ROLEX SHANGHAI MASTERS: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES REMATCHES AWAIT TOP 4 SEEDS IN SHANGHAI THIRD ROUND

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1 ROLEX SHANGHAI MASTERS: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, 11 October 2018 Qi Zhong Tennis Center Shanghai, China 7-14 October 2018 Draw: S-56, D-28 Prize Money: $7,086,700 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RolexShanghaiMasters.com Richard Evans: Press Office: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com REMATCHES AWAIT TOP 4 SEEDS IN SHANGHAI THIRD ROUND The Top 4 seeds will take to Center Court at the Rolex Shanghai Masters on Thursday for thirdround matches against familiar foes. No. 1 seed and two-time champion Roger Federer is 7-0 in matches and 16-0 in sets against Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain, including a 6-4, 6-2 victory in the Shanghai third round four years ago. With Federer sidelined in 2016, Bautista Agut advanced to the biggest final of his career in Shanghai by defeating then-world No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4. Djokovic has won 14 straight tour-level matches and 27 of 29 overall since losing to then-no. 72 Marco Cecchinato in the Roland Garros quarter-finals on 5 June. They meet again on Thursday with Djokovic eyeing a return to No. 2 and Cecchinato ranked a career-high No. 21. The playing surface in Shanghai suits the Serbian. Djokovic is and Cecchinato is 4-11 lifetime on hard courts. With another upset, Cecchinato would join Hall-of-Famer Marat Safin (2-0) and World No. 38 Nick Kyrgios (2-0) as the only players to post multiple wins and no losses against Djokovic. The youngest quarter-finalist in Rolex Shanghai Masters history was a 21-year-old Kei Nishikori in Alex de Minaur (19), Stefanos Tsitsipas (20) and Alexander Zverev (21) all have a chance to break that record on Thursday. Zverev and de Minaur meet on Center Court with the German leading their rivalry 2-0. Tsitsipas is also 2-0 against his opponent, No. 7 seed Kevin Anderson. No. 3 seed Juan Martin del Potro and No. 13 seed Borna Coric conclude play in a rematch of the US Open on 2 September. Del Potro won 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 en route to his second Grand Slam final. ATP RACE TO LONDON ATP RACE TO MILAN No. Player Points No. Player Points 1 Rafael Nadal* 7,480 1 Alexander Zverev* 4,500^ 2 Novak Djokovic* 6,535^ 2 Stefanos Tsitsipas* 1,962^ 3 Juan Martin del Potro* 5,300^ 3 Denis Shapovalov 1,450 4 Roger Federer* 4,890^ 4 Alex de Minaur 1,308^ 5 Alexander Zverev 4,500^ 5 Frances Tiafoe 1,055 6 Marin Cilic 3,825 6 Taylor Fritz Kevin Anderson 3,630^ 7 Andrey Rublev Dominic Thiem 3,535 8 Jaume Munar John Isner 2,930 9 Michael Mmoh Kei Nishikori 2,910^ 10 Hubert Hurkacz Fabio Fognini 2, Lloyd Harris 511< 12 Stefanos Tsitsipas 1,905^ 12 Ugo Humbert 483> Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals Top 7 qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals + 1 WC * Qualified * Qualified ^ Add 90 points for Shanghai 3R win ^ Add 90 points for Shanghai 3R win < Add 9 points for Fairfield, USA CH 2R win > Add 8 points for Ortisei, ITA CH 2R win

2 Day 5 Thursday, 11 October 2018 Page 2 of 8 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: THIRD-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES CENTER Alex de Minaur (AUS) vs [4] Alexander Zverev (GER) A. Zverev Leads Davis Cup 1R (Australia) Hard RR Alexander Zverev (4) 18 Washington (U.S.A.) Hard F Alexander Zverev de Minaur 2018 Summary F (2): Sydney (l Medvedev); Washington (l A. Zverev); SF (2): Brisbane (l Harrison); Shenzhen (l Herbert) YTD W-L: (21-12 on hard) Date of Birth: February 17, 1999 (19) ATP Ranking: 33 (Career-High) Tournament W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 3rd Round) Tournament Note: Owns 0-8 record vs. Top 10 (0-2 vs. A. Zverev). Bidding for biggest QF of career. Began season at No. 208 and has achieved career-high ranking 17 times, peaking at No. 33 on 8 October. Saved 4 MPs vs. Rublev in Washington SF (l. to A. Zverev in final). 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). Saved 4 MPs vs. Simon in Tokyo 1R (l. to Tsitsipas in 2R). Squandered 1 MP vs. Karlovic in Newport 1R and 2 MPs vs. Herbert in Shenzhen SF. 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). A. Zverev 2018 Summary W (3): Munich (d Kohlschreiber); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d Thiem); Washington (d de Minaur); F (2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Isner); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Nadal); SF (2): Acapulco (l Del Potro); ATP Masters 1000 Monte- Carlo (l Nishikori); QF (2): Roland Garros (l Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (l Tsitsipas) YTD W-L: (24-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 9 Date of Birth: April 20, 1997 (21) ATP Ranking: 5 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 4-2 ( rd Round) Tournament Note: Qualifies for 2018 Nitto ATP Finals if 1 of the following 3 scenarios occur on Thursday/Friday: (1) Zverev 3R loss + Nishikori 3R loss. (2) Zverev 3R win + Anderson or Nishikori 3R loss. (3) Zverev 3R + QF wins. Did not drop a set or his serve en route to 3rd ATP Masters 1000 title at Madrid (d. Thiem). Became 1st player to win a clay-court title without being broken since stats started being kept in Faced 1 break point, fewest en route to an ATP Masters 1000 title since stats started being kept in Joined Nadal (33), Djokovic (31), Federer (27) and Murray (14) as active players with 3+ ATP Masters 1000 titles. Preceded Madrid with Munich title (d. Kohlschreiber) and followed it with ATP Masters 1000 Rome final (l. to Nadal). First player since Cilic in 2014 to reach 3 ATP World Tour finals in as many weeks. Defeated older brother Mischa in 1st tour-level H2H en route to 2nd straight Washington title (d. de Minaur). Also advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Miami final (l. to Isner in 3 sets). Rallied from 2-sets-to-1 down 3 times to reach 1st Grand Slam QF at Roland Garros (d. Dzumhur in 3R after saving 1 MP, l. to Thiem). Lost in 3R at Aus. Open (l. to Chung), Wimbledon (l. to Gulbis) and US Open (l. to Kohlschreiber). Squandered 2 MPs vs. Tsitsipas in ATP Masters 1000 Toronto QF. Advanced to Halle doubles final w/m. Zverev, losing rematch of 2017 final (l. to Kubot/Melo).

3 Day 5 Thursday, 11 October 2018 Page 3 of 8 [16] Marco Cecchinato (ITA) vs [2] Novak Djokovic (SRB) Cecchinato Leads Roland Garros (France) Clay QF Marco Cecchinato (4) (11) Cecchinato 2018 Summary W (2): Budapest (d Millman); Umag (d Pella); SF (2): Roland Garros (l Thiem); Eastbourne (l Lacko); QF (1): St. Petersburg (l Bautista Agut) YTD W-L: (4-7 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: September 30, 1992 (26) ATP Ranking: 21 (Career-High) Tournament W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 3rd Round) Tournament Note: Seeking 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF and biggest win of career (1-4 vs. Top 10). Defeated 2016 champion Djokovic as World No. 72 to become lowest-ranked Roland Garros semi-finalist since No. 100 A. Medvedev in 1999 and 1st Italian Grand Slam semi-finalist since Barazzutti at 1978 Roland Garros. Rallied from 2 sets down vs. Copil in Roland Garros 1R and also beat Carreno Busta and Goffin en route to SF. Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour SF and final en route to 1st title at Budapest as LL (d. Seppi and Millman). Entered Budapest with tour-level singles records of 1-6 in 2018 and 5-29 in career. Achieved career-high No. 21 on 6 August soon after adding 2nd ATP World Tour title at Umag (d. Pella). Reached Eastbourne SF (l. to Lacko) and qualified at Buenos Aires (l. to Zeballos in 1R), Rio de Janeiro (l. to Carreno Busta in 1R) and ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. to Raonic in 2R). Squandered 1 MP vs. Mannarino in ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati 1R. Beat former World No. 5 Robredo en route to 5th ATP Challenger Tour title at Santiago, CHI (d. Gomez-Herrera). Owns 0-14 tour-level doubles record in 2018 and has lost 19 straight doubles matches since 2016 Australian Open. Djokovic 2018 Summary W (3): Wimbledon (d Anderson); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d Federer); US Open (d Del Potro); F (1): London/Queen's Club (l Cilic); SF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Nadal); QF (1): Roland Garros (l Cecchinato) YTD W-L: (19-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 71 Date of Birth: May 22, 1987 (31) ATP Ranking: 3 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 28-4 ( , 2015 Champion) Tournament Note: Owns more titles (10) than losses (9) in China. Boasts 66-9 record, including 2008 bronze medal. Won titles at Wimbledon (d. Anderson) and US Open (d. Del Potro) for 3rd time in same season (also 2011, 2015). Tied Sampras for 3rd all-time with 14 Grand Slam men s singles titles (Federer 20, Nadal 17). Tied Lendl and Sampras for Open Era-lead with 8 appearances in US Open final. As World No. 21 at Wimbledon, lowest-ranked Grand Slam champion since No. 44 Gaudio at 2004 Roland Garros. Improved to vs. Nadal by defeating World No. 1 in Wimbledon SF 10-8 in 5th after 5 hours, 15 minutes. Improved to vs. Federer by beating World No. 2 for 1st ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati title. Became 1st player to win titles at all 9 ATP Masters 1000 events since start of series in Earned 800th career win in London/Queen s Club QF (d. Mannarino), but squandered 1 MP in final (l. to Cilic). Reached QFs for 9th straight year at Roland Garros (l. to Cecchinato in QF) and 12th at Rome (l. to Nadal in SF). Started year 6-6 with 3 straight losses to Chung in Aus. Open 4R, Daniel in Indian Wells 2R and Paire in Miami 2R. Fell to No. 22 in ATP Rankings on 21 May -- lowest since No. 22 on 2 October Underwent surgery on right elbow shortly after Australian Open, which was his 1st tournament in 6 months. [1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Federer Leads US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Roger Federer ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R16 Roger Federer Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R16 Roger Federer ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Roger Federer ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay R16 Roger Federer ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Roger Federer 7-6(5) 7-6(4) 17 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada) Hard QF Roger Federer

4 Day 5 Thursday, 11 October 2018 Page 4 of 8 Federer 2018 Summary W (3): Australian Open (d Cilic); Rotterdam (d Dimitrov); Stuttgart (d Raonic); F (3): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Del Potro); Halle (l Coric); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Djokovic); QF (1): Wimbledon (l Anderson) YTD W-L: 37-6 (25-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 98 Date of Birth: August 8, 1981 (37) ATP Ranking: 2 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 19-4 (2014, 2017 Champion) Tournament Note: Owns 36-9 record in Shanghai (17-5 at Tennis Masters Cup, 19-4 at ATP Masters 1000 event). Became oldest World No. 1 in 45-year history of ATP Rankings at age 36 on 19 February. Owns records for most weeks at No. 1 (310), years since debut at No. 1 (14) and years between stints at No. 1 (5). Secured No. 1 ranking with Rotterdam QF win (d. Haase). Went on to win 97th ATP World Tour title (d. Dimitrov). Clinched No. 1 most recently with Stuttgart SF win (d. Kyrgios in 3rd-set TB). Went on to win 98th title (d. Raonic). Ranked No. 1 for 6 weeks from 19 February-1 April, 1 week from May and 1 week from June. Extended records with 20th Grand Slam title and 30th final at Australian Open (d. Cilic). Tied record with 6th AO title. Tied his own record with 34 straight sets won at Wimbledon before squandering 1 MP vs. Anderson in QF. Held in 100 straight service games at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Djokovic in final after being broken 3 times). Saved 2 MPs vs. Paire en route to 12th Halle final (l. to Coric). Enjoyed career-best 17-0 start before squandering 3 MPs vs. Del Potro in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells final. Fell to Del Potro in 3rd-set TB. Now 1-8 in championship matches decided by final-set TB. Also lost 3rd-set TB to No. 175 Kokkinakis in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R -- worst loss by World No. 1 since same tournament and round in 2003 (No. 178 Clavet d. No. 1 Hewitt). Skipped clay-court season and has not played on surface since 12 May 2016 (l. to Thiem in Rome 3R). Bautista Agut 2018 Summary W (2): Auckland (d Del Potro); Dubai (d Pouille); F (1): Gstaad (l Berrettini); SF (2): Halle (l Coric); St. Petersburg (l Thiem); QF (2): Barcelona (l Goffin); Munich (l Kohlschreiber) YTD W-L: (16-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 (30) ATP Ranking: 28 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 10-4 (2016 Finalist) Tournament Note: Seeking 2nd-biggest win of career (d. No. 1 Djokovic in 2016 Shanghai SF). Captured 8th and biggest title of career at ATP World Tour 500 event in Dubai as World No. 23 (d. Pouille). Lowest-ranked Dubai champion since No. 26 Santoro in Returned to career-high No. 13 on 14 May. Defeated Del Potro to win 2nd Auckland title (also 2016). Reached 15th ATP final at Gstaad (l. to Berrettini). Lost SFs to eventual champions at Halle (ret. vs. Coric due to hip injury) and St. Petersburg (l. to Thiem). Squandered 1 MP vs. Kohlschreiber in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 2R. Fell to No. 28 in ATP Rankings on 8 October -- lowest since No. 28 on 16 June Withdrew from Rotterdam (illness), Rome (hip), Wimbledon (groin), Toronto (abdomen) and Cincinnati (abdomen). [3] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) vs Borna Coric (CRO) Del Potro Leads US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Juan Martin del Potro Del Potro 2018 Summary W (2): Acapulco (d Anderson); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Federer); F (4): Auckland (l Bautista Agut); Los Cabos (l Fognini); US Open (l Djokovic); Beijing (l Basilashvili); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Isner); Roland Garros (l Nadal); QF (2): Wimbledon (l Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Goffin) YTD W-L: (36-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 22 Date of Birth: September 23, 1988 (30) ATP Ranking: 4 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 8-4 (2013 Finalist)

5 Day 5 Thursday, 11 October 2018 Page 5 of 8 Tournament Note: Tied with A. Zverev for 2nd-most wins in 2018 (Thiem 48, Del Potro 47, A. Zverev 47). Achieved career-high No. 3 in ATP Rankings on 13 August -- 4 wrist surgeries and 8+ years after becoming No. 4. Upset No. 1 Nadal in US Open SF to reach 2nd Grand Slam final 9 years after 1st (l. to Djokovic). Set all-time record with 21 Grand Slam appearances between finals. Did not play 14 Grand Slams from Also set all-time record with 35 Grand Slam tournaments held between 1st and 2nd finals. Saved 3 championship points to defeat No. 1 Federer for 1st ATP Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells. Now owns 10 wins over World No most among all players who ve never been ranked No. 1 themselves. Defeated Raonic in Indian Wells SF on 17 March for 400th victory of career. Earned straight-set wins over Top 10 players Thiem, A. Zverev and Anderson en route to Acapulco title. Won 15 straight matches before falling to eventual champion Isner in ATP Masters 1000 Miami SF. Advanced to Roland Garros SF (l. to No. 1 Nadal) and Wimbledon QF (l. to No. 1 Nadal in 5 sets after 4h48m). Reached finals at Auckland (l. to Bautista Agut), Los Cabos (l. to Fognini) and Beijing (l. to Basilashvili). Retired in Rome 3R vs. Goffin (groin strain). Withdrew from London/Queen s Club (adductor) and Toronto (left wrist). Coric 2018 Summary W (1): Halle (d Federer); SF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Federer); QF (3): Doha (l Rublev); Dubai (l Bautista Agut); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l A. Zverev) YTD W-L: (19-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: November 14, 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 19 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2018 3rd Round) Tournament Note: Owns 6-14 record vs. Top 5 with wins over Nadal (2), Federer (1), A. Zverev (1) and Murray (2). Defeated No. 3 A. Zverev and No. 1 Federer en route to 2nd ATP title at Halle. Entered with 2-7 record on grass. Became youngest champion in 26-year Halle tournament history as a 21-year-old. Achieved career-high No. 18 in ATP Rankings on 10 September. Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Indian Wells (d. Anderson in 3rd-set TB, l. to No. 1 Federer in 3 sets). Beat L. Mayer, Sock and Shapovalov in 3 sets to reach ATP Masters 1000 Miami QF (l. to A. Zverev). Also reached QFs at Doha (d. Carreno Busta in 1R after saving 3 MPs, l. to Rublev) and Dubai (l. to Bautista Agut). Reached Grand Slam 4R for 1st time at US Open (l. to Del Potro). Squandered 3 MPs vs. Lopez in Beijing 1R. Withdrew from Istanbul due to abdominal injury and retired in Rome 1R vs. Tsitsipas due to neck injury. SHOW COURT 3 Nicolas Jarry (CHI) vs [11] Kyle Edmund (GBR) First Meeting Jarry 2018 Summary F (1): Sao Paulo (l Fognini); SF (3): Rio de Janeiro (l Schwartzman); Hamburg (l Basilashvili); Kitzbuhel (l Istomin); QF (3): Quito (l Carballes Baena); Estoril (l Carreno Busta); Winston-Salem (l Daniel) YTD W-L: (7-6 on hard) Date of Birth: October 11, 1995 (23rd Birthday) ATP Ranking: 48 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 3rd Round) Tournament Note: Enjoyed biggest win of career over No. 6 Cilic on Tuesday. Seeking 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF. Earned 4 wins in 3 sets to reach 1st ATP World Tour singles final at Sao Paulo (l. to Fognini in 3 sets). Reached career-high No. 42 in ATP Rankings on 13 August and No. 51 in ATP Doubles Rankings on 10 September. Saved 6 MPs vs. L. Mayer in Estoril 1R -- most of all players in 2018 (l. to Carreno Busta in QF). Lost to eventual champions Carballes Baena in Quito QF, Schwartzman in Rio de Janeiro SF and Basilashvili in Hamburg SF. Also advanced to Kitzbuhel SF (l. to Istomin) and Winston-Salem QF (l. to Daniel). Secured 1st ATP Masters 1000 win at Miami (d. Norrie) and 1st Grand Slam win at Wimbledon (d. Krajinovic). Won 1st ATP World Tour doubles title in 1st final with countryman Podlipnik-Castillo at Quito (d. Krajicek/Withrow). Lost to eventual doubles champions w/m. Gonzalez in Roland Garros QF (l. to Herbert/Mahut) and US Open QF (l. to M. Bryan/Sock).

6 Day 5 Thursday, 11 October 2018 Page 6 of 8 Edmund 2018 Summary F (1): Marrakech (l Andujar); SF (2): Australian Open (l Cilic); Beijing (l Basilashvili); QF (5): Brisbane (l Dimitrov); Estoril (l Sousa); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Shapovalov); Eastbourne (l Kukushkin); Winston-Salem (l Johnson) YTD W-L: (15-10 on hard) Date of Birth: January 8, 1995 (23) ATP Ranking: 14 (Career-High) Tournament W-L (Best Result): 4-2 (2018 3rd Round) Tournament Note: Attempting to reach 2nd ATP Masters 1000 QF of career (also 2018 Madrid). Earned biggest win of career over No. 3 Dimitrov to reach Australian Open SF (l. to Cilic). Became 4th Brit to reach Australian Open SF and 6th Brit to reach a Grand Slam SF in Open Era. Ended 0-5 start to career in SFs by reaching 1st ATP World Tour final at Marrakech (d. Gasquet, l. to Andujar). Defeated Djokovic and Goffin to advance to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Madrid (l. to Shapovalov). Also reached SF at Beijing (l. to Basilashvili) and QFs at Brisbane (l. to Dimitrov), Estoril (l. to Sousa), Eastbourne (d. Murray, l. to Kukushkin) and Winston-Salem (l. to Johnson). Achieved career-high No. 14 on 8 October. Became No. 1 Brit on 5 March, ending Murray s 12-year reign. Reached Wimbledon 3R for 1st time in 6th appearance (l. to Djokovic). Did not drop a set en route to 1st doubles title at Estoril with 1st-time partner Norrie (d. Koolhof/Sitak). Withdrew from Auckland (right ankle strain), Buenos Aires (ill), Rio de Janeiro (ill) and Umag (throat infection). [7] Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs [10] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) Tsitsipas Leads Estoril (Portugal) Clay R16 Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(3) ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (Canada) Hard SF Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(4) (7) Anderson 2018 Summary W (1): New York (d Querrey); F (3): Pune (l Simon); Acapulco (l Del Potro); Wimbledon (l Djokovic); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (l Tsitsipas); QF (3): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Coric); ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Carreno Busta); Tokyo (l Gasquet) YTD W-L: (27-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: May 18, 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 8 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 9-8 (2015 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Seeking 40th win of Won 40+ matches in 2011 (42-27) and 2015 (46-24). 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), Washington (left hand) and Chengdu (knee). Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Rome 2R vs. Bedene (leg). Tsitsipas 2018 Summary F (2): Barcelona (l Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (l Nadal); SF (2): Estoril (l Sousa); Washington (l A. Zverev); QF (4): Doha (l Thiem); Dubai (l Jaziri); s-hertogenbosch (l Gasquet); Tokyo (l Nishikori) YTD W-L: (18-15 on hard) Date of Birth: August 12, 1998 (20) ATP Ranking: 15 (Career-High) Tournament W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2018 3rd Round)

7 Day 5 Thursday, 11 October 2018 Page 7 of 8 Tournament Note: Owns 7-10 record vs. Top 10 opponents, including 2-0 record vs. Anderson. 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 1 MP vs. Jaziri in s-hertogenbosch 2R (l. to Gasquet in QF) and 2 MPs vs. Donaldson in Washington 2R (l. to A. Zverev in SF). Squandered 1 MP vs. Berankis in Metz 2R. Withdrew from Bastad and Hamburg due to fatigue. Sam Querrey (USA) vs [8] Kei Nishikori (JPN) Nishikori Leads Delray Beach (U.S.A.) Hard SF Kei Nishikori (7) 11 London/Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R64 Sam Querrey ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (Canada) Hard R32 Sam Querrey ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R32 Sam Querrey Washington (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Kei Nishikori Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard SF Kei Nishikori (5) 7-6(5) 15 Tokyo (Japan) Hard R16 Kei Nishikori 7-6(3) Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard SF Kei Nishikori Acapulco (Mexico) Hard R16 Sam Querrey Querrey 2018 Summary F (1): New York (l Anderson); QF (3): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Raonic); London/Queen's Club (l Cilic); Chengdu (l Fritz) YTD W-L: (16-14 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: October 7, 1987 (31) ATP Ranking: 57 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 7-6 (2012, rd Round) Tournament Note: Attempting to reach 5th ATP Masters 1000 QF of career. Yet to reach a SF. Achieved career-high No. 11 in ATP Rankings on 26 February. Owns 1-8 record this season in deciding-set tiebreaks, including loss to Anderson in New York final and losses as defending champion to Ebden in Acapulco 1R and Gerasimov in Los Cabos 2R after holding 2 MPs. Reached 1 SF in 20 tournaments, falling in QFs at ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Raonic), London/Queen s Club (l. to Cilic) and Chengdu (l. to Fritz). Went 3-0 for American Davis Cup team, including biggest win of season over No. 6 Cilic in SF (CRO d. USA 3-2). Suffered 3rd US Open 1R loss in 4 years, retiring vs. Seppi due to cramps. Nishikori 2018 Summary F (2): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l Nadal); Tokyo (l Medvedev); 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: (19-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 12 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 9-5 (2011 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Saved 4 MPs to defeat Querrey en route to 1st ATP World Tour title at 2008 Delray Beach. 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 Suffered 1st loss in 3rd final at Tokyo (l. to Medvedev). Lost 8 straight ATP finals since last title at 2016 Memphis. 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).

8 Day 5 Thursday, 11 October 2018 Page 8 of 8 Reached SFs at New York (l. to Anderson) and Metz (l. to Bachinger), as well as QFs at ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Djokovic) and Washington (l. to A. Zverev). 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). Retired in Barcelona 2R vs. Garcia-Lopez due to right leg injury. Withdrew from Brisbane, Sydney and Australian Open (right wrist), as well as Indian Wells (illness). Peter Gojowczyk (GER) vs Matthew Ebden (AUS) Ebden Leads Newport (U.S.A.) Grass SF Matthew Ebden Gojowczyk 2018 Summary F (2): Delray Beach (l Tiafoe); Geneva (l Fucsovics); QF (2): Doha (l Monfils); Auckland (l Haase) YTD W-L: (16-14 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: July 15, 1989 (29) ATP Ranking: 68 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2018 3rd Round) Tournament Note: Bidding for biggest QF of career (0 Grand Slam QFs, 0 ATP Masters 1000 QFs). Runner-up at Delray Beach (d. Isner in 2R after saving 3 MPs, l. to Tiafoe) and Geneva (d. Fognini, l. to Fucsovics). Broke into Top 50 of ATP Rankings on 5 March and achieved career-high No. 39 on 25 June. Reached back-to-back QFs at Doha (l. to eventual champion Monfils) and Auckland (l. to Haase). Defeated defending champion and World No. 8 Sock in Auckland 2R for biggest win of career. Suffered 6-match losing streak before reaching ATP Masters 1000 Rome 3R (d. Querrey in 1R, l. to Fognini). Snapped 5-match losing streak at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Sousa, l. to Federer in 2R). Retired in New York 2R (foot) and Roland Garros 1R (right hip). Withdrew from Stuttgart and Halle (right hip). Ebden 2018 Summary SF (2): s-hertogenbosch (l Chardy); Atlanta (l Isner); QF (2): Halle (l Federer); Chengdu (l Fognini) YTD W-L: (11-12 on hard) Date of Birth: November 26, 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 51 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 5-1 (2011 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Seven years after reaching 2011 Shanghai QF as Q, bidding for 2nd ATP Masters 1000 QF. Reached 2nd SF of career at s-hertogenbosch (l. to Chardy) and 3rd SF at Atlanta (l. to eventual champion Isner). Advanced to QFs at Halle as SE (l. to No. 1 Federer) and Chengdu (l. to Fognini). 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).

9 ROLEX SHANGHAI MASTERS: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, 10 October 2018 Qi Zhong Tennis Center Shanghai, China 7-14 October 2018 Draw: S-56, D-28 Prize Money: $7,086,700 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RolexShanghaiMasters.com Richard Evans: Press Office: TV & Radio: TennisTV.com FEDERER, DEL POTRO JOIN BATTLE FOR WORLD NO. 2 RANKING Novak Djokovic controls his own destiny this week when it comes to the World No. 2 ranking. But an early loss by the Serbian in Shanghai would open the door for Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro to be No. 2 in the ATP Rankings on 15 October. Federer will remain No. 2 if he wins his third Rolex Shanghai Masters title and Djokovic does not reach the final. Del Potro will achieve a career-high No. 2 if he claims the Shanghai title and Djokovic does not advance to the semi-finals. In all other scenarios, Djokovic is ensured a return to the Top 2 for the first time since June Federer begins his campaign on Wednesday against red-hot Russian Daniil Medvedev, who on Sunday captured his third career title at the ATP World Tour 500 event in Tokyo. Medvedev is overall and on hard courts in 2018, yet he s seeking his first Top 10 win of the season against Federer. Del Potro is the only player on tour with more hard-court wins than Medvedev in The Argentine, who is 35-8 on hard courts this season, opens against Richard Gasquet. Djokovic, Federer, Del Potro and World No. 1 Rafael Nadal will return to The O2 in London November for the Nitto ATP Finals. Four spots remain and the next man in line to qualify is 21-yearold German Alexander Zverev. Already a three-time ATP Masters 1000 champion, Zverev faces a tough test when he opens play on Wednesday against Beijing champion Nikoloz Basilashvili. Also among the Nitto ATP Finals contenders are Kevin Anderson and Kei Nishikori, who compete for the first time this week against qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin and wild card Wu Yibing respectively. ATP RACE TO LONDON ATP RACE TO MILAN No. Player Points No. Player Points 1 Rafael Nadal* 7,480 1 Alexander Zverev* 4,410^ 2 Novak Djokovic* 6,535< 2 Stefanos Tsitsipas* 1,917~ 3 Juan Martin del Potro* 5,210^ 3 Denis Shapovalov 1,450 4 Roger Federer* 4,800^ 4 Alex de Minaur 1,263~ 5 Alexander Zverev 4,410^ 5 Frances Tiafoe 1,055 6 Marin Cilic 3,825 6 Taylor Fritz 898~ 7 Kevin Anderson 3,540^ 7 Andrey Rublev Dominic Thiem 3,535 8 Jaume Munar John Isner 2,930 9 Michael Mmoh Kei Nishikori 2,820^ 10 Hubert Hurkacz Fabio Fognini 2, Lloyd Harris 503< 12 Stefanos Tsitsipas 1,860~ 12 Ugo Humbert 476< Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals Top 7 qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals + 1 WC * Qualified * Qualified ^ Add 90 for 2R win and 10 for 2R loss ^ Add 90 for 2R win and 10 for 2R loss ~ Add 45 for 2R win ~ Add 45 for 2R win < Add 90 for 3R win < Playing on ATP Challenger Tour this week

10 Day 4 Wednesday, 10 October 2018 Page 2 of 8 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: WEDNESDAY 2R SINGLES MATCHES CENTER Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) vs [4] Alexander Zverev (GER) Other Meeting 15 Marseille Q (France) Hard Q1 Alexander Zverev 7-6(5) 6-3 First Tour-Level Meeting Basilashvili 2018 Summary W (2): Hamburg (d L. Mayer); Beijing (d Del Potro); QF (4): Marrakech (l Sousa); Budapest (l Seppi); Antalya (l Vesely); Metz (l Nishikori) YTD W-L: (15-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: February 23, 1992 (26) ATP Ranking: 23 (Career-High) Tournament W-L (Best Result): 1-2 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Seeks 2nd Top 5 win in 4 days after defeating No. 4 Del Potro in Beijing final on Sunday. Became 1st ATP World Tour champion from Georgia, winning Hamburg title as Q (d. 2-time champion L. Mayer). Earned biggest win of career over No. 4 Del Potro to win 2nd ATP World Tour 500 title at Beijing. Achieved career-high No. 23 in ATP Rankings on 8 October. Top Georgian in ATP Rankings history. Became 1st Georgian to reach US Open 4R (d. Sock in 2R, l. to No. 1 Nadal in 4 sets). Reached QFs at Marrakech (l. to Sousa), Budapest (l. to Seppi), Antalya (l. to Vesely) and Metz (l. to Nishikori). Advanced to Australian Open 3R (l. to Edmund after leading 2 sets to 1). Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 events in Madrid (l. to Monfils in 1R) and Rome (l. to Djokovic in 2R). Lost 7 straight matches from 19 January-21 March, including in Davis Cup to No. 698 Ahouda and No. 591 Ouahab. Retired in Acapulco 1R vs. Donaldson and Indian Wells 1R vs. Sandgren due to right shoulder injury. A. Zverev 2018 Summary W (3): Munich (d Kohlschreiber); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d Thiem); Washington (d de Minaur); F (2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Isner); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Nadal); SF (2): Acapulco (l Del Potro); ATP Masters 1000 Monte- Carlo (l Nishikori); QF (2): Roland Garros (l Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (l Tsitsipas) YTD W-L: (23-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 9 Date of Birth: April 20, 1997 (21) ATP Ranking: 5 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 3-2 ( rd Round) Tournament Note: Lost 3-setters to Tsonga in 2016 Shanghai 3R and Del Potro in 2017 Shanghai 3R. Did not drop a set or his serve en route to 3rd ATP Masters 1000 title at Madrid (d. Thiem). Became 1st player to win a clay-court title without being broken since stats started being kept in Faced 1 break point, fewest en route to an ATP Masters 1000 title since stats started being kept in Joined Nadal (33), Djokovic (31), Federer (27) and Murray (14) as active players with 3+ ATP Masters 1000 titles. Preceded Madrid with Munich title (d. Kohlschreiber) and followed it with ATP Masters 1000 Rome final (l. to Nadal). First player since Cilic in 2014 to reach 3 ATP World Tour finals in as many weeks. Defeated older brother Mischa in 1st tour-level H2H en route to 2nd straight Washington title (d. de Minaur). Also advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Miami final (l. to Isner in 3 sets). Rallied from 2-sets-to-1 down 3 times to reach 1st Grand Slam QF at Roland Garros (d. Dzumhur in 3R after saving 1 MP, l. to Thiem). Lost in 3R at Aus. Open (l. to Chung), Wimbledon (l. to Gulbis) and US Open (l. to Kohlschreiber). Squandered 2 MPs vs. Tsitsipas in ATP Masters 1000 Toronto QF. Advanced to Halle doubles final w/m. Zverev, losing rematch of 2017 final (l. to Kubot/Melo).

11 Day 4 Wednesday, 10 October 2018 Page 3 of 8 [3] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) vs Richard Gasquet (FRA) Del Potro Leads ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Richard Gasquet 7-6(2) Stuttgart (Germany) Clay F Juan Martin del Potro Tokyo (Japan) Hard SF Juan Martin del Potro Marseille (France) Hard QF Juan Martin del Potro (5) 12 Estoril (Portugal) Clay F Juan Martin del Potro Basel (Switzerland) Hard SF Juan Martin del Potro ATP Finals (Great Britain) Hard RR Juan Martin del Potro 6-7(4) Del Potro 2018 Summary W (2): Acapulco (d Anderson); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Federer); F (4): Auckland (l Bautista Agut); Los Cabos (l Fognini); US Open (l Djokovic); Beijing (l Basilashvili); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l Isner); Roland Garros (l Nadal); QF (2): Wimbledon (l Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Goffin) YTD W-L: (35-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 22 Date of Birth: September 23, 1988 (30) ATP Ranking: 4 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 7-4 (2013 Finalist) Tournament Note: Earned 1 of his 10 wins over World No. 1 in 2013 Shanghai SF (d. Nadal, l. to Djokovic in final). Achieved career-high No. 3 in ATP Rankings on 13 August -- 4 wrist surgeries and 8+ years after becoming No. 4. Upset No. 1 Nadal in US Open SF to reach 2nd Grand Slam final 9 years after 1st (l. to Djokovic). Set all-time record with 21 Grand Slam appearances between finals. Did not play 14 Grand Slams from Also set all-time record with 35 Grand Slam tournaments held between 1st and 2nd finals. Saved 3 championship points to defeat No. 1 Federer for 1st ATP Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells. Now owns 10 wins over World No most among all players who ve never been ranked No. 1 themselves. Defeated Raonic in Indian Wells SF on 17 March for 400th victory of career. Earned straight-set wins over Top 10 players Thiem, A. Zverev and Anderson en route to Acapulco title. Won 15 straight matches before falling to eventual champion Isner in ATP Masters 1000 Miami SF. Advanced to Roland Garros SF (l. to No. 1 Nadal) and Wimbledon QF (l. to No. 1 Nadal in 5 sets after 4h48m). Reached finals at Auckland (l. to Bautista Agut), Los Cabos (l. to Fognini) and Beijing (l. to Basilashvili). Retired in Rome 3R vs. Goffin (groin strain). Withdrew from London/Queen s Club (adductor) and Toronto (left wrist). Gasquet 2018 Summary W (1): s-hertogenbosch (d Chardy); F (2): Montpellier (l Pouille); Bastad (l Fognini); SF (2): Marrakech (l Edmund); Tokyo (l Nishikori); QF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l A. Zverev); Metz (l Simon) YTD W-L: (15-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 15 Date of Birth: June 18, 1986 (32) ATP Ranking: 25 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 10-8 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Seeks biggest win since 2015 Wimbledon QF (d. No. 4 Wawrinka). Lost 10 straight vs. Top 4. 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 SFs at Marrakech (l. to Edmund) and Tokyo (l. to Nishikori). Lost to eventual champ in 3R at Aus. Open (l. to Federer), Roland Garros (l. to Nadal) and US Open (l. to Djokovic). Dropped to No. 38 in ATP Rankings on 2 April -- lowest since No. 38 on 6 September 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.

12 Day 4 Wednesday, 10 October 2018 Page 4 of 8 [WC] Wu Yibing (CHN) vs [8] Kei Nishikori (JPN) First Meeting Wu 2018 Summary YTD W-L: 3-4 (3-4 on hard) Date of Birth: October 14, 1999 (18) ATP Ranking: 415 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Earned 1st ATP World Tour win of career over fellow Chinese wild card Li on Monday. Achieved career-high No. 299 in ATP Rankings on 10 September. Suffered 1R losses as WC at Auckland (l. to Ferrer), Chengdu (l. to Auger-Aliassime) and Beijing (l. to Jaziri). Went 2-1 for Chinese Davis Cup team (d. Statham and Ramanathan, l. to Gunneswaran). Advanced to Challenger QFs at Chengdu, CHN (l. to Laaksonen) and Zhangjiagang, CHN (l. to Kecmanovic). Reached 2nd ITF Futures Circuit final at Shenzhen, CHN (l. to Te). Missed 4 months of season (February, March, May, June). Nishikori 2018 Summary F (2): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l Nadal); Tokyo (l Medvedev); 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: (18-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: December 29, 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 12 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 8-5 (2011 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Advanced to 2011 Shanghai SF in tournament main draw debut (l. to Murray). 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 Suffered 1st loss in 3rd final at Tokyo (l. to Medvedev). Lost 8 straight ATP finals since last title at 2016 Memphis. 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 SFs at New York (l. to Anderson) and Metz (l. to Bachinger), as well as QFs at ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to Djokovic) and Washington (l. to A. Zverev). 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). Retired in Barcelona 2R vs. Garcia-Lopez due to right leg injury. Withdrew from Brisbane, Sydney and Australian Open (right wrist), as well as Indian Wells (illness). [1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs Daniil Medvedev (RUS) First Meeting Federer 2018 Summary W (3): Australian Open (d Cilic); Rotterdam (d Dimitrov); Stuttgart (d Raonic); F (3): ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Del Potro); Halle (l Coric); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Djokovic); QF (1): Wimbledon (l Anderson) YTD W-L: 36-6 (24-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 98 Date of Birth: August 8, 1981 (37) ATP Ranking: 2 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 18-4 (2014, 2017 Champion) Tournament Note: Seeking 28th ATP Masters 1000 title of career and 1st since 2017 Shanghai (d. No. 1 Nadal). Became oldest World No. 1 in 45-year history of ATP Rankings at age 36 on 19 February. Owns records for most weeks at No. 1 (310), years since debut at No. 1 (14) and years between stints at No. 1 (5). Secured No. 1 ranking with Rotterdam QF win (d. Haase). Went on to win 97th ATP World Tour title (d. Dimitrov). Clinched No. 1 most recently with Stuttgart SF win (d. Kyrgios in 3rd-set TB). Went on to win 98th title (d. Raonic). Ranked No. 1 for 6 weeks from 19 February-1 April, 1 week from May and 1 week from June.

13 Day 4 Wednesday, 10 October 2018 Page 5 of 8 Extended records with 20th Grand Slam title and 30th final at Australian Open (d. Cilic). Tied record with 6th AO title. Tied his own record with 34 straight sets won at Wimbledon before squandering 1 MP vs. Anderson in QF. Held in 100 straight service games at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l. to Djokovic in final after being broken 3 times). Saved 2 MPs vs. Paire en route to 12th Halle final (l. to Coric). Enjoyed career-best 17-0 start before squandering 3 MPs vs. Del Potro in ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells final. Fell to Del Potro in 3rd-set TB. Now 1-8 in championship matches decided by final-set TB. Also lost 3rd-set TB to No. 175 Kokkinakis in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R -- worst loss by World No. 1 since same tournament and round in 2003 (No. 178 Clavet d. No. 1 Hewitt). Skipped clay-court season and has not played on surface since 12 May 2016 (l. to Thiem in Rome 3R). Medvedev 2018 Summary W (3): Sydney (d de Minaur); Winston-Salem (d Johnson); Tokyo (d Nishikori); QF (2): Rotterdam (l Seppi); St. Petersburg (l Thiem) YTD W-L: (32-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 3 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: February 11, 1996 (22) ATP Ranking: 22 (Career-High) Tournament W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Owns 1-6 career record vs. Top 10 opponents (d. No. 3 Wawrinka in 2017 Wimbledon 1R). 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). Added 7 more wins for 3rd and biggest title of season and career at Tokyo as Q (d. Nishikori). Achieved career-high No. 22 in ATP Rankings on 8 October. Ranked as low as No. 84 on 8 January. 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. Withdrew from Marseille due to left abductor injury. SHOW COURT 3 Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs [11] Kyle Edmund (GBR) Edmund Leads Antwerp (Belgium) Hard QF Kyle Edmund Australian Open (Australia) Hard R16 Kyle Edmund 6-7(4) ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay R64 Andreas Seppi Seppi 2018 Summary SF (2): Rotterdam (l Federer); Budapest (l Cecchinato); QF (2): Geneva (l Gojowczyk); Halle (l Coric) YTD W-L: (10-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: February 21, 1984 (34) ATP Ranking: 47 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 5-4 (2010 3rd Round) Tournament Note: Beat Mannarino in 1R for 20th win of Earned 20+ wins in 12 of last 13 seasons. Advanced to SFs at Rotterdam as LL (d. A. Zverev in 2R, l. to Federer) and Budapest (l. to Cecchinato). Also advanced to QFs at Geneva (l. to Gojowczyk) and Halle (l. to Coric). Reached Australian Open 4R for 4th time (d. Karlovic 9-7 in 5th, l. to Edmund). Fell to 0-6 in Grand Slam 4R overall. Entered Australian Open after capturing 8th ATP Challenger Tour title at Canberra, AUS (d. Fucsovics). Qualified and advanced to ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo 3R (l. to Nishikori). Appeared in 54h straight Grand Slam main draw at US Open, reaching 2R (l. to Shapovalov in 5 sets). Squandered 2 MPs in Shenzhen 1R vs. Ramos-Vinolas. Withdrew from Indian Wells, Miami, Umag, Hamburg and Cincinnati qualifying due to left hip injury.

14 Day 4 Wednesday, 10 October 2018 Page 6 of 8 Edmund 2018 Summary F (1): Marrakech (l Andujar); SF (2): Australian Open (l Cilic); Beijing (l Basilashvili); QF (5): Brisbane (l Dimitrov); Estoril (l Sousa); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Shapovalov); Eastbourne (l Kukushkin); Winston-Salem (l Johnson) YTD W-L: (14-10 on hard) Date of Birth: January 8, 1995 (23) ATP Ranking: 14 (Career-High) Tournament W-L (Best Result): 3-2 ( nd Round) Tournament Note: Beat Krajinovic in 1R for 30th win of 2018, trying career-best 30 wins in 2017 (30-30). Earned biggest win of career over No. 3 Dimitrov to reach Australian Open SF (l. to Cilic). Became 4th Brit to reach Australian Open SF and 6th Brit to reach a Grand Slam SF in Open Era. Ended 0-5 start to career in SFs by reaching 1st ATP World Tour final at Marrakech (d. Gasquet, l. to Andujar). Defeated Djokovic and Goffin to advance to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Madrid (l. to Shapovalov). Also reached SF at Beijing (l. to Basilashvili) and QFs at Brisbane (l. to Dimitrov), Estoril (l. to Sousa), Eastbourne (d. Murray, l. to Kukushkin) and Winston-Salem (l. to Johnson). Achieved career-high No. 14 on 8 October. Became No. 1 Brit on 5 March, ending Murray s 12-year reign. Reached Wimbledon 3R for 1st time in 6th appearance (l. to Djokovic). Did not drop a set en route to 1st doubles title at Estoril with 1st-time partner Norrie (d. Koolhof/Sitak). Withdrew from Auckland (right ankle strain), Buenos Aires (ill), Rio de Janeiro (ill) and Umag (throat infection). Karen Khachanov (RUS) vs [10] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) Tsitsipas Leads ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R64 Stefanos Tsitsipas Khachanov 2018 Summary W (1): Marseille (d Pouille); SF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (l Nadal); QF (3): Auckland (l Del Potro); Montpellier (l Goffin); Halle (l Bautista Agut) YTD W-L: (24-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: May 21, 1996 (22) ATP Ranking: 27 Tournament W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2018 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Now the No. 2 Russian after being passed by Medvedev in ATP Rankings on 8 October. Captured 2nd ATP title at Marseille (d. Berdych and Pouille). Lost rematch to Pouille 3 days later in Dubai 2R. Equaled career-best win over No. 9 Isner en route to 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF at Toronto (l. to No. 1 Nadal). Achieved career-high No. 24 in ATP Rankings on 17 September. Advanced to QFs at Auckland (l. to Del Potro), Montpellier (l. to Goffin) and Halle (l. to Bautista Agut). Earned 5-set wins over Baghdatis and Tiafoe to advance to Wimbledon 4R (l. to Djokovic). Reached Roland Garros 4R for 2nd straight year (d. Pouille, l. to A. Zverev after leading 2 sets to 1). Lost in 4 sets to No. 1 Nadal in US Open 3R after 4 hours, 23 minutes. Played in 1st ATP World Tour doubles final at ATP Masters 1000 Miami w/rublev (l. to Bryan/Bryan). Withdrew from Lyon due to fatigue and s-hertogenbosch due to left foot injury. Tsitsipas 2018 Summary F (2): Barcelona (l Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (l Nadal); SF (2): Estoril (l Sousa); Washington (l A. Zverev); QF (4): Doha (l Thiem); Dubai (l Jaziri); s-hertogenbosch (l Gasquet); Tokyo (l Nishikori) YTD W-L: (17-15 on hard) Date of Birth: August 12, 1998 (20) ATP Ranking: 15 (Career-High) Tournament W-L (Best Result): 2-1 ( nd Round) Tournament Note: Ended 0-8 start to career in tour-level matches by beating Khachanov in 2017 Shanghai 1R. 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).