bet-at-home OPEN: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, July 28, 2015

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1 bet-at-home OPEN: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, July 28, 2015 Hamburg Sports & Entertainment, Hamburg, Germany July 27 August 2, 2015 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: 1,507,960 Surface: Outdoor Clay ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: Martin #BAHO2015 Nanette Duxin: nduxin@atpworldtour.com facebook.com/atpworldtour facebook.com/tennisamrothenbaum Press Room: NADAL, ROBREDO HIGHLIGHT DAY 2 ACTION AS FIRST ROUND CONCLUDES Day 1: Former champions Rafael Nadal (2008) and Tommy Robredo (2006) highlight Tuesday s action at the. Kicking off play on centre court is Croatian teenager Borna Coric and Spanish / No. 3 seed Roberto Bautista Agut. Following German hopeful Philipp Kohlschreiber faces Benoit Paire of France. The third match is the 16 th meeting between Spanish compatriots Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco. Verdasco has won the last two meetings against the top seed (Nadal leads 13-2). The last match is a rematch of last week s semi-finals at Bastad between No. 2 seed Robredo and German teenager Alexander Zverev. All together there are 15 matches scheduled (12 singles and 3 doubles). Nadal Top Seed: World No. 10 and 2008 champion Rafael Nadal accepted a wild card into Hamburg and he is making his fourth tournament appearance, the first since capturing the title seven years ago (d. Federer). He also reached the final in 07 (l. to Federer). Nadal has an 11-2 career record in Hamburg. The 29-year-old Spaniard is playing in his first tournament since falling to Dustin Brown in the 2 nd Round at Wimbledon on July 2. Nadal has a match record on the season with titles in Buenos Aires in February (d. Monaco) and Stuttgart last month (d. Troicki). Rafa on Clay: Nadal comes in with a 21-6 match record on clay this season with his best result a 46 th career clay title in Buenos Aires in February (d. Monaco). He also advanced to the final at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Murray) and the semi-finals in Rio de Janeiro and ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo. His 39-match winning streak at Roland Garros came to an end with his quarter-final loss to Djokovic. Nadal is looking to extend his streak of having won at least one European clay court title every year since 2004 when he captured his maiden ATP World Tour crown in Sopot. Germans in Field: There are three Germans in the main draw (not including qualifiers), led by Philipp Kohlschreiber, who is making his 11 th tournament appearance (10-10). His best result was the semi-finals last year (l. to L. Mayer). Other Germans in the field are wild cards Florian Mayer (d. Montanes in 1R on Monday) and 18-year-old Alexander Zverev, who last year reached his maiden ATP World Tour semi-final in his hometown tournament. The last German winner was Michael Stich in First-Time ATP Winners: On Sunday, Benoit Paire became the sixth first-time winner on the ATP World Tour this year after defeating Tommy Robredo 76(7) 63 in the final at Bastad. Three of the first time winners were born in the 1990s. Here are the first-time winners: Age Tournament Jiri Vesely 21 Auckland Victor Estrella Burgos 34 Quito Jack Sock 22 Houston Dominic Thiem 21 Geneva Denis Istomin 28 Nottingham Benoit Paire 26 Bastad

2 Page 2 of 6 Let s Meet Again: No. 2 seed Robredo and Zverev will meet in the 1R after playing each other in the semi-finals in Bastad on Saturday (Robredo won 63 64). In another rematch from last week, No. 3 Bautista Agut and another teenager, Borna Coric, play again. Last week in Umag, the Spaniard won the QF match Teenage Match Wins Leaders: Coric has the most match wins (19) among teenagers on the ATP World Tour this year, while Zverev has the second most (10). Here are the teenage wins leaders (ATP World Tour, Grand Slam only): W L Coric, Borna CRO Zverev, Alexander GER Kokkinakis, Thanasi AUS 9 12 Rublev, Andrey RUS 5 7 Kyrgios, Nick AUS 5 4 Ymer, Elias SWE 3 6 Chung, Hyeon KOR 3 4 Donaldson, Jared USA Nishioka, Yoshihito JPN Playing in Atlanta on Tues. TUESDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS In Order of Play by Court Center Court Borna Coric (CRO) vs (3) Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Bautista Agut Leads Umag (Croatia) Clay QF Roberto Bautista Agut Coric FastFacts: SF (2): Dubai (l Federer); Nice (l Mayer); QF(2): Estoril (l Garcia-Lopez); Umag (l Bautista Agut) YTD W-L: (10-6 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 14, 1996 Emirates ATP Ranking: 33 Hamburg W-L (Best Result-Year): Debut The 18-year-old Croatian is making his tournament debut Last week reached his 4 th ATP World Tour QF of the year at Umag (l. to Bautista Agut) Reached SF at Dubai (d. Murray in QF, l. to eventual champion Federer) as a lucky loser and Nice (l. to Mayer), fell in QF at Estoril (l. to Garcia-Lopez) In Grand Slam play (3-3 record), reached 3R at Roland Garros (d. Querrey in 1R, Robredo in 2R, l. to Sock), 2R at Wimbledon (l. to Seppi) and fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Chardy) Bautista Agut FastFacts: SF (4): Chennai (l Bedene); Marseille (l Monfils); Munich (l Murray); Umag (l Sousa); QF: Barcelona (l Nishikori) YTD W-L: (12-8 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 23 Hamburg W-L (Best Result-Year): 1-1 (2R 2013)

3 Page 3 of 6 The 27-year-old Spaniard is playing here for the second time and has a 1-1 tournament record. Reached 2R (l. to Verdasco) in his tournament debut in 2013 Last week reached third ATP World Tour SF of the year at Umag (l. to Sousa) Opened year by reaching SF at Chennai (l. to Bedene), also reached SF at Marseille (l. to Monfils) and Munich (l. to eventual Champion Murray). Reached QF at Barcelona (l. to Nishikori) In Grand Slam play (5-3 record), reached 4R for the first time at Wimbledon (l. to Federer). Fell in 2R at Australian Open (l. to Muller) and Roland Garros (l. to Rosol) Best ATP Masters 1000 result was 3R three times at Indiana Wells (l. to Sock, 1R bye), Monte Carlo (l. to Berdych) and Madrid (l. to Nishikori) Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) Kohlschreiber Leads US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-7(4) (4) 12 Metz (France) Hard R16 Philipp Kohlschreiber ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Benoit Paire ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada) Hard R64 Benoit Paire 7-6(1) Barcelona (Spain) Clay R16 Philipp Kohlschreiber (6) Paire FastFacts: W: Bastad (d Robredo) YTD W-L: 13-9 (10-5 on clay) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 8, 1989 Emirates ATP Ranking: 42 Hamburg W-L (Best Result-Year): 2-2 (3R 2013) The 26-year-old Frenchman is playing here for the third consecutive year and has a 2-2 tournament record. Best result was reaching the 3R in 2013 (l. to Monaco, 1R bye) in his tournament debut in 2013 On Sunday captured his first career ATP World Tour title at Bastad (d. Robredo) and became the sixth first-time ATP World Tour winner this season. He also became the 8 th different player outside the Top 50 Emirates ATP Rankings to win a title this year at No. 59 (jumped to No. 42) Previous best tour-level result was 3R at Barcelona (l. to Kohlschreiber) In Grand Slam play (3-2), best result was 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Berdych), fell in 2R at Wimbledon (l. to Bautista Agut), failed to qualifying at Australian Open (l. to Ymer in Q1) Kohlschreiber FastFacts: F: Munich (l Murray); QF(4): Montpellier (l Sousa); Barcelona (l Ferrer); Stuttgart (l Monfils); Umag (l Monfils) YTD W-L: (12-7 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: October 16, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 40 Hamburg W-L (Best Result-Year): (SF 2014) The 31-year-old German is making his 11 th tournament appearance and has a tournament record. His best result was the SF last year (l. to L. Mayer). Last week reached 5 th ATP World Tour QF of the year at Umag (l. to Monfils) In May, reached final at Munch (l. to Murray) dropped to 5-7 in ATP World Tour finals Reached QF at Montpellier (l. to Sousa), Barcelona (l. to Ferrer) and Stuttgart (l. to Monfils) In Grand Slam play (2-3 record), reached 2R at Australian Open (l. to Tomic) and Roland Garros (l. to Andujar), fell in 1R at Wimbledon (l. to eventual champion Djokovic)

4 Page 4 of 6 (1-WC) Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP Nadal Leads Doha (Qatar) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Rafael Nadal Stuttgart (Germany) Clay R16 Rafael Nadal London / Queen's Club (England) Grass R16 Rafael Nadal (3) 7-6(3) 07 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Rafael Nadal Roland Garros (France) Clay R16 Rafael Nadal Australian Open (Australia) Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-7(4) (2) 6-7(1) ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay QF Rafael Nadal ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay QF Rafael Nadal ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco) Clay F Rafael Nadal US Open (U.S.A.) Hard QF Rafael Nadal ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 7-6(9) 12 Barcelona (Spain) Clay SF Rafael Nadal ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R16 Fernando Verdasco ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Fernando Verdasco Other Meeting: 03 Hamburg CH (Germany) Carpet QF Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Fernando Verdasco Sets Won: 31 8 Tiebreak Sets Won: 5 3 Match Wins By Surface: Clay: 6 1 Hard: 6 1 Grass: 1 0 Nadal FastFacts: W(2): Buenos Aires (d Monaco); Stuttgart (d Troicki); F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Murray); SF(2): Rio de Janeiro (l Fognini); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Djokovic); QF(4): Australian Open (l Berdych); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Raonic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Wawrinka); Roland Garros (l Djokovic) YTD W-L: (21-6 on clay) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 66 Date of Birth: June 3, 1986 Emirates 2015 ATP Ranking: 10 Hamburg W-L (Best Result-Year): 11-2 (Winner 2008) The 29-year-old Spaniard and 2008 champion accepted a wild card into Hamburg and he is making his fourth tournament appearance, the first since capturing the title seven years ago (d. Federer). He also reached the final in 07 (l. to Federer). Nadal has an 11-2 record in Hamburg Playing in his first tournament since falling to qualifier Dustin Brown in the 2R at Wimbledon on July 2. It was the first time he had lost to a qualifier at a Grand Slam (20-1) Has reached the QF or better nine times this year including capturing titles in Buenos Aires (d. Monaco) and Stuttgart (d. Troicki) his first grass-court title since 2010 Wimbledon In Grand Slam play (9-3 record), reached QF at Australian Open (l. to Berdych) and Roland Garros (l. to Djokovic) loss broke 39-match winning streak in Paris. Fell in 2R at Wimbledon (l. to Brown) Best ATP Masters 1000 result was reaching the final at Madrid (l. to Murray)

5 Page 5 of 6 Verdasco FastFacts: SF(2): Quito (l Lopez); Houston (l Querrey) YTD W-L: (9-8 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: November 15, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 41 Hamburg W-L (Best Result-Year): 13-9 (SF 2011) The 31-year-old left-handed Spaniard is making his 10 th appearance here and has a 13-9 tournament record. His best result was reaching the SF in 2011 (l. to Almagro), also reached the QF three times 2006 (l. to Acasuso), 2008 (l. to Federer) and 2013 (l. to Delbonis) Has reached two SFs this year Quito (l. to Lopez) and Houston (l. to Querrey) In Grand Slam play (5-3 record), reached 3R at Australian Open (l. to eventual champion Djokovic), and Wimbledon (l. to Wawrinka), reached 2R at Roland Garros (l. to Becker) Best ATP Masters 1000 result was 4R at Miami (d. No. 3 Nadal in 3R, l.to Monaco). Win over Nadal was his second in a row over his compatriot (also 2012 Madrid) Has a career record vs Top 10 opponents (2-7 in 2015) (WC) Alexander Zverev (GER) vs (2) Tommy Robredo (ESP) Robredo Leads Bastad (Sweden) Clay SF Tommy Robredo Zverev FastFacts: SF: Bastad (l Robredo) YTD W-L: (4-2 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: April 20, 1997 Emirates ATP Ranking: 98 Hamburg W-L (Best Result-Year): 3-1 (SF 2014) The 18-year-old German reached his first career ATP World Tour SF here last year (l. to Robredo) in his tournament debut ranked No. 285 Last week reached his second career ATP World Tour SF at Bastad (l. to Robredo). He was attempting to become first teenager to reach Bastad final since 05 when Nadal beat Berdych (both were 19). The last teenager to win an ATP World Tour title was Marin Cilic in New Haven in 08. Afterwards climbed from No. 123 to No. 98. Reached career-high No. 74 on June 29 Previous best result this year as 3R at Nottingham (l. to Baghdatis) In Grand Slam play (1-1 record), reached 2R at Wimbledon at (l. to Kudla), fell in qualifying at Australian Open (l. to Smith in Q1) and Roland Garros (l. to Sijsling in Q2) Robredo FastFacts: F: Bastad (l Paire); QF(2): Buenos Aires (l Almagro); Barcelona (l Klizan) YTD W-L: (10-7 on clay) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: May 1, 1982 Emirates ATP Ranking: 21 Hamburg W-L (Best Result-Year): (Winner 2006) The 33-year-old Spaniard defeated Radek Stepanek to win the title here in Also reached SFs in 2002 (l. to Safin). He is playing here for the 12 th time and has a tournament record Last week reached 1 st ATP World Tour final of the year at Bastad (l. to Paire) dropped to in finals (11-7 on clay) Reached QFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Almagro) and Barcelona (l. t Klizan) In Grand Slam play (1-3 record), best result was 2R at Roland Garros (l. to Coric), fell in 1R at Australian Open (l. to Roger-Vasselin) and Wimbledon (l. to Millman) Best ATP Masters 1000 result was 4R at Indian Wells (l. to Raonic)

6 Page 6 of 6 Arriba Court (6) Juan Monaco (ARG) vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT) Monaco Leads Bastad (Sweden) Clay R32 Juan Monaco 7-6(6) Tokyo (Japan) Hard R16 Ernests Gulbis ret 10 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Juan Monaco (5) ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco) Clay R32 Juan Monaco Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Ernests Gulbis (4) ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Juan Monaco Lukas Rosol (CZE) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA) Bolelli Leads Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard R32 Simone Bolelli Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs (5) Pablo Cuevas (URU) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 13 Montevideo CH (Uruguay) Clay SF Diego Schwartzman Court M2 (4) Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs Martin Klizan (SVK) Seppi Leads ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R64 Andreas Seppi (5) Other meeting: 10 Kitzbuhel CH (Austria) Clay R32 Andreas Seppi (8) Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA) Fognini Leads Vina del Mar (Chile) Clay QF Fabio Fognini Other meetings: 12 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati Q (U.S.A.) Hard -- Fabio Fognini (5) Court M3 Aljaz Bedene (GBR) vs Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 11 Vienna Q (Austria) Hard -- Aljaz Bedene (4) (WC) Jaume Munar (ESP) vs (Q) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) First Meeting Jiri Vesely (CZE) vs Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) Haider-Maurer Leads Umag (Croatia) Clay R32 Andreas Haider-Maurer Chennai (India) Hard R16 Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-7(3) Other meetings: 13 Ostrava CH (Czech Republic) Clay QF Jiri Vesely 7-6(3) Heilbronn CH (Germany) Hard QF Jiri Vesely (6)