualified at Seoul, KOR Challenger and reached 2R. Qualified for first ATP World Tour tournament in Washington and lost to Medvedev in three sets in 1R In lone Futures outing at Japan #4, won title in March. Made Davis Cup debut vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina in World Group playoff tie and beat Bojanovic in dead rubber. Raonic 2018 Summary: F (1): Stuttgart (l Federer); SF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l del Potro); QF (3): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Del Potro); Wimbledon (l Isner); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: (17-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: December 27, 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 20 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 16-6 ( Finalist) Tournament Note: Opened with win over Mannarino on Monday. Fell to Nishikori in 2012 and 2014 finals, and to Del Potro in 2013 title match. Defeated Basic on 13 June for 300th ATP World Tour win of career en route to Stuttgart final (l. to Federer). Played 45 tournaments since most recent title at 2016 Brisbane (d. Federer). Lost his last 6 finals.

23 Day 3 Wednesday, 3 October 2018 Page 5 of 6 Advanced for 4th time to both Wimbledon QF (l. to Isner) and US Open 4R (d. Wawrinka, l to Isner in 5 sets). At ATP Masters 1000 events, reached Indian Wells SF (l. to Del Potro), Miami QF (l. to Del Potro) and Cincinnati QF (l. to Djokovic). Beat No. 4 Dimitrov in Madrid 2R for biggest win since 2016 Wimbledon, then lost to countryman Shapovalov in 3R. Dropped to No. 40 in ATP Rankings on 26 February -- lowest since No. 59 on 14 February Passed by Shapovalov in ATP Rankings on 21 May, but regained status as No. 1 Canadian on 13 August. 2R: Stan Wawrinka (SUI) vs Denis Shapovalov (CAN) First Meeting Wawrinka 2018 Summary SF(2): Sofia (l Basic); St. Petersburg (l Klizan); QF(2): Geneva (l Fucsovics); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Federer) YTD W-L: (14-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 16 Date of Birth: March 28, 1985 (33) ATP Ranking: 74 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 10-3 (2015 Champion) Tournament Note: On Tuesday, Swiss No. 2 made his first Tokyo appearance since winning the 2015 title (d. Paire) and beat American Fritz In first two visits in 2009 and 2012, reached QFs. Lost in 1R in 2014 (l. to Ito). Reached Australian Open 2R in return following 2 left knee surgeries in August (d. Berankis, l. to Sandgren). Defeated Dimitrov in 1R at Wimbledon (l. to Fabbiano in 2R) and US Open (l. to Raonic in 3R). Advanced to Sofia SF as substitute for injured Dimitrov (l. to Basic). Also SF in St. Petersburg (l. to Klizan). Fell to eventual champion Fucsovics as 2-time defending champion in Geneva QF. Avenged Geneva loss by saving 4 MPs against Fucsovics in ATP Masters 1000 Toronto 2R (l. to No. 1 Nadal in 3R). Defeated Fucsovics again to reach ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati QF (l. to Federer). Dropped to No. 263 in ATP Rankings on 11 June -- lowest since No. 284 on 11 August Retired in Marseille 2R vs. Ivashka and withdrew from Indian Wells, Miami and Madrid due to left knee injury. Shapovalov 2018 Summary SF (2): Delray Beach (l Tiafoe); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l A. Zverev); QF (2): Eastbourne (l M. Zverev); St. Petersburg (l Klizan) YTD W-L: (22-13 on hard) Date of Birth: April 15, 1999 (19) ATP Ranking: 31 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: #NextGenATP Canadian star made debut Monday with win over [7] Chung. At 19, youngest quarter-finalist and semi-finalist ever at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d. Raonic in 3R, l. to A. Zverev). Achieved career-high 11 times in ATP Rankings -- peaking at No. 23 on 11 June. Youngest player to be ranked in Top 25 since then-no. 19 Gasquet on 25 July Became No. 1 Canadian on 21 May, but was passed by countryman Raonic on 13 August. Lost to eventual champion in Delray Beach SF (l. to Tiafoe) and Eastbourne QF (l. to M. Zverev). Reached Round of 16 at ATP Masters 1000 events in Miami (d. Troicki in 1R after saving 1 MP, l. to Coric), Rome (l. to eventual champion Nadal), Toronto (l. to Haase) and Cincinnati (l. to Raonic). Advanced to Grand Slam 3R for 2nd time at US Open (d. Seppi in 5 sets, l. to Anderson in 5 sets). ARENA 2 1R: Gilles Simon (FRA) vs Alex de Minaur (AUS) First Meeting Simon 2018 Summary W (2): Pune (d Anderson); Metz (d Bachinger); F(1): Lyon (l Thiem); QF(1): Marrakech (l Gasquet) YTD W-L: (14-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 14 Date of Birth: December 27, 1984 (33) ATP Ranking: 29 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 7-6 (2014 Semi-finals)

24 Day 3 Wednesday, 3 October 2018 Page 6 of 6 de Minaur 2018 Summary F(2): Sydney (l Medvedev); Washington (l A Zverev); SF(2): Brisbane (l Harrison); Shenzhen (l Herbert) YTD W-L: (18-11 on hard) Date of Birth: February 17, 1999 (19) ATP Ranking: 38 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main Draw Debut) 2R: [Q] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) vs [Q] Martin Klizan (SVK) First Meeting Medvedev 2018 Summary W(2): Sydney (d de Minaur); Winston-Salem (d Johnson); QF(2): Rotterdam (l Seppi); St. Petersburg (l Thiem) YTD W-L: (27-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: February 11, 1996 (22) ATP Ranking: 32 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2018 2nd Round) Klizan 2018 Summary W(1): Kitzbühel (d Istomin); F(1): St. Petersburg (l Thiem); QF(2): Barcelona (l Nadal); Munich (l Chung) YTD W-L: 20-7 (6-3 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: July 11, 1989 (29) ATP Ranking: 51 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2018 2nd Round)

25 RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, 2 October 2018 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Tokyo, Japan 1-7 October 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,781,930 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RakutenOpen.com Brendan Gilson: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com CILIC, TSITSIPAS, GASQUET, WAWRINKA HEADLINE DAY TWO There are six first round singles matches on Tuesday s schedule with top seed Marin Cilic, No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas, No. 8 Richard Gasquet and 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka leading the way. In addition, Japanese No. 2 Taro Daniel, who won his maiden ATP World Tour title in May in Istanbul, looks for his first Rakuten Japan Open win in his fourth appearance. In the first match on Arena 1, Gasquet takes on American qualifier Denis Kudla for the first time. The 32-year-old Frenchman reached the final in his 2007 debut and the semi-finals the following year. In the next match on, Wawrinka looks for his second win against American #NextGenATP star Taylor Fritz, who is coming off a semi-final in Chengdu. Wawrinka, who has climbed from No. 263 on 11 June to No. 74 as of this week, is playing in Tokyo for the first time since his 2015 title. In the third match on, Cilic is playing in his first tournament since turning 30 last Friday. Cilic brings a 1-0 record against German Jan-Lennard Struff. Cilic has reached the Japan Open semi-finals the past two years and he is trying to qualify for the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals for the third straight year and fourth time overall. Struff is making his Tokyo debut and he is 1-12 lifetime against Top 10 foes. His lone win came over No. 3 Wawrinka in the 2R at 2016 ATP Masters 1000 Paris. In the next singles match on, Tsitsipas and wild card Daniel square off for the first time. Tsitsipas is the youngest player (20) in the Top 20 ATP Rankings at No. 15 and he is trying to qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan. Daniel broke through to capture his maiden ATP World Tour title in Istanbul and he has posted a career-high 17 match wins this season. On Arena 2, German Maximilian Marterer takes on #NextGenATP American Frances Tiafoe, who won the only previous meeting at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati last year. In the next match, Jeremy Chardy, who reached the quarter-finals in 2014, looks for his second straight win against Damir Dzumhur. The Frenchman won in three sets in the 1R at 2016 ATP Masters 1000 Rome. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: TUESDAY FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES ARENA 1 [8] Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs [Q] Denis Kudla (USA) First Meeting Gasquet 2018 Summary W(1): s-hertogenbosch (d Chardy); F(2): Montpellier (l Pouille); Bastad (l Fognini); SF(1): Marrakech (l Edmund); QF(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Zverev); Metz (l Simon) YTD W-L: (11-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 15 Date of Birth: June 18, 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 25 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 11-6 (2007 Finalist)

26 Day 2 Tuesday, 2 October 2018 Page 2 of 5 Tournament Note: Reached final in 2007 debut (l. to No. 8 Ferrer) and followed with SF in 2008 (l. to No. 12 Del Potro). Last year reached QF (l. to No. 11 Goffin). Lost in 2R in 2009 (l. to Tsonga), 2010 (l. to Tursunov) and 1R in 2015 (l. to Bautista Agut) Became 1st Frenchman with 500 career wins when he beat M. Zverev in Monte-Carlo 3R (l. to A. Zverev in QF). Won 15th title -- all ATP World Tour 250s -- at s-hertogenbosch (d. Chardy). Advanced to 6th consecutive Montpellier final, falling to 3-3 in title matches (d. Goffin, l. to Pouille). Also advanced to Bastad final (l. to Fognini). Reached 3R at Australian Open (l. to Federer), Roland Garros (l. to No. 1 Nadal) and US Open (l. to Djokovic). Dropped to No. 38 in ATP Rankings on 2 April -- lowest since No. 38 on 6 September Defeated Haase to help defending champion France beat The Netherlands 3-1 in Davis Cup 1R. Retired in Rotterdam 1R vs. Herbert due to groin injury and withdrew from Indian Wells due to knee injury. Conceded walkover to Jarry in Hamburg 2R and withdrew from Kitzbuhel and Toronto due to left hip injury. Kudla 2018 Summary SF(1): Halle (l Federer); QF(1): Washington (l Rublev) YTD W-L: (5-5 on hard) Date of Birth: August 17, 1992 (26) ATP Ranking: 65 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main Draw Debut) Tournament Note: Qualified into main draw for first time with three-set wins over Zeballos and Uchiyama. Awarded Wimbledon WC after reaching 2nd ATP World Tour SF of career at Halle as Q (l. to No. 1 Federer). Also qualified at Australian Open (l. to Thiem in 2R after leading by 2 sets), Houston (l. to Karlovic in 2R), Roland Garros (l. to Dzumhur in 1R), Stuttgart (l. to Fucsovics in 1R) and Cincinnati (l. to Kyrgios in 1R after holding 1 MP). Avenged Wimbledon 1R loss to Pouille by beating Frenchman to reach Washington QF (l. to Rublev). Entered hometown event in Washington with 0-8 tournament record (0-4 singles, 0-2 doubles, 0-2 qualifying). Also owned 0-15 record against Top 20 opponents before defeating No. 19 Pouille in 3rd-set TB. Has a 16-8 Challenger record and captured 6th ATP Challenger Tour singles title at Drummondville, CAN (d. Bonzi). Advanced to Le Gosier, GUD Challenger singles final (l. to Lajovic). Won Tallahassee, USA Challenger doubles title w/galloway (d. Lopez Perez/Nedunchezhiyan). Reached Newport Beach, USA Challenger doubles final w/huey (l. to Cerretani/Paes). Stan Wawrinka (SUI) vs [SE] Taylor Fritz (USA) Wawrinka Leads Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R128 Stan Wawrinka 7-6(4) (2) 6-4 Wawrinka 2018 Summary SF(2): Sofia (l Basic); St. Petersburg (l Klizan); QF(2): Geneva (l Fucsovics); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Federer) YTD W-L: (13-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 16 Date of Birth: March 28, 1985 (33) ATP Ranking: 74 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 9-3 (2015 Champion) Tournament Note: Swiss No. 2 is making his first Tokyo appearance since winning the 2015 title (d. Paire). In first two visits in 2009 and 2012, reached QFs. Lost in 1R in 2014 (l. to Ito). Reached Australian Open 2R in return following 2 left knee surgeries in August (d. Berankis, l. to Sandgren). Defeated Dimitrov in 1R at Wimbledon (l. to Fabbiano in 2R) and US Open (l. to Raonic in 3R). Advanced to Sofia SF as substitute for injured Dimitrov (l. to Basic). Also SF in St. Petersburg (l. to Klizan). Fell to eventual champion Fucsovics as 2-time defending champion in Geneva QF. Avenged Geneva loss by saving 4 MPs against Fucsovics in ATP Masters 1000 Toronto 2R (l. to No. 1 Nadal in 3R). Defeated Fucsovics again to reach ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati QF (l. to Federer). Dropped to No. 263 in ATP Rankings on 11 June -- lowest since No. 284 on 11 August Retired in Marseille 2R vs. Ivashka and withdrew from Indian Wells, Miami and Madrid due to left knee injury.

27 Day 2 Tuesday, 2 October 2018 Page 3 of 5 Fritz 2018 Summary SF(2): Houston (l Johnson); Chengdu (l Fognini); QF(2): Delray Beach (l Shapovalov); Lyon (l Lajovic) YTD W-L: (13-8 on hard) Date of Birth: October 28, 1997 (20) ATP Ranking: 60 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2016 1st Round) Tournament Note: #NextGen American is making second appearance after losing to Monaco in two TBs in Comes in as a special exempt after reaching 3rd career ATP SF last week in Chendu (l. to Fognini). Saved 2 MPs vs. Smyczek and upset 2015 champion Sock en route to 2nd ATP SF at Houston (l. to Johnson). Advanced to QFs at Delray Beach (d. Querrey in 1R, l. to Shapovalov) and Lyon (d. Sock, l. to Lajovic). Rallied from 2 sets down vs. M. Zverev en route to 1st Grand Slam 3R at US Open (l. to Thiem). Reached ATP Masters 1000 R16 for 1st time at Indian Wells (d. Opelka in 1R after saving 1 MP, l. to Coric). Lost 5-setters in Roland Garros 1R (l. to Andreozzi) and Wimbledon 2R (l. to A. Zverev). Defeated Kokkinakis in Los Cabos 1R (l. to Nishioka in 2R), then teamed w/kokkinakis to reach Los Cabos doubles final (l. to Arevalo/Reyes-Varela). First ATP World Tour doubles final of career. Captured Newport Beach, USA Challenger title (d. Klahn) and reached Noumea, CAL Challenger final (l. to Rubin). Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati qualifying due to ankle injury. [1] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) Cilic Leads Sydney (Australia) Hard R32 Marin Cilic Cilic 2018 Summary W(1): London / Queen's Club (d Djokovic); F(1): Australian Open (l Federer); SF: Pune (l Simon); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Zverev); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Djokovic); QF: ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nishikori); Roland Garros (l del Potro); ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (l Nadal); US Open (l Nishikori) YTD W-L: (20-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 18 Date of Birth: September 28, 1988 (30) ATP Ranking: 6 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 9-5 ( Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Went 1-2 in before reaching QF in 2015 (l. to No. 6 Nishikori) and SF last two years, falling to Goffin and Mannarino, respectively. Saved 1 championship point to capture 2nd London/Queen s Club title and 18th ATP title overall (d. Djokovic). Also extended ATP World Tour title streak for 11th straight season ( ). Defeated No. 1 Nadal in 5 sets en route to 3rd Grand Slam final at Australian Open (l. to Federer in 5 sets). Achieved career-high No. 3 in ATP Rankings on 29 January following run to Australian Open final. Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 SFs at Rome (l. to A. Zverev) and Cincinnati (l. to Djokovic). Reached QFs at Roland Garros (l. to Del Potro) and US Open (d. de Minaur from 2 sets down in 3R, l. to Nishikori). Dropped only 8 games in 6 sets to beat Popko and Kukushkin during Davis Cup QF (CRO d. KAZ 3-1). Went 1-1 in SF vs. U.S. (d. Tiafoe, l. to Querrey). Croatia will travel to France next month for final. Withdrew from Buenos Aires (fatigue), Acapulco (stomach muscle strain) and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (knee). Struff 2018 Summary QF(2): Budapest (l Cecchinato); Munich (l A Zverev) YTD W-L: (8-11 on hard) Date of Birth: April 25, 1990 (28) ATP Ranking: 56 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main Draw Debut) Tournament Note: One of two Germans (Marterer) making main draw debut this week. Lost to eventual champions in back-to-back QFs at Budapest (l. to Cecchinato) and Munich (l. to A. Zverev). Saved 1 MP vs. Karlovic to reach Grand Slam 3R for 1st time at Wimbledon (l. to Federer). Became 1st player in Open Era to rally from 2 sets down in both Wimbledon 1R and 2R (d. L. Mayer and Karlovic). Extended winning streak in 5th sets to 4 matches by beating Benneteau in US Open 2R (l. to Goffin in 3R).

28 Day 2 Tuesday, 2 October 2018 Page 4 of 5 Fell to 5-13 in ATP Challenger Tour finals with loss to P. Sousa at Pullach, GER Challenger. Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour final with 1st-time doubles partner Troicki at Sydney (l. to Kubot/Melo). Reached 1st Grand Slam SF in team debut w/mclachlan at Aus. Open (d. Kubot/Melo in 3rd-set TB, l. to Marach/Pavic in 3rd-set TB). Also reached ATP Masters 1000 Miami SF w/mclachlan (l. to Bryan/Bryan). Teamed w/puetz for 5-set Davis Cup wins over Ebden/Peers of Australia and Lopez/Lopez of Spain. Achieved career-high No. 29 in ATP Doubles Rankings on 13 August. [5] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs [WC] Taro Daniel (JPN) First Meeting Tsitsipas 2018 Summary F(2): Barcelona (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Toronto (l Nadal); SF(2): Estoril (l Sousa); Washington (l Zverev); QF(3): Doha (l Thiem); Dubai (l Jaziri); s-hertogenbosch (l Gasquet) YTD W-L: (14-14 on hard) Date of Birth: August 12, 1998 (20) ATP Ranking: 15 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2017 1st Round) Tournament Note: #NextGenATP Greek star qualified last year (ranked No. 115) and lost in 1R to No. 5 Cilic Reached Toronto final by becoming youngest player to beat 4 Top 10 opponents at an event since ATP World Tour began in 1990 (d. Thiem, Djokovic, A. Zverev after saving 2 MPs and Anderson after saving 1 MP; l. to No. 1 Nadal). Lost to Nadal on 20th birthday, making him youngest ATP Masters 1000 finalist since Djokovic, 19, at 2007 Miami. Achieved new career-high 14 times in ATP Rankings, peaking at No. 15 on 13 August. Looking to turn things around (1-4 since Toronto final), losing opening round last two weeks in Metz and Shenzhen. Did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP World Tour final at Barcelona (d. Thiem in QF, l. to No. 1 Nadal). Became 2nd Greek to reach a tour-level final (also Kalogeropoulos at 1973 Des Moines). Advanced to Wimbledon 4R -- becoming 1st Greek to reach Grand Slam R16 in Open Era (l. to Isner). Saved 2 MPs vs. Donaldson in Washington 2R (l. to A. Zverev in SF) and 1 MP vs. Jaziri in s-hertogenbosch 2R (l. to Gasquet in QF). Also reached Estoril SF (l. to Sousa) and QFs at Doha as Q (l. to Thiem) and Dubai (l. to Jaziri). Qualified at ATP Masters 1000s in Monte-Carlo (d. Shapovalov, l. to Goffin in 2R) and Rome (l. to Del Potro in 2R). Daniel 2018 Summary W: Istanbul (d Jaziri); SF(1): Winston-Salem (l Medvedev); QF(2): Gstaad (l Bautista Agut); Kitzbühel (l Munar) YTD W-L: (8-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: January 27, 1993 (25) ATP Ranking: 72 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-3 (2014, st Round) Tournament Note: Wild card looking for 1st main draw win after losing to Istomin, Tipsarevic and Lu. Advanced to 1st SF and final en route to 1st ATP World Tour title at Istanbul (d. Chardy and Jaziri). Enjoyed more victories in Istanbul (5) than entire 2017 season (4). Also posted 4 wins to advance to Winston-Salem SF (l. to eventual champion Medvedev). Earned biggest win of career over 5-time champion Djokovic to reach Indian Wells 3R as Q (l. to L. Mayer). Reached QFs at Gstaad (d. Carballes Baena after saving 1 MP, l. to Bautista Agut) and Kitzbuhel (l. to Munar). Has career-best 17 match wins and achieved career-high No. 64 in ATP Rankings on 27 August. Has a 6-3 Challenger record and reached 14th ATP Challenger Tour final at Poznan, POL (l. to Hurkacz). Suffered 5-set loss to Fognini in opening rubber of Davis Cup 1R tie (ITA d. JPN 3-1).

29 Day 2 Tuesday, 2 October 2018 Page 5 of 5 ARENA 2 Maximilian Marterer (GER) vs Frances Tiafoe (USA) Tiafoe Leads ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Frances Tiafoe (2) Marterer 2018 Summary SF(1): Munich (l Kohlschreiber); QF(2): Sofia (l Basic); Kitzbühel (l Istomin) YTD W-L: (6-8 on hard) Date of Birth: June 15, 1995 (23) ATP Ranking: 57 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main Draw Debut) Tiafoe 2018 Summary W(1): Delray Beach (d Gojowczyk); F(1): Estoril (l Sousa); QF(2): New York (l Anderson); London / Queen's Club (l Chardy) YTD W-L: (15-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: January 20, 1998 (20) ATP Ranking: 41 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main Draw Debut) Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs Damir Dzumhur (BIH) Chardy Leads ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Jeremy Chardy Chardy 2018 Summary F: s-hertogenbosch (l Gasquet); SF: Istanbul (l Daniel); London / Queen's Club (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: (11-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: February 12, 1987 (31) ATP Ranking: 42 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 6-5 (2014 Quarter-finalist) Dzumhur 2018 Summary W(1): Antalya (d Mannarino); SF(1): Los Cabos (l del Potro); QF(4): Montpellier (l Gasquet); Marseille (l Berdych); St. Petersburg (l Wawrinka); Shenzhen (l de Minaur) YTD W-L: (13-15 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: May 20, 1992 (26) ATP Ranking: 40 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main Draw Debut)

30 RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, 1 October 2018 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Tokyo, Japan 1-7 October 2018 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,781,930 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RakutenOpen.com Brendan Gilson: Press Officer: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com 10 THINGS TO WATCH IN TOKYO 1) 500 Club: The capital cities of Tokyo and Beijing are hosting ATP World Tour 500 events this week. At the Rakuten Japan Open, two-time champion Kei Nishikori continues his push towards the Nitto ATP Finals alongside fellow ATP Race to London contenders Marin Cilic and Kevin Anderson. Four of the Top 5 #NextGenATP players in the ATP Race to Milan are also playing in Tokyo. 2) Title Drought: Nishikori has won six of his 11 ATP World Tour titles at the 500-level, highlighted by Tokyo in 2012 and However, the highest-ranked Asian player in ATP history has played 46 tour-level events since his most recent title at 2016 Memphis. Nishikori, the former World No. 4, is 0-7 in his last seven finals, with losses at three ATP Masters 1000s and two ATP World Tour 500s. 3) Belated Birthday: Cilic, a two-time Tokyo semi-finalist, turned 30 on 28 September. His birthday means that no Grand Slam men s singles champions are currently under the age of 30. Nishikori, who lost to Cilic in the 2014 US Open final, is one of three twenty-something Grand Slam runnersup along with Milos Raonic (2016 Wimbledon) and Dominic Thiem (2018 Roland Garros). 4) On the Edge: Anderson is eighth in the ATP Race to London and would occupy the last spot at the Nitto ATP Finals if the season ended today. The Wimbledon finalist leads No. 9 John Isner by 520 points and No. 10 Nishikori by 885 points with a maximum of 3,250 points still on the line in ) Tight Race: Fewer than 1,000 points separate Nos. 2-5 in the ATP Race to Milan. Tokyo players Stefanos Tsitsipas, Denis Shapovalov, Alex de Minaur and Frances Tiafoe are all on pace to qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals. Of the four, only Shapovalov competed at the inaugural event. 6) Greece Lightning: Tsitsipas broke into the Top 15 in August following a fourth-round run at Wimbledon and four Top 10 wins en route to the Toronto final. He is the first Greek to be ranked that high, reach the Round of 16 at a Grand Slam and play for an ATP Masters 1000 championship. 7) Trailblazers: Shapovalov became the youngest semi-finalist in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid history, Tiafoe won the Delray Beach title to become the youngest American champion since 2002 and de Minaur achieved a new career-high ranking 16 times in eight months, rising from No. 208 to No ) Curious Kyrgios: Nick Kyrgios won the biggest of his four ATP World Tour titles at 2016 Tokyo. The Aussie opted to play Beijing instead in 2017, losing in the final to Rafael Nadal. Kyrgios returns to Tokyo as the defending champion of sorts following the withdrawal of 2017 winner David Goffin. 9) Wawrinka Rising: Like Kyrgios, Stan Wawrinka is back in Tokyo for the first time since winning the title. The 2015 champion withdrew in 2016 due to a back injury and did not play in 2017 after two left knee surgeries. Wawrinka rose from No. 263 on 11 June to No. 75 on 24 September. 10) Local Flavor: For the fifth straight year, all three Tokyo wild cards are Japanese. In 2018, they are Istanbul champion Taro Daniel, Shenzhen champion Yoshihito Nishioka, and Yuichi Sugita.