DAY SIX THIRD ROUND MATCHES (TOP HALF)

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1 2017 US OPEN - WOMEN S MATCH NOTES NEW YORK, NY, USA AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 10, 2017 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT Tournament Information: facebook.com/usopentennis WTA Information: facebook.com/wta WTA Communications: Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com), Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com), Kate Goff (kgoff@wtatennis.com) DAY SIX THIRD ROUND MATCHES (TOP HALF) [1] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #) vs. [27] ZHANG SHUAI (CHN #26) Pliskova leads 4-0 [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) vs. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #62) Svitolina leads 2-0 [12] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #12) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #38) Ostapenko leads 2-1 [10] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #11) vs. [20] COCO VANDEWEGHE [USA #22] Radwanska leads 5-1 [17] ELENA VESNINA (RUS #18) vs. [15] MADISON KEYS (USA #16) Keys leads 2-0 LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #37) vs. KURUMI NARA (JPN #116) Safarova leads 1-0 [Q] KAIA KANEPI (EST #148) vs. NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #45) First meeting JENNIFER BRADY (USA #91) vs. MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #57) First meeting 2017 US OPEN SINGLES PRIZE MONEY & RANKING POINTS ROUND PRIZE MONEY (US$) RANKING POINTS Winner 3,700, R-Up 1,825, SF 920, QF 470, R16 (4r) 253, R32 (3r) 144, R64 (2r) 86, R128 (1r) 50,000 10

2 WTA WORLD NO.1 RANKING UPDATE: There are now three players with a chance to hold the No.1 ranking after the US Open. Garbiñe Muguruza has advanced to R16 and is in best position of becoming No. 1 after US Open. Next Match: R16 vs. Petra Kvitova Elina Svitolina needs to reach the SF in order to have a chance of moving to No.1. If Muguruza reaches the QF then Svitolina would need to reach the final in order to have a shot at No.1. Next Match: 3r, vs. Shelby Rogers Karolina Pliskova needs to reach the final in order to extend her stay atop the WTA Rankings; or if Muguruza advances to the semifinals, then Pliskova would need to win the title. Pliskova would no longer have a chance at moving to No.1 if Muguruza advances to the final. Next Match: 3r, vs. Zhang Shuai

3 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 GRAND SLAM [1] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #1) vs. [27] SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #26) Head to Head: KAROLINA PLISKOVA leads DOHA HARD O QF KAROLINA PLISKOVA mins 2015 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 7-6(4) mins 2014 DUBAI HARD O R16 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 7-6(5) mins 2012 NANTES HARD I R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA KAROLINA PLISKOVA (25) $2,335,141 $9,267,867 3 / 9 0 / / / / / / / / WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) US OPEN W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2017 US Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND SHUAI ZHANG (28) $506,893 $3,231,564 0 / 1 0 / / / / / / / / 9-10 [1] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #1) R128: d. MAGDA LINETTE (POL #72) 6-2,6-1 (1h18) R64: d. [Q] NICOLE GIBBS (USA #127) 2-6,6-3,6-4 (1h47) vs. [27] SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #26) R128: d. SABINE LISICKI (GER #170) 6-7(4),6-3,6-0 (1h49) R64: d. RISA OZAKI (JPN #96) 6-0,6-3 (1h01) Total games: 42 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h5 Average time on court: 1h33 Average rank of opponent: 100 Total games: 43 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 2h50 Average time on court: 1h25 Average rank of opponent: 133 US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2016 F L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) SF W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) (5) QF W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #92) SHUAI ZHANG 2016 R3 L - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #52) R2 W - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #17) R1 W - ELLEN PEREZ (AUS #724) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

4 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 GRAND SLAM R16 W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #6) (3) R3 W - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #18) R2 W - MONTSERRAT GONZALEZ (PAR #192) R1 W - SOFIA KENIN (USA #243) R1 L - ANNA TATISHVILI (USA #121) R3 L - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #32) R2 W - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #9) R1 W - YVONNE MEUSBURGER (AUT #60) R1 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #59) R2* L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #206) R1* W - BIANCA BOTTO (PER #218) R1* L - MANDY MINELLA (LUX #127) R1* L - MICHELLE LARCHER DE BRITO (POR #175) R2* L - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #139) R1* W - JENNIFER ELIE (USA #656) R1 L - MONA BARTHEL (GER #53) R2* L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #191) R1* W - JULIE COIN (FRA #161) R3* L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #203) R2* W - ANNA FLORIS (ITA #194) R1* W - ERIKA SEMA (JPN #126) R1 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #15) R2* L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #150) 7-6(3) 6-1 R1* W - RALUCA OLARU (ROU #164) R2* L - YVONNE MEUSBURGER (AUT #122) R1* W - IRINA BURYACHOK (UKR #247) R1 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #4) R3* W - MELANIE SOUTH (GBR #137) 7-6(2) 6-2 R2* W - STÉPHANIE DUBOIS (CAN #107) R1* W - JORGELINA CRAVERO (ARG #201) R2* L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #145) R1* W - VIOLETTE HUCK (FRA #242) KA. PLISKOVA: US Open Making fifth main draw appearance at US Open (eighth overall). Reached first Grand Slam final of career here last year, defeating both Venus Williams (QF) and Serena Williams (SF) en route (l. Kerber) Until R-Up finish at Flushing Meadows in 2016, best result at US Open was 3r effort in 2014 (l. Dellacqua). Otherwise, fell in 1r twice (2013, 2015) and in qualifying on first three visits ( ) Top seed at a Grand Slam for first time in career, and this US Open fortnight marks seventh and eighth weeks as World No.1, but needs to reach at least the final to hold on, as three other players (Muguruza, V.Williams and Svitolina) have a shot at clinching the top spot. With Safarova recently ascending to World No.1 in doubles, the Czech Republic simultaneously owns the top ranking in both disciplines for the first time ever Is third for most match wins this season (44), behind Wozniacki (49) and Svitolina (47); joint-top for hardcourt match wins Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

5 (30, same as Wozniacki). Includes 2017 US Open results entering 3r Enters 2017 US Open 3r as the WTA leader for aces delivered in 2017 has hit 367 aces so far this season (54 matches), ahead of Goerges with 351 (53 matches) Began 2017 US Open campaign with 1r defeat of Linette In 2r, rallied after losing first set to qualifier Gibbs to prevail Win preserves unbeaten run vs. American women in Muhammad (Brisbane), Brengle (Miami), Vandeweghe (Stuttgart), Davis (Rome), Riske (Eastbourne) and now Gibbs (US Open) Faces Zhang today unbeaten in her last six meetings with Chinese players, stretching back three years Duan (2014 Kuala Lumpur,) Jie Zheng (2014 Hong Kong), Zhang (2015 Roland Garros), Zhang (2017 Doha), Saisai Zheng (2017 Roland Garros) and 2017 Eastbourne (Peng) Owns a 3-3 record in Grand Slam 3r matches (1-0 at US Open) Season Currently in fourth place on the Porsche Race to Singapore; Top 8 qualify for the WTA Finals Coming off SF run at Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Muguruza), where she was the defending champion In opening hardcourt event of the summer, reached QF at Toronto (l. Wozniacki) Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite making 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Is the first Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while representing USA) Prior to Wimbledon, captured third title of 2017 and ninth of career at Eastbourne defeated Wozniacki in F, having finished runner-up to Cibulkova in First Czech to win Eastbourne since Novotna in 1998 (went on to win Wimbledon title) Now 9-10 in career singles finals, having won having earlier titles on clay (2015 Prague), grass (2016 Nottingham) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 Doha, 2017 Eastbourne) With three titles in 2017, only Svitolina has more (5) Prior to Eastbourne, withdrew from Birmingham with an elbow injury Advanced to SF at Roland Garros (l. Halep) Before Paris, advanced to QF at Rome (l. eventual champion Svitolina). Posted 400th career match win (all levels) with R16 defeat of Bacsinszky there Other 2017 clay court season results included reaching QF at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Siegemund); suffered 1r exit at home event in Prague (l. Giorgi) and 2r loss at Madrid (l. Sevastova) During the Sunshine Double reached back-to-back SF at Indian Wells (l. Kuznetsova) and Miami (l. Wozniacki). Results matched her best result at a WTA Premier Mandatory tournament (also reached SF at Indian Wells in 2016) Early season highlights in 2017 included winning titles at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F) and Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) Suffered opening match loss at Dubai (after 1r bye, l. Mladenovic) In February, led Czech Republic to victory over Spain in Fed Cup World Group I tie in Ostrava, going 2-0 in singles (d. Arruabarrena and Muguruza) Posted best result at Australian Open with run to QF (l. Lucic-Baroni)

6 Holds a 12-6 record vs. Top 20 opponents in 2017, with wins over No.18 Vinci and No.14 Svitolina (both en route to Brisbane title), No.7 Muguruza (Fed Cup Week I), No.5 Cibulkova, No.18 Wozniacki (both at Doha), No.16 Bacsinszky and No.7 Muguruza (both at Indian Wells), No.20 Strycova (Miami), No.8 Kuznetsova and No.6 Wozniacki (both en route to Eastbourne title), No.19 Pavlyuchenkova (Toronto) and No.5 Wozniacki (Cincinnati) Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marks 22nd Grand Slam main draw appearance Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F). Defeat of No.1 S.Williams in 2016 US Open SF was career-best victory, and ended the American s 186-week reign at the top of the rankings. Became first Czech to defeat a World No.1 since Kvitova at 2015 Madrid (d. S.Williams). Furthermore, defeat of V.Williams (R16) made her the eighth player to defeat the sisters at the same tournament Prior to 2016 US Open, was sole Top 20 player still to pass 3r at a major. Is one of seven players born in 1990s to reach major final (also Bouchard, Halep, Kvitova, Muguruza, Ostapenko and Wozniacki) At Australian Open, best result came with QF run earlier this year (l. Lucic-Baroni) while in 2017 she has also achieved best result at Roland Garros, advancing to SF (l. Halep) Has yet to surpass the 2r at the All England Club Career Enjoyed a career-best season in 2016, ending the year at No.6 (up from No.11 in 2015) Qualified for season-ending 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore, going 1-2 in the group stage and failing to progress. Also contested the doubles competition (w/goerges), losing opening match to top seeds Garcia/Mladenovic Helped Czech Republic defend Fed Cup title in November 2016, going 1-1 in singles (d. Mladenovic, l. Garcia) before teaming w/strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match. Czech Republic have won the Cup in five out of the last six years, and three-in-a-row Captured fifth career doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title Claimed status as Czech Republic s top-ranked player for first time in August 2016, overtaking Kvitova Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish, meaning that for the first time in WTA history, three Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (along with Kvitova and Safarova) Became eighth Czech woman to crack singles Top 10 since computer rankings were introduced in November 1975, after Navratilova, Mandlikova, Sukova, Novotna, Vaidisova, Kvitova and Safarova Other Information Nominated for 2016 WTA Player of the Year; also nominated in 2014 for WTA Most Improved Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club

7 Coached by David Kotyza, former longtime coach of Petra Kvitova Began playing tennis at age 4 Enjoys fishing, listening to music (likes pop, Czech music) and watching movies Announced at 2017 US Open she is engaged to Michal Hrdlicka, who proposed after Wimbledon ZHANG: US Open Making fifth main draw appearance at US Open (and eleventh appearance overall) By reaching 3r this year, has matched best result here in New York, also making this stage in 2016 (l. Shvedova). This was preceded by three 1r exits in 2008 (as qualifier, l. Kuznetsova), 2011 (l. Cibulkova) and 2014 (l. Barthel) Fell in 2007, , and 2015 qualifying Began run to 3r this year with defeat of former Grand Slam R-Up Lisicki, before dispatching Ozaki in 2r on Thursday Faces World No.1 Ka.Pliskova today has faced No.1 opposition twice before in career, defeating Safina at 2009 Beijing and losing to S.Williams at 2014 Rome Ranked No.226 at the time of Safina win, became lowest-ranked player to defeat a reigning world No.1 Bidding to be the first Chinese player to defeat a World No.1 since Lia Na in 2011 (d. Wozniacki at 2011 Australian Open) Owns a 1-2 record in 3r matches at Grand Slams, progressing to the QF at 2016 Australian Open Season Contested one US Open Series event in lead up to New York, reaching QF at New Haven (l. Mertens) Suffered disappointing 1r exit on home soil at Nanchang prior to US hard court swing as No.1 seed, fell to No.113 Chang Failed to win back-to-back matches on grass in 2017, with 2r exits at Birmingham and Eastbourne (l. Mladenovic at each), and opening match loss at Wimbledon (l. Golubic) Reached 3r at Roland Garros for the first time in career (l. Kuznetsova) Entered Roland Garros after 1r exits at Nürnberg (l. Dodin), Rome (l. Siniakova), Madrid (l. Sevastova), Prague (l. eventual champion Barthel) and Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Siegemund) Other clay court outing ended in 2r at Charleston (l. Osaka) During North American hard court swing, lost opening match at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Osaka) and fell 3r at Miami (l. Muguruza). During 2r win vs. Errani at Miami, saved 1mp when trailing 3-5 in the final set, going on to prevail Defeat of Errani snapped three-match losing streak, having reached Doha QF (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova), falling 1r at Dubai (l. Konjuh) and 2r at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Osaka) Began 2017 season at Brisbane, reaching 2r (l. Cibulkova); also had 1r exit at Sydney (l. Bouchard) Made 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Riske); had reached QF in Melbourne in 2016 Grand Slam History

8 2017 US open marks 22nd Grand Slam main draw appearance Enjoyed Grand Slam breakthrough at 2016 Australian Open, where she advanced to QF first time she had progressed beyond 1r at a major in what was her 15th main draw appearance. As a qualifier, defeated No.2 Halep and No.17 Keys en route (l. Konta). Ranked No.133, became lowest-ranked player to advance to last eight in Melbourne since unranked Henin reached final in 2010, and first qualifier to do so since Gavaldon in 1990 At Roland Garros, reached 3r for the first time in 2017, and has never progressed beyond 1r at Wimbledon in four main draw appearances Career Posted fourth Top 100 season in 2016, at career-best finish of No.24 China s top-ranked woman, of four in year-end Top 100 Posted career-high ranking of No.23 on November 14, 2016 Strong end to 2016 (went 21-6 post US Open) brought back-to-back semifinals on Asian swing Tokyo [Japan Open] and Seoul and saw her win 19th ITF Circuit singles title of career at $100k ITF/Tokyo 2-JPN At last event of season, runner-up at WTA 125K Series event in Honolulu (l. Bellis in F) Enjoyed Grand Slam breakthrough at 2016 Australian Open, where she advanced to QF (d. No.2 Halep and No.17 Keys en route, l. Konta). Run also marked first time winning back-to-back main draw matches since semifinal run at 2014 Birmingham Other season highlights in 2016 included reaching 3r at US Open (best result at tournament), where she claimed back-to-back match wins at tour level for first time since 3r effort at Indian Wells in March, a run spanning 10 tournaments Represented China at Rio Olympics (d. No.15 Bacsinszky in opening match, l. Siegemund in 2r). In doubles, also made 2r (w/peng, l. Hradecka/Hlavackova) Contemplated retirement after ending 2015 ranked No.186, her lowest year-end finish since 2008 (No.212) and down from No.62 in 2014 Reached 2r at tour-level on only four occasions in 2015: Pattaya City, Charleston, Prague and Nürnberg Winner of one WTA singles title, at 2013 Guangzhou (d. King in F) and also won WTA 125K Series event at Nanjing in 2013 (d. Morita in F) Has won four WTA doubles titles, most recently at 2014 Pattaya City (w/peng) and is a four-time runner-up Winner of 19 singles titles and nine doubles titles on ITF Circuit Member of Chinese Fed Cup team in 2007, , 2012, ; Chinese Olympic Team, 2012, 2016 Made WTA qualifying debut at 2006 Beijing; made WTA main draw debut at 2006 Guangzhou Other Information

9 Hails from a sporting family. Father, Zhang Zhi Qiang, was a professional soccer player, and mother, Wang Feng Quin, was a basketball player Announced earlier this year as a Global Ambassador for Dubai Duty Free Coached by Liu Shuo Started playing tennis at age 6 when parents took her to local club Best tennis memory was playing mixed doubles with Pete Sampras in 2011, winning Guangzhou in 2013, and reaching the 2016 Australian Open QF Relaxes by listening to music, taking photos and exploring the places she travels to

10 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 GRAND SLAM [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) vs. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #62) Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads BRISBANE HARD O R16 ELINA SVITOLINA mins 2014 OSAKA HARD O R1 ELINA SVITOLINA 7-6(2) mins ELINA SVITOLINA (22) $2,551,654 $6,659,716 5 / 9 0 / / / / / / / / WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) US OPEN W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2017 US Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND SHELBY ROGERS (24) $471,577 $1,795,945 0 / 0 0 / / / / / / / / 5-3 [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) R128: d. KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #42) 6-0,6-7(5),6-3 (2h23) R64: d. EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #89) 6-4,6-4 (1h23) vs. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #62) R128: d. [Q] KAYLA DAY (USA #128) 6-2,4-6,6-4 (2h07) R64: d. [25] DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #20) 7-6(6),4-6,7-6(5) (3h33) Total games: 48 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h46 Average time on court: 1h53 Average rank of opponent: 66 Total games: 64 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-2 Total time on court: 5h40 Average time on court: 2h50 Average rank of opponent: 74 US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match ELINA SVITOLINA 2016 R3 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #16) R2 W - LAUREN DAVIS (USA #105) SHELBY ROGERS 2016 R2 L - CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #158) R1 W - SARA ERRANI (ITA #28) (3) R1 W - MANDY MINELLA (LUX #110) 6-7(5) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

11 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 GRAND SLAM 2015 R3 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #13) R2 W - KAIA KANEPI (EST #89) R1 W - ELIZAVETA KULICHKOVA (RUS #107) R1 L - POLONA HERCOG (SLO #76) (4) 2013 R2 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #114) R1 W - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #21) R1 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) R3* W - VALERIA SAVINYKH (RUS #128) R2* W - MICHELLE LARCHER DE BRITO (POR #117) R1* W - OLGA SAVCHUK (UKR #201) 7-6(8) R3 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) R2 W - KURUMI NARA (JPN #82) R1 W - SACHIA VICKERY (USA #137) R3* W - ALLA KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS #120) R2* W - MANDY MINELLA (LUX #223) R1* W - GRACE MIN (USA #203) R2 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #12) R1 W - MARYNA ZANEVSKA (BEL #130) R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #75) R2* L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #162) 7-6(3) 6-3 R1* W - MONIQUE ADAMCZAK (AUS #189) 7-6(3) SVITOLINA: R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #61) 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-3 US Open Making sixth appearance at US Open. Through to 3r for the third year in a row, having reached this stage in in 2015 (l. Makarova) and 2016 (l. Kvitova) looking to reach R16 here for first time Reached 2r in 2013 and fell 1r on debut in 2012 (as qualifier, l. Ivanovic) and 2014 (l. Hercog) Wins so far this week have been over Siniakova (marked 175th match win of career) and Rodina Owns a 3-5 record in Grand Slam 3r matches (0-2 at US Open); all three progressions to R16 have been at Roland Garros The last Ukrainian to reach R16 at US Open was Tsurenko in 2016, while Kateryna Bondarenko went all the way to QF in 2009 Heads in to today s match against No.62 Rogers with a 37-8 record vs. Top 100 players this season; last loss in Grand Slam play to an opponent ranked outside Top 50 was to No.96 Shvedova in 2r at 2016 Wimbledon Including first two rounds here at Flushing Meadows, has recorded most match wins this year 47. Only Wozniacki (l. in 2r) has registered more wins (49) Enjoying her joint-highest seeding at a Slam No.4 (also 2017 Wimbledon); moved to career-high ranking of No.4 after winning title at Toronto last month Arrived at US Open with most titles won on the WTA this year five (5) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

12 Also owns most wins so far this year vs. Top 5 opponents (7-1 record) and Top 10 opponents (10-3 record) Jumped from Top 20 to Top 5 since last year s US Open and is currently the youngest player in the Top 10 (22) One of five players who remain in contention for the WTA World No.1 ranking at the end of the US Open would need to reach at least SF and see other results go her way: 1R R16 QF SF R-UP WIN Points MUGURUZA SVITOLINA PLISKOVA Season Coming off R16 effort at Cincinnati (l. Goerges) At Toronto, d. Wozniacki in F to win her fifth title of the year (third at Premier 5 level, after Dubai and Rome), becoming the first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a season, since such tournaments were introduced in The four players to win two Premier 5s in a season Wozniacki (2010), Sharapova (2011), S.Williams (2013, 2014), Azarenka (2013) have all held the No.1 ranking Owns a perfect 5-0 record in finals this season, triumphing at Taipei City (d. Peng in F), Dubai (d. Wozniacki in F), Istanbul (d. Mertens in F), Rome (d. Halep in F) and Toronto (d. Wozniacki in F) Rose to No.1 on Race To Singapore Leaderboard by winning Toronto, but currently No.3 after Muguruza d. Halep in final at Cincinnati On grass, made R16 exit at Wimbledon (l. Ostapenko) and fell 2r at Birmingham (l. Giorgi) At Roland Garros reached second Grand Slam QF of career (also 2015 Roland Garros), falling to eventual R-Up Halep after holding match point in second set tie-break Prior to QF run at 2017 Roland Garros, won fourth WTA singles title of 2017 at Rome (d. Halep in F). Defeated three Top 10 players en route to Rome title No.3 Ka.Pliskova, No.7 Muguruza (via ret. w/neck injury) and No.4 Halep in final Won third title of season at Istanbul (d. Mertens) and then posted 1r exit at Madrid (l. Zheng) Opened clay season representing Ukraine in Fed Cup loss to Germany, going 1-1 in singles (d. Kerber, l. Goerges) During Sunshine Double hardcourt swing, reached R16 at Indian Wells (l. Muguruza) and posted opening match loss at Miami (after 1r bye, l. No.158 Mattek-Sands) Loss to Muguruza ended 15-match winning streak, the longest winning streak since Azarenka s 16 matches in 2016, spanning Indian Wells to Rome last spring At Kuala Lumpur, withdrew prior to 2r match vs. Hibino w/lower-leg injury

13 In February, made her Top 10 debut by capturing Dubai title (d. Wozniacki in F), becoming the first Ukrainian player to achieve the feat Lifted title at Taipei City (d. Peng in F); in February followed this by winning both singles rubbers in Ukraine s Fed Cup win over Australia (vs. Barty and Gavrilova) Now owns a 9-2 record in WTA singles finals Prior to Dubai, all five career singles titles were won at International level: 2013 and 2014 Baku (was only teenager to win a WTA singles title in 2013), 2015 Marrakech, 2016 Kuala Lumpur and 2017 Taipei City Reached 3r at 2017 Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Began 2017 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova in 3s), where she defeated world No.1 Kerber en route. Now owns four wins over No.1s, all within the past year: S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics) and Kerber (2016 Beijing, 2017 Brisbane and 2017 Fed Cup). Was the only player to defeat both reigning No.1s in 2016 and is first Ukrainian woman ever to defeat a top-ranked player Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marks 21st Grand Slam main draw appearance, best results coming at Roland Garros with QF runs in 2015 (l. Ivanovic) and 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Halep) At Wimbledon, advanced to R16 for the first time in 2017 (l. Ostapenko); previous best result at All England Club was 2r in in 2015 (l. Dellacqua) and 2016 (l. Shvedova) Elsewhere, has made 3r at the Australian Open ( , 2017) and US Open ( ) Career Posted second Top 20 season in 2016, at No.14. Fourth successive Top 40 season Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in addition, post-us Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F) Reached three finals in 2016, clinching fourth WTA singles title at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) Other season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani), QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) and R16 at Miami (l. Makarova) Has a career record vs. Top 5 players, defeating No.2 Halep (2017 Toronto), No.4 Muguruza (2017 Toronto), No.4 Halep and No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Rome), No.1 Kerber (2017 Fed Cup), No.2 Kerber (2017 Dubai), No.1 Kerber (2017

14 Brisbane), No.1 Kerber (2016 Beijing), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Tokyo [PPO]), No.1 S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics), No.5 Muguruza (2016 Dubai) and No.4 Kvitova (2014 Cincinnati) Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/gavrilova) Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) Played first ITF Circuit events of career in Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 Other Information Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian; introduced to tennis at age 5 by family Currently working with Thierry Ascione and hitting partner Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain Hughes and Gabriel Urpi Also worked with former world No.1 Justine Henin as coaching consultant in 2016 ROGERS: US Open Making sixth main draw appearance at US Open (seventh overall) Has matched her previous best result at her home Slam by advancing to 3r also in 2015 (as qualifier, l. Halep); bidding to reach R16 here for first time Reached 2r in 2014 (l. Pennetta) and 2016 (l. Bellis); fell 1r in 2010 (as WC, l. Peng on Grand Slam main draw debut) and 2013 (l. Garcia); fell in qualifying in 2012 Her 1r win this week was over fellow American Kayla Day in three sets In 2r on Thursday, d. No.25 seed Gavrilova 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-6(5), in a match that took 3 hours, 33 minutes, setting a record for the longest women's match in US Open history Defeat of No.20-ranked Gavrilova marked 10th Top 20 win of career improves to lifetime vs. Top 20 opponents (4-5 in 2017) Other Top 20 wins in 2017 came over No.11 Keys in 2r at Charleston and No.12 Wozniacki in 1r at Charleston (via ret.) Against No.4 Svitolina today is playing for second Top 5 win of career. Best win to date came over No.4 Halep in 1r at 2017 Australian Open. Next best win-by-ranking came over No.8 Bouchard at 2014 Montréal (has 2-5 career record against Top 10) Owns a 1-3 record in Grand Slam 3r matches (0-1 at US Open) One of seven US women remaining in the field, the most Americans through to 3r of a Slam since 2015 US Open

15 Currently the US No.8 of 14 women in WTA s Top 100 (August, 2017) Season Arrived in New York winless on hardcourts this summer fell 1r at Washington, DC (l. Duque-Marino) and fell in 1r of qualifying at New Haven (l. Sasnovich) At Wimbledon, advanced to 3r for the first time (l. Kerber in 3s) Played two grass court tune-ups in advance of 2017 Wimbledon, falling 1r at Nottingham (l. eventual champion Vekic) and 2r at Mallorca (l. Lisicki) Reached 3r at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Mladenovic) Arrived in Paris after QF run at Strasbourg defeated top seed Wozniacki (via ret.) in 1r, l. Peng Other clay court results this season saw QF showing at home event of Charleston (d. top seed Keys en route, l. Lucic-Baroni) and 1r exit at Rome (l. Ostapenko). Also fell in qualifying in Madrid Following Charleston run, represented the USA in Fed Cup World Group SF tie vs. Czech Republic in Tampa went 0-1 in singles (l. Siniakova) Sunshine Double results saw 2r effort at 2017 Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina) and 3r run in Miami (l. Kerber) Also made consecutive 2r exits at Taipei City (l. Jabeur) and Acapulco (l. Lucic-Baroni) Began 2017 season at Brisbane, reaching 2r (l. Svitolina), while at Hobart she advanced to QF (l. Tsurenko) Reached 2r at Australian Open for first time (l. Barty) Set new career high ranking of No.48 following Australian Open (January 30, 2017) Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marks 16th Grand Slam main draw appearance Achieved best Grand Slam result to date when she advanced to QF at 2016 Roland Garros (d. seeds Ka.Pliskova, Kvitova and Begu en route; l. eventual champion Muguruza); backed up this year by advancing to 3r (l. Mladenovic, 8-6 in third set) Became ninth player ranked outside of the Top 100 (No.108) to advance to the last eight in Paris since 1983 (Pironkova, No.102, became the 10th at the same tournament); ranking rose from No.108 to No.59 following 2016 Roland Garros run Also reached 3r at 2015 US Open (l. Halep) and 2017 Wimbledon (l. Kerber) and at the Australian Open, best result is reaching 2r in 2017 (l. Barty) Made Grand Slam and tour-level main draw debut as a wildcard at 2010 US Open thereafter, did not contest main draw at a major until 2013 Roland Garros Career Posted second Top 100 season in 2016, at No.60 up from No.146 in 2015; had dropped from No.72 at end of 2014

16 Began 2016 season by playing ITF events in the United States as ranking did not qualify her for direct acceptance into Australian Open; returned to WTA-level play in February at Rio de Janeiro, where she advanced to second career singles final (l. Schiavone) Aside from Rio de Janeiro and Roland Garros, did not pass 2r at tour level in 2016 After 2016 Roland Garros, suffered four successive losses (Mallorca qualifying, Wimbledon, Washington, DC and Montréal) before reaching 2r at New Haven and then 2r at US Open for first time (l. Bellis) One-time doubles runner-up, at 2015 Bogotá (w/falconi) In 2014, reached first WTA singles final of career at Bad Gastein (d. No.16 Suárez Navarro and No.14 Errani en route, l. Petkovic) Participated in 2014 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore (along with Diyas, Puig and Zheng) Made Top 100 for first time on August 11, 2014 Won first WTA level match at 2013 Strasbourg (d. Domachowska) Winner of four singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit, where she made professional debut in United States in 2009, at age 16 Other Information Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf Followed older sister Sabra into tennis Currently completing an English degree by correspondence at Indiana University East Coached by Marc Lucero

17 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 GRAND SLAM [12] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #12) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #38) Head to Head: JELENA OSTAPENKO leads CHARLESTON CLAY O F DARIA KASATKINA mins 2016 EASTBOURNE GRASS O R1 JELENA OSTAPENKO mins 2015 TRNAVA 2 CLAY O R1 JELENA OSTAPENKO JELENA OSTAPENKO (20) $3,055,913 $3,990,207 1 / 1 2 / / / / / / / / 3-5 WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) US OPEN W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2017 US Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND DARIA KASATKINA (20) $596,545 $1,735,374 1 / 1 0 / / / / / / / / 5-2 [12] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #12) R128: d. LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #60) 6-2,1-6,6-1 (1h40) R64: d. SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #54) 6-4,6-4 (1h30) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #38) R128: d. QIANG WANG (CHN #56) 6-7(7),6-2,6-3 (2h11) R64: d. CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #63) 7-5,6-3 (1h28) Total games: 42 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h10 Average time on court: 1h35 Average rank of opponent: 57 Total games: 51 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h39 Average time on court: 1h50 Average rank of opponent: 60 US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match JELENA OSTAPENKO 2016 R1 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #16) R2 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #16) R1 W - ANNIKA BECK (GER #62) DARIA KASATKINA 2016 R1 L - QIANG WANG (CHN #62) R3 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #40) R2 W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #79) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

18 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 GRAND SLAM R3* W - CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #161) R2* W - JULIA GLUSHKO (ISR #158) R1* W - HIROKO KUWATA (JPN #224) 7-6(7) 6-4 R1 W - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #38) R3* L - ELIZAVETA KULICHKOVA (RUS #107) R2* W - TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #274) R1* W - MARÍA IRIGOYEN (ARG #191) OSTAPENKO: US Open Making third appearance at US Open. On debut in 2015, won through qualifying to reach 2r (l. Errani) Defeated No.60 Arruabarrena in 1r in three sets on Tuesday for first win since Wimbledon and 30th main draw win of the season by contrast, posted 19 in the whole of 2016 Has now won her 14th three-setter this season from 21 matches the second most three-set matches played in 2017 after Wozniacki (22) Defeated No.54 Cirstea in 2r to advance to fourth consecutive Grand Slam 3r. Now owns a 3-0 record vs. Romanians this season, having also defeated Bogdan (Charleston 1r) and Halep (Roland Garros final) Faces No.38 Kasatkina today for a spot in the R16. Owns a 2-1 career record over the Russian however, fell in their last encounter in the championship match at Charleston in April; was the first unseeded Charleston final since 2002 (Majoli d. Schnyder) and the first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova) A win today would mark best-by-ranking since defeating No.5 Svitolina in R16 at Wimbledon last month Owns 2-1 record in Grand Slam 3r matches, surpassing this round at 2017 Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Fell at this stage at 2017 Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) One of five Grand Slam winners to advance to 3r at 2017 US Open (also Kvitova, Muguruza, Sharapova and V.Williams) from eight to have started have started in the main draw (Kerber and Schiavone fell in 1r, Kuznetsova fell in 2r) Seeded No.12 this fortnight her highest at a major (previously No.13 at 2017 Wimbledon) Season Coming off 1r exits at both Toronto (l. qualifier Lepchenko) and Cincinnati (l. qualifier Krunic) Made QF run at Wimbledon (l. eventual runner-up V.Williams). Defeated No.5 Svitolina en route to register second Top 5 win of career (also No.4 Halep at 2017 Roland Garros) In only pre-wimbledon grass event, reached R16 at Eastbourne (l. Konta). Withdrew from Birmingham w/back injury Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

19 Highlight of clay court season was winning first tour-level singles title and Grand Slam trophy at Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), where she became the lowest-ranked player, and first unseeded player, to lift the trophy in the Open Era The last woman to win her debut tour-level title at a Grand Slam was Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian Open (d. Walsh in F); the last player to win their debut title at Roland Garros was Gustavo Kuerten, who lifted the title on June 8, 1997 the day Ostapenko was born Made Top 20 debut and nearly doubled career prize money earnings by winning the title in Paris entered tournament with USD $1.2 million in prize money, and earned a paycheck of approx. USD $1.18 million Aside from Roland Garros performance, European clay court season highlighted by SF run at Prague (l. eventual R-Up Kr.Pliskova defeated No.11 Wozniacki and No.33 Konjuh en route). Fell 1r at Stuttgart (as qualifier, l. Vandeweghe); advanced to 2r at Rome (l. No.7 Muguruza) In April, on green clay in Charleston, reached first final at a WTA event since 2016 Doha. Fell to then fellow 19-year-old Kasatkina in 2017 Charleston final; was the first unseeded Charleston final since 2002 (Majoli d. Schnyder) and the first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova) Before run to Charleston final, made 2r appearance at Indian Wells (l. Cibulkova) and 1r exit at Miami (l. Brengle) In February, posted back-to-back 1r exits at St Petersburg (l. Vekic) and Dubai (l. Wang) before making QF at Acapulco (d. eventual champion Tsurenko) Opened 2017 in strong fashion by reaching SF at Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis via ret. w/viral illness) and 3r at 2017 Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova served for match twice) In doubles this season, won first and second career titles, at St Petersburg (w/rosolska) and Stuttgart (w/atawo) Grand Slam History Won 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F) on only her eighth Grand Slam main draw appearance the fewest number before winning debut Slam title since Sharapova at 2004 Wimbledon (on what was seventh appearance) Was the first Latvian player to reach the championship match at a Grand Slam; previously Ernests Gulbis reached SF at 2014 Roland Garros Is only the third player born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (after Kvitova, at 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon, and Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros and 2017 Wimbledon) Followed Paris victory by posting her second best major result, reaching QF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams). Along with S.Williams in 2015, is the only woman in the last 10 years to have followed up victory at Roland Garros with a run to the QF or better at Wimbledon. Before that Henin also achieved the feat in 2007 Also the first woman to back up her maiden Slam title with QF or better at next Slam since Kim Clijsters (US Open- Australian Open 2006) Best result at Australian Open is 3r (2017), while has never been beyond 2r at US Open (2016) Reached mixed doubles SF at 2016 Wimbledon (w/marach, l. eventual champions Kontinen/Watson)

20 Career Ended 2016 ranked No.44 for her first Top 50 year-end finish (and second consecutive Top 100) 2016 season highlight was reaching final at Premier 5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro). Is 1-3 in WTA singles finals, after also finishing R-Up at 2015 Québec City (l. Beck) and 2017 Charleston (l. Kasatkina) Made Top 40 debut by virtue of reaching final at 2016 Doha Represented Latvia at 2016 Rio Olympics, losing 1r in singles (l. Stosur) Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was second-highest year-end rankings jump, after Kasatkina who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots) Began playing ITF Circuit events in Has won seven singles and eight doubles titles Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Tashkent (2r, l. Pervak) Latvian Fed Cup Team, ; Latvian Olympic Team, 2016 Won girls singles title at 2014 Wimbledon Highest ranked Latvian woman of two in Top 100, ahead of Sevastova (as of August 28, 2017) Other Information Mother and coach is Jelena Jakovleva; father and fitness trainer is Jevgenijs Ostapenko. Half-brother is Maksim Ostapenko (graduated from art academy in Los Angeles and lives there now) Introduced to tennis at age five by mother; favorite shots are serve and backhand; favorite surfaces are grass and hard Tennis idols are Serena Williams and Ernests Gulbis Ostapenko watched Gulbis QF match at Roland Garros from his box in 2014 Took ballroom dancing classes for seven years Currently working with WTA player Anabel Medina Garrigues

21 KASATKINA: US Open Making third successive main draw appearance at US Open Has matched best result here by advancing to 3r, having also reached this stage on debut in 2015 (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic); fell 1r in 2016 (l. Wang) Met No.56 Wang once again in 1r at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday, claiming revenge with a three-set victory Defeated No.63 McHale in 2r to earn first win over an American this season, having fallen to Rogers (Miami) and Keys (Cincinnati) Faces No.12 Ostapenko today in their career fourth meeting. Defeated today s opponent to claim her maiden WTA singles title earlier this year at Charleston Holds a 2-7 record vs. Top 20 opponents in 2017, both wins coming over then-world No.1 Kerber (Sydney) and then-no.2 Kerber (Doha) Is bidding to advance to career first Grand Slam R16, having reached the 3r at all other majors Is one of four Russians to advance to 3r at 2017 US Open (also Makarova, Sharapova and Vesnina) At 20-years-old, is the fourth-youngest player remaining in the draw after Kenin (18), Osaka (19) and today s opponent Ostapenko (20) Currently ranked No.38 (as at August 28, 2017); entered 2016 US Open on a career-high ranking of No.24 (earned on August 15, 2016) Season Coming off a 2r showing at New Haven last week (l. Mertens); defeated No.24 Strycova in 1r for best win-by-ranking since defeating No.2 Kerber at Doha in February Made back-to-back 2r exits at Cincinnati (l. Keys) and Toronto (l. eventual champion Svitolina) Suffered 2r exit in her sole grass court tournament, at Wimbledon (l. Kontaveit) At Roland Garros, reached 3r for the second consecutive year (l. eventual R-Up Halep) After loss to Halep in Paris, now owns 2-6 career record vs. Top 5 players. Both wins have come this season at 2017 Sydney (d. No.1 Kerber) and at Doha (d. No.2 Kerber) Entered 2017 Roland Garros on a three-match losing streak, having fallen 1r at Stuttgart (l. Vesnina), Madrid (l. Vinci) and Rome (l. Strycova) Began clay court swing by capturing first WTA singles title in debut final at Charleston (d. Ostapenko). Became sixth teenager to be crowned champion there, joining Evert (1974), Austin (1979, 1980), Graf (1986, 1987, 1989), Hingis (1997, 1999) and Lisicki (2009). Defeated fellow teenager Ostapenko (also 19-year-old) in Charleston final, which marked first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova) Prior to Charleston triumph, previous best showings at WTA events were SF on home soil, at 2015 Moscow and 2016 St Petersburg Represented Russia in Fed Cup loss to Belgium in April (d. Zanevska Russia lost tie 2-3 overall)

22 Suffered back-to-back 1r exits at Miami (l. Rogers) and Indian Wells (l. Kr.Pliskova) Also fell 1r at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki) Reached QF at Doha (l. Puig); scored second win of 2017 season over No.2 Kerber in 2r In February made 2r exit at St. Petersburg (l. No.115 and compatriot Vikhlyantseva) Posted 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Peng). Enjoyed highest seeding at a Slam in Melbourne (No.23) Opened 2017 season with a 2r exit at Brisbane (l. Muguruza) and QF showing at Sydney (d. No.1 Kerber in R16, l. eventual champion Konta) Defeat of No.1 Kerber was first such victory over a reigning No.1; is now 1-1 vs. No.1 players (l. S.Williams at 2016 Australian Open 3r). Became the sixth teenager to defeat a world No.1 with win over Kerber in Sydney: Teenager Ag Reigning No.1 Tournament Round Score Daria Kasatkina 19 Angelique Kerber 2017 Sydney R16 7-6(5) 6-2 Belinda Bencic 18 Serena Williams 2015 Toronto S Christina McHale 19 Caroline Wozniacki 2011 Cincinnati R Chang Kai-Chen 18 Dinara Safina 2009 Tokyo R32 7-6(5) Petra Kvitova 19 Dinara Safina 2009 US Open R (5) Victoria Azarenka 19 Serena Williams 2009 Miami F Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marks ninth main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Best result is reaching 3r on her main draw debuts at all of the majors 2015 US Open (l. Mladenovic), 2016 Australian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) Returned to 3r at Roland Garros in 2017 and reached 2r at 2017 Wimbledon. Only 1r exits came at 2016 US Open (l. Wang) and 2017 Australian Open (l. Peng) Career Owns a 7-20 record vs. Top 20 opponents, wins coming over No.14 Suárez Navarro (2015 Moscow), No.7 V.Williams (2016 Auckland), No.20 Ka.Pliskova (2016 Rome), No.18 Stosur and No.8 Vinci (both 2016 Montréal), No.1 Kerber (2017 Sydney) and No.2 Kerber (2017 Doha) Ended 2016 at career-best No.27, up from No.72 in Also posted new career-high ranking in 2016, at No.24 (week of August 15, 2016) 2016 highlights included reaching second WTA SF at St Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Bencic) and QF stage at Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova), Charleston (l. eventual champion Stephens having held MPs), Montréal (l. Kerber), Rio Olympics (l. Keys) and Moscow (l. Goerges) In doubles, fell one match short of defending 2015 title at Moscow (w/vesnina), finishing as R-Up w/gavrilova (l. Hlavackova/Hradecka in F). Also ended Hingis/Mirza s 41-match unbeaten streak at 2016 Doha (w/vesnina) 2015 saw her reach her first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova, having recorded first Top 20 win over No.14 Suárez Navarro in QF)

23 QF run at 2015 Bad Gastein (as qualifier) was first time reaching last eight at WTA-level tournament Won five singles titles on ITF Circuit in 2015, taking total to seven Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Moscow; made main draw debut as WC also at Moscow in 2014 (l. Riske 1r) Other Information Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia. Mother is Tatiana Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin Began playing tennis at age six when older brother, Alexsandr Timkovskii, introduced her to the game; he is now her fitness trainer and travels with her Currently attending Sport College in Samara, Russia; three years into a five-year degree Loves football; favorite team is Barcelona FC Coached by Vladimir Platenik since October 2014

24 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 GRAND SLAM [10] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #11) vs. [20] COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #22) Head to Head: AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA leads TORONTO HARD O R1 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA mins 2016 BIRMINGHAM GRASS O R1 COCO VANDEWEGHE mins 2015 BEIJING HARD O R1 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA mins 2015 TOKYO HARD O R1 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA mins 2015 NEW HAVEN HARD O R1 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA mins 2014 BEIJING HARD O R1 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA mins AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (28) $660,916 $26,600,822 0 / 20 0 / / / / / / / / WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) US OPEN W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2017 US Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND COCO VANDEWEGHE (25) $1,380,227 $4,560,027 0 / 2 1 / / / / / / / / 5-13 [10] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #11) R128: d. PETRA MARTIC (CRO #85) 6-4,7-6(3) (1h33) R64: d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #50) 7-5,6-2 (1h45) vs. [20] COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #22) R128: d. ALISON RISKE (USA #49) 2-6,6-3,6-4 (2h1) R64: d. ONS JABEUR (TUN #99) 7-6(6),6-2 (1h34) Total games: 43 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 3h18 Average time on court: 1h39 Average rank of opponent: 68 Total games: 48 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h35 Average time on court: 1h48 Average rank of opponent: 74 US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 2016 R16 L - ANA KONJUH (CRO #92) COCO VANDEWEGHE 2016 R1 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #81) 6-7(4) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: