10 THINGS TO WATCH IN MOSCOW

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1 VTB KREMLIN CUP: PREVIEW & 15 OCTOBER MEDIA NOTES Olympic Stadium Moscow, Russia October 2018 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $856,445 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com KremlinCup.ru Brendan Press TV & Radio: TennisTV.com 10 THINGS TO WATCH IN MOSCOW 1) Ending Indoors: Only indoor tennis remains on the calendar, beginning with ATP World Tour 250 events this week in Moscow, Antwerp and Stockholm. At the VTB Kremlin Cup, ATP Most Improved Player of the Year contenders Marco Cecchinato and Daniil Medvedev are the Top 2 seeds. 2) Sicilian Sensation: Cecchinato entered the season with four wins on the ATP World Tour. The 26- year-old has 23 wins in 2018 alone with clay-court titles at Budapest and Umag. Cecchinato upset 2016 champion Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros to become the first Grand Slam semi-finalist from Italy in 40 years. On Monday, Cecchinato will break into the Top 20 of the ATP Rankings. 3) Russian No. 1: Medvedev became the Russian No. 1 on 8 October after winning his third and biggest title of the season at the ATP World Tour 500 event in Tokyo. All three of Medvedev s title wins have come over opponents playing on home soil. He defeated Alex de Minaur in the Sydney final, Steve Johnson in the Winston-Salem final and then-no. 12 Kei Nishikori in the Tokyo final. 4) 22 and Rising: Fellow 22-year-old Moscow native Karen Khachanov is the No. 3 seed in Moscow after accepting a wild card. While Medvedev has 37 wins on the season, Khachanov is not far behind with 35. The former Russian No. 1 won the second title of his career at Marseille in February and advanced to his first ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final and semi-final at Toronto in August. 5) Even Younger: Neither Medvedev nor Khachanov began 2018 as the Russian No. 1. That honor went to Andrey Rublev, who turns 21 on 20 October. After struggling with a back injury, Rublev is seventh in the ATP Race to Milan with seven players due to qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals. 6) The Champ is Here: Damir Dzumhur made history in 2017 as the first player to sweep both Russian tournaments in a single season. The St. Petersburg and Moscow champion ended 2017 on a 24-7 run. Though he is in 2018, Dzumhur added his third ATP title at Antalya in June. 7) Welcome to Russia: While Dzumhur feels right at home on indoor Russian hard courts, Nick Kyrgios will be making his debut in Russia this week. The 23-year-old wild card started his season on a seven-match winning streak. Since then, Kyrgios is and has not appeared in a final. 8) Comeback Kliz: In 2017, Martin Klizan injured his left calf and did not play a tour-level match after Wimbledon. He fell to No. 181 in the ATP Rankings on 26 February Klizan is back in the Top 50 after winning the Kitzbuhel title in August and reaching the St. Petersburg final in September. 9) Ranking Pressure: Filip Krajinovic reached the final of ATP Masters 1000 Paris as a qualifier in When he returns to Paris in two weeks, Krajinovic will defend 625 of his 1,222 ranking points. Injured for much of 2018, Krajinovic can earn much-needed points as the No. 4 seed in Moscow. 10) Dream Team: For the first time since reaching the ATP Masters 1000 Miami final in March, Khachanov and Rublev will play doubles together at an ATP World Tour event. The Russians beat Nitto ATP Finals qualifiers Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares and Oliver Marach/Mate Pavic in Miami.

2 Page 2 of 5 WHO TO WATCH THIS WEEK SINGLES SEED PLAYER W-L BEST TOURNAMENT FINISH 1 Marco Cecchinato (ITA) 0-0 Debut 2 Daniil Medvedev (RUS) Quarter-finals 3 Karen Khachanov (RUS) Quarter-finals 4 Filip Krajinovic (SRB) nd Round 5 Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 0-0 Debut 6 Damir Dzumhur (BIH) Champion 7 Jeremy Chardy (FRA) Semi-finals 8 Martin Klizan (SVK) 0-0 Debut QUALIFIERS (4) Alexander Bublik (KAZ) Egor Gerasimov (BLR) Filip Horansky (SVK) Lukas Rosol (CZE) OLDEST PLAYER Malek Jaziri (TUN) 34 years, 8 months WILD CARDS (3) Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS) Karen Khachanov (RUS) Nick Kyrgios (AUS) YOUNGEST PLAYER Andrey Rublev (RUS) 20 years, 11 months TOP COUNTRY BREAKDOWN Russia 5, France 4, Serbia 3, Italy 3, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2, Kazakhstan 2, Slovakia 2 DOUBLES SEED TEAM W-L BEST TOURNAMENT FINISH 1 Julio Peralta (CHI) 0-0 Debut Horacio Zeballos (ARG) Semi-finals 2 Austin Krajicek (USA) 0-0 Debut Rajeev Ram (USA) Semi-finals 3 Max Mirnyi (BLR) , 2002, 2003, 2005, 2017 Champion Philipp Oswald (AUT) Champion 4 Marcin Matkowski (POL) Quarter-finals Nicholas Monroe (USA) 0-0 Debut PAST FINALISTS SINGLES (since 2009) YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2017 Damir Dzumhur (BIH) Ricardas Berankis (LTU) Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) Fabio Fognini (ITA) Marin Cilic (CRO) Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Marin Cilic (CRO) Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Richard Gasquet (FRA) Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) Andreas Seppi (ITA) Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) (3) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) Viktor Troicki (SRB) Viktor Troicki (SRB) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 6-7(5) BOLD: Player in 2018 VTB Kremlin Cup singles draw.

3 Page 3 of 5 DOUBLES (since 2001) YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2017 Max Mirnyi/Philipp Oswald Damir Dzumhur/Antonio Sancic Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah Julian Knowle/Jurgen Melzer [10-5] 2015 Andrey Rublev/Dmitry Tursunov Radu Albot/Frantisek Cermak [10-6] 2014 Frantisek Cermak/Jiri Vesely Sam Groth/Chris Guccione 7-6(2) Mikhail Elgin/Denis Istomin Ken Skupski/Neal Skupski [14-12] 2012 Frantisek Cermak/Michal Mertinak Simone Bolelli/Daniele Bracciali Frantisek Cermak/Filip Polasek Carlos Berlocq/David Marrero Igor Kunitsyn/Dmitry Tursunov Janko Tipsarevic/Viktor Troicki 7-6(8) Pablo Cuevas/Marcel Granollers Frantisek Cermak/Michal Mertinak [10-8] 2008 Sergiy Stakhovsky/Potito Starace Stephen Huss/Ross Hutchins 7-6(4) 2-6 [10-6] 2007 Marat Safin/Dmitry Tursunov Tomas Cibulec/Lovro Zovko Fabrice Santoro/Nenad Zimonjic Frantisek Cermak/Jaroslav Levinsky Max Mirnyi/Mikhail Youzhny Igor Andreev/Nikolay Davydenko Igor Andreev/Nikolay Davydenko Mahesh Bhupathi/Jonas Bjorkman Mahesh Bhupathi/Max Mirnyi Wayne Black/Kevin Ullyett Roger Federer/Max Mirnyi Joshua Eagle/Sandon Stolle (0) 2001 Max Mirnyi/Sandon Stolle Mahesh Bhupathi/Jeff Tarango BOLD: Player in 2018 VTB Kremlin Cup doubles draw. ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY VTB Kremlin Cup W F SF QF R16 R32 Singles Ranking Points Singles Prize Money ($) 152,785 80,465 43,590 24,835 14,630 8,670 Doubles Ranking Points Doubles Prize Money ($) 46,420 24,400 13,220 7,570 4, FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: MONDAY FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES CENTRE COURT Laslo Djere (SRB) vs Aljaz Bedene (SLO) Bedene Leads Budapest (Hungary) Clay SF Aljaz Bedene Banja Luka CH (Bosnia & Herzegovina) Clay R32 Aljaz Bedene (6) Djere 2018 Summary 23 years old World No in 2018 (2 SFs) 1-1 at Moscow (2017 2nd Round) Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour SF at Istanbul (l. to Jaziri) and 3rd at Gstaad (d. Coric in 2R, l. to Bautista Agut). Reached Umag QF (d champion Cuevas in 1R, l. to eventual champion Cecchinato in QF). Earned 1st Grand Slam win at US Open (d. L. Mayer, l. to Gasquet in 2R). Achieved career-high No. 83 in ATP Rankings on 24 September. Captured 2nd ATP Challenger Tour title of career at Milan, ITA (d. Mager). Challenger runner-up at Rome, ITA (l. to Pavlasek) and Prostejov, CZE (d. Garcia-Lopez in 3rd-set TB, l. to Munar). Went on 10-match losing streak from 3 January-29 April, including tour-level, qualifying and Challenger matches. Bedene 2018 Summary 29 years old World No in 2018 (1 Final) 0-1 at Moscow (2015 1st Round) Advanced to 3rd ATP World Tour final at Buenos Aires (d. Schwartzman in QF, l. to Thiem). Achieved career-high No. 43 in ATP Rankings on 19 February after reaching Buenos Aires final. Reached Budapest SF (l. to Millman after holding 3 MPs) and Rio de Janeiro QF (d. Carreno Busta, l. to Fognini). Earned biggest win of career over No. 7 Anderson to reach Rome 3R. Now 1-18 vs. Top 10 opponents. Won ATP Challenger Tour title at Orleans, FRA on 30 September (d. Hoang). Returned to Davis Cup for 1st time since 2012 and went 4-0 in singles for Slovenia during 2 Group II ties.

4 Page 4 of 5 Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs [WC] Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS) Mannarino 2018 Summary 30 years old World No in 2018 (1 Final) 2-2 at Moscow (2017 Semi-finals) Achieved career-high No. 22 in ATP Rankings on 19 March. Advanced to 2nd straight Antalya final, but fell to 0-5 in ATP World Tour championship matches (l. to Dzumhur). Reached QF-or-better at 6 events, including run to New York SF (l. to Querrey in 3 sets). Snapped 6-match losing streak by reaching London/Queen s Club QF (d. Evans and Benneteau, l. to Djokovic). Appeared in Australian Open 3R for 1st time (l. to Thiem) and Wimbledon 4R for 3rd time (l. to Federer). Saved 1 MP vs. Cecchinato in Cincinnati 1R. Squandered 3 MPs vs. Carreno Busta in Barcelona 3R. In Davis Cup debut, clinched 1R tie with 5-set win over Haase (FRA d. NED 3-1). Karlovskiy 2018 Summary 24 years old World No in at Moscow (Main draw debut) Contesting his first ATP World Tour main draw match. Currently at new career-high ranking of No Fell in 1R of qualifying at Lyon (l. to Martineau) and St. Petersburg (l. to Ivashka). Won ATP Challenger Tour event at Winnetka, IL, USA (def. Jung) as part of a 14-match win streak below Tour-level during July; had won ITF Futures event at Wichita, KS, USA the week before (def. Vukic) and reached final of ITF Futures event at Iowa City, IA, USA the week after (l. to Glasspool). Also made Challenger QFs at Binghamton, NY, USA, and at two back-to-back events in Bangkok, THA. COURT 2 [Q] Lukas Rosol (CZE) vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA) FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: REMAINING FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Mischa Zverev (GER) Paire Leads US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Mischa Zverev (3) Montpellier (France) Hard R32 Benoit Paire ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Benoit Paire Marseille Q (France) Hard Q2 Mischa Zverev 7-6(5) 6-1 [Q] Egor Gerasimov (BLR) vs [6] Damir Dzumhur (BIH) First Tour-Level Meeting 14 Mersin CH (Turkey) Clay R16 Damir Dzumhur (1) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) vs Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) Kukushkin Leads Munich (Germany) Clay R32 Mikhail Kukushkin ret. 16 RUS vs. KAZ WG Play-Off (Russia) Hard RR Mikhail Kukushkin 6-7(7) US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Mikhail Kukushkin s 07 St. Petersburg Q (Russia) Carpet Q2 Mikhail Kukushkin Penza CH (Russia) Hard R32 Mikhail Kukushkin (5) Saransk CH (Russia) Clay R32 Evgeny Donskoy Beijing Q (China) Hard Q1 Mikhail Kukushkin Astana CH (Kazakhstan) Hard F Mikhail Kukushkin Beijing Q (China) Hard Q1 Evgeny Donskoy Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) vs [Q] Alexander Bublik (KAZ)

5 Page 5 of 5 Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs [8] Martin Klizan (SVK) Seppi Leads ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R64 Andreas Seppi (5) 15 Hamburg (Germany) Clay R32 Andreas Seppi Sofia (Bulgaria) Hard QF Martin Klizan s 10 Kitzbuhel CH (Austria) Clay R32 Andreas Seppi Rotterdam Q (The Netherlands) Hard Q2 Martin Klizan (2) [5/WC] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) vs Andrey Rublev (RUS) Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs Mirza Basic (BIH) Basic Leads BIH vs. TUN EAG2 1st RD (Bos. & Herz.) Carpet RR Mirza Basic (6) 7-6(16) Roland Garros Q (France) Clay Q1 Malek Jaziri [7] Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs Denis Istomin (UZB) Series Tied Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Denis Istomin ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Jeremy Chardy Dusan Lajovic (SRB) vs [Q] Filip Horansky (SVK) Lajovic Leads Lyon (France) Clay R16 Dusan Lajovic Antalya (Turkey) Grass R32 Dusan Lajovic