APIA INTERNATIONAL SYDNEY: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, January 14, 2017 EVANS, MULLER MEET WITH FIRST ATP WORLD TOUR TITLE AT STAKE

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1 APIA INTERNATIONAL SYDNEY: DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, January 14, 2017 Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, Sydney, Australia January 8-14, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $437,380 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing Paul Macpherson: pmacpherson@atpworldtour.com Press Room: EVANS, MULLER MEET WITH FIRST ATP WORLD TOUR TITLE AT STAKE Unseeded Daniel Evans of Great Britain takes on No. 6 seed Gilles Muller of Luxembourg on Saturday on Ken Rosewall Arena in the championship of the Apia International Sydney. This is their first meeting. The last first-time ATP World Tour champion in Sydney was Bernard Tomic in Evans has won four three-set matches en route to his maiden ATP World Tour final, defeating No. 8 seed Marcel Granollers in the 2R and top seed/world No. 8 Dominic Thiem in the quarter-finals. The 26-year-old Birmingham native is attempting to become the first British singles champion in Sydney since Tim Henman in 1997 (d. Moya). On Friday, Johanna Konta won the women s title. Only once before in the Open Era have a British man and woman won singles titles at the same tournament.roger Taylor and Virginia Wade captured titles in Merion,Pennsylvania in August If Evans wins, he is projected to jump from No. 67 into the Top 50 of the Emirates ATP Rankings for the first time around No. 47. The last time British trio to rank in the Top 50 was on Mar. 13, 2006 with Murray at No. 44, Tim Henman at No. 45 and Greg Rusedski at No. 46. Muller is appearing in his sixth career ATP World Tour final (0-5) and the 33-year-old Luxembourg native is the highest-ranked player (No. 34) in the Top 50 Emirates ATP Rankings without a singles title. He leads the tournament this week with 69 aces. Muller, who was a semi-finalist the past two years in Sydney, defeated No. 2 seed Pablo Cuevas in the quarter-finals and No. 3/two-time defending champion Viktor Troicki in the semi-finals. The last left-hander to win the title here was Jarkko Nieminen in 2012 (d. Benneteau). In the doubles final, top seeds and reigning champions Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares meet the unseeded Dutch duo of Wesley Koolhof and Matwe Middelkoop. The last time a British man won singles and doubles titles at the same tournament on the ATP World Tour was at 2011 Tokyo with Andy Murray in singles and the Murray brothers in doubles. INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS COMPARISON Apia International Sydney Daniel Evans [6] Gilles Muller Aces st-Serve Percentage 54% (172 of 316) 62% (192 of 308) 1st-Serve Points Won 73% (125 of 172) 80% (154 of 192) 2nd-Serve Points Won 49% (71 of 144) 55% (64 of 116) Service Games Won 75% (39 of 52) 94% (47 of 50) Break Points Saved 38% (8 of 21) 67% (6 of 9) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 37% (80 of 215) 25% (49 of 198) 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 56% (59 of 105) 50% (63 of 126) Return Games Won 38% (20 of 53) 16% (8 of 49) Break Points Converted 67% (20 of 30) 27% (8 of 30) BOLD: Leads all players this week

2 Day 7 Saturday, January 14, 2017 Page 2 of 3 EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY Apia International Sydney Champion Finalist Ranking Points Singles Prize Money $77,980 $41,070 Doubles Prize Money $23,690 $12,450 SATURDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH KEN ROSEWALL ARENA Daniel Evans (GBR) vs [6] Gilles Muller (LUX) First Meeting Evans 2016 Summary 2016 W-L: 9-10 (5-7 on hard) Date of Birth: May 23, 1990 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 67 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 4-0 (2017 Finalist) Tournament Note: The British No. 3 is appearing in his first career ATP World Tour final after posting wins over [Q] Monteiro , [8] Granollers , top seed/world No. 8 Thiem and Kuznetsov His previous best ATP World Tour result was SF in 2014 Zagreb as a qualifier. This week leads tournament in return games won (38%, 20 of 53) and has converted 20 of 30 break pts. (67%) Last season finished in Top 100 for first time at No. 66 in Emirates ATP Rankings (from No. 188 in 2015) Beat Ram and A. Zverev at US Open then lost 5-setter to eventual champion Wawrinka after holding 1 MP Also reached 3R at Nottingham (l. to Cuevas), Wimbledon (l. to No. 3 Federer) and Washington (l. to Sock) Qualified at Australian Open with wins over Vanni, Weintraub and Fratangelo (l. to Lopez in 1R) Achieved career-high No. 53 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 12 Held 4 MPs vs Nishioka in Atlanta 1R before falling 62 67(2) 76(4) Compiled a match record and won Challenger titles at Drummondville, CAN (d. Corrie); Taipei, TPE (d. Kravchuk) and Aptos, USA (d. Norrie). Also reached finals at Dallas, USA (d. Ito, l. to Edmund) and Busan, KOR (d. Millman, l. to Kravchuk) Advanced to Challenger doubles final at Drummondville, CAN w/glasspool (l. to Cerretani/Schnur) Replaced Edmund and lost decisive rubber of Davis Cup SF to L. Mayer, who replaced del Potro (ARG d. GBR 3-2) Withdrew from Stockholm and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai qualifying due to foot injury Muller 2016 Summary F (2): 's-hertogenbosch (l. Mahut); Newport (l. Karlovic); SF (4): Sydney (l. Dimitrov); Sofia (l. Bautista Agut); Nottingham (l. Cuevas); Basel (l. Nishikori); QF (3): Queen's Club (l. Tomic); Metz (l. Thiem); Tokyo (l. Kyrgios) 2016 W-L: (22-17 on hard) Date of Birth: May 9, 1983 (33) Emirates ATP Ranking: 34 (Career-High) Sydney W-L (Best Result): 10-3 (2017 Finalist) Tournament Note: The 33-year-old left-hander is appearing in his first final here and leads tournament with 69 aces. Has held serve 47 of 50 games (94%). He opened on Tuesday with a win over Dolgoplov, saving 1 MP (both players won 98 pts. in match). Then fired 22 aces in win over [Q] Barton Wednesday and followed with 76(5) 64 victory over No. 2 Cuevas (hitting 17 aces). Ended two-time defending champion s Troicki 10-match main draw winning streak with 63 76(6) win in SF. Beat Tomic in 2015 and Thiem in 2016 en route to Sydney SFs both years Last week lost to Donaldson in Brisbane 1R and reached doubles final w/querrey (l. to Kokkinakis/Thompson). Has an 0-2 record in doubles finals and 0-5 in singles title matches on ATP World Tour

3 Day 7 Saturday, January 14, 2017 Page 3 of 3 Snapped 7-match losing streak in SFs to reach 1st final since 2012 at s-hertogenbosch (d. Karlovic, l. to Mahut) Also advanced to Newport final, falling to Karlovic 67(2) 76(5) 76(12) after holding 3 MPs Saved 10 MPs to beat Isner 36 76(16) 76(7) in London/Queen s Club 2R (l. to Tomic in QF) Tied Schuettler (2004 Kitzbühel 2R) for most MPs on record saved by winner since Panatta (11) in 1976 Rome 1R Saved 1 MP to beat Delbonis in Basel QF before squandering 2 MPs in SF loss to No. 5 Nishikori Also reached SFs at Sydney (d. Thiem in 2R, l. to Dimitrov), Sofia (l. to Bautista Agut) and Nottingham (l. to Cuevas) Advanced to QFs at Metz (l. to No. 10 Thiem) and Tokyo (d. No. 9 Berdych in 1R, l. to Kyrgios) Luxembourg flagbearer at Olympics (d. Janowicz after saving 2 MPs and No. 9 Tsonga, l. to Bautista Agut in 3R) Rallied from 2 sets down, hit career-high 51 aces, saved 4 MPs vs Giraldo in Wimbledon 1R (l. to Kuznetsov in 2R) Withdrew from Estoril due to wrist injury and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai due to left leg injury 2016 First-Time ATP Champions (9): There were nine first-time winners on the ATP World Tour last season. Muller or Evans will become the first maiden ATP World Tour champion this season: Age Tournament Nick Kyrgios 20 Marseille Diego Schwartzman 23 Istanbul Steve Johnson 26 Nottingham Albert Ramos-Vinolas 28 Bastad Paolo Lorenzi 34 Kitzbuehel Pablo Carreno Busta 25 Winston-Salem Alexander Zverev 19 St. Petersburg Lucas Pouille 22 Metz Karen Khachanov 20 Chengdu DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH [1] Jamie Murray (GBR)/Bruno Soares (BRA) vs First Meeting Wesley Koolhof (NED)/Matwe Middelkoop (NED) Murray/Soares have not dropped a set en route to the final, receiving a walkover in 1R Almagro/Lorenzi, then beating F. Mayer/Petzschner in QF and Cabal/Farah in SF to reach final for second straight year. Last season beat Bopanna/Mergea in final Opened season last week with SF in Doha for second straight year, losing to Chardy/F. Martin Last season compiled a match record together, winning three titles in five finals, and finishing No. 1 in Emirates ATP Team Rankings. Won titles in Sydney, Australian Open and US Open while reaching finals at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo and Toronto No. 4-ranked Murray is lifetime in ATP World Tour level finals and he s won at least two titles in three of past four years (except 2014) No. 3-ranked Soares is in career ATP World Tour level finals and he s won at least two titles in each of the past six years Koolhof/Middelkoop have advanced to the final with wins over Marach/F. Martin 4-2 ret. in 1R, [4] Rojer/Tecau 76(4) in QF and Pavic/Peya in SF. They are 2-0 in ATP World Tour finals, capturing titles last season in Sofia and Kitzbuehel. They also were 4-1 in ATP Challenger Tour finals The last Dutchman to win the Sydney doubles title was Jan Siemerink in 1996 (w/e. Ferreira of South Africa) First teamed up together in 2015 and compiled a 7-4 record in Challenger finals and 2-1 in Futures finals No. 62-ranked Koolhof is 2-0 in ATP World Tour doubles finals and his career-high ranking is No. 47 on Aug. 1,2016 No. 59-ranked Middelkoop is also 2-0 in doubles finals and his career-high ranking is No. 46 on Aug. 1, 2016

4 APIA INTERNATIONAL SYDNEY: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Friday, January 13, 2017 Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, Sydney, Australia January 8-14, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $437,380 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing Richard Evans: revans@atpworldtour.com Press Room: TROICKI JOINED BY TRIO CHASING FIRST ATP WORLD TOUR TITLE Two-time reigning champion Viktor Troicki is joined by a trio of players in the semi-finals looking to win their first career ATP World Tour title at the Apia International Sydney. No. 3 seed Troicki takes on No. 6 seed Gilles Muller of Luxembourg and in the other semi-final between two unseeded players, Daniel Evans of Great Britain plays Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia. In the first semi-final on Ken Rosewall Arena, Troicki won the previous meeting here in the semi-finals two years ago en route to his first of two Sydney titles. Muller is appearing in his third straight semi-final in Sydney and he s trying to reach the final for the first time. He is 0-5 in career ATP World Tour finals. Muller is No. 34 and the highest-ranked player in the Top 50 Emirates ATP Rankings without a singles title. He leads the tournament this week with 53 aces. Troicki is trying to become the first player in the Open Era to win three straight singles titles in Sydney. Troicki, who received a walkover in QF vs. Kohlschreiber, is unbeaten in his last 13 matches (10 in main draw) in Sydney. His last loss came in the 2R in The No. 2 Serb has a 15-3 tournament record. In the evening session, Evans and Kuznetsov meet for the second time. Kuznetsov won the previous meeting in four sets in the 1R at 2014 Wimbledon. Evans is coming off his first career Top 10 win (1-4) over No. 8 Thiem and he is appearing in his second career ATP World Tour semi-final (2014 Zagreb). Kuznetsov broke an 0-10 career record in ATP World Tour QF matches with his win over No. 4 seed Carreno Busta to reach his maiden semi-final. FRIDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: SEMI-FINAL MATCHES KEN ROSEWALL ARENA [3] Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs [6] Gilles Muller (LUX) Troicki Leads Sydney (Australia) Hard SF Viktor Troicki Troicki 2016 Summary W: Sydney (d Dimitrov); F: Sofia (l Bautista Agut); SF(2): Winston-Salem (l Bautista Agut); Chengdu (l Khachanov); QF(3): Rotterdam (l Mahut); St. Petersburg (l Wawrinka); Vienna (l Ferrer) 2016 W-L: (28-21 on hard) 2016 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: February 10, 1986 (30) Emirates ATP Ranking: 29 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 15-3 ( Champion) Tournament Note: The reigning two-time champion has a 15-3 career match record and 10-match main draw winning streak (13 with qualifying). Opened on Wednesday with a win over Lorenzi. Last season defended title (d. Dimitrov in 3 rd set TB, saving 1 MP) and two years ago as a qualifier won eight matches (d. qualifier Kukushkin in F). In 2011, reached final (l. to Simon). Also 2R in 2010 (l. to Baghdatis) and 2012 (l. to Bogomolov), his last loss here

5 Day 6 Friday, January 13, 2017 Page 2 of 4 Last year finished No. 29, his fifth Top 30 season since Repeated as Sydney champion by saving 1 MP in (7) win over Dimitrov Three days later, saved 2 MPs in 5-set win over Muñoz de la Nava in Australian Open 1R (l. to Raonic in 3R) Also saved 4 MPs vs Cervantes in Miami 2R (l. to Goffin in 3R) and 2 MPs vs Mannarino in Paris 1R (l. to No. 5 Nishikori in 2R) Advanced to Sofia final (l. to Bautista Agut), Winston-Salem SF (l. to Bautista Agut) and Chengdu SF (l. to Khachanov) Defeated No. 5 Nadal to reach ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai 3R (l. to Bautista Agut) and No. 9 Thiem to reach Vienna QF (l. to Ferrer after holding 1 MP) Reached Roland Garros 4R for 3rd time (d. Dimitrov, Lajovic and Simon; l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) Improved to in 5-setters by beating Albot in US Open 1R (l. to Donaldson in 2R) Muller 2016 Summary F (2): 's-hertogenbosch (l. Mahut); Newport (l. Karlovic); SF (4): Sydney (l. Dimitrov); Sofia (l. Bautista Agut); Nottingham (l. Cuevas); Basel (l. Nishikori); QF (3): London/Queen's Club (l. Tomic); Metz (l. Thiem); Tokyo (l. Kyrgios) 2016 W-L: (22-17 on hard) Date of Birth: May 9, 1983 (33) Emirates ATP Ranking: 34 (Career-High) Sydney W-L (Best Result): 9-3 ( Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: The 33-year-old left-hander is appearing in his third straight semi-final and leads tournament with 53 aces. Has held serve 36 of 39 games (92%). He opened on Tuesday with a win over Dolgoplov, saving 1 MP (both players won 98 pts. in match). Then fired 22 aces in win over [Q] Barton Wednesday and followed with 76(5) 64 victory over No. 2 Cuevas (hitting 17 aces). Beat Tomic in 2015 and Thiem in 2016 en route to Sydney SFs both years Last week lost to Donaldson in Brisbane 1R and reached doubles final w/querrey (l. to Kokkinakis/Thompson). Has an 0-2 record in doubles finals and 0-5 in singles title matches on ATP World Tour Snapped 7-match losing streak in SFs to reach 1st final since 2012 at s-hertogenbosch (d. Karlovic, l. to Mahut) Also advanced to Newport final, falling to Karlovic 67(2) 76(5) 76(12) after holding 3 MPs Saved 10 MPs to beat Isner 36 76(16) 76(7) in London/Queen s Club 2R (l. to Tomic in QF) Tied Schuettler (2004 Kitzbühel 2R) for most MPs on record saved by winner since Panatta (11) in 1976 Rome 1R Saved 1 MP to beat Delbonis in Basel QF before squandering 2 MPs in SF loss to No. 5 Nishikori Also reached SFs at Sydney (d. Thiem in 2R, l. to Dimitrov), Sofia (l. to Bautista Agut) and Nottingham (l. to Cuevas) Advanced to QFs at Metz (l. to No. 10 Thiem) and Tokyo (d. No. 9 Berdych in 1R, l. to Kyrgios) Luxembourg flagbearer at Olympics (d. Janowicz after saving 2 MPs and No. 9 Tsonga, l. to Bautista Agut in 3R) Rallied from 2 sets down, hit career-high 51 aces, saved 4 MPs vs Giraldo in Wimbledon 1R (l. to Kuznetsov in 2R) Withdrew from Estoril due to wrist injury and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai due to left leg injury 2016 First-Time ATP Champions (9): There were nine first-time winners on the ATP World Tour last season. Muller, Evans and Kuznetsov are trying to become the first maiden ATP World Tour champion this season: Age Tournament Nick Kyrgios 20 Marseille Diego Schwartzman 23 Istanbul Steve Johnson 26 Nottingham Albert Ramos-Vinolas 28 Bastad Paolo Lorenzi 34 Kitzbuehel Pablo Carreno Busta 25 Winston-Salem Alexander Zverev 19 St. Petersburg Lucas Pouille 22 Metz Karen Khachanov 20 Chengdu

6 Day 6 Friday, January 13, 2017 Page 3 of 4 Daniel Evans (GBR) vs Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) Kuznetsov Leads Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R128 Andrey Kuznetsov (5) Evans 2016 Summary 2016 W-L: 9-10 (5-7 on hard) Date of Birth: May 23, 1990 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 67 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: The British No. 3 is appearing in his second career ATP World Tour SF after posting wins over [Q] Monteiro , [8] Granollers and top seed/world No. 8 Thiem His previous SF was in 2014 Zagreb as a qualifier. This week leads tournament in return games won (38%, 15 of 40) and No. 2 in pts. won returning 1 st serve (36%) and pts. won returning 2 nd serve (54%) Last season finished in Top 100 for first time at No. 66 in Emirates ATP Rankings (from No. 188 in 2015) Beat Ram and A. Zverev at US Open then lost 5-setter to eventual champion Wawrinka after holding 1 MP Also reached 3R at Nottingham (l. to Cuevas), Wimbledon (l. to No. 3 Federer) and Washington (l. to Sock) Qualified at Australian Open with wins over Vanni, Weintraub and Fratangelo (l. to Lopez in 1R) Achieved career-high No. 53 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 12 Held 4 MPs vs Nishioka in Atlanta 1R before falling 62 67(2) 76(4) Compiled a match record and won Challenger titles at Drummondville, CAN (d. Corrie); Taipei, TPE (d. Kravchuk) and Aptos, USA (d. Norrie). Also reached finals at Dallas, USA (d. Ito, l. to Edmund) and Busan, KOR (d. Millman, l. to Kravchuk) Advanced to Challenger doubles final at Drummondville, CAN w/glasspool (l. to Cerretani/Schnur) Replaced Edmund and lost decisive rubber of Davis Cup SF to L. Mayer, who replaced del Potro (ARG d. GBR 3-2) Withdrew from Stockholm and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai qualifying due to foot injury Kuznetsov 2016 Summary QF(5): Doha (l Nadal); Marseille (l Cilic); Barcelona (l Kohlschreiber); Geneva (l Rosol); Winston-Salem (l Carreno Busta) 2016 W-L: (21-14 on hard) Date of Birth: February 22, 1991 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 48 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: The 25-year-old Russian has reached semi-finals in his debut, winning first two matches by retirement. On Tuesday, beat [7] Klizan ret. and followed with 62 ret. win over {WC} De Minaur. Then defeated [4] Carreno Busta to reach his first career ATP World Tour semi-final (was 0-10 in QF matches). No. 2 this week in return games won (36%, 9 of 25) and leads in pts. won returning 1 st serve (40%) Last week opened season in Doha and lost to Tsonga in 1R Last season finished as top Russian and in Top 50 for first time at No. 46 and set career-highs in wins (29) and ranking (No. 39 on April 25) Advanced to Australian Open 4R (l. to Monfils), Wimbledon 3R (l. to No. 6 Nishikori) and US Open 3R (l. to No. 5 Nadal) Also reached Indian Wells 3R (d. Chardy, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) and Miami 4R (d. No. 4 Wawrinka in 2R, l. to Kyrgios) Fell to 0-10 in ATP QFs with losses at Doha (l. to No. 5 Nadal), Marseille (l. to Cilic), Barcelona (l. to Kohlschreiber), Geneva (l. to Rosol) and Winston-Salem (l. to Carreño Busta). Played 10 games en route to Winston-Salem QF Improved to 8-0 in Davis Cup, beating Nedovyesov and Kukushkin to lead RUS into World Group (RUS d. KAZ 3-1) Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati due to ankle injury

7 Day 6 Friday, January 13, 2017 Page 4 of 4 POTENTIAL FEDEX HEAD 2 HEADS Daniel Evans (GBR) vs Viktor Troicki (SRB) Daniel Evans (GBR) vs Gilles Muller (LUX) First Meeting First Meeting Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) vs Viktor Troicki (SRB) Troicki Leads Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Viktor Troicki Rotterdam (Netherlands) Hard R32 Viktor Troicki (2) ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R64 Andrey Kuznetsov Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) vs Gilles Muller (LUX) Kuznetsov Leads Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Andrey Kuznetsov Other meetings: 10 Tashkent CH (Uzbekistan) Hard R32 Gilles Muller 7-6(5) Kazan CH (Russia) Hard QF Andrey Kuznetsov

8 APIA INTERNATIONAL SYDNEY: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, January 12, 2017 Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, Sydney, Australia January 8-14, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $437,380 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing Richard Evans: revans@atpworldtour.com Press Room: TOP SIX SEEDS HEADLINE QUARTER-FINAL LINE-UP The top six seeds are in the quarter-finals at the Apia International Sydney for the first time since the tournament moved to a 28 draw in Going back to 1987 when the tournament became a 32 draw, no other time the top six seeds advanced to the quarter-finals. It s also the first time since 2013 all eight quarter-finalists are from different countries. In the first match on Ken Rosewall Arena, No. 6 seed Gilles Muller looks to reach the semi-finals in Sydney for the third straight year as he takes on No. 2 seed Pablo Cuevas, who is appearing in his first quarter-final. The 31-year-old Uruguayan won the previous meeting in Nottingham last June. In the next match on, No. 5 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber brings a 4-2 head-to-head record against No. 3 /reigning two-time champion Viktor Troicki. They are tied 2-2 on hard courts. Troicki, who won the last meeting in Sofia last February, is unbeaten in his last 13 matches (10 in main draw) in Sydney. His last loss came in the 2R in The No. 2 Serb has a 15-3 tournament record while the 33-year-old German is making his first quarter-final showing in Sydney. In the evening session, top seed Dominic Thiem and British No. 3 Daniel Evans square off for the first time. On Wednesday night, Thiem rallied past Portuguese qualifier Gastao Elias in a 2h, 40m battle. Both players are appearing in their first quarter-final here. Evans is looking for his first career Top 10 win (0-4). In his last match vs. a Top 10 opponent, he held one match point against No. 3 Stan Wawrinka in the 3R at the US Open before falling in five sets. Evans, who is appearing in his second career ATP World Tour QF, is trying to reach his second SF after 2014 Zagreb. On Show Court 1, No. 4 seed Pablo Carreno Busta and unseeded Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia meet for the third time (tied 1-1). Carreno Busta won the last meeting in the QFs of Winston-Salem last August en route to his first ATP World Tour title. Both players are making their first QF showing. THURSDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: QUARTER-FINAL MATCHES KEN ROSEWALL ARENA [6] Gilles Muller (LUX) vs [2] Pablo Cuevas (URU) Cuevas Leads Nottingham (Great Britain) Grass SF Pablo Cuevas (3) 6-4 Muller 2016 Summary F (2): 's-hertogenbosch (l. Mahut); Newport (l. Karlovic); SF (4): Sydney (l. Dimitrov); Sofia (l. Bautista Agut); Nottingham (l. Cuevas); Basel (l. Nishikori); QF (3): London/Queen's Club (l. Tomic); Metz (l. Thiem); Tokyo (l. Kyrgios) 2016 W-L: (22-17 on hard) Date of Birth: May 9, 1983 (33) Emirates ATP Ranking: 34 (Career-High) Sydney W-L (Best Result): 8-3 ( Semi-finalist)

9 Day 5 Thursday, January 12, 2017 Page 2 of 5 Tournament Note: The 33-year-old left-hander is appearing in his third straight quarter-final here. He opened on Tuesday with a win over Dolgoplov, saving 1 MP (both players won 98 pts. in match). Then fired 22 aces in win over [Q] Barton Wednesday. Beat Tomic in 2015 and Thiem in 2016 en route to Sydney SFs both years Last week lost to Donaldson in Brisbane 1R and reached doubles final w/querrey (l. to Kokkinakis/Thompson). Now 0-7 in singles/doubles finals Snapped 7-match losing streak in SFs to reach 1st final since 2012 at s-hertogenbosch (d. Karlovic, l. to Mahut) Also advanced to Newport final, falling to Karlovic 67(2) 76(5) 76(12) after holding 3 MPs Saved 10 MPs to beat Isner 36 76(16) 76(7) in London/Queen s Club 2R (l. to Tomic in QF) Tied Schuettler (2004 Kitzbühel 2R) for most MPs on record saved by winner since Panatta (11) in 1976 Rome 1R Saved 1 MP to beat Delbonis in Basel QF before squandering 2 MPs in SF loss to No. 5 Nishikori Also reached SFs at Sydney (d. Thiem in 2R, l. to Dimitrov), Sofia (l. to Bautista Agut) and Nottingham (l. to Cuevas) Advanced to QFs at Metz (l. to No. 10 Thiem) and Tokyo (d. No. 9 Berdych in 1R, l. to Kyrgios) Luxembourg flagbearer at Olympics (d. Janowicz after saving 2 MPs and No. 9 Tsonga, l. to Bautista Agut in 3R) Rallied from 2 sets down, hit career-high 51 aces, saved 4 MPs vs Giraldo in Wimbledon 1R (l. to Kuznetsov in 2R) Withdrew from Estoril due to wrist injury and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai due to left leg injury Cuevas 2016 Summary W(2): Rio de Janeiro (d Pella); Sao Paulo (d Carreno Busta); F(2): Nottingham (l Johnson); Hamburg (l Klizan); QF(2): Buenos Aires (l Ferrer); Antwerp (l Schwartzman) 2016 W-L: (9-13 on hard) 2016 Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 5 Date of Birth: January 1, 1986 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 22 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 4-3 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: The 31-year-old Uruguayan is appearing in his first QF. After a 1R bye, defeated Mahut on Wednesday. Prior to this year, lost in 2R in 2010, Last season captured back-to-back ATP World Tour titles in Brazil at 500 level event in Rio de Janeiro (d. Pella) and São Paulo (d. Carreño Busta), both on clay First player to beat only lefties en route to a title (d. Bagnis, Monteiro, Delbonis, No. 5 Nadal and Pella in Rio) Did not drop a set en route to Hamburg final (l. to Klizan) Reached 1st grass-court QF, SF and final at Nottingham (d. Baghdatis after saving 1 MP in QF, l. to Johnson) Set career-highs last season in match wins (34) and ranking (No. 19 on August 15). Finished year-end best No. 22 Beat both Kohlschreiber and Monfils 76 in 3rd to reach ATP Masters 1000 R16 for 1st time in Madrid (l. to Kyrgios) Held 1 MP before falling 76 in 3rd to Elias in Umag 2R In doubles w/granollers, reached Barcelona final (d. Dodig/Melo in 1R, l. to Bryan/Bryan), Australian Open SF (d. Dodig/Melo in 3R, l. to Nestor/Stepanek) and Roland Garros QF (d. Rojer/Tecau in 2R, l. to Kubot/Peya) Retired in Vienna 1R vs Sousa due to left knee injury SOUTH AMERICANS IN EMIRATES ATP RANKINGS: Last season Cuevas was the top South American player on the ATP World Tour, finishing a year-end best No. 22. Here is a look at the top South Americans in last season s Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings: No. 22 Pablo Cuevas (URU) No. 38 Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) No. 41 Federico Delbonis (ARG) No. 52 Diego Schwartzman (ARG) No. 56 Facundo Bagnis (ARG) No. 61 Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) No. 65 Juan Monaco (ARG) No. 71 Horacio Zeballos (ARG) No. 80 Guido Pella (ARG) No. 82 Thiago Monteiro (BRA) No. 83 Renzo Olivo (ARG) No. 91 Santiago Giraldo (COL) No. 95 Carlos Berlocq (ARG) No. 98 Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA)

10 Day 5 Thursday, January 12, 2017 Page 3 of 5 [5] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs [3] Viktor Troicki (SRB) Kohlschreiber Leads US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Viktor Troicki ret 10 ATP World Team Chp. (Germany) Clay RR Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6(1) ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (Canada) Hard R32 Philipp Kohlschreiber Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard R32 Philipp Kohlschreiber (2) 13 Munich (Germany) Clay QF Philipp Kohlschreiber (3) 16 Sofia (Bulgaria) Hard QF Viktor Troicki Kohlschreiber 2016 Summary W: Munich (d Thiem); F: Stuttgart (l Thiem); SF(3): Rotterdam (l Monfils); Barcelona (l Nadal); Moscow (l Fognini); QF(4): Sofia (l Troicki); Dubai (l Wawrinka); Halle (W/O vs Thiem); Hamburg (l Olivo) 2016 W-L: (15-12 on hard) 2016 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: October 16, 1983 (33) Emirates ATP Ranking: 32 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 2-1 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: The 33-year-old German is appearing in his first QF after posting wins over Fognini on Monday and [WC] Thompson on Wednesday. Made debut two years ago and lost in 2R after bye (l. to Tomic) Last season captured 5th ATP World Tour title in Germany and 7th overall by beating Thiem 76 in 3rd at Munich Did not drop a set en route to 10th German final at Stuttgart (d. del Potro, l. to No. 7 Thiem in 3 sets) Advanced to SFs at Rotterdam (l. to Monfils), Barcelona (l. to No. 5 Nadal) and Moscow (l. to Fognini) Held 2 MPs vs Olivo in Hamburg QF before falling Beat Rosol and Berdych in Davis Cup 1R, but lost doubles w/petzschner to Berdych/Stepanek (CZE d. GER 3-2) Win over No. 7 Berdych snapped 18-match losing streak against Top 10 opponents (22-80 overall) Right foot injury forced withdrawal from Toronto, Cincinnati and Metz; w/o in Rio Olympics 2R and ret in US Open 1R. Also withdrew from Geneva (right elbow) and conceded walkover vs No. 7 Thiem in Halle QF (left hip strain) Troicki 2016 Summary W: Sydney (d Dimitrov); F: Sofia (l Bautista Agut); SF(2): Winston-Salem (l Bautista Agut); Chengdu (l Khachanov); QF(3): Rotterdam (l Mahut); St. Petersburg (l Wawrinka); Vienna (l Ferrer) 2016 W-L: (28-21 on hard) 2016 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: February 10, 1986 (30) Emirates ATP Ranking: 29 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 15-3 ( Champion) Tournament Note: The reigning two-time champion has a 15-3 career match record and 10-match main draw winning streak (13 with qualifying). Opened on Wednesday with a win over Lorenzi. Last season defended title (d. Dimitrov in 3 rd set TB, saving 1 MP) and two years ago as a qualifier won eight matches (d. qualifier Kukushkin in F). In 2011, reached final (l. to Simon). Also 2R in 2010 (l. to Baghdatis) and 2012 (l. to Bogomolov), his last loss here Last year finished No. 29, his fifth Top 30 season since Repeated as Sydney champion by saving 1 MP in (7) win over Dimitrov Three days later, saved 2 MPs in 5-set win over Muñoz de la Nava in Australian Open 1R (l. to Raonic in 3R) Also saved 4 MPs vs Cervantes in Miami 2R (l. to Goffin in 3R) and 2 MPs vs Mannarino in Paris 1R (l. to No. 5 Nishikori in 2R) Advanced to Sofia final (l. to Bautista Agut), Winston-Salem SF (l. to Bautista Agut) and Chengdu SF (l. to Khachanov) Defeated No. 5 Nadal to reach ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai 3R (l. to Bautista Agut) and No. 9 Thiem to reach Vienna QF (l. to Ferrer after holding 1 MP) Reached Roland Garros 4R for 3rd time (d. Dimitrov, Lajovic and Simon; l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) Improved to in 5-setters by beating Albot in US Open 1R (l. to Donaldson in 2R)

11 Day 5 Thursday, January 12, 2017 Page 4 of 5 [1] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs Daniel Evans (GBR) First Meeting Thiem 2016 Summary W(4): Buenos Aires (d Almagro); Acapulco (d Tomic); Nice (d Zverev); Stuttgart (d Kohlschreiber); F(2): Munich (l Kohlschreiber); Metz (l Pouille); SF(4): Brisbane (l Federer); Rio de Janeiro (l Pella); Roland Garros (l Djokovic); Halle (l Mayer); QF(3): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Nishikori); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Raonic); Chengdu (l Ramos-Vinolas) 2016 W-L: (26-15 on hard) 2016 Titles: 4 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: September 3, 1993 (23) Emirates ATP Ranking: 8 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: The 23-year-old Austrian won his opening round match Wednesday night over [Q} Elias 67(5) in 2h, 40m. Last year made his debut and retired in 2R (after bye) to Muller trailing due to blisters Last season won a career-best four titles in six finals: at Buenos Aires (d. Almagro), Acapulco (d. Tomic), Nice (d. A. Zverev) and Stuttgart (d. Kohlschreiber) Advanced to 1st Grand Slam QF and SF at Roland Garros (d. Goffin, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) Set career-highs last season in wins (58) and ranking (No. 7 on June 6) and finished a year-end best No. 8 Youngest player in Top 10 since Raonic (Aug. 12,2013), 3rd Austrian overall and 1st since J. Melzer (May 30,2011) Went 1-2 in debut at ATP Finals (l. to No. 2 Djokovic in 3 sets, d. No. 6 Monfils in 3 sets, l. to No. 4 Raonic) Saved 1 MP in Buenos Aires 2R (d. Elias) and SF (d. No. 5 Nadal), as well as 2 MPs in Stuttgart SF (d. No. 3 Federer) Runner-up at Munich (l. to Kohlschreiber 76 in 3rd) and Metz (l. to Pouille) Defeated No. 2 Federer at Rome for biggest win of career by ranking and to reach 2nd ATP Masters 1000 QF Needed 1 win to reach 3rd ATP Masters 1000 QF at Cincinnati (1R bye, 2R d. Millman, 3R w/o, QF l. to No. 6 Raonic) Reached 1st ATP doubles final at Kitzbühel w/novak (l. to Koolhof/Middelkoop 11-9 in Match TB after holding 1 MP) Earned 1st 3 Davis Cup victories of career to lead Austria to 4-1 win over Portugal in Group I 1R Retired in Sydney 2R (blisters), ATP Masters 1000 Toronto 2R (hip) and US Open 4R (right knee) Evans 2016 Summary 2016 W-L: 9-10 (5-7 on hard) Date of Birth: May 23, 1990 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 67 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: The British No. 3 is appearing in his second career ATP World Tour QF after posting wins over [Q] Monteiro and [8] Granollers His previous QF (better) was SF in 2014 Zagreb as a qualifier Last season finished in Top 100 for first time at No. 66 in Emirates ATP Rankings (from No. 188 in 2015) Beat Ram and A. Zverev at US Open then lost 5-setter to eventual champion Wawrinka after holding 1 MP Also reached 3R at Nottingham (l. to Cuevas), Wimbledon (l. to No. 3 Federer) and Washington (l. to Sock) Qualified at Australian Open with wins over Vanni, Weintraub and Fratangelo (l. to Lopez in 1R) Achieved career-high No. 53 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 12 Held 4 MPs vs Nishioka in Atlanta 1R before falling 62 67(2) 76(4) Compiled a match record and won Challenger titles at Drummondville, CAN (d. Corrie); Taipei, TPE (d. Kravchuk) and Aptos, USA (d. Norrie). Also reached finals at Dallas, USA (d. Ito, l. to Edmund) and Busan, KOR (d. Millman, l. to Kravchuk) Advanced to Challenger doubles final at Drummondville, CAN w/glasspool (l. to Cerretani/Schnur) Replaced Edmund and lost decisive rubber of Davis Cup SF to L. Mayer, who replaced del Potro (ARG d. GBR 3-2) Withdrew from Stockholm and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai qualifying due to foot injury

12 Day 5 Thursday, January 12, 2017 Page 5 of 5 SHOW COURT 1 [4] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) Tied Barcelona (Spain) Clay R64 Andrey Kuznetsov Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard QF Pablo Carreno Busta Other meetings: 09 Egypt F6 (Egypt) Clay QF Andrey Kuznetsov Casablanca CH (Morocco) Clay R32 Andrey Kuznetsov Carreno Busta 2016 Summary W(2): Winston-Salem (d Bautista Agut); Moscow (d Fognini); F(2): Sao Paulo (l Cuevas); Estoril (l Almagro); SF: Los Cabos (l Lopez); QF(5): Quito (l Bellucci); Marrakech (l Delbonis); Geneva (l Wawrinka); Umag (l Elias); Beijing (l Raonic) 2016 W-L: (21-12 on hard) 2016 Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: July 12, 1991 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 30 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: The 25-year-old Spaniard, after a 1R bye, made his debut Wednesday, rallying to beat M. Zverev 36 76(4) 63, saving five of six break points Last season finished a year-end best No. 30 and reached 1st 10 ATP World Tour singles and doubles finals of career, highlighted by singles titles at Winston-Salem (d. Bautista Agut ) and Moscow (d. Fognini ) Defeated 4 countrymen en route to São Paulo final (l. to Cuevas). Also reached Estoril final (l. to Almagro ) Achieved career-high rankings in singles (No. 30 on November 7) and doubles (No. 25 on October 10) Set new career-highs with 41 singles and 30 doubles match wins last season Earned 1st 5-set win of career to reach US Open 3R, rallying from 2 sets down to beat Tipsarevic (l. to No. 10 Thiem) Won doubles titles at Quito w/duran (d. Bellucci/Demoliner) and Beijing w/nadal (d. Bryan/Bryan and Sock/Tomic) Along w/garcia-lopez, 1st unseeded team to reach US Open doubles final since 2000 (l. to J. Murray/Soares) Also doubles runner-up w/marrero at Rio de Janeiro (d. Melo/Soares, l. to Cabal/Farah) and São Paulo (l. to Peralta/Zeballos), as well as w/fyrstenberg at Chengdu (l. to Klaasen/Ram) Made winning Davis Cup debut in dead rubber of Spain s 4-1 Group I win vs Romania (d. Ungur) Kuznetsov 2016 Summary QF(5): Doha (l Nadal); Marseille (l Cilic); Barcelona (l Kohlschreiber); Geneva (l Rosol); Winston-Salem (l Carreno Busta) 2016 W-L: (21-14 on hard) Date of Birth: February 22, 1991 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 48 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: The 25-year-old Russian has reached quarter-finals in his debut without completing a match so far. Won both matches by retirement. On Tuesday, beat [7] Klizan ret. and followed with 62 ret. win over {WC} De Minaur Last week opened season in Doha and lost to Tsonga in 1R Last season finished as top Russian and in Top 50 for first time at No. 46 and set career-highs in wins (29) and ranking (No. 39 on April 25) Advanced to Australian Open 4R (l. to Monfils), Wimbledon 3R (l. to No. 6 Nishikori) and US Open 3R (l. to No. 5 Nadal) Also reached Indian Wells 3R (d. Chardy, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) and Miami 4R (d. No. 4 Wawrinka in 2R, l. to Kyrgios) Fell to 0-10 in ATP QFs with losses at Doha (l. to No. 5 Nadal), Marseille (l. to Cilic), Barcelona (l. to Kohlschreiber), Geneva (l. to Rosol) and Winston-Salem (l. to Carreño Busta). Played 10 games en route to Winston-Salem QF Improved to 8-0 in Davis Cup, beating Nedovyesov and Kukushkin to lead RUS into World Group (RUS d. KAZ 3-1) Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati due to ankle injury

13 APIA INTERNATIONAL SYDNEY: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, Sydney, Australia January 8-14, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $437,380 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing Richard Evans: revans@atpworldtour.com Press Room: THIEM, CUEVAS, TROICKI, AUSSIE TRIO EYE QUARTER-FINALS An action-packed second round schedule at the Apia International Sydney on Wednesday includes top seed Dominic Thiem, No. 2 Pablo Cuevas, No. 3 and two-time reigning champion Viktor Troicki along with Aussies qualifier Matthew Barton and wild cards Alex De Minaur and Jordan Thompson. All three are trying to reach their first quarter-final in Sydney. In the third match on Ken Rosewall Arena, No. 1 Italian Paolo Lorenzi takes on Troicki for the first time. Troicki has won 12 straight matches in Sydney since his last loss in the 2R in The No. 2 Serb has a 14-3 tournament record while Lorenzi is making his debut in Sydney. In the evening session, Thiem brings a 2-0 head-to-head record against Portuguese qualifier Gastao Elias. Thiem won both meetings last year after losing the first set, in the 2R of Buenos Aires and in a fifth set tie-break of a Davis Cup tie vs. Portugal. On Show Court 1, No. 6 seed Gilles Muller and Barton square off for the first time. In the next match on, No. 5 Philipp Kohlschreiber takes on Thompson, who last week advanced to his first ATP World Tour quarter-final in Brisbane (and won doubles title). In the last match on, 17-year-old De Minaur meets top Russian Andrey Kuznetsov. De Minaur is trying to become the first player under 18 to reach the quarter-finals here since former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in There are three other matches on Court 3 with Cuevas, No. 4 seed Pablo Carreno Busta and No. 8 Marcel Granollers in action. Granollers was a quarter-finalist here in WEDNESDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: SINGLES 2R MATCHES KEN ROSEWALL ARENA Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) vs [3] Viktor Troicki (SRB) First Meeting Lorenzi FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: W: Kitzbühel (d Basilashvili); SF: Quito (l Bellucci); QF(3): Buenos Aires (l Nadal); Bucharest (l Pouille); St. Petersburg (l Berdych) 2016 W-L: (10-12 on hard) 2016 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: December 15, 1981 (35) Emirates ATP Ranking: 41 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 Second Round) Tournament Note: The 35-year-old Italian made his debut Monday, defeating Mayer 76(4) 46 76(5) in 2h, 33m Finished last season a year-end best No. 40 and at 34 years, 221 days, became oldest 1st-time champion ever on ATP World Tour at Kitzbühel (d. Basilashvili)

14 Day 4 Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Page 2 of 6 Beat Simon 76 in 5th after 4 hours, 54 minutes to reach 1st Grand Slam 3R at US Open (l. to No. 2 Murray in 4 sets) Set career-highs last season in wins (26) and ranking (No. 35 on September 12) -- became No. 1 Italian on August 1 Advanced to 2nd ATP singles SF of career at Quito (d. Tomic, l. to Bellucci) Reached QFs at Buenos Aires (l. to No. 5 Nadal). Bucharest (l. to Pouille) and St. Petersburg (l. to No. 9 Berdych) Played in 3rd ATP doubles final at Buenos Aires w/cervantes (l. to Cabal/Farah) Won 17th Challenger title at Canberra, AUS (d. Dodig) and 18th at Caltanissetta, ITA (d. Donati after saving 6 MPs) Saved 3 MPs to beat Chiudinelli in Davis Cup 1R after 4h43m and 2 MPs to beat M. Zverev in St. Petersburg 1R Claimed longest tiebreak in history of Davis Cup World Group, taking 1st set against Chiudinelli 76(14) Troicki 2016 Summary W: Sydney (d Dimitrov); F: Sofia (l Bautista Agut); SF(2): Winston-Salem (l Bautista Agut); Chengdu (l Khachanov); QF(3): Rotterdam (l Mahut); St. Petersburg (l Wawrinka); Vienna (l Ferrer) 2016 W-L: (28-21 on hard) 2016 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: February 10, 1986 (30) Emirates ATP Ranking: 29 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 14-3 ( Champion) Tournament Note: The reigning two-time champion comes in with a 14-3 career match record and nine-match main draw winning streak (12 with qualifying). Last season defended title (d. Dimitrov in 3 rd set TB, saving 1 MP) and two years ago as a qualifier won eight matches (d. qualifier Kukushkin in final). In 2011, reached final (l. to Simon). Also 2R in 2010 (l. to Baghdatis) and 2012 (l. to Bogomolov), his last loss here Last year finished No. 29, his fifth Top 30 season since Repeated as Sydney champion by saving 1 MP in (7) win over Dimitrov Three days later, saved 2 MPs in 5-set win over Muñoz de la Nava in Australian Open 1R (l. to Raonic in 3R) Also saved 4 MPs vs Cervantes in Miami 2R (l. to Goffin in 3R) and 2 MPs vs Mannarino in Paris 1R (l. to No. 5 Nishikori in 2R) Advanced to Sofia final (l. to Bautista Agut), Winston-Salem SF (l. to Bautista Agut) and Chengdu SF (l. to Khachanov) Defeated No. 5 Nadal to reach ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai 3R (l. to Bautista Agut) and No. 9 Thiem to reach Vienna QF (l. to Ferrer after holding 1 MP) Reached Roland Garros 4R for 3rd time (d. Dimitrov, Lajovic and Simon; l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) Improved to in 5-setters by beating Albot in US Open 1R (l. to Donaldson in 2R) [1] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs [Q] Gastao Elias (POR) Thiem Leads Buenos Aires (Argentina) Clay R16 Dominic Thiem (7) POR vs AUT EAG1 1st RD (Portugal) Hard RR Dominic Thiem (6) Thiem 2016 Summary W(4): Buenos Aires (d Almagro); Acapulco (d Tomic); Nice (d Zverev); Stuttgart (d Kohlschreiber); F(2): Munich (l Kohlschreiber); Metz (l Pouille); SF(4): Brisbane (l Federer); Rio de Janeiro (l Pella); Roland Garros (l Djokovic); Halle (l Mayer); QF(3): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Nishikori); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Raonic); Chengdu (l Ramos-Vinolas) 2016 W-L: (26-15 on hard) 2016 Titles: 4 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: September 3, 1993 (23) Emirates ATP Ranking: 8 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2016 Second Round-bye) Tournament Note: The 23-year-old Austrian is making his second straight appearance and last year retired in 2R (after bye) to Muller trailing due to blisters Last season won a career-best four titles in six finals: at Buenos Aires (d. Almagro), Acapulco (d. Tomic), Nice (d. A. Zverev) and Stuttgart (d. Kohlschreiber) Advanced to 1st Grand Slam QF and SF at Roland Garros (d. Goffin, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) Set career-highs last season in wins (58) and ranking (No. 7 on June 6) Youngest player in Top 10 since Raonic (Aug. 12,2013),3rd Austrian overall and 1st since J. Melzer (May 30,2011) Went 1-2 in debut at ATP Finals (l. to No. 2 Djokovic in 3 sets, d. No. 6 Monfils in 3 sets, l. to No. 4 Raonic) Saved 1 MP in Buenos Aires 2R (d. Elias) and SF (d. No. 5 Nadal), as well as 2 MPs in Stuttgart SF (d. No. 3 Federer)

15 Day 4 Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Page 3 of 6 Runner-up at Munich (l. to Kohlschreiber 76 in 3rd) and Metz (l. to Pouille) Defeated No. 2 Federer at Rome for biggest win of career by ranking and to reach 2nd ATP Masters 1000 QF Needed 1 win to reach 3rd ATP Masters 1000 QF at Cincinnati (1R bye, 2R d. Millman, 3R w/o, QF l. to No. 6 Raonic) Reached 1st ATP doubles final at Kitzbühel w/novak (l. to Koolhof/Middelkoop 11-9 in Match TB after holding 1 MP) Earned 1st 3 Davis Cup victories of career to lead Austria to 4-1 win over Portugal in Group I 1R Retired in Sydney 2R (blisters), ATP Masters 1000 Toronto 2R (hip) and US Open 4R (right knee) Elias 2016 Summary SF(2): Bastad (l Verdasco); Umag (l Fognini); QF(2): Sao Paulo (l Lajovic); Stockholm (l Sock) 2016 W-L: (3-7 on hard) Date of Birth: November 24, 1990 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 81 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 Second Round) Tournament Note: The 26-year-old Portuguese native qualified into main draw with wins over Vanni and Basilashvili and opened with 67(3) over [Q] O Connell in 1R on Monday Last season reached 1st 2 ATP SFs at Båstad (d. Sousa, l. to Verdasco) and Umag (d. Cuevas after saving 1 MP, l. to Fognini) and finished in Top 100 for first time at No. 81 In 1st match vs Top 10 opponent, upset No. 7 Monfils to reach Stockholm QF (l. to Sock) Also advanced to São Paulo QF as Q (d. Andujar and Giraldo, l. to Lajovic) Set career-highs last season in wins (13) and ranking (No. 57 on October 24) At Rio Olympics, reached 2R in singles (d. Kokkinakis, l. to Johnson) and doubles w/sousa (l. to Nestor/Pospisil) Qualified at Buenos Aires (l. to Thiem in 2R after holding 1 MP) and Rio de Janeiro (l. to Giraldo in 1R) Captured Challenger singles titles at Turin, ITA (d. Lopez-Perez) and Mestre, ITA (d. Lorenzi and Zeballos) Won Challenger doubles title w/ghem at Rio de Janeiro, BRA (d. Eysseric/Reyes-Varela) Fell 76 in 5th to Thiem and lost 2-set lead w/sousa vs Peya/Thiem in Davis Cup Group I 1R (AUT d. POR 4-1) SHOW COURT 1 [6] Gilles Muller (LUX) vs [Q] Matthew Barton (AUS) First Meeting Muller 2016 Summary F (2): 's-hertogenbosch (l. Mahut); Newport (l. Karlovic); SF (4): Sydney (l. Dimitrov); Sofia (l. Bautista Agut); Nottingham (l. Cuevas); Basel (l. Nishikori); QF (3): London/Queen's Club (l. Tomic); Metz (l. Thiem); Tokyo (l. Kyrgios) 2016 W-L: (22-17 on hard) Date of Birth: May 9, 1983 (33) Emirates ATP Ranking: 34 (Career-High) Sydney W-L (Best Result): 7-3 ( Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: The 33-year-old left-hander opened on Tuesday with a win over Dolgoplov, saving 1 MP (both players won 98 pts. in match). Beat Tomic in 2015 and Thiem in 2016 en route to Sydney SFs both years Last week lost to Donaldson in Brisbane 1R and reached doubles final w/querrey (l. to Kokkinakis/Thompson). Now 0-7 in singles/doubles finals Snapped 7-match losing streak in SFs to reach 1st final since 2012 at s-hertogenbosch (d. Karlovic, l. to Mahut) Also advanced to Newport final, falling to Karlovic 67(2) 76(5) 76(12) after holding 3 MPs Saved 10 MPs to beat Isner 36 76(16) 76(7) in London/Queen s Club 2R (l. to Tomic in QF) Tied Schuettler (2004 Kitzbühel 2R) for most MPs on record saved by winner since Panatta (11) in 1976 Rome 1R Saved 1 MP to beat Delbonis in Basel QF before squandering 2 MPs in SF loss to No. 5 Nishikori Also reached SFs at Sydney (d. Thiem in 2R, l. to Dimitrov), Sofia (l. to Bautista Agut) and Nottingham (l. to Cuevas) Advanced to QFs at Metz (l. to No. 10 Thiem) and Tokyo (d. No. 9 Berdych in 1R, l. to Kyrgios) Luxembourg flagbearer at Olympics (d. Janowicz after saving 2 MPs and No. 9 Tsonga, l. to Bautista Agut in 3R) Rallied from 2 sets down, hit career-high 51 aces, saved 4 MPs vs Giraldo in Wimbledon 1R (l. to Kuznetsov in 2R) Withdrew from Estoril due to wrist injury and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai due to left leg injury

16 Day 4 Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Page 4 of 6 Barton 2016 Summary 2016 W-L: 3-3 (2-2 on hard) Date of Birth: December 18, 1991 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 198 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 Second Round) Tournament Note: The 25-year-old Aussie qualified into main draw with wins over Kukushkin and Bourgue Opened on Monday hitting 17 aces in a 76(3) 76(5) win over No. 45 Edmund. Trying to reach first career ATP World Tour QF. Prior to this year, lost in 1R qualifying in 2012 and 2014 and final round in 2013 Last season finished in Top 200 for first time at No. 197 after reaching career-high No. 183 on Oct. 10 Went 3-3 in ATP World Tour level play and reached 2R each time as a qualifier. In Auckland, defeated No. 32 Johnson (l. to No. 8 Ferrer), in Houston (d. Tiafoe, l. to No. 25 Sock) and at Wimbledon (d. Olivetti in 5 th set, l. to No. 17 Isner in three TBs) In ATP Challenger Tour, reached SF in Kyoto and QF in Launceston Won USA Futures #11 in California in March Year-end Emirates ATP Rankings History 2016: : : : : : 661 [5] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs [WC] Jordan Thompson (AUS) First Meeting Kohlschreiber 2016 Summary W: Munich (d Thiem); F: Stuttgart (l Thiem); SF(3): Rotterdam (l Monfils); Barcelona (l Nadal); Moscow (l Fognini); QF(4): Sofia (l Troicki); Dubai (l Wawrinka); Halle (W/O vs Thiem); Hamburg (l Olivo) 2016 W-L: (15-12 on hard) 2016 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: October 16, 1983 (33) Emirates ATP Ranking: 32 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2017, 2015 Second Round-bye) Tournament Note: The 33-year-old German won his first match in Sydney on Monday over Fognini He made his debut two years ago and lost in 2R after bye (l. to Tomic) Captured 5th ATP World Tour title in Germany and 7th overall by beating Thiem 76 in 3rd at Munich Did not drop a set en route to 10th German final at Stuttgart (d. del Potro, l. to No. 7 Thiem in 3 sets) Advanced to SFs at Rotterdam (l. to Monfils), Barcelona (l. to No. 5 Nadal) and Moscow (l. to Fognini) Held 2 MPs vs Olivo in Hamburg QF before falling Beat Rosol and Berdych in Davis Cup 1R, but lost doubles w/petzschner to Berdych/Stepanek (CZE d. GER 3-2) Win over No. 7 Berdych snapped 18-match losing streak against Top 10 opponents (22-80 overall) Right foot injury forced withdrawal from Toronto, Cincinnati and Metz; w/o in Rio Olympics 2R and ret in US Open 1R. Also withdrew from Geneva (right elbow) and conceded walkover vs No. 7 Thiem in Halle QF (left hip strain) Thompson 2016 Summary 2016 W-L: 3-10 (2-6 on hard) Date of Birth: April 20, 1994 (22) Emirates ATP Ranking: 75 (Career-High) Sydney W-L (Best Result): 2-1 ( nd Round) Tournament Note: The 22-year-old wild card opened with a win over [LL] Basilashvili on Tuesday night to reach 2R for second straight year. Last year earned 1st tour-level win as WC (d. Klizan, l. to Tomic in 2R) Last week in Brisbane, won first ATP World Tour doubles title (w/kokkinakis) and reached 1st ATP singles QF (d. No. 21 Ferrer, l to No. 5 Nishikori) Last season broke into Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings on May 2 and finished a year-end best No. 79. This week moved to a career-high No. 75 after Brisbane QF effort Reached Roland Garros 2R as WC, defeating Djere before losing to Karlovic in 5th Led by 2 sets and held 2 MPs in US Open 1R vs Darcis before falling 75 in 5th

17 Day 4 Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Page 5 of 6 In team debut w/hewitt at Wimbledon, saved 8 MPs to beat Almagro/Marrero in 3rd (l. to Pospisil/Sock in 2R) Captured 1st 4 ATP Challenger Tour titles at Cherbourg, FRA (d. Herbert and Pavlasek); Anning, CHN (d. Bourgue); Ho Chi Minh, VIE (d. Soeda) and Traralgon, AUS (d. Zemlja). Entered 2016 with 0-3 record in Challenger finals Added 4 Challenger doubles titles w/saville at Launceston, AUS (d. Kelly/Reid); Shenzhen, CHN (d. Myneni/Nedunchezhiyan); Lexington, USA (d. Scholtz/Vorster) and Canberra, AUS (d. Reid/Smith) [WC] Alex De Minaur (AUS) vs Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) First Meeting De Minaur 2016 Summary 2016 W-L: 0-0 Date of Birth: February 17, 1999 (17) Emirates ATP Ranking: 333 (Career-High) Sydney W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 Second Round) Tournament Note: The 17-year-old wild card earned his first ATP World Tour main draw win on Tuesday, defeating No. 46 Paire (1). He is trying to become the first 17-year-old to reach the quarter-finals in Sydney since countryman Lleyton Hewitt in 1999 (l. to Martin) Made ATP debut last week at Brisbane as Q (d. Kukushkin and Tiafoe in Q, l. to M. Zverev in 1R) Advanced to 1st ATP Challenger Tour final of career at Eckental, GER as Q (d. J. Melzer and Skugor, l. to Darcis) Also advanced to 1st 2 ITF Futures Circuit finals at Murcia, ESP (l. to Diez) and Vic, ESP (l. to Munar) Won Futures doubles title at Madrid, ESP w/boluda-purkiss (d. Gomez-Herrera/Santillan) Fell in Futures doubles final at Lleida, ESP w/boluda-purkiss (l. to Ramanathan/Vega Hernandez) Peaked at No. 2 on ITF Juniors Circuit, winning Australian Open doubles title w/ellis (d. L. Klein/Rikl) Also in juniors, reached Australian Open singles SF (d. Tsitsipas, l. to Karimov), Roland Garros doubles SF w/ellis (l. to Oliel/Rikl) and Wimbledon singles final (d. Auger-Aliassime and Blanch, l. to Shapovalov) Kuznetsov 2016 Summary QF(5): Doha (l Nadal); Marseille (l Cilic); Barcelona (l Kohlschreiber); Geneva (l Rosol); Winston-Salem (l Carreno Busta) 2016 W-L: (21-14 on hard) Date of Birth: February 22, 1991 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 48 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 Second Round) Tournament Note: The 25-year-old Russian made his debut Tuesday, rallying to beat [7] Klizan ret. (broke four times in last two sets) Last week opened season in Doha and lost to Tsonga in 1R Last season finished as top Russian and in Top 50 for first time at No. 46 and set career-highs in wins (29) and ranking (No. 39 on April 25) Advanced to Australian Open 4R (l. to Monfils), Wimbledon 3R (l. to No. 6 Nishikori) and US Open 3R (l. to No. 5 Nadal) Also reached Indian Wells 3R (d. Chardy, l. to No. 4 Wawrinka) and Miami 4R (d. No. 4 Wawrinka in 2R, l. to Kyrgios) Fell to 0-10 in ATP QFs with losses at Doha (l. to No. 5 Nadal), Marseille (l. to Cilic), Barcelona (l. to Kohlschreiber), Geneva (l. to Rosol) and Winston-Salem (l. to Carreño Busta). Played 10 games en route to Winston-Salem QF Improved to 8-0 in Davis Cup, beating Nedovyesov and Kukushkin to lead RUS into World Group (RUS d. KAZ 3-1) Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati due to ankle injury

18 Day 4 Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Page 6 of 6 COURT 3 Nicolas Mahut (FRA) vs [2] Pablo Cuevas (URU) Mahut Leads ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Nicolas Mahut 7-6(6) [4] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs Mischa Zverev (GER) Zverev Leads Metz (France) Hard R32 Mischa Zverev (3) 6-1 Daniel Evans (GBR) vs [8] Marcel Granollers (ESP) First Meeting

19 APIA INTERNATIONAL SYDNEY: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, January 10, 2017 Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, Sydney, Australia January 8-14, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $437,380 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing Richard Evans: revans@atpworldtour.com Press Room: AUSSIE WILD CARDS DE MINAUR, KOKKINAKIS, THOMPSON IN ACTION Three of Australian tennis brightest stars will compete inside Ken Rosewall Arena as first-round play concludes Tuesday at the Apia International Sydney. Alex De Minaur, 17, seeks his first ATP World Tour victory against Benoit Paire of France. De Minaur made his ATP debut as a qualifier at Brisbane last week. The Wimbledon junior finalist reached No. 2 on the ITF Juniors Circuit in Fellow wild cards Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jordan Thompson will go head-to-head two days after capturing the Brisbane doubles title as a team. Thompson, 22, defeated David Ferrer to reach his first singles quarter-final at Brisbane. Kokkinakis, 20, will be playing a singles match for just the second time since October 2015, having undergone right shoulder surgery on December 29, No. 6 seed Gilles Muller meets Alexandr Dolgopolov on Show Court 1. Muller and Sam Querrey lost to Kokkinakis and Thompson in the Brisbane doubles championship match, bringing Muller s combined record in singles and doubles finals to 0-7. Also on Show Court 1, No. 8 seed Marcel Granollers faces lucky loser Santiago Giraldo, who is replacing a fatigued Fernando Verdasco. TUESDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: SINGLES 1R MATCHES KEN ROSEWALL ARENA [WC] Alex De Minaur (AUS) vs Benoit Paire (FRA) First Meeting De Minaur 2016 Summary 2016 W-L: 0-0 Date of Birth: February 17, 1999 (17) Emirates ATP Ranking: 333 (Career-High) Sydney W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut) Tournament Note: Made ATP debut last week at Brisbane as Q (d. Kukushkin and Tiafoe in Q, l. to M. Zverev in 1R) Advanced to 1st ATP Challenger Tour final of career at Eckental, GER as Q (d. J. Melzer and Skugor, l. to Darcis) Also advanced to 1st 2 ITF Futures Circuit finals at Murcia, ESP (l. to Diez) and Vic, ESP (l. to Munar) Won Futures doubles title at Madrid, ESP w/boluda-purkiss (d. Gomez-Herrera/Santillan) Fell in Futures doubles final at Lleida, ESP w/boluda-purkiss (l. to Ramanathan/Vega Hernandez) Peaked at No. 2 on ITF Juniors Circuit, winning Australian Open doubles title w/ellis (d. L. Klein/Rikl) Also in juniors, reached Australian Open singles SF (d. Tsitsipas, l. to Karimov), Roland Garros doubles SF w/ellis (l. to Oliel/Rikl) and Wimbledon singles final (d. Auger-Aliassime and Blanch, l. to Shapovalov)

20 Day 3 Tuesday, January 10, 2017 Page 2 of 4 Paire 2016 Summary SF (4): Chennai (l. Wawrinka); Marseille (l. Cilic); Barcelona (l. Nishikori); Estoril (l. Carreño Busta); QF: Washington (l. A. Zverev) 2016 W-L: (13-20 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 8, 1989 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 46 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut) Tournament Note: Went 3-1 at Chennai last week, suffering 5th straight loss in an ATP SF (l. to Bautista Agut) Advanced to 2016 SFs at Chennai (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka), Marseille (d. No. 4 Wawrinka, l. to Cilic), Barcelona (l. to No. 6 Nishikori) and Estoril (l. to Carreño Busta) Achieved career-high No. 18 in Emirates ATP Rankings on January 11, 2016 Improved to 8-4 in 5-setters with wins over Albot in Roland Garros 1R (l. to Gabashvili in 2R), Skugor in Wimbledon 1R (l. to Millman in 2R) and Lajovic in US Open 1R (l. to Baghdatis in 2R). Saved 4 MPs to beat Skugor 10-8 in 5th Also saved 1 MP vs Cervantes in ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo 1R (l. to No. 2 Murray in 3R) Squandered 1 MP vs Fognini in Rio Olympics 2R, falling 76 in 3rd Upset in Australian Open 1R by 328th-ranked WC Rubin 76(4) 76(6) 76(5) Reached 2016 Chennai doubles final with 1st-time partner Krajicek (l. to Marach/Martin) [WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) vs [WC] Jordan Thompson (AUS) First Meeting Kokkinakis 2016 Summary 2016 W-L: 0-1 (0-1 on hard) Date of Birth: April 10, 1996 (20) Emirates ATP Ranking: N/R Sydney W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut) Tournament Note: Playing singles for 2nd time since surgery. Won Brisbane doubles title last week in 1st ATP World Tour final w/thompson as WC (d. Pouille/Wawrinka, Herbert/Mahut, Nestor/Roger-Vasselin and Muller/Querrey) Underwent right shoulder surgery on December 29, 2015 Played only match of 2016 at Rio Olympics, falling to Elias 76(4) 76(3) Withdrew from Winston-Salem and US Open due to pectoralis strain Thompson 2016 Summary 2016 W-L: 3-10 (2-6 on hard) Date of Birth: April 20, 1994 (22) Emirates ATP Ranking: 75 (Career-High) Sydney W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2016 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Brisbane doubles champion reached 1st ATP singles QF last week (d. Ferrer, l to No. 5 Nishikori) Earned 1st tour-level win at 2016 Sydney as WC (d. Klizan, l. to Tomic in 2R) Reached Roland Garros 2R as WC, defeating Djere before losing to Karlovic in 5th Broke into Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings on May 2 and achieved career-high No. 75 on January 9, 2017 Led by 2 sets and held 2 MPs in US Open 1R vs Darcis before falling 75 in 5th In team debut w/hewitt at Wimbledon, saved 8 MPs to beat Almagro/Marrero in 3rd (l. to Pospisil/Sock in 2R) Captured 1st 4 ATP Challenger Tour titles at Cherbourg, FRA (d. Herbert and Pavlasek); Anning, CHN (d. Bourgue); Ho Chi Minh, VIE (d. Soeda) and Traralgon, AUS (d. Zemlja). Entered 2016 with 0-3 record in Challenger finals Added 4 Challenger doubles titles w/saville at Launceston, AUS (d. Kelly/Reid); Shenzhen, CHN (d. Myneni/Nedunchezhiyan); Lexington, USA (d. Scholtz/Vorster) and Canberra, AUS (d. Reid/Smith)

21 Day 3 Tuesday, January 10, 2017 Page 3 of 4 SHOW COURT 1 [6] Gilles Muller (LUX) vs Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) Series Tied Valencia (Spain) Hard R16 Alexandr Dolgopolov Nottingham (Great Britain) Grass QF Gilles Muller Muller 2016 Summary F (2): 's-hertogenbosch (l. Mahut); Newport (l. Karlovic); SF (4): Sydney (l. Dimitrov); Sofia (l. Bautista Agut); Nottingham (l. Cuevas); Basel (l. Nishikori); QF (3): London/Queen's Club (l. Tomic); Metz (l. Thiem); Tokyo (l. Kyrgios) 2016 W-L: (22-17 on hard) Date of Birth: May 9, 1983 (33) Emirates ATP Ranking: 34 (Career-High) Sydney W-L (Best Result): 6-3 ( Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Beat Tomic in 2015 and Thiem in 2016 en route to Sydney SFs. Lost to Donaldson in Brisbane 1R last week and reached doubles final w/querrey (l. to Kokkinakis/Thompson). Now 0-7 in singles/doubles finals Snapped 7-match losing streak in SFs to reach 1st final since 2012 at s-hertogenbosch (d. Karlovic, l. to Mahut) Also advanced to Newport final, falling to Karlovic 67(2) 76(5) 76(12) after holding 3 MPs Saved 10 MPs to beat Isner 36 76(16) 76(7) in London/Queen s Club 2R (l. to Tomic in QF) Tied Schuettler (2004 Kitzbühel 2R) for most MPs on record saved by winner since Panatta (11) in 1976 Rome 1R Saved 1 MP to beat Delbonis in Basel QF before squandering 2 MPs in SF loss to No. 5 Nishikori Also reached SFs at Sydney (d. Thiem in 2R, l. to Dimitrov), Sofia (l. to Bautista Agut) and Nottingham (l. to Cuevas) Advanced to QFs at Metz (l. to No. 10 Thiem) and Tokyo (d. No. 9 Berdych in 1R, l. to Kyrgios) Luxembourg flagbearer at Olympics (d. Janowicz after saving 2 MPs and No. 9 Tsonga, l. to Bautista Agut in 3R) Rallied from 2 sets down, hit career-high 51 aces, saved 4 MPs vs Giraldo in Wimbledon 1R (l. to Kuznetsov in 2R) Withdrew from Estoril due to wrist injury and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai due to left leg injury Dolgopolov 2016 Summary SF: Acapulco (l. Tomic); QF (4): Sydney (l. Dimitrov); Rio de Janeiro (w/o vs Nadal); Barcelona (l. Nishikori); Nottingham (l. Muller) 2016 W-L: (9-11 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: November 7, 1988 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 63 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 6-3 (2011, 2014, 2016 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Reached QFs in all 3 Sydney appearances. Lost to No. 9 Nadal in Brisbane 1R last week Defeated No. 8 Ferrer en route to Acapulco SF (l. to Tomic in 3 sets) Reached 2016 QFs at Sydney (l. to Dimitrov), Barcelona (d. Donskoy in 2R after saving 1 MP, l. to No. 2 Nishikori) and Nottingham (l. to Muller) Fell in 3R of ATP Masters 1000 events at Indian Wells (l. to No. 10 Gasquet) and Miami (l. to No. 6 Nishikori) Suffered a 6-match losing streak to end season following 2R win over Thompson at Washington Conceded w/o in Rio de Janeiro QF (right shoulder) and retired in Cincinnati 1R (back) and US Open 1R (nausea) Withdrew from Roland Garros and s-hertogenbosch (abdomen), then Shenzhen, Tokyo, Antwerp and Paris (back)

22 Day 3 Tuesday, January 10, 2017 Page 4 of 4 [LL] Santiago Giraldo (COL) vs [8] Marcel Granollers (ESP) Giraldo Leads Acapulco (Mexico) Clay R16 Santiago Giraldo Viña del Mar (Chile) Clay R16 Santiago Giraldo 7-6(7) 7-6(2) 14 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Santiago Giraldo (2) Other Meetings 07 Bogotá CH (Colombia) Clay R16 Santiago Giraldo (5) Irving CH (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Marcel Granollers ret Giraldo 2016 Summary QF: Los Cabos (l. Carreno Busta) 2016 W-L: (4-5 on hard) Date of Birth: November 27, 1987 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 90 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main Draw Debut) Tournament Note: Playing 1st main draw match of 2017 season after replacing Verdasco (fatigue) Advanced to Los Cabos QF (d. Weintraub and Querrey, l. to Carreño Busta in 3 sets) Won 1R matches at Aus. Open, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, ATP Masters 1000 Miami and Munich Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Bautista Agut in 1R) Led by 2 sets and held 4 MPs in Wimbledon 1R vs Muller before falling in 5th Captured Challenger titles at Prague, CZE (d. Ignatik 76 in 3rd) and Fairfield, USA (d. Halys in 3 sets) Also advanced to Las Vegas, USA Challenger final (l. to Groth 75 in 3rd) Fell outside Top 100 on May 2 for 1st time since week of January 25, 2010 Granollers 2016 Summary QF (4): ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l. Monfils); Istanbul (l. Karlovic); Los Cabos (l. Karlovic); Basel (l. Cilic) 2016 W-L: (12-13 on hard) 2016 Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: April 12, 1986 (30) Emirates ATP Ranking: 37 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 2-3 (2013 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: 2013 quarter-finalist (l. to Seppi) is playing 1st singles match of 2017 season Advanced to QFs at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo as LL (d. Goffin, l. to Monfils), Istanbul (l. to Karlovic), Los Cabos (l. to Karlovic) and Basel (d. Sock, l. to Cilic) Replaced countryman Ferrer and became 1st lucky loser to reach Monte-Carlo QF in tournament history Received retirement from Mahut and walkover from No. 5 Nadal en route to Roland Garros 4R (l. to Thiem) Snapped 7-match losing streak vs Top 10 by beating No. 9 Berdych to reach Shanghai 3R (l. to M. Zverev) Captured 4th ATP Challenger Tour title at Irving, USA (d. Giraldo, M. Zverev, Rosol, Dodig and Bedene) In 1st ATP World Tour event with all 3 partners, won doubles titles at Båstad w/marrero (d. Daniell/Demoliner), Tokyo w/matkowski (d. Klaasen/Ram) and Basel w/sock (d. Lindstedt/Venus) Withdrew from Winston-Salem due to abdominal injury and retired in Moscow 1R vs Robert due to groin strain COURT 3 Mischa Zverev (GER) vs Nicolas Almagro (ESP) Almagro Leads ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Nicolas Almagro COURT 4 Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) vs [7] Martin Klizan (SVK) First ATP Meeting Other Meetings 11 Casablanca CH (Morocco) Clay R16 Andrey Kuznetsov Geneva CH (Switzerland) Hard R16 Martin Klizan (9)

23 APIA INTERNATIONAL SYDNEY: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Monday, January 9, 2017 Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, Sydney, Australia January 8-14, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $437,380 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing Richard Evans: revans@atpworldtour.com Press Room: AUSSIE QUALIFIERS, NO. 5 SEED KOHLSCHREIBER HEADLINE DAY TWO ACTION There are five first round singles matches on Monday s schedule at the Apia International Sydney with two Aussie qualifiers and No. 5 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber in action at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre. In the opening match on Ken Rosewall Arena, Aussie qualifier Matthew Barton takes on British No. 2 Kyle Edmund for the first time on the ATP World Tour. In their previous meeting in the 1R at the 2015 Launceston Challenger, Barton won ret. Both players are making their main draw debut in Sydney and coming off year-end best showings in the Emirates ATP Rankings last season. Barton finished in the Top 200 for the first time at No. 197 while Edmund ended the season at No. 45. Last season Barton qualified three times into the main draw in tour level play, reaching the 2R each time. Edmund is coming off a quarter-final in Brisbane last week (l. to No. 4 Wawrinka). In the last match on, Kohlschreiber brings a 4-2 head-to-head advantage against Fabio Fognini. They split their two meetings last season with Fognini winning the last time in the semi-finals in Moscow. Both players won an ATP World Tour title last season and finished as the No. 2 player in their country. Kohlschreiber won the Munich title and finished No. 32 while Fognini captured the Umag title and finished No. 49. On Show Court 1, qualifiers Gastao Elias of Portugal and Christopher O Connell of Australia meet for the first time. Elias finished in the Top 100 for the first time at No. 81 last season while O Connell is making his ATP World Tour main draw debut. He is ranked No In the next match, German Florian Mayer and Paolo Lorenzi meet for the first time on the ATP World Tour. Both players finished in the Top 50 last season and won ATP World Tour titles. On Court 3, British No. 3 Daniel Evans plays Brazilian qualifier Thiago Monteiro for the first time. MONDAY FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: In Order of Play by Court Ken Rosewall Arena [Q] Matthew Barton (AUS) vs Kyle Edmund (GBR) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 15 Launceston CH (Australia) Hard R32 Matthew Barton ret. Barton 2016 Summary 2016 W-L: 3-3 (2-2 on hard) Date of Birth: December 18, 1991 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 198 Sydney W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

24 Day 2 Monday, January 9, 2017 Page 2 of 4 Tournament Note: The 25-year-old Aussie qualified into main draw with wins over Kukushkin and Bourgue Prior to this year, lost in 1R qualifying in 2012 and 2014 and final round in 2013 Last season finished in Top 200 for first time at No. 197 after reaching career-high No. 183 on Oct. 10 Went 3-3 in ATP World Tour level play and reached 2R each time as a qualifier. In Auckland, defeated No. 32 Johnson (l. to No. 8 Ferrer), in Houston (d. Tiafoe, l. to No. 25 Sock) and at Wimbledon (d. Olivetti in 5 th set, l. to No. 17 Isner in three TBs) In ATP Challenger Tour, reached SF in Kyoto and QF in Launceston Won USA Futures #11 in California in March Year-end Emirates ATP Rankings History 2016: : : : : : : 898 Edmund 2016 Summary SF: Antwerp (l Gasquet); QF(3): Doha (l Berdych); London / Queen's Club (l Murray); Beijing (l Murray) 2016 W-L: (14-13 on hard) Date of Birth: January 8, 1995 (turned 22 Sunday) Emirates ATP Ranking: 45 Brisbane W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 Second Round) Tournament Note: The 22-year-old British No. 2 (celebrated birthday Sunday) is making his debut. Last week in Brisbane he beat [Q] Escobedo and World No. 15 Pouille (ret.) before losing in three sets to No. 4 Wawrinka Defeated Ferrer 76 in 3rd en route to 1st ATP World Tour SF at Antwerp (l. to Gasquet in 3 sets) Beat Gasquet, Escobedo and Isner to reach US Open 4R (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) Advanced to 1st 3 ATP World Tour QFs at Doha as Q (l. to No. 6 Berdych), London/Queen s Club as WC (d. Simon in 1R, l. to No. 2 Murray in 3 sets) and Beijing as Q (d. Bautista Agut in 3 sets, l. to No. 2 Murray) Set career-highs in 2016 in wins (21) and ranking (No. 40 on October 24) Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (d. Delbonis, l. to No. 3 Wawrinka in 2R) Won Challenger titles at Dallas, USA (d. Evans) and Rome, ITA (d. Krajinovic); runner-up at Maui, USA (l. to Wu) In Davis Cup, beat Tipsarevic and Lajovic (GBR d. SRB 3-2 in QF), then fell to Pella (ARG d. GBR 3-2 in SF) Retired vs A. Zverev in Nice 1R (left ankle) and vs Ferrer in Vienna 1R (left leg) Captured 9th Challenger title at Braunschweig, GER (d. Cervantes) and reached final at Biella, ITA (l. to Gaio) Retired in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R vs Kukushkin (dehydration), withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Paris (back [5] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA) Kohlschreiber Leads Hamburg (Germany) Clay R16 Philipp Kohlschreiber ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (Canada) Hard R32 Philipp Kohlschreiber Stuttgart (Germany) Clay F Fabio Fognini Kitzbühel (Austria) Clay QF Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6(0) Munich (Germany) Clay SF Philipp Kohlschreiber Moscow (Russia) Hard SF Fabio Fognini (2) Kohlschreiber 2016 Summary W: Munich (d Thiem); F: Stuttgart (l Thiem); SF(3): Rotterdam (l Monfils); Barcelona (l Nadal); Moscow (l Fognini); QF(4): Sofia (l Troicki); Dubai (l Wawrinka); Halle (W/O vs Thiem); Hamburg (l Olivo) 2016 W-L: (15-12 on hard) 2016 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: October 16, 1983 (33) Emirates ATP Ranking: 32 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2015 Second Round-bye) Tournament Note: The 33-year-old German made his debut two years ago and lost in 2R after bye (l. to Tomic) Captured 5th ATP World Tour title in Germany and 7th overall by beating Thiem 76 in 3rd at Munich Did not drop a set en route to 10th German final at Stuttgart (d. del Potro, l. to No. 7 Thiem in 3 sets) Advanced to SFs at Rotterdam (l. to Monfils), Barcelona (l. to No. 5 Nadal) and Moscow (l. to Fognini) Held 2 MPs vs Olivo in Hamburg QF before falling Beat Rosol and Berdych in Davis Cup 1R, but lost doubles w/petzschner to Berdych/Stepanek (CZE d. GER 3-2)

25 Day 2 Monday, January 9, 2017 Page 3 of 4 Win over No. 7 Berdych snapped 18-match losing streak against Top 10 opponents (22-80 overall) Right foot injury forced withdrawal from Toronto, Cincinnati and Metz; w/o in Rio Olympics 2R and ret in US Open 1R. Also withdrew from Geneva (right elbow) and conceded walkover vs No. 7 Thiem in Halle QF (left hip strain) Fognini 2016 Summary W: Umag (d Martin); F: Moscow (l Carreno Busta); SF: Munich (l Kohlschreiber); QF(2): Auckland (l Tsonga); Barcelona (l Nadal) 2016 W-L: (13-12 on hard) 2016 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 4 Date of Birth: May 24, 1987 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 47 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 2-3 ( , 2015 Second Round-bye in 2015) Tournament Note: The 29-year-old Italian has reached 2R three times, in 2012 (d. Russell, l. to Gasquet), 2013 (d. Dimitrov, l. to Granollers) and in 2015 after a bye (l. to del Potro) Captured 4th singles title at Umag (d. Martin) and 4th doubles title at Shenzhen w/lindstedt (d. Marach/F. Martin Defeated No. 1 Italian Lorenzi en route to Moscow final (l. to Carreño Busta in 3 sets) Posted 6th comeback from 2 sets down to beat Gabashvili in US Open 1R before falling to Ferrer in 5 sets Lost to eventual champions in Munich SF (l. to Kohlschreiber) and Barcelona QF (l. to No. 5 Nadal) Saved 2 MPs vs Sousa in Auckland 1R (l. to Tsonga in QF) and 1 MP vs Paire in Rio Olympics 2R (l. to Murray in 3R) Won 5-setter vs Delbonis in 1R before losing 5-setter vs Lopez in 2R at Wimbledon In defense of Australian Open doubles title w/bolelli, lost to Mannarino/Pouille in 2R Retired vs Gimeno-Traver in Rio de Janeiro 2R and withdrew from 3 events due to abdominal muscle strain Show Court 1 [Q] Gastao Elias (POR) vs [Q] Christopher O'Connell (AUS) First Meeting Elias 2016 Summary SF(2): Bastad (l Verdasco); Umag (l Fognini); QF(2): Sao Paulo (l Lajovic); Stockholm (l Sock) 2016 W-L: (3-7 on hard) Date of Birth: November 24, 1990 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 81 Sydney W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut Tournament Note: The 26-year-old Portuguese native qualified into main draw with wins over Vanni and Basilashvili Reached 1st 2 ATP SFs at Båstad (d. Sousa, l. to Verdasco) and Umag (d. Cuevas after saving 1 MP, l. to Fognini) In 1st match vs Top 10 opponent, upset No. 7 Monfils to reach Stockholm QF (l. to Sock) Also advanced to São Paulo QF as Q (d. Andujar and Giraldo, l. to Lajovic) Set career-highs this season in wins (13) and ranking (No. 57 on October 24) At Rio Olympics, reached 2R in singles (d. Kokkinakis, l. to Johnson) and doubles w/sousa (l. to Nestor/Pospisil) Qualified at Buenos Aires (l. to Thiem in 2R after holding 1 MP) and Rio de Janeiro (l. to Giraldo in 1R) Captured Challenger singles titles at Turin, ITA (d. Lopez-Perez) and Mestre, ITA (d. Lorenzi and Zeballos) Won Challenger doubles title w/ghem at Rio de Janeiro, BRA (d. Eysseric/Reyes-Varela) Fell 76 in 5th to Thiem and lost 2-set lead w/sousa vs Peya/Thiem in Davis Cup Group I 1R (AUT d. POR 4-1) O'Connell 2016 Summary 2016 W-L: 0-0 Date of Birth: June 3, 1994 (22) Emirates ATP Ranking: 238 Sydney W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut

26 Day 2 Monday, January 9, 2017 Page 4 of 4 Tournament Note: The 22-year-old Aussie qualified into his first career ATP World Tour main draw with a pair of wins over No. 74 Marchenko and No. 163 Lopez-Perez Prior to this year, lost in 1R qualifying in 2015 (l. to Kukushkin) Last season finished a year-end best No. 240 highlighted by success in Futures events. Compiled a match record in 19 events and won five titles at Australia #1, Serbia #1 and #4 and Australia #8 and #10. In limited ATP Challenger Tour play, qualified in Seville (1R) and in Sibiu, ROU reaching a career-best SF Florian Mayer (GER) vs Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 02 Italy F4 (TBA) Clay R16 Paolo Lorenzi Mayer 2016 Summary W: Halle (d Zverev); QF: Stuttgart (l Federer) 2016 W-L: (2-5 on hard) 2016 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: October 5, 1983 (33) Emirates ATP Ranking: 49 Sydney W-L (Best Result): 4-5 (2011 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: The 33-year-old German is making his sixth appearance (4-5 record) and best result is SF in 2011 (l. to Troicki). Also 2R in 2013 (d. Sousa, l. to Tomic). In last visit in 2014, lost in 1R to Matosevic Lowest-ranked champion in Halle history, beating No. 7 Thiem and A. Zverev to win ATP World Tour 500 title. Afterwards rose from No. 192 on June 13 to No. 80 in June 20 Emirates ATP Rankings Reached 1st QF since 2015 Halle at Stuttgart as Q (d. Troicki and Berrer, l. to No. 3 Federer) Earned 1st tour-level win since 2015 Hamburg at Munich as Q (d. Bachinger, l. to Kohlschreiber in 2R) Captured back-to-back Challenger titles at Portoroz, SLO (d. Medvedev) and Meerbusch, GER (d. Marterer) Returned at Bucharest following 7-month absence with torn tendon in right adductor (l. to Dustov in qualifying 1R) Lorenzi FastFacts: 2016 Highlights: W: Kitzbühel (d Basilashvili); SF: Quito (l Bellucci); QF(3): Buenos Aires (l Nadal); Bucharest (l Pouille); St. Petersburg (l Berdych) 2016 W-L: (10-12 on hard) 2016 Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: December 15, 1981 (35) Emirates ATP Ranking: 41 Sydney W-L (Best Result): Main Draw Debut Tournament Note: The 35-year-old Italian and top player from his country is making his main draw debut. Finished last season a year-end best No. 40 At 34 years, 221 days, became oldest 1st-time champion ever on ATP World Tour at Kitzbühel (d. Basilashvili) Beat Simon 76 in 5th after 4 hours, 54 minutes to reach 1st Grand Slam 3R at US Open (l. to No. 2 Murray in 4 sets) Set career-highs last season in wins (26) and ranking (No. 35 on September 12) -- became No. 1 Italian on August 1 Advanced to 2nd ATP singles SF of career at Quito (d. Tomic, l. to Bellucci) Reached QFs at Buenos Aires (l. to No. 5 Nadal). Bucharest (l. to Pouille) and St. Petersburg (l. to No. 9 Berdych) Played in 3rd ATP doubles final at Buenos Aires w/cervantes (l. to Cabal/Farah) Won 17th Challenger title at Canberra, AUS (d. Dodig) and 18th at Caltanissetta, ITA (d. Donati after saving 6 MPs) Saved 3 MPs to beat Chiudinelli in Davis Cup 1R after 4h43m and 2 MPs to beat M. Zverev in St. Petersburg 1R Claimed longest tiebreak in history of Davis Cup World Group, taking 1st set against Chiudinelli 76(14) Court 3 Daniel Evans (GBR) vs [Q] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) First Meeting

27 APIA INTERNATIONAL SYDNEY: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, January 8, 2017 Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, Sydney, Australia January 8-14, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $437,380 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing Paul Macpherson: pmacpherson@atpworldtour.com Press Room: APIA INTERNATIONAL SYDNEY TALKING POINTS Two-time defending champion Viktor Troicki returns to the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre for the 2017 Apia International Sydney. Troicki defeated Mikhail Kukushkin two years ago in the first ATP World Tour final to ever feature two qualifiers. In 2016, the Serbian player saved a championship point against Grigor Dimitrov. Troicki lost to Gilles Simon in the 2011 Sydney final. As the No. 3 seed, Troicki benefits from a first-round bye. Others already through to the second round are No. 1 seed Dominic Thiem, No. 2 seed Pablo Cuevas and No. 4 seed Pablo Carreño Busta. All three players won multiple titles during the 2016 season. Thiem enjoyed the biggest breakthrough of the bunch, capturing four titles, earning 58 wins and reaching a career-high No. 7. Australians Alex De Minaur, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jordan Thompson were granted wild cards. De Minaur qualified at Brisbane last week before falling to Mischa Zverev in his ATP World Tour debut. The 17-year-old peaked at No. 2 on the ITF Juniors Circuit in 2016, reaching the Wimbledon singles final and winning the Australian Open doubles title with countryman Blake Ellis. Kokkinakis and Thompson go from teammates in the Brisbane doubles final on Sunday to opponents in the Sydney first round on Monday or Tuesday. Thompson, 22, defeated David Ferrer to reach his first singles quarter-final in Brisbane. Kokkinakis, 20, has played only one singles match since October 2015, having undergone right shoulder surgery on December 29, Reigning doubles champions Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares return as the No. 1 seeds. In just their second tournament as a team, Murray and Soares defeated Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea to capture the 2016 Sydney title. They went on to win the Australian Open and US Open before finishing the season as World No. 1s in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings. Main draw play begins Sunday with one singles and one doubles match. Nicolas Mahut, the World No. 1 in doubles, meets Thomaz Bellucci in singles. No. 2 seeds Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez of Spain reunite in doubles against the first-time team of Carreño Busta and Fabio Fognini. Granollers and Lopez, who reached two Grand Slam finals in 2014, did not play together in EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY Apia International Sydney W F SF QF R16 R32 Singles Ranking Points * 0 Singles Prize Money $77,980 $41,070 $22,245 $12,675 $7,470 $4,425 Doubles Ranking Points Doubles Prize Money $23,690 $12,450 $6,750 $3,860 $2, * Singles players who receive first-round byes and lose in the second round earn 0 points.