RAMOS-VINOLAS, VERDASCO HEADLINE BASTAD SECOND-ROUND PLAY

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1 Page 1 of 5 SKISTAR SWEDISH OPEN: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, July 20, 2017 Bastad Tennis Stadium, Bastad, Sweden July 17 23, 2017 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: 482,060 Surface: Clay ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing SwedishOpen.org Mark Epps: Press Room: RAMOS-VINOLAS, VERDASCO HEADLINE BASTAD SECOND-ROUND PLAY Defending champion and No. 2 seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain and countryman Fernando Verdasco, last year's runner-up, highlight second-round action on Centre Court Thursday at the SkiStar Swedish Open. Ramos-Vinolas, who received a first round bye, begins defense of his title against Brazilian Thiago Monteiro in a first-time meeting. Last year, Ramos-Vinolas broke through for his first ATP World Tour title at Bastad (d. Verdasco). The Spaniard returned to a clay-court final in April in Monte-Carlo, where he defeated World No. 1 Andy Murray in the third round (l. to Nadal in F). Ranked No. 24 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, Ramos-Vinolas is on clay in Monteiro reached the QF at clay-court events in Buenos Aires (l. to Berlocq) and Rio de Janeiro (l. to Ruud), and is overall. Verdasco, who also was a finalist here in 2013 (l. to Berlocq), faces unseeded Argentine Facundo Bagnis in a rematch of last year's Bastad QF, won by the Spaniard, 6-2, 6-1. Playing in Bastad for the 10th time, Verdasco improved to 17-9 lifetime at this tournament by rallying for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Swedish wild card Elias Ymer on Tuesday. Bagnis, ranked No. 113, got past former World No. 2 Tommy Haas, 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2, on Tuesday to earn just his third ATP World Tour win in 12 matches this year. In the first match on Centre Court, No. 5 seed Karen Khachanov of Russia squares off against Latvia's Ernests Gulbis in a first-time encounter, followed by No. 9 seed Horacio Zeballos of Argentina taking on Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine. Zeballos holds a 2-1 lifetime record against Dolgopolov, but the Ukraininian won their only clay-court matchup in a tight three-set R16 encounter at Rio de Janeiro earlier this year. FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS: DAY 4 SECOND-ROUND MATCHES Centre Court [5] Karen Khachanov (RUS) vs [PR] Ernests Gulbis (LAT) First Meeting

2 Page 2 of 5 Khachanov FastFacts: 2017 Highlights: SF: Halle (l Federer); QF: Barcelona (l Zeballos); Lyon (l Tsonga) YTD W-L: Date of Birth: May 21, 1996 Emirates ATP Ranking: 33 Bastad W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2017 R16) Currently ranked at a career-high No. 33 in the Emirates ATP Rankings Advanced to Grand Slam 3R and 4R for 1st time at Roland Garros (d. Berdych and Isner, l. to No. 1 Murray) Also advanced to Wimbledon 3R (d. Kuznetsov for 1st 5-set win in 1R, l. to Nadal) Reached Halle SF (d. Nishikori, l. to eventual champion Federer) and Lyon QF (l. to eventual champion Tsonga) Earned 1st Top 10 win of career over Goffin to reach Barcelona QF (l. to Zeballos) Snapped 6-match losing streak by reaching ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R (d. Robredo, l. to Goffin) Squandered 2 MPs in Auckland 1R (l. to Lu 76 in 3rd) and 1 MP in Davis Cup 1R (l. to Troicki 76 in 5th) Withdrew from Antalya due to shoulder injury Gulbis FastFacts: 2017 Highlights: R32: Wimbledon (d. del Potro in 2R, l. to Djokovic in 3R) YTD W-L: 3-2 Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: August 30, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 348 Bastad W-L (Best Result): 2-2 (2015, 2017 R16) Rallied past Belgian qualifier Arthur De Greef, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, on Tuesday Playing in only his second tournament of 2017, defeated del Potro in the 2R at Wimbledon before losing to Djokovic in 3R Lost to Cilic in 1R at French Open Made his Bastad debut in 2007, losing to Monaco in R32; lost to Mathieu in R16 in 2015 Has battled numerous injuries the last few years after reaching the French Open SF in 2014 Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs [9] Horacio Zeballos (ARG) Zeballos Leads St. Petersburg (Russia) Hard R16 Horacio Zeballos 6-3, Los Cabos (Mexico) Hard R32 Horacio Zeballos 6-3, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Clay R16 Alexandr Dolgopolov 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4 Dolgopolov FastFacts: 2017 Highlights: W: Buenos Aires (d Nishikori); QF: Rio de Janeiro (l Carreno Busta) YTD W-L: YTD Titles: 1 Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: November 7, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 89 Bastad W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 R16) Captured 3rd ATP World Tour title and 1st since 2012 Washington at Buenos Aires (d. Nishikori) Snapped 8-match losing streak by reaching Australian Open 2R (d. Coric in 4 sets, l. to Monfils in 4 sets) Held 1 MP against eventual champion Muller before falling in Sydney 1R

3 Page 3 of 5 Fell to No. 89 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May lowest since No. 101 on February 22, 2010 Retired in 5 matches this season due to hip, right leg and right ankle injuries, including Wimbledon 1R vs Federer Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Q and Budapest (groin), as well as Halle Q (right ankle) Zeballos FastFacts: 2017 Highlights: SF: Barcelona (l Nadal); QF: Munich (l Pella) YTD W-L: Date of Birth: April 27, 1985 Emirates ATP Ranking: 56 Bastad W-L (Best Result): 1-3 (2017 R16) Advanced to Grand Slam 3R and 4R for 1st time at Roland Garros (d. Karlovic and Goffin, l. to Thiem) Reached Barcelona SF (l. to Nadal) -- best finish at an ATP event since winning 2013 Vina del Mar title (d. Nadal) Let 2-set lead slip away in Australian Open 1R (l. to Karlovic in 5th after 5 hours, 14 minutes). Match featured longest 5th set in event history (42 games) and most games overall since TBs were instituted in 1972 (84 games) Lost to Lorenzi in 1R at Wimbledon Defeated defending champion Kohlschreiber to reach Munich QF (l. to Pella 76 in 3rd) Also reached 2R at 6 events, including Doha (d. F. Mayer 76 in 3rd after saving 2 MPs, l. to Djokovic) Celebrated 300th singles win on ATP Challenger Tour at 2017 Lyon, FRA (d. E. Ymer, l. to Lamasine in QF) Captured 4th ATP doubles title w/peralta and 7th overall at Houston (d. Bryan/Bryan and Brown/Tiafoe) Upset defending champion Lopez/Lopez en route to Roland Garros doubles QF w/peralta (l. to Cabal/Farah) Retired in Quito doubles final w/peralta vs Cerretani/Oswald (neck) and Braunschweig, GER Challenger 1R (back) [6] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs Facundo Bagnis (ARG) Verdasco Leads Bastad (Sweden) Clay QF Fernando Verdasco 6-2, 6-1 Verdasco FastFacts: 2017 Highlights: F: Dubai (l Murray); SF: Doha (l Djokovic); QF: Houston (l Johnson); Budapest (l Djere); Antalya (l Mannarino) YTD W-L: Career Titles: 7 Date of Birth: November 15, 1983 Emirates ATP Ranking: 39 Båstad W-L (Best Result): 17-9 (2013, 2016 Finalist) Defeated Swedish wild card Elias Ymer, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday to improve to 17-9 lifetime in Bastad Making 10th appearance since debut in 2004 (2R). Reached finals in 2013 (l. to Berlocq) and last year (l. to Ramos- Vinolas) and SFs in 2008 and 2014 Beat Bautista Agut and Monfils en route to Dubai final, where he fell to 0-12 vs World No. 1 (l. to Murray) Rose to No. 29 in Emirates ATP Rankings on March 6 -- highest since No. 29 on July 7, 2014 Defeated Goffin and Karlovic en route to Doha SF (l. to eventual champion Djokovic after holding 5 MPs) Advanced to Houston QF (l. to eventual champion Johnson) and Antalya QF (l. to Mannarino) Squandered 1 MP in Budapest QF loss to 184th-ranked Djere Reached Roland Garros singles 4R (l. to Nishikori) and doubles SF w/zimonjic (l. to S. Gonzalez/Young) Bagnis FastFacts: 2017 Highlights: YTD W-L: 3-9

4 Page 4 of 5 Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 27, 1990 Emirates ATP Ranking: 113 Båstad W-L (Best Result): 3-1 (2016 Quarter-finalist) Rallied past former World No. 2 Tommy Haas, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2, on Tuesday to post just his third win in 12 ATP World Tour matches this year Last year made Bastad debut and posted wins over Zopp and Granollers (l. to Verdasco in QFs) Secured 1st hard-court win in ATP Masters 1000 main draw debut at Indian Wells (d. Benneteau, l. to A. Zverev) Also advanced to Sao Paulo 2R (d. Lajovic, l. to Cuevas) Suffered 7 losses in 1R matches, including at Auckland (l. to Klein after holding 1 MP) Qualified in doubles at Rio de Janeiro w/elias (l. to eventual champions Carreno Busta/Cuevas in QF) Reached Bastad, SWE Challenger SF (l. to Lajovic) Thiago Monteiro (BRA) vs [2] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) First Meeting Monteiro FastFacts: 2017 Highlights: QF: Buenos Aires (l Berlocq); Rio de Janeiro (l Ruud) YTD W-L: Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: May 31, 1994 Emirates ATP Ranking: 103 Båstad W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 R16) Advanced to back-to-back QFs at Buenos Aires (l. to Berlocq) and Rio de Janeiro (l. to Ruud) Reached 2R at Roland Garros (d. A. Muller in 5 sets, l. to Monfils) and Wimbledon (d. Whittington, l. to Khachanov) Qualified and lost in 1R at Sydney (l. to Evans), Barcelona (l. to Evans) and Rome (l. to F. Mayer) Achieved career-high No. 74 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 27 Helped Brazil qualify for Davis Cup World Group Play-off with 5-0 win over Ecuador (d. Quiroz and Escobar) Ramos-Vinolas FastFacts: 2017 Highlights: F: Sao Paulo (l Cuevas); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); SF: Quito (l Lorenzi); Rio de Janeiro (l Thiem); QF: Chennai (l Sela); Buenos Aires (l Carreno Busta); Marrakech (l Coric); Barcelona (l Murray) YTD W-L: Date of Birth: January 17, 1988 Emirates ATP Ranking: 24 Båstad W-L (Best Result): 9-4 (2016 Champion) Broke through for his first ATP World Tour title last year at Bastad (d. Verdasco) Highest seed remaining following top seed Pablo Carreno Busta's exit on Wednesday Reached 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF, SF and final at Monte-Carlo (d. Cilic and Pouille, l. to Nadal) Earned biggest win of career over World No. 1 Murray in Monte-Carlo 3R, rallying from 04 down in 3rd set Achieved career-high No. 17 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 8 Saved 1 MP vs Sousa in Sao Paulo SF before losing to Cuevas in final -- led before rain suspension Also saved 1 MP in Buenos Aires 1R vs. Pella (l. to Carreno Busta in QF) Advanced to SFs at Quito (l. to Lorenzi) and Rio de Janeiro (l. to Thiem) Won 5-setters to reach Roland Garros 4R (d. Pouille, l. to Djokovic) and Wimbledon 3R (d. Rublev, l. to Raonic) Snapped 21-match, 13-month doubles losing streak at Madrid w/haase (d. Matkowski/Peya in 1R)

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