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1 2017 US OPEN Flushing, New York, USA August 28-September 10, 2017 Draw Size: S-128, D-64 $50.4 million Hard DAY FIVE MEDIA NOTES FEATURED MEN S SINGLES 3R MATCHES ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM [Q] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs Kyle Edmund (GBR) Series Tied 1-1 [23] Mischa Zverev (GER) vs [10] John Isner (USA) Series Tied 2-2 LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM [Q] Nicolas Mahut (FRA) vs [12] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) First Meeting [17] Sam Querrey (USA) vs [Q] Radu Albot (MDA) First Meeting GRANDSTAND [29] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs [5] Marin Cilic (CRO) Cilic Leads 1-0 [28] Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs Borna Coric (CRO) Anderson Leads 2-0 COURT 17 Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) vs Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) First Tour-Level Meeting [16] Lucas Pouille (FRA) vs [Q] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) Pouille Leads 1-0 DAY FIVE HIGHLIGHTS Third round action on Friday is led by No. 5 seed and 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic, No. 10 seed John Isner, No. 12 seed Pablo Carreno Busta, No. 16 seed Lucas Pouille and No. 17 seed Sam Querrey, who reached the Wimbledon semi-finals in July. Of the 16 players remaining in the bottom half of the draw, only Cilic and Querrey have advanced to the semi-finals or better in a Grand Slam tournament. There are also four qualifiers in the third round at the US Open for the first time since The last qualifier to reach the 4R or better in Flushing Meadows was Gilles Muller, who advanced to the quarter-finals in In the opening match on Arthur Ashe Stadium, #NextGenATP Canadian qualifier Denis Shapovalov takes on Kyle Edmund of Great Britain for the third time this season (tied 1-1). Both players are the No. 2 player from their respective country. Edmund won the first meeting in a 1R Davis Cup tie in Ottawa and Shapovalov prevailed in three sets on June 19 in the 1R at the Queen s Club in London. The 18-year-old Shapovalov is trying to become the youngest player to reach the 4R at the US Open since Michael Chang (17) in Edmund is looking to advance to the 4R at the US Open for the second year in a row. In the evening match, No. 23 Mischa Zverev and Isner square off for the fifth time (tied 2-2). Isner is 0-4 vs. the Zverev brothers this season, losing twice to Mischa and to Alexander. The 32-year-old Isner is appearing in the third round in Flushing Meadows for the ninth straight year (10 th overall) and he is 3-6 in 3R matches. His best Grand Slam result is the QFs here in Isner is 15-3 this summer, winning titles in Newport and Atlanta. Zverev is attempting to reach his second Grand Slam 4 th Round. He was a quarter-finalist at the Australian Open in January. On Louis Armstrong, qualifier Nicolas Mahut and Carreno Busta meet for the first time. Mahut is looking to advance to the 4 th Round at the US Open for the first time in his 12 th main draw appearance. Carreno Busta reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros in June, his best career Grand Slam result. In the following match, Querrey and Radu Albot of Moldova battle for the first time. Querrey is 14-3 since the beginning of Wimbledon and he s looking to advance to the 4 th Round at the US Open for the first time since On Grandstand, No. 29 seed Diego Schwartzman plays Cilic, who is playing his first tournament since falling in the Wimbledon final on July 16. He was sidelined during the hard court circuit with an adductor injury. Schwartzman is 1-13 lifetime against Top 10 opponents and he s trying to reach his first 4 th Round in a Grand Slam event. In the next match on, No. 28 seed Kevin Anderson brings a 2-0 record against #NextGenATP Croat Borna Coric, who is aiming to reach his first 4 th Round in a Grand Slam tournament. On Court 17, Italians Thomas Fabbiano and Paolo Lorenzi battle it out with the winner getting to the 4 th Round in a Slam for the first time. In the next match on, last year s US Open quarter-finalist Pouille takes on qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan for the second time. Pouille won here in four sets in the 1R one year ago.

2 Page 2 of 15 ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM [Q] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs Kyle Edmund (GBR) Series Tied Davis Cup 1R (Canada) Hard RR Kyle Edmund def 17 London/Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R32 Denis Shapovalov 7-6(4) [Q] DENIS SHAPOVALOV vs KYLE EDMUND 18 (4/15/99) Age (Birthdate) 22 (1/8/95) No. 69 (No. 67 on 8/14/17) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 42 (No. 40 on 10/24/16) Tel Aviv, Israel Birthplace Johannesburg, South Africa Nassau, The Bahamas Residence Beverley, Great Britain 7-6 (6-4) 2017 Record (on hard) (17-13) 9-8 (8-6) Career Record (on hard) (31-31) 0 / Titles / Career Titles 0 / Career Grand Slam Record (2017 3rd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 5-1 (2016 4th Round) 0-0 Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 1-3 (0-1) 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down (6-2) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) (8-10) $418,421 Career Prize Money $1,733,502 Martin Laurendeau, Tessa Shapovalova Coach Mark Hilton [Q] DENIS SHAPOVALOV Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2017 Wimbledon as WC (l. to Janowicz) Ended junior career at 2016 Wimbledon by winning singles title (d. Tsitsipas and de Minaur) and reaching doubles final w/auger-aliassime (l. to Raisma/Tsitsipas) Won 2015 US Open junior doubles title w/auger-aliassime (d. Holt/Smith) Reached 2016 Roland Garros junior singles SF (d. Tsitsipas, l. to Blancaneaux) SF (1): ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l A. Zverev) Hard-Court Summer (4-1) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: Semi-finals (l A. Zverev) Tournament Note: Youngest player in US Open 3R since Young in 2007 and Grand Slam 3R since Tomic at 2011 Aus. Open. Would be youngest in US Open 4R since Chang in 1989 and Grand Slam 4R since Safin at 1998 Roland Garros. Saved 4 MPs vs Dutra Silva and upset Nadal en route to ATP Masters 1000 Montreal SF as WC (l. to A. Zverev) Youngest player to reach ATP Masters 1000 QF and SF since series started in 1990 Youngest player to beat Top 2 opponent in non-ret finish since Nadal beat No. 1 Federer in 2004 Miami 3R Then-No. 143 became lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 semi-finalist since No. 191 Pavel was 2003 Paris finalist Broke into Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings and achieved career-high No. 67 on August 14 Qualified at London/Queen s Club and earned 2nd ATP World Tour win in 1R (d. Edmund, l. to Berdych in 2R) Made Grand Slam main draw debut at Wimbledon as WC (l. to Janowicz in 1R) Beat countryman Auger-Aliassime, 16, en route to 1st Challenger title at Drummondville, CAN (d. Bemelmans) Added 2nd Challenger title on home soil at Gatineau, CAN (d. Polansky)

3 Page 3 of 15 KYLE EDMUND Advanced to 1st Grand Slam 3R and 4R at 2016 US Open (d. Gasquet and Isner, l. to No. 1 Djokovic) Reached 3R at 2017 Roland Garros (l. to Anderson after leading 2 sets to 1) Earned 1st win in 5th appearance at Wimbledon in 2017 (d. A. Ward, l. to Monfils in 2R) Won junior doubles titles w/ferreira Silva at 2012 US Open (d. Kyrgios/Thompson) and 2013 Roland Garros (d. Garin/Jarry) Reached junior singles SFs at 2011 US Open (l. to Vesely) and 2013 Wimbledon (d. Nishioka in 2R, l. to Quinzi) SF (2): Atlanta (l Harrison); Winston-Salem (l Dzumhur) QF (2): Brisbane (l Wawrinka); Delray Beach (l Raonic) Hard-Court Summer (8-5) Atlanta: Semi-finals (l Harrison) Washington: 2nd Round (l Dimitrov) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 1st Round (l Ferrer) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 1st Round (l Sousa) Winston-Salem: Semi-finals (l Dzumhur) Tournament Note: Lost to Shapovalov in Great Britain (London/Queen s Club) after beating him in Canada (Davis Cup) Reached 2nd ATP SF at Atlanta (d. Sock, l. to Harrison) and 3rd at Winston-Salem as Q (d. Johnson, l. to Dzumhur) Advanced to QFs at Brisbane (l. to Wawrinka in 3 sets) and Delray Beach (l. to Raonic in 3 sets) Defeated Elias and Olivo to reach Roland Garros 3R (l. to Anderson after leading 2 sets to 1) Earned 1st win in 5th appearance at Wimbledon (d. A. Ward, l. to Monfils in 2R) Squandered 3 MPs in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1R (l. to Donaldson) and 2 MPs in Estoril 1R (l. to Domingues)

4 Page 4 of 15 [23] Mischa Zverev (GER) vs [10] John Isner (USA) Series Tied Bangkok (Thailand) Hard R16 John Isner 7-6(5) ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R64 John Isner 7-6(8) Australian Open (Australia) Hard R64 Mischa Zverev 6-7(4) 6-7(4) (7) Geneva (Switzerland) Clay R16 Mischa Zverev (5) 6-3 [23] MISCHA ZVEREV vs [10] JOHN ISNER 30 (8/22/87) Age (Birthdate) 32 (4/26/85) No. 27 (No. 25 on 7/24/17) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 15 (No. 9 on 4/16/12) Moscow, Russia Birthplace Greensboro, NC, USA Monte Carlo, Monaco Residence Tampa, FL, USA (11-12) 2017 Record (on hard) (18-10) (62-81) Career Record (on hard) ( ) 0 / Titles / Career Titles 2 / Career Grand Slam Record (2017 3rd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) (2011 Quarter-finals) 4-3 (4-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 7-17 (0-2) 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down (9-15) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) (34-19) $3,653,579 Career Prize Money $11,947,123 Alexander Zverev Sr. Coach Rene Moller, David Macpherson [23] MISCHA ZVEREV Earned biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray to reach 1st Grand Slam QF at 2017 Aus. Open (l. to Federer) Rallied from 2 sets down for 1st time in 2R, saving 2 MPs to defeat Isner 97 in 5th after 4h10m Together with A. Zverev, 1st brothers to reach Grand Slam 3R since Byron and Wayne Black at 1998 Aus. Open Advanced to Wimbledon 3R in 2008 (ret vs Wawrinka) and 2017 (l. to Federer) Achieved career-high No. 25 on July 24, 2017 soon after advancing to Wimbledon 3R (l. to Federer) Qualified at all 4 Slams during career, but missed 17 straight main draws from 2012 Wimbledon through 2016 Wimbledon, falling in qualifying 11 times Reached 2004 US Open juniors SF (d. Troicki, l. to Murray) and 2004 Roland Garros juniors doubles final w/al. Kuznetsov (l. to Andujar/Granollers) F (1): Geneva (l Wawrinka) SF (1): Stuttgart (l Lopez) QF (1): Australian Open (l Federer) Hard-Court Summer (2-3) Washington: 2nd Round (l Pella) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 2nd Round (l Dimitrov) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 2nd Round (l Carreno Busta)

5 Page 5 of 15 Tournament Note: Owns 4-0 record in 5th sets this season, defeating Isner at Australian Open, Kukushkin at Wimbledon, and [WC] Kwiatkowski and Paire at US Open. Win over Isner is only victory of career from 2 sets down. Earned biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray to reach 1st Grand Slam QF at Australian Open (l. to Federer) Rallied from 2 sets down for 1st time in Australian Open 2R, saving 2 MPs to defeat Isner 97 in 5th after 4h10m Together with A. Zverev, 1st brothers to reach Grand Slam 3R since Byron and Wayne Black at 1998 Aus. Open Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour final at Geneva as Q (d. Nishikori, l. to Wawrinka) Reached Stuttgart SF (l. to Lopez in 3 sets) and Wimbledon 3R (d. Kukushkin in 5 sets, l. to Federer) Enjoyed career-high 23 wins this season and achieved career-high No. 25 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 24 Went 1-10 following upset of Murray in Melbourne, posting lone win at Indian Wells (d. Sousa, l. to Thiem in 3R) Won Montpellier doubles title with singles champion A. Zverev -- 1st sweep by bros since Murrays at 2011 Tokyo Doubles runner-up at Halle with singles runner-up A. Zverev (l. to Kubot/Melo) Withdrew from Newport and Atlanta due to right wrist injury [10] JOHN ISNER Reached 1st Grand Slam QF at 2011 US Open (l. to Murray) Also at US Open, made Grand Slam debut in 2007 (l. to No. 1 Federer in 3R) and reached 4R in 2009 (d. Roddick 76 in 5th, l. to Verdasco) and 2015 (l. to Federer) Fell in 4R at 4 other Slams, most recently in 2016 at Aus. Open (l. to Ferrer) and Roland Garros (l. to Murray) Defeated Mahut in 5th after 11h5m in 2010 Wimbledon 1R. Longest match ever spanned 3 days with Isner hitting record 113 aces (Mahut hit 103). W (2): Newport (d Ebden); Atlanta (d Harrison) SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l A. Zverev); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Dimitrov) QF (4): Auckland (l Johnson); Memphis (l Young); Houston (l Escobedo); Eastbourne (l Gasquet) Hard-Court Summer (9-3) Atlanta: Champion (d Harrison) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 1st Round (l del Potro) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: Semi-finals (l Dimitrov) Winston-Salem: 3rd Round (l Coric) Tournament Note: Playing in US Open 3R for 9th straight year and 10th time in 11 appearances (3-6 in US Open 3R) Did not drop a set en route to back-to-back titles at Newport (d. Ebden) and Atlanta (d. Harrison) In Newport, became 2nd champion to not face break point at an ATP event since at least 1991 (Haas: 2007 Memphis) Also unbroken at Cincinnati, where he reached 9th ATP Masters 1000 SF (l. to Dimitrov 76 76) Held in 146 of 149 service games from July 19 through August 19 (98%) Went 7-1 in TBs to reach 1st clay-court ATP Masters 1000 SF at Rome (d. Wawrinka and Cilic, l. to A. Zverev) Let 2-set lead and 2 MPs slip away vs M. Zverev in Australian Open 2R -- 5th loss of career from 2 sets up Saved 1 MP in Auckland 2R vs Jaziri; squandered 3 MPs in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R vs A. Zverev Advanced to Acapulco doubles final w/f. Lopez (d. Marach/F. Martin in Match TB, l. to J. Murray/Soares) Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Madrid and Washington due to right knee injury

6 Page 6 of 15 LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM [Q] Nicolas Mahut (FRA) vs [12] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) First Meeting [Q] NICOLAS MAHUT vs [12] PABLO CARRENO BUSTA 35 (1/21/82) Age (Birthdate) 26 (7/12/91) No. 115 (No. 37 on 5/5/14) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 19 (No. 15 on 7/24/17) Angers, France Birthplace Gijon, Spain Boulogne-Billancourt, France Residence Barcelona, Spain (10-8) 2017 Record (on hard) (12-9) (87-125) Career Record (on hard) (45-44) 0 / Titles / Career Titles 1 / Career Grand Slam Record ( rd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 7-3 (2014, rd Round) 5-8 (2-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 3-6 (2-2) 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down (7-5) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) (14-8) $8,462,174 Career Prize Money $4,238,264 Gabriel Urpi Coach Samuel Lopez [Q] NICOLAS MAHUT Advanced to Grand Slam singles 4R for 1st time in 43rd appearance at 2016 Wimbledon (d. Herbert, l. to Querrey) Hit 103 aces in longest match ever vs. Isner in 2010 Wimbledon 1R, falling after 11h5m over 3 days Won doubles Slams w/herbert at 2015 US Open (d. J. Murray/Peers) and 2016 Wimbledon (d. Benneteau/Roger- Vasselin in 1st All-French Grand Slam final of Open Era) Won 3 Grand Slam junior titles: 2000 Wimbledon singles (d. Ancic), 1999 US Open doubles w/benneteau (d. Davis/Francis) and 2000 Aus. Open doubles w/robredo (d. Davis/Roddick) Hard-Court Summer (1-1) Washington: 2nd Round (l Raonic) Tournament Note: Qualifier has spent 12h30m on court, including 5-set wins over Fucsovics and [20] Ramos-Vinolas Advanced to ATP Masters 1000 R16 for 1st time at Miami (d. Mmoh, Johnson and Pella; l. to Nadal) Improved to 6-1 in ATP Masters 1000 doubles finals w/herbert, winning titles at Rome (d. Dodig/Granollers), Montreal (d. Bopanna/Dodig) and Cincinnati (d. J. Murray/Soares). Also won Marseille title w/benneteau (d. Haase/Inglot). Reached ATP Masters 1000 Madrid doubles final w/roger-vasselin (d. Lopez/Lopez, l. to Kubot/Melo) Earned Davis Cup doubles wins w/herbert in 1R (d. Sugita/Uchiyama) and w/benneteau in QF (d. Inglot/J. Murray) Withdrew from Lyon due to fatigue

7 Page 7 of 15 [12] PABLO CARRENO BUSTA Ended 0-16 start to career vs. Top 10 opponents to reach 1st Grand Slam QF at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Raonic 86 in 5th, ret vs. Nadal). Abdominal fracture suffered in Roland Garros QF forced withdrawal from Wimbledon. Reached 3R at 2014 US Open (l. to Tsonga), 2016 US Open (d. Tipsarevic from 2 sets down, l. to Thiem) and 2017 Australian Open (l. to Istomin in 5 sets) Also at 2016 US Open, advanced to doubles final w/garcia-lopez (d. Lopez/Lopez, l. to J. Murray/Soares). Spaniards became 1st unseeded team to reach US Open final since Hewitt/Mirnyi in W (1): Estoril (d Muller) F (1): Rio de Janeiro (l Thiem) SF (3): Buenos Aires (l Dolgopolov); Sao Paulo (l Cuevas); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Wawrinka) QF (2): Sydney (l Kuznetsov); Roland Garros (l Nadal) Hard-Court Summer (3-3) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 2nd Round (l Anderson) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 3rd Round (l Ferrer) Winston-Salem: 2nd Round (l Benneteau) Tournament Note: First player to face 3 qualifiers at US Open in Open Era and at a Grand Slam since 2007 Wimbledon (Bjorkman and Gasquet). If Carreno Busta and Shapovalov win in 3R on Friday, Spaniard would become 1st player to face 4 qualifiers at a Grand Slam in Open Era. Did not drop a set en route to 3rd ATP World Tour singles title at Estoril (d. Robredo, Almagro, Ferrer and Muller) Enjoyed run to Rio de Janeiro singles final (l. to Thiem) and won doubles title w/cuevas (d. Cabal/Farah) Saved 1 MP in Rio singles SF (d. No. 208 Ruud ) and doubles SF (d. J. Murray/Soares in Match TB) Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF and SF at Indian Wells (d. Cuevas after saving 2 MPs, l. to Wawrinka) Earned 1st win in 17th match vs Top 10 to reach 1st Grand Slam QF at Roland Garros (d. Raonic, ret vs Nadal) Defeated Lopez/Lopez en route to Australian Open doubles SF w/garcia-lopez (l. to Bryan/Bryan) Achieved career-high No. 15 in singles on July 24 and No. 16 in doubles on July 17 Squandered 3 MPs in Davis Cup 1R loss to No. 223 Skugor before clinching tie with win over No. 319 Mektic Retired in Roland Garros QF and Bastad 2R, and withdrew from Halle, Wimbledon and Hamburg (abdomen)

8 Page 8 of 15 [17] Sam Querrey (USA) vs [Q] Radu Albot (MDA) First Meeting [17] SAM QUERREY vs [Q] RADU ALBOT 29 (10/7/87) Age (Birthdate) 27 (11/11/89) No. 21 (No. 17 on 1/31/11) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 138 (No. 81 on 4/17/17) San Francisco, CA, USA Birthplace Chisinau, Moldova Santa Monica, CA, USA Residence Chisinau, Moldova (20-9) 2017 Record (on hard) 9-15 (3-7) ( ) Career Record (on hard) (14-23) 2 / Titles / Career Titles 0 / Career Grand Slam Record (2008, th Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 2-3 (2017 3rd Round) 7-10 (3-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 4-2 (1-0) 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down (12-8) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) (9-9) $9,326,933 Career Prize Money $1,087,784 Craig Boynton Coach Liam Smith [17] SAM QUERREY Reached 1st SF in Open Era-record 42nd Grand Slam appearance at 2017 Wimbledon (l. to Cilic) First American Grand Slam semi-finalist since Roddick at 2009 Wimbledon First player since Becker in to beat World No. 1 and since Sampras in to beat defending champion at back-to-back Wimbledons (d. Djokovic in R and Murray in 2017 QF) Ended Djokovic s 30-match Grand Slam win streak at 2016 Wimbledon (l. to Raonic in QF) Reached 2015 US Open mixed doubles final w/mattek-sands (l. to Paes/Hingis) Broke into Top 20 on July 5, 2010 after reaching Wimbledon 4R (d. Malisse 97 in 5th, l. to Murray) W (2): Acapulco (d Nadal); Los Cabos (d Kokkinakis) SF (1): Wimbledon (l Cilic) QF (4): Delray Beach (l del Potro); Houston (l Bellucci); Geneva (l Wawrinka); London/Queen's Club (l Muller) Hard-Court Summer (7-2) Los Cabos: Champion (d Kokkinakis) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 3rd Round (l Anderson) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 2nd Round (l Mannarino) Tournament Note: Won 41/47 points on 1st serve (87%) and converted 5/7 BPs (71%) to beat Sela in 2R At Wimbledon, became 1st American to reach a Grand Slam SF since Roddick at 2009 Wimbledon Reached 1st SF in 42nd Grand Slam appearance -- longest wait to reach a Grand Slam SF in Open Era (l. to Cilic) First player since Becker in to beat World No. 1 and since Sampras in to beat defending champion at back-to-back Wimbledons (d. Djokovic in 2016 Wimbledon 3R and Murray in 2017 Wimbledon QF) First player since Tipsarevic in 2007 with 3 straight wins in 5 sets at Wimbledon (d. Tsonga, Anderson and Murray) Ended 7-match losing streak vs Top 20 opponents by beating Goffin, Thiem, Kyrgios and Nadal to win Acapulco title Snapped Murray s 25-match win streak and Nadal s 16-match win streak against Americans Posted 9-0 record in Mexico, capturing 10th ATP World Tour title at Los Cabos (d. Kokkinakis) Broke back into Top 20 of Emirates ATP Rankings on August 7 for 1st time since July 22, 2013 Celebrated 300th victory of career in Geneva 1R on May 22 (d. Altmaier) Squandered 3 MPs in ATP Masters 1000 Rome 3R (l. to Thiem) Teaming w/muller, advanced to Brisbane final (l. to Kokkinakis/Thompson) and Indian Wells SF (l. to Klaasen/Ram) Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Madrid due to elbow injury and Winston-Salem due to fatigue

9 Page 9 of 15 [Q] RADU ALBOT Reached 2R at Wimbledon in 2016 as Q (d. Elias, l. to Tomic) and 2017 (d. Bagnis, l. to Johnson) Also qualified at 2014 US Open (l. to Simon in 1R), 2016 Roland Garros (l. to Paire in 1R) and 2017 US Open (d. Dancevic in Q3) In 2016 US Open 1R, led Troicki by 2 sets before falling to Serbian player 76 in 5th QF (1): Antalya (l Seppi) Tournament Note: Edged Lu in 5th-set TB to become 1st men s player from Moldova to ever reach Grand Slam 3R Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF at Antalya (d. Sousa and Lorenzi, l. to Seppi) Reached Wimbledon 2R for 2nd straight year (d. Bagnis, l. to Johnson) Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells (l. to Chardy in 1R) and Miami (l. to Seppi in 1R) Also qualified in doubles at Acapulco w/m. Zverev (l. to Marach/F. Martin in QF after holding 1 MP) Achieved career-high No. 81 in Emirates ATP Rankings on April 17 Squandered 4 MPs vs Goffin in Gstaad 2R Withdrew from Istanbul due to right hand injury GRANDSTAND [29] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs [5] Marin Cilic (CRO) Cilic Leads Istanbul (Turkey) Clay SF Marin Cilic (7) [29] DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN vs [5] MARIN CILIC 25 (8/16/92) Age (Birthdate) 28 (9/28/88) No. 33 (No. 33 on 8/14/17) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 7 (No. 6 on 11/21/16) Buenos Aires, Argentina Birthplace Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina Buenos Aires, Argentina Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco (9-7) 2017 Record (on hard) (7-7) (22-23) Career Record (on hard) ( ) 0 / Titles / Career Titles 1 / Career Grand Slam Record (2017 3rd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 29-7 (2014 Champion) 1-3 (1-1) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) (2-0) 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down (4-7) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) (9-11) $2,221,962 Career Prize Money $19,573,289 Juan Ignacio Chela Coach Jonas Bjorkman, Ivan Cinkus

10 Page 10 of 15 [29] DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN Reached Grand Slam 3R for 1st time at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Rublev 97 in 5th, l. to Djokovic in 5 sets) Advanced to 2R at 4 Slams: 2014 Roland Garros as Q (l. to Federer), 2015 Roland Garros (l. to Monfils in 5 sets), 2015 US Open (l. to Nadal) and 2017 Australian Open (l. to Darcis) Went 0-4 at Grand Slams in 2016 SF (1): Istanbul (l Cilic) QF (6): Rio de Janeiro (l Thiem); Sao Paulo (l Cuevas); ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l Nadal); Bastad (l Kuznetsov); Hamburg (l F. Mayer); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Haase) Hard-Court Summer (3-2) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: Quarter-finals (l Haase) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 1st Round (l Khachanov) Tournament Note: Won 50% of return points (49/98) and BPs (7/14) to beat 2-time quarter-finalist Tipsarevic in 2R Reached ATP Masters 1000 QFs at Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal) and Montreal (d. Thiem after saving 4 MPs, l. to Haase) Lost to eventual champs in Rio de Janeiro QF (l. to Thiem), Sao Paulo QF (l. to Cuevas) and Istanbul SF (l. to Cilic) Advanced to 3R at Miami (d. Ferrer, l. to Goffin) and Roland Garros (d. Rublev 97 in 5th, l. to Djokovic in 5 sets) Earned career-high 26 wins in 2017 and achieved career-high No. 33 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 14 Squandered 1 MP vs Donaldson in Eastbourne 1R and now owns 0-6 lifetime record on grass Withdrew from London/Queen s Club due to abdominal injury [5] MARIN CILIC Captured 2014 US Open title as World No. 16 (d. Simon in 4h13m, Berdych, Federer and Nishikori) Earned career-high 54 victories in 2014, with US Open final vs. Nishikori serving as 300th win Suffered losses in 3 straight Wimbledon QFs before breaking through to 2017 Wimbledon final (l. to Federer) Reached SFs at 2010 Aus. Open (d. del Potro and Roddick, l. to Murray) and 2015 US Open (l. to No. 1 Djokovic) Broke into Top 10 on Feb. 1, 2010 after reaching Australian Open SF Missed Australian Open in 2012 (left knee) and 2015 (right shoulder) Won 2005 Roland Garros junior title (d. van der Duim) W (1): Istanbul (d Raonic) F (2): London/Queen's Club (l Lopez); Wimbledon (l Federer) SF (2): Acapulco (l Nadal); s-hertogenbosch (l Karlovic) QF (4): Rotterdam (l Tsonga); ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l Ramos-Vinolas); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Isner); Roland Garros (l Wawrinka) Tournament Note: Only former Grand Slam champion among 64 players who started in bottom half of draw Appeared in 2nd Grand Slam final at Wimbledon (d. Muller in 5 sets and Querrey in 4 sets, l. to Federer) Captured ATP World Tour title for 10th straight year with 2nd clay-court championship at Istanbul (d. Raonic) Became 3rd Croat with 400 wins by beating Darcis in Istanbul QF on May 5 (Ivanisevic 599, Ljubicic 429, Cilic 420) Squandered 1 MP in London/Queen s Club final (l. to Lopez 76 in 3rd) Reached Roland Garros QF for 1st time and has now appeared in all 4 Grand Slam QFs (l. to Wawrinka) Fell to 2-10 in ATP Masters 1000 QFs with losses to Ramos-Vinolas at Monte-Carlo and Isner at Rome Advanced to SFs at Acapulco (l. to Nadal) and s-hertogenbosch (l. to Karlovic) Earned 5th comeback victory from 2 sets down at Australian Open (d. Janowicz, l. to Evans in 2R) Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 events at Montreal and Cincinnati due to adductor injury

11 Page 11 of 15 [28] Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs Borna Coric (CRO) Anderson Leads Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard QF Kevin Anderson (1) 15 Basel (Switzerland) Hard R32 Kevin Anderson [28] KEVIN ANDERSON vs BORNA CORIC 31 (5/18/86) Age (Birthdate) 20 (11/14/96) No. 32 (No. 10 on 10/12/15) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 61 (No. 33 on 7/27/15) Johannesburg, South Africa Birthplace Zagreb, Croatia Gulf Stream, FL, USA Residence Dubai, United Arab Emirates (11-7) 2017 Record (on hard) (10-11) ( ) Career Record (on hard) (41-47) 0 / Titles / Career Titles 1 / Career Grand Slam Record (2015 Quarter-finals) US Open Record (Best Result) 3-3 (2017 3rd Round) 10-8 (1-1) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 3-3 (0-0) 2 Comebacks from 0-2 Down (16-10) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) (12-11) $8,272,183 Career Prize Money $2,218,793 Neville Godwin Coach Gebhard Gritsch [28] KEVIN ANDERSON Owns 1-9 record in Grand Slam 4R, reaching 1st Grand Slam QF at 2015 US Open (d. Murray, l. to Wawrinka) Achieved career-high No. 10 on Oct. 12, 2015 soon after advancing to US Open QF Led eventual champion and World No. 1 Djokovic by 2 sets in 2015 Wimbledon 4R before falling 75 in 5th Missed 2017 Australian Open (hip) and retired in 2017 Roland Garros 4R vs. Cilic (left thigh) F (1): Washington (l A. Zverev) SF (1): Estoril (l Muller) QF (2): Geneva (l Nishikori); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l to A. Zverev) Hard-Court Summer (7-3) Washington: Finalist (l A. Zverev) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: Quarter-finals (l A. Zverev) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 1st Round (l Dolgopolov) Tournament Note: Saved 2/2 BPs in 1R win over [Q] Aragone and 7/7 BPs in 2R win over [PR] Gulbis Saved 1 MP to beat No. 1 seed Thiem in 3R en route to 1st final since 2015 at Washington (l. to A. Zverev) Fell to 1-9 in Grand Slam 4R with losses at Roland Garros (ret vs Cilic) and Wimbledon (l. to Querrey in 5 sets) Avenged loss to Querrey in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 3R (l. to eventual champion A. Zverev in QF) Reached Estoril SF (l. to Muller), Geneva QF (l. to Nishikori after holding 3 MPs) and Barcelona 3R (l. to Nadal) Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l. to A. Zverev in 1R) Dropped to No. 80 in Emirates ATP Rankings on January lowest since No. 87 on August 9, 2010 Retired in Roland Garros 4R vs Cilic due to left thigh injury Withdrew from Brisbane (hip), Australian Open (hip), London/Queen s Club Q (leg) and Winston-Salem (right elbow)

12 Page 12 of 15 BORNA CORIC Reached 1st Grand Slam 3R at 2015 Roland Garros, beating 5-time quarter-finalist Robredo in 5 sets (l. to Sock) Returned to Roland Garros 3R in 2016 (d. Fritz and Tomic, l. to Bautista Agut) Won 2013 US Open junior title (d. A. Zverev and Kokkinakis). Also as a junior in 2013, reached Australian Open SF (d. Chung, l. to Kokkinakis), Roland Garros SF (l. to Garin) and Wimbledon QF (l. to Chung). W (1): Marrakech (d Kohlschreiber) QF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Thiem); Winston-Salem (l Struff) Hard-Court Summer (3-3) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 2nd Round (l Nadal) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 1st Round (l Basilashvili) Winston-Salem: Quarter-finals (l Struff) Tournament Note: Saved 10/11 BPs to beat former junior rival [4] A. Zverev in 2R. Owns 4-0 TB record at 2017 US Open. Saved 5 championship points to defeat Kohlschreiber for 1st ATP World Tour title at Marrakech Earned biggest win of career over No. 1 Murray to reach ATP Masters 1000 Madrid QF as LL (l. to Thiem) First lucky loser to defeat World No. 1 since Canas beat Federer in 2007 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R Also was a lucky loser when he beat No. 3 Murray in 2015 Dubai QF Reached ATP Masters 1000 Miami 3R (d. Thiem, l. to Mannarino) and Winston-Salem QF (d. Isner, l. to Struff) Snapped 6-match losing streak by beating fellow #NextGenATP player Khachanov at Rotterdam (l. to Cilic in 2R) Withdrew from Umag and Hamburg (neck). Replaced in Umag by fellow #NextGenATP player Rublev, who won title.

13 Page 13 of 15 COURT 17 Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) vs Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meetings 14 Mestre CH (Italy) Clay QF Paolo Lorenzi Cordenons CH (Italy) Clay R16 Paolo Lorenzi 7-6(3) ret THOMAS FABBIANO vs PAOLO LORENZI 28 (5/26/89) Age (Birthdate) 35 (12/15/81) No. 82 (No. 81 on 8/21/17) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 40 (No. 33 on 5/15/17) Grottaglie, Italy Birthplace Rome, Italy San Giorgio Jonico, Italy Residence Siena, Italy 3-8 (2-6) 2017 Record (on hard) (8-11) 8-24 (6-14) Career Record (on hard) (35-61) 0 / Titles / Career Titles 0 / Career Grand Slam Record (2017 3rd Round) US Open Record (Best Result) 5-5 ( rd Round) 1-0 (1-0) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 2-6 (0-2) 0 Comebacks from 0-2 Down (3-3) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) (14-14) $830,209 Career Prize Money $3,623,514 Fabio Gorietti Coach Claudio Galoppini THOMAS FABBIANO Started career 0-5 in Grand Slam main draw matches Qualified at 2013 Open (l. to Raonic), 2016 US Open (l. to Khachanov) and 2017 Australian Open (l. to Young) As a junior, captured 2007 Roland Garros doubles title w/karatchenia (d. Damico/Eysseric) Reached junior singles SFs at 2007 Australian Open (l. to Eysseric) and 2007 US Open (l. to Janowicz) Hard-Court Summer (0-5) Atlanta: 1st Round (l Lacko) Washington: 1st Round (l Mahut) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 1st Round (l Harrison) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 2nd Round (l Khachanov) Winston-Salem: 1st Round (l Edmund) Tournament Note: No. 4 Italian followed 1st Grand Slam win in 1R with 1st 5-set win in 2R (d. Smith and Thompson) Achieved career-high No. 81 in Emirates ATP Rankings on August 21 Qualified at Australian Open (l. to Young in 1R), Eastbourne (l. to Johnson in 2R) and Montreal (l. to Harrison in 1R) Won Challenger titles at Quanzhou, CHN (d. Berrettini); Gimcheon, KOR (d. Gabashvili) and Seoul, KOR (d. Kwon) Advanced to Challenger finals at Zhuhai, CHN (l. to Donskoy) and Nottingham, GBR (l. to Sela) Reached Challenger doubles final at Seoul, KOR w/sela (l. to Hsieh/Peng)

14 Page 14 of 15 PAOLO LORENZI Reached Grand Slam 3R for 1st time at 2016 US Open (d. Simon 76 in 5th after 4h54m, l. to Murray in 4 sets) In 2017, earned 1st main draw win in 7th appearance at both Roland Garros (d. Berankis, l. to Isner in 2R) and Wimbledon (d. Zeballos, l. to Donaldson in 2R) Began career 0-13 in Grand Slam main draws Fell in qualifying at 23 Slams before qualifying for 1st time at 2014 Roland Garros (l. to Bautista Agut in 1R) F (2): Quito (l Estrella Burgos); Umag (l Rublev) SF (1): Budapest (l Pouille) QF (1): Marrakech (l Vesely) Hard-Court Summer (2-3) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 2nd Round (l Kyrgios) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati: 1st Round (l Carreno Busta) Winston-Salem: 3rd Round (l Fritz) Tournament Note: Attempting to become oldest player in Open Era to reach Grand Slam Round of 16 for first time Fell in clay-court finals at Quito (l. to Estrella Burgos after holding 1 MP) and Umag (l. to Rublev) Achieved career-high No. 33 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 15 Advanced to Budapest SF (l. to eventual champion Pouille) and Marrakech QF (l. to Vesely 76 in 3rd) Earned 1st win in 7th try at both Roland Garros (d. Berankis, l. to Isner) and Wimbledon (d. Zeballos, l. to Donaldson) Beat countryman Giannessi on home soil for 19th ATP Challenger Tour title at Caltanissetta, ITA Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 events in Madrid and Rome due to left calf strain [16] Lucas Pouille (FRA) vs [Q] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) Pouille Leads US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Lucas Pouille Other Meeting 16 ATP Masters 1000 Rome Q (Italy) Clay Q2 Mikhail Kukushkin [16] LUCAS POUILLE vs [Q] MIKHAIL KUKUSHKIN 23 (2/23/94) Age (Birthdate) 29 (12/26/87) No. 20 (No. 13 on 5/8/17) Emirates ATP Ranking (Career-High) No. 103 (No. 46 on 10/5/15) Grande-Synthe, France Birthplace Volgograd, Russia Dubai, United Arab Emirates Residence Astana, Kazakhstan (10-9) 2017 Record (on hard) (7-6) (39-36) Career Record (on hard) (78-86) 2 / Titles / Career Titles 0 / Career Grand Slam Record (2016 Quarter-finals) US Open Record (Best Result) 7-7 (2013, 2015, rd Round) 6-2 (2-1) Career 5th-Set Record (YTD) 7-7 (0-1) 1 Comebacks from 0-2 Down (14-9) Career Tiebreak Record (YTD) (3-7) $3,558,681 Career Prize Money $3,486,274 Emmanuel Planque Coach Anastasia Kukushkina

15 Page 15 of 15 [16] LUCAS POUILLE Reached 1st Grand Slam QF at 2016 Wimbledon, defeating del Potro in 4 sets and Tomic 10-8 in 5th (l. to Berdych). Entered event with 0-4 grass-court record. Also advanced to 2016 US Open QF following 5-set wins over Chiudinelli, Bautista Agut and Nadal (l. to Monfils) Joined Monfils and Tsonga at US Open as 1st French trio to reach same Grand Slam QF in Open Era Secured 1st tour-level win at 2013 Roland Garros as WC (d. Al. Kuznetsov, l. to Dimitrov in 2R) Advanced to 2011 Australian Open juniors QF (l. to Saville) W (2): Budapest (d Bedene); Stuttgart (d Lopez) F (1): Marseille (l Tsonga) SF (2): Dubai (l Murray); ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (l Ramos-Vinolas) Hard-Court Summer (0-2) Washington: 2nd Round (l Paul) ATP Masters 1000 Montreal: 1st Round (l Donaldson) Tournament Note: Blew 2-set lead, then improved to 6-2 in 5th sets by beating Donaldson in 2R Saved 1 MP to beat Struff in 2R en route to 1st grass-court title at Stuttgart (d. Lopez) Also saved 2 MPs to beat Vesely in 2R en route to 1st clay-court title at Budapest (d. Bedene) Advanced to Marseille final (l. to Tsonga) and 2nd ATP Masters 1000 SF at Monte-Carlo (l. to Ramos-Vinolas) Also advanced to Dubai SF, falling to 0-4 in matches, 0-8 in sets and in games against No. 1 Murray Achieved career-high No. 13 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 8 Reached Roland Garros 3R for 1st time in 5th appearance (l. to Ramos-Vinolas in 5 sets) Opened France s 4-1 Davis Cup QF win over Great Britain by beating Edmund Retired in Brisbane 2R vs Edmund (right toe) and withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (knee) [Q] MIKHAIL KUKUSHKIN Advanced to 1st Grand Slam 4R at 2012 Australian Open following 5-set wins over Troicki and Monfils (ret vs. Murray due to hip injury) Also reached 3R at 2013 US Open as Q (l. to Ferrer), 2014 Wimbledon (l. to No. 1 Nadal) and 2015 US Open (d. Dimitrov in 5 sets, l. to Cilic in 5 sets) Conceded walkover to Bautista Agut in 2016 Wimbledon 2R due to knee injury SF (1): Memphis (l Basilashvili) Hard-Court Summer (0-1) Los Cabos: 1st Round (l Fritz) Tournament Note: One of 4 qualifiers in US Open 3R -- tying 1999 for most qualifiers at US Open since 1984 (5) Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour SF since 2015 Sydney at Memphis (d. Johnson, l. to Basilashvili) Reached 2R at 5 events, including ATP Masters 1000 Miami as Q and Roland Garros (l. both to Bautista Agut) Also qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l. to Ferrer in 1R), but retired in Rome qualifying 1R vs Olivo (illness) Fell to No. 126 in Emirates ATP Rankings on June lowest since No. 145 on September 9, 2013 Played in 19th and 20th Challenger finals at Irving, TEX (l. to Bedene) and Astana, KAZ (l. to Gerasimov) Withdrew from Todi, ITA Challenger and Eastbourne Q due to right knee injury