RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 7 MEDIA NOTES Sunday, October 8, 2017 Ariake Tennis Forest Park Tokyo, Japan October 2-8, 2017 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,563,795 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RakutenOpen.com Karina Duckitt: kduckitt@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @RakutenOpen Press Room: +81 3 3529 4960 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @RakutenJapanOpen MANNARINO LOOKS FOR FIRST ATP TITLE, GOFFIN SECOND IN A ROW The final of the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships on Sunday features unseeded Adrian Mannarino against No. 4 seed David Goffin, who has won both previous meetings, in 2012 Marseille and 2015 Basel. Mannarino is trying to become the first Frenchman to win the Tokyo title since Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in 2009 while Goffin is attempting to become the first Belgian to win here. Goffin is appearing in the Tokyo final for the second straight year (l. to Kyrgios) and the 26-year-old Belgian comes in on an eight-match winning streak after earning his third career ATP World Tour title in Shenzhen last Sunday. Goffin has moved to No. 10 in the Emirates ATP Race to London standings and is 105 points ahead of Sam Querrey for the final spot. If he wins he will add 200 points and go past Pablo Carreno Busta into No. 8 in the Race (see chart). Goffin is playing in his fourth final this season (1-2) and the 10th ATP World Tour final in his career (3-6). Mannarino, who posted his biggest career win over No. 5 Marin Cilic in the semi-finals, is trying to capture his first ATP World Tour title. There have been seven first-time winners on the ATP World Tour this season. The last player to win his maiden ATP title in Tokyo was South African Wesley Moodie in 2005 (d. Ancic). He was also the last unseeded Tokyo champion. The last left-hander to win the Tokyo title was Rafael Nadal in 2010. This is Mannarino s second ATP final of the season after a runner-up showing in Antalya, Turkey on July 1 (l. to Sugita). Mannarino is 0-3 in ATP World Tour finals and prior to this year he was a finalist in 2015 Auckland and Bogota. Mannarino posted his third Top 10 win of the season over Cilic and equaled his career-best wins total (28) in 2015. In the lone doubles championship, the Japanese wild card duo of Ben Mclachlan and Yasutaka Uchiyama take on No. 2 seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares, who are 3-2 in finals this season. The Japanese squad upset top seeds and US Open champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau in the quarter-finals en route to the final. This is Mclachlan s first ATP World Tour main draw while Uchiyama came in with one ATP match win, in 2014 Tokyo. The last Japanese duo to win an ATP World Tour doubles title was Satoshi Iwabuchi and Takao Suzuki in 2005 Tokyo. EMIRATES ATP RANKING POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY Rakuten Japan Open Champion Finalist Ranking Points 500 300 Singles Prize Money $336,900 $165,170 Doubles Prize Money $101,440 $49,660
Day 7 Sunday, October 8, 2017 Page 2 of 4 INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS Rakuten Japan Open Adrian Mannarino [4] David Goffin Aces 30 34 1st-Serve Percentage 57% 56% 1st-Serve Points Won 72% 76% 2nd-Serve Points Won 50% 52% Service Games Won 82% (36 of 44) 83% (40 of 48) Break Points Saved 75% (24 of 32) 68% (17 of 25) 1st-Serve Return Points Won 39% 30% 2nd-Serve Return Points Won 59% 56% Return Games Won 44% (19 of 43) 28% (13 of 47) Break Points Converted 45% (19 of 42) 43% (13 of 30) BOLD: Leads all players in Rakuten Japan Open EMIRATES ATP RACES (going into Sunday) EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON KEY Bold: Qualified No Player Points + Add 200 points for Final win 1 Rafael Nadal 9,665 + 2 Roger Federer 7,505 3 Alexander Zverev 4,310 4 Dominic Thiem 3,715 5 Grigor Dimitrov 3,275 6 Marin Cilic 3,175 7 Stan Wawrinka 3,150 8 Pablo Carreno Busta 2,595 9 Novak Djokovic 2,585 10 David Goffin 2,540 + =============================== 11 Sam Querrey 2,435 12 Kevin Anderson 2,380 13 Andy Murray 2,290 14 Tomas Berdych 2,005 15 Nick Kyrgios 2,000 + 16 Roberto Bautista Agut 1,915 NOTE: Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON No Team Points 1 Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo 6,910 2 Henri Kontinen/John Peers 5,950 + 3 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau 4,665 4 Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares 4,460 + 5 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan 4,355 6 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut 4,215 7 Ryan Harrison/Michael Venus 3,060 8 Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram 2,795 9 Ivan Dodig/Marcel Granollers 2,720 NOTE: Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals
Day 7 Sunday, October 8, 2017 Page 3 of 4 EMIRATES ATP RACE TO MILAN No Player Points 1 Alexander Zverev 4,310 2 Andrey Rublev 1,174 3 Karen Khachanov 1,010 4 Denis Shapovalov 926 5 Borna Coric 886 6 Jared Donaldson 825 7 Daniil Medvedev 717 NOTE: Top 7 qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals (+1 Wild Card) FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SUNDAY CHAMPIONSHIP COLOSSEUM Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs [4] David Goffin (BEL) Goffin Leads 2-0 12 Marseille (France) Hard R32 David Goffin 6-2 1-0 ret 15 Basel (Switzerland) Hard R16 David Goffin 6-4 6-3 Mannarino 2017 Summary F (1): Antalya (l Sugita); QF (2): Los Cabos (l Berdych); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Shapovalov) YTD W-L: 28-22 (18-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 29, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 31 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 4-0 (2017 Finalist) Tournament Note: Has wins over [WC] Soeda 75 76, Vesely 63 62, Sugita 62 64 and [1] Cilic 67 64 60 to reach second final in 2017. Will move to No. 29 and to a career-high No. 25 if he wins title (previous best No. 27 on 7/27/15) In July, advanced to 3 rd career ATP World Tour final at Antalya (l. to Sugita) Has 28 wins on season and equals his career-high in 2015 Avenged loss to Sugita and beat countryman Monfils in 5 sets to reach Wimbledon 4R for 2nd time (l. to Djokovic) Reached US Open 3R for 3rd time, capping 16-7 run from June 26 through September 2 (l. to Thiem) Defeated Raonic en route to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Montreal (l. to Shapovalov) Also at ATP Masters 1000s, reached Miami 4R (l. to Berdych) and Cincinnati 3R (d. Haase after saving 1 MP, l. to Thiem). Qualified at Monte-Carlo (ret vs Pouille in 3R), Madrid (l. to Donaldson in 1R) and Rome (l. to Cuevas in 1R). Snapped 8-match tour-level losing streak by beating Fritz in Acapulco 1R (l. to Thiem in 2R) Has a 10-0 ATP Challenger Tour record, winning 12th and 13th Challenger titles respectively at Noumea, CAL (d. Milojevic) and Quimper, FRA (d. Gojowczyk) Retired in Monte-Carlo 3R and withdrew from Budapest, Munich, Geneva and Atlanta (hip), as well as Houston (ill) Trying to become third Frenchman to win an ATP World Tour title this season, joining Tsonga (3) and Pouille (2) FIRST-TIME ATP CHAMPIONS (7): Mannarino is trying to become the eighth first-time ATP World Tour winner in 2017: Age Tournament Gilles Muller 33 Sydney Ryan Harrison 24 Memphis Borna Coric 20 Marrakech Yuichi Sugita 28 Antalya Andrey Rublev 19 Umag Damir Dzumhur 25 St. Petersburg Peter Gojowczyk 28 Metz
Day 7 Sunday, October 8, 2017 Page 4 of 4 Goffin 2017 Summary W(1): Shenzhen (d Dolgopolov); F(2): Sofia (l Dimitrov); Rotterdam (l Tsonga); SF(1): ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); QF(5): Aus. Open (l Dimitrov); Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); Umag (l Dodig); Gstaad (l Haase); Metz (l Paire) YTD W-L: 48-18 (32-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: December 7, 1990 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 11 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 8-1 (2016-17 Finalist) Tournament Note: Last year's finalist (d. Cilic in SF, l. to Kyrgios) is appearing in his second straight final after wins over Lopez 75 61, [Q] Ebden 26 75 76(1), Gasquet 75 62 and [8] Schwartzman 76 76 Snapped 6-match losing streak in ATP World Tour finals with 1st title in 3+ years at Shenzhen (d. Dolgopolov) Achieved career-high No. 10 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 20 -- 1st Belgian men s player ever in Top 10 Tied Simon in 2008 as lightest player in Top 10 (150 lbs) since Coria (145 lbs) and Grosjean (147 lbs) in 2004 Advanced to back-to-back finals at Sofia (l. to Dimitrov) and Rotterdam (d. Dimitrov in QF, l. to Tsonga) Earned biggest win of career over No. 2 Djokovic in ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo QF (l. to Nadal in SF) Reached QFs at Australian Open (d. Thiem, l. to Dimitrov) and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d. Raonic, l. to Nadal) Made run to 2nd week of US Open for 1st time (d. Pella in 5 sets, l. to Rublev in 4R) Saved 4 MPs vs Albot in Gstaad 2R (l. to Haase in QF), but squandered 1 MP vs Paire in Metz QF Owns 4-0 Davis Cup record, leading Belgium to final vs France (d. Seppi, Lorenzi, Millman and Kyrgios) Retired in Roland Garros 3R vs Zeballos and withdrew from s-hertogenbosch, Queen s and Wimbledon (right ankle) HARD-COURT WINS LEADERS: Goffin is No. 2 on the ATP World Tour this season with 32 hard court wins: No. This Week 1 Rafael Nadal 33 Playing in Beijing Final 2 David Goffin 32 Playing in Tokyo Final 3 Roberto Bautista Agut 29 4 Grigor Dimitrov 28 5T Roger Federer 27 5T Nick Kyrgios 27 Playing in Beijing Final 7T Damir Dzumhur 26 7T Alexander Zverev 26 9 Jack Sock 23 10 Sam Querrey 22 DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP [WC] Ben Mclachlan (JPN) / Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) vs [2] Jamie Murray (GBR) / Bruno Soares (BRA) First Meeting Mclachlan/Uchiyama are playing together in their first ATP World Tour tournament and they upset top seeds Rojer/Tecau 76 76 in the QF. They only have lost one set en route to their first ATP World Tour final, that coming in their 1st round win over Huey/Shamasdin Last month they teamed together for the first time at the Zhangjiagang CHN Challenger (QF) and then in a Davis Cup World Group playoff tie vs. Brazil, falling to Melo/Soares in straight sets Mclachlan is No. 131 and Uchiyama is No. 494 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings Mclachlan/Uchiyama are trying to become the first Japanese duo to win an ATP World Tour doubles title since Satoshi Iwabuchi and Takao Suzuki in 2005 Tokyo Murray/Soares have lost one set (in SF) en route to their sixth final (3-2) this season and 11 th overall (6-4) This season they won titles in Acapulco, Stuttgart and London/Queen's Club while finishing runner-up in Sydney and ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati. They are No. 4 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings Murray is trying to earn his 20th career Tour level doubles title. He is 19-19 in finals overall and this is his third Tokyo final. He won the 2011 title (w/younger brother Andy) and was runner-up in 2013 (w/peers) Soares is 26-24 in finals overall, winning titles in 10 straight seasons and with six different partners. This is the Brazilian s second Tokyo final. He won the 2012 title (w/peya)
RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, October 7, 2017 Ariake Tennis Forest Park Tokyo, Japan October 2-8, 2017 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,563,795 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RakutenOpen.com Karina Duckitt: kduckitt@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @RakutenOpen Press Room: +81 3 3529 4960 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @RakutenJapanOpen CILIC, GOFFIN, SCHWARTZMAN, MANNARINO IN SEMI-FINALS The semi-finals of the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships on Saturday are led by top seed Marin Cilic, No. 4 David Goffin, No. 8 Diego Schwartzman and unseeded Adrian Mannarino. Three of the semi-finalists (except Goffin) have yet to drop a set this week. All four players are looking to win their first Tokyo title. In the opening match on Colosseum, last year s finalist Goffin brings a 2-1 head-to-head record on hard courts against Schwartzman, who is the first Argentine to reach the Tokyo semi-finals since Juan Martin del Potro won the title in 2013 (d. Raonic). The 26-year-old Belgian comes in on a seven-match winning streak after earning his third career ATP World Tour title in Shenzhen last Sunday. Goffin has moved to No. 11 in the Emirates ATP Race to London standings and is 15 points behind Sam Querrey, who holds the final spot. Goffin is 3-1 in semi-final matches this season (1-2 in finals) and he is 3-6 lifetime in ATP World Tour finals. Schwartzman is making his second semi-final showing of the season, first since Istanbul in May. He is trying to advance to his third career ATP World Tour final (1-1), having won his maiden title in Istanbul last year. His last final came in Antwerp one year ago (l. to Gasquet). Schwartzman leads the tournament in service games won (26 of 27, 96%). In the next match on, Cilic looks for his second win against Mannarino, who is appearing in his second semi-final of the season. Cilic won the only previous meeting in three sets in the first round at 2015 London/Queen s Club. Cilic is making his second straight semi-final showing in Tokyo and he is 3-2 in semi-final matches this season (1-2 in finals). This is the Croat s first semi-final since July when he reached the Wimbledon final (l. to Federer). Cilic is trying to reach his 31st career final (17-13). Cilic leads the tournament in first serve pts. won (88%) and is No. 2 in service games won (25 of 26, 96%) and aces (33). The last Croat to reach the Japan Open final was Mario Ancic in 2005 (l. to Moodie). A Croat has never won this title. Mannarino is trying reach his second ATP World Tour final of the season (Antalya in July) and fourth in his career (0-3). Benoit Paire was the last Frenchman to reach the Tokyo final two years ago (l. to Wawrinka). The last Frenchman to win the title was Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in 2009 (d. Youzhny). Mannarino is 3-23 lifetime vs. Top 10 opponents (2-6 this year) and he s looking for his first Top 5 victory. In the lone doubles semi-final, the Japanese wild card duo of Ben Mclachlan and Yasutaka Uchiyama take on the first-time duo of Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico and Julio Peralta of Chile. The Japanese squad upset top seeds and US Open champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau in the quarter-finals to reach their first ATP World Tour semi-final. This is Mclachlan s first ATP World Tour main draw while Uchiyama came in with one ATP match win, in 2014 Tokyo. No. 2 seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares await the winner in Sunday s championship.
Day 6 Saturday, October 7, 2017 Page 2 of 5 EMIRATES ATP RACES (going into Saturday) EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON KEY Bold: Qualified No Player Points * Add 120 points for SF singles win 1 Rafael Nadal 9,545* ^ Add 120 points for SF doubles win 2 Roger Federer 7,505 + Add 200 points for Final doubles win 3 Alexander Zverev 4,310* 4 Dominic Thiem 3,715 5 Grigor Dimitrov 3,275* 6 Marin Cilic 3,175* 7 Stan Wawrinka 3,150 8 Pablo Carreno Busta 2,595 9 Novak Djokovic 2,585 10 Sam Querrey 2,435 11 David Goffin 2,420* 12 Kevin Anderson 2,380 13 Andy Murray 2,290 14 Tomas Berdych 2,005 15 Roberto Bautista Agut 1,915 16 Kei Nishikori 1,885 17 Nick Kyrgios 1,880* NOTE: Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON No Team Points 1 Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo 6,910 2 Henri Kontinen/John Peers 5,830^ 3 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau 4,665 4 Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares 4,460+ 5 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan 4,355 6 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut 4,215 7 Ryan Harrison/Michael Venus 3,060 8 Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram 2,795 9 Ivan Dodig/Marcel Granollers 2,720 10 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez 2,520 11 Oliver Marach/Mate Pavic 2,490 12 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah 2,450 NOTE: Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP RACE TO MILAN No Player Points 1 Alexander Zverev 4,310* 2 Andrey Rublev 1,174 3 Karen Khachanov 1,010 4 Denis Shapovalov 926 5 Borna Coric 886 6 Jared Donaldson 825 7 Daniil Medvedev 717 NOTE: Top 7 qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals (+1 Wild Card)
Day 6 Saturday, October 7, 2017 Page 3 of 5 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SATURDAY SEMI-FINAL MATCHES COLOSSEUM [4] David Goffin (BEL) vs [8] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) Goffin Leads 2-1 15 BEL vs. ARG WG SF (Belgium) Hard RR David Goffin 6-3 6-2 6-1 16 Antwerp (Belgium) Hard SF Diego Schwartzman 7-5 2-6 7-5 17 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R32 David Goffin 4-6 6-3 7-5 Goffin 2017 Summary W(1): Shenzhen (d Dolgopolov); F(2): Sofia (l Dimitrov); Rotterdam (l Tsonga); SF(1): ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); QF(5): Aus. Open (l Dimitrov); Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); Umag (l Dodig); Gstaad (l Haase); Metz (l Paire) YTD W-L: 47-18 (31-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: December 7, 1990 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 11 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 7-1 (2016 Finalist) Tournament Note: Last year's finalist (d. Cilic in SF, l. to Kyrgios) is appearing in his fifth SF of season. He opened with a 75 61 win over Lopez on Wednesday and followed with a 26 75 76(1) victory over [Q] Ebden and 75 62 win over Gasquet. No.3 in aces (28) and has won 29 of 36 service games (81%), saving 15 of 22 break pts. (68%) Snapped 6-match losing streak in ATP World Tour finals with 1st title in 3+ years at Shenzhen (d. Dolgopolov) Achieved career-high No. 10 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 20 -- 1st Belgian men s player ever in Top 10 Tied Simon in 2008 as lightest player in Top 10 (150 lbs) since Coria (145 lbs) and Grosjean (147 lbs) in 2004 Advanced to back-to-back finals at Sofia (l. to Dimitrov) and Rotterdam (d. Dimitrov in QF, l. to Tsonga) Earned biggest win of career over No. 2 Djokovic in ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo QF (l. to Nadal in SF) Reached QFs at Australian Open (d. Thiem, l. to Dimitrov) and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d. Raonic, l. to Nadal) Made run to 2nd week of US Open for 1st time (d. Pella in 5 sets, l. to Rublev in 4R) Saved 4 MPs vs Albot in Gstaad 2R (l. to Haase in QF), but squandered 1 MP vs Paire in Metz QF Owns 4-0 Davis Cup record, leading Belgium to final vs France (d. Seppi, Lorenzi, Millman and Kyrgios) Retired in Roland Garros 3R vs Zeballos and withdrew from s-hertogenbosch, Queen s and Wimbledon (right ankle) HARD-COURT WINS LEADERS: Goffin is No. 2 on the ATP World Tour this season with 31 hard court wins: No. This Week 1 Rafael Nadal 32 Playing in Beijing SF 2 David Goffin* 31 Playing in Tokyo SF 3 Roberto Bautista Agut 29 4 Grigor Dimitrov 28 Playing in Beijing SF 5 Roger Federer 27 6T Damir Dzumhur 26 6T Nick Kyrgios 26 Playing in Beijing SF 6T Alexander Zverev 26 Playing in Beijing SF 9 Jack Sock 23 10 Sam Querrey 22 Schwartzman 2017 Summary SF(1): Istanbul (l Cilic); QF(7): Rio de Janeiro (l Thiem); Sao Paulo (l Cuevas); ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); Bastad (l Kuznetsov); Hamburg (l Mayer); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Haase); US Open (l Carreno Busta) YTD W-L: 32-23 (15-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: August 16, 1992 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 29 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Leads tournament in service games won (26 of 27, 96%) and in Tokyo debut has posted wins over Young 62 75, Tomic 63 61 and Johnson 60 75 en route to second SF of season, first since Istanbul in May (l. to Cilic) Defeated 2014 champion Cilic en route to 1st Grand Slam QF at US Open (l. to Carreno Busta)
Day 6 Saturday, October 7, 2017 Page 4 of 5 Shortest Grand Slam quarter-finalist since fellow 5-foot-7 South American Yzaga at 1994 US Open Has earned career-high 32 wins in 2017 and achieved personal-best No. 28 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 11. Will move to No. 26 with SF and to around No. 24 if reaches final 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) 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 [1] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Adrian Mannarino (FRA) Cilic Leads 1-0 15 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R32 Marin Cilic 7-6(3) 3-6 6-2 Other meeting: 07 Roland Garros Q (France) Clay -- Marin Cilic 6-2 6-3 Cilic 2017 Summary 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) YTD W-L: 36-15 (10-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 17 Date of Birth: September 28, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 5 (Career-high) Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 9-4 (2016-17 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: En route to second straight Tokyo SF, has wins over [Q] Tsitsipas 63 62, [WC] Uchiyama 63 64 and Harrison 62 60. Reached QF in 2015 (l. to Nishikori) and SF last year (l. to Goffin). Leads tournament in return games won (11 of 24, 46%), 1st serve pts. won (88%) and No. 2 in aces (33) and service games won (25 of 26, 96%) Has a 3-2 record in SF matches this season and trying to reach 31st career final (17-13) Appeared in 2nd Grand Slam final at Wimbledon (d. Muller in 5 sets and Querrey in 4 sets, l. to Federer) Achieved career-high No. 5 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 11 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 427) 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) Mannarino 2017 Summary F (1): Antalya (l Sugita); QF (2): Los Cabos (l Berdych); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Shapovalov) YTD W-L: 27-22 (17-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 29, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 31 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 3-0 (2017 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: In Tokyo debut has beaten [WC] Soeda 75 76,Vesely 63 62 and Sugita 62 64 to reach second SF in 2017. No. 2 in return games won (13 of 29, 45%), No. 4 in aces (22) and No. 5 in break pts. saved (16 of 22, 73%) In July, advanced to 3 rd career ATP World Tour final at Antalya (l. to Sugita) Has 27 wins on season and trying to equal career high of 28 in 2015 Avenged loss to Sugita and beat countryman Monfils in 5 sets to reach Wimbledon 4R for 2nd time (l. to Djokovic) Reached US Open 3R for 3rd time, capping 16-7 run from June 26 through September 2 (l. to Thiem) Defeated Raonic en route to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Montreal (l. to Shapovalov) Also at ATP Masters 1000s, reached Miami 4R (l. to Berdych) and Cincinnati 3R (d. Haase after saving 1 MP, l. to Thiem). Qualified at Monte-Carlo (ret vs Pouille in 3R), Madrid (l. to Donaldson in 1R) and Rome (l. to Cuevas in 1R). Snapped 8-match tour-level losing streak by beating Fritz in Acapulco 1R (l. to Thiem in 2R) Has a 10-0 ATP Challenger Tour record, winning 12th and 13th Challenger titles respectively at Noumea, CAL (d. Milojevic) and Quimper, FRA (d. Gojowczyk) Retired in Monte-Carlo 3R and withdrew from Budapest, Munich, Geneva and Atlanta (hip), as well as Houston (ill)
Day 6 Saturday, October 7, 2017 Page 5 of 5 POTENTIAL FINAL FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS Marin Cilic (CRO) vs David Goffin (BEL) Goffin Leads 3-2 16 BEL vs. CRO WG 1st RD (Belgium) Clay RR David Goffin 6-4 6-4 3-6 7-5 16 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard QF David Goffin 7-6(4) 6-2 16 Tokyo (Japan) Hard SF David Goffin 7-5 6-4 16 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard R16 Marin Cilic 6-3 7-6(9) 17 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R16 Marin Cilic 6-3 6-4 Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Diego Schwartzman (ARG) Series Tied 1-1 17 Istanbul (Turkey) Clay SF Marin Cilic 6-1 7-6(7) 17 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Diego Schwartzman 4-6 7-5 7-5 6-4 Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs David Goffin (BEL) Goffin Leads 2-0 12 Marseille (France) Hard R32 David Goffin 6-2 1-0 ret 15 Basel (Switzerland) Hard R16 David Goffin 6-4 6-3 Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs Diego Schwartzman (ARG) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 13 Rome-2 CH (Italy) Clay R32 Adrian Mannarino 6-0 6-3
RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, October 6, 2017 Ariake Tennis Forest Park Tokyo, Japan October 2-8, 2017 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,563,795 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RakutenOpen.com Karina Duckitt: kduckitt@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @RakutenOpen Press Room: +81 3 3529 4960 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @RakutenJapanOpen SEEDS CILIC, GOFFIN, SCHWARTZMAN LEAD QUARTER-FINALS Top seed Marin Cilic, No. 4 David Goffin and No. 8 Diego Schwartzman lead the quarter-final line-up at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships on Friday. Japanese No. 2 Yuichi Sugita is one of five unseeded quarter-finalists. In the opening match on Colosseum, Schwartzman takes on Steve Johnson for the first time on the ATP World Tour. In their previous meeting at the 2014 Bordeaux Challenger on clay, Johnson won in straight sets. Schwartzman is appearing in his ninth quarter-final of the season (1-7) and he s trying to reach his second semi-final (Istanbul in May). The last Argentine to reach the Tokyo semi-finals was Juan Martin del Potro, who won the title in 2013 (d. Raonic). Johnson is making his second Tokyo quarter-final showing (2014) and ninth this season (2-6). His last semi-final or better came in April in Houston where he won the title. In the first round he posted the biggest win of his career over No. 7-ranked Dominic Thiem. Johnson is trying to become the first American to reach the Tokyo semi-finals since Mardy Fish in 2011 (l. to Nadal). In the next match on, 2007 finalist Richard Gasquet meets last year s runner-up Goffin for the first time. The Frenchman, who beat No. 6 seed Sam Querrey in the first round on Tuesday, is appearing in his first Tokyo quarter-final since 2008 when he reached the semi-finals. The 31-yearold Frenchman is 4-1 in QF matches this season and his best result is a runner-up on home soil in Montpellier in February (l. to A. Zverev). The 26-year-old Belgian, who is 4-5 in QF matches this season, is No. 12 in the Emirates ATP Race to London standings and 105 points behind Sam Querrey, who holds the final spot. Goffin will move past Kevin Anderson for the No. 11 position if he reaches the semi-finals. In the third match on, Cilic brings a 4-1 head-to-head record against Ryan Harrison, who is appearing in his first Tokyo quarter-final. Cilic is making his third straight quarter-final showing on Tokyo and he s looking to advance to the semi-finals for the second year in a row. Cilic is 5-4 in QF matches this season and his last semi-final came at Wimbledon where he was runner-up (l. to Federer). Harrison, who is 2-28 lifetime against Top 10 opponents, is trying to earn his first Top 5 victory (0-14). The 25-year-old American is trying to reach his third semi-final of the season. He captured his first ATP World Tour singles title in Memphis (d. Basilashvili) in February and was a finalist in Atlanta (l. to Isner) in July. In the final match, Sugita and Frenchman Adrian Mannarino square off for the third time (tied 1-1), the first on hard courts. Their previous meetings came on grass with Sugita winning the first meeting on July 1 in the final of Antalya, Turkey. Then Mannarino prevailed in five sets in the second round of Wimbledon on July 6. Both players are appearing in their first Tokyo quarter-final. Sugita is 2-2 in quarter-final matches this season while Mannarino is 1-2 in quarter-final matches. His last QF came at ATP Masters 1000 Montreal in August (l. to Shapovalov).
Day 5 Friday, October 6, 2017 Page 2 of 6 EMIRATES ATP RACES (going into Friday) EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON KEY Bold: Qualified No Player Points * Add 90 points for QF singles win 1 Rafael Nadal 9,455* ^ Add 120 points for SF doubles win 2 Roger Federer 7,505 3 Alexander Zverev 4,220* 4 Dominic Thiem 3,715 5 Grigor Dimitrov 3,185* 6 Stan Wawrinka 3,150 7 Marin Cilic 3,085* 8 Pablo Carreno Busta 2,595 9 Novak Djokovic 2,585 10 Sam Querrey 2,435 11 Kevin Anderson 2,380 12 David Goffin 2,330* 13 Andy Murray 2,290 14 Tomas Berdych 2,005 15 Roberto Bautista Agut 1,915* NOTE: Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON No Team Points 1 Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo 6,910 2 Henri Kontinen/John Peers 5,830^ 3 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau 4,665 4 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan 4,355 5 Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares 4,340^ 6 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut 4,215 7 Ryan Harrison/Michael Venus 3,060 8 Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram 2,795 9 Ivan Dodig/Marcel Granollers 2,720 10 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez 2,520 11 Oliver Marach/Mate Pavic 2,490 12 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah 2,450^ NOTE: Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP RACE TO MILAN No Player Points 1 Alexander Zverev 4,220* 2 Andrey Rublev 1,174* 3 Karen Khachanov 1,010 4 Denis Shapovalov 926 5 Borna Coric 886 6 Jared Donaldson 825 7 Daniil Medvedev 717 NOTE: Top 7 qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals (+1 Wild Card)
Day 5 Friday, October 6, 2017 Page 3 of 6 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: FRIDAY QUARTER-FINAL MATCHES COLOSSEUM [8] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs Steve Johnson (USA) First ATP Meeting Other meeting: 14 Bordeaux CH (France) Clay R32 Steve Johnson 6-3 7-6(2) Schwartzman 2017 Summary SF(1): Istanbul (l Cilic); QF(7): Rio de Janeiro (l Thiem); Sao Paulo (l Cuevas); ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); Bastad (l Kuznetsov); Hamburg (l Mayer); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Haase); US Open (l Carreno Busta) YTD W-L: 31-23 (14-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: August 16, 1992 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 29 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: In Tokyo debut has posted wins over Young 62 75 and Tomic 63 61 to reach his ninth QF in 2017. Has an 1-7 record in QF matches this season with lone win in Istanbul where he reached SF (l. to Cilic) Defeated 2014 champion Cilic en route to 1st Grand Slam QF at US Open (l. to Carreno Busta) Shortest Grand Slam quarter-finalist since fellow 5-foot-7 South American Yzaga at 1994 US Open Has earned career-high 31 wins in 2017 and achieved career-high No. 28 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 11 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) 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 Johnson 2017 Summary W (1): Houston (d Bellucci); SF (1): Auckland (l Sock); QF (6): Memphis (l Kukushkin); Delray Beach (l Sock); Acapulco (w/o vs Cilic); Geneva (l M. Zverev); Eastbourne (l Medvedev); Winston-Salem (l Edmund) YTD W-L: 28-18 (16-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: December 24, 1989 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 46 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 5-2 (2014, 2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Posted biggest career win (3rd Top 10 victory) over No. 7-ranked Thiem 46 76 64 on Tuesday and followed with 62 64 victory over Dolgopolov to reach QF for second time. In 2014, beat Moriya, Granollers (l. to Simon) Appearing in ninth QF of season (2-6) and in April defeated Olympic bronze medal partner Sock en route to 2nd ATP World Tour title at Houston (d. Bellucci 76 in 3rd), which was his last SF Advanced to Auckland SF (d. Isner, l. to Sock) and 6 other QFs, including Acapulco (d. Isner in 1R, w/o vs Cilic) Reached 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Thiem) and Wimbledon (l. to Cilic) Did not drop a set en route to Memphis doubles final with 1st-time partner Harrison (l. to Baker/Mektic) AMERICANS IN TOP 50: Johnson is one of four Americans in the Top 50 Emirates ATP Rankings (and one of 11 in the Top 100): No. 15 Sam Querrey No. 17 John Isner No. 21 Jack Sock No. 46 Steve Johnson ================== No. 52 Ryan Harrison (also in QF) No. 56 Jared Donaldson No. 59 Donald Young No. 74 Frances Tiafoe No. 91 Taylor Fritz No. 93 Ernesto Escobedo No. 97 Tennys Sandgren
Day 5 Friday, October 6, 2017 Page 4 of 6 Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs [4] David Goffin (BEL) First Meeting Gasquet 2017 Summary F (1): Montpellier (l A. Zverev); SF (3): Marseille (l Pouille); Halle (l A. Zverev); Eastbourne (l Monfils); QF (1): Estoril (l Anderson) YTD W-L: 23-14 (14-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 14 Date of Birth: June 18, 1986 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 30 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 11-5 (2007 Finalist) Tournament Note: Opened with 64 76 win over [6] Querrey on Tuesday and followed with 60 76 victory over Lu to reach third QF, first since 2008. Did not drop a set en route to 2007 final (l. to Ferrer) and 2008 SF (l. to del Potro) Reached 5th straight Montpellier final, falling to A. Zverev as 11-match tournament win streak came to an end Beat Monfils en route to SFs at Marseille (l. to Pouille) and Halle (l. to A. Zverev), but lost to him in Eastbourne SF Advanced to 3R at Australian Open (l. to Dimitrov) and Roland Garros (ret vs Monfils due to right thigh injury) Squandered 3 MPs to eventual champion A. Zverev in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R Fell to 0-15 lifetime against Nadal with loss in ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati 2R Dropped to No. 30 in Emirates ATP Rankings on June 19 -- lowest since No. 31 on February 14, 2011 Returned to ATP Challenger Tour for 1st time since 2010 and won 9th title on tour at Szczecin, POL (d. F. Mayer) Missed 1st 5 ATP Masters 1000 events of season -- Indian Wells, Miami and Monte-Carlo following appendicitis surgery, then Madrid and Rome due to back injury. Also withdrew from Bastad and Hamburg due to back injury. Goffin 2017 Summary W(1): Shenzhen (d Dolgopolov); F(2): Sofia (l Dimitrov); Rotterdam (l Tsonga); SF(1): ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); QF(5): Aus. Open (l Dimitrov); Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); Umag (l Dodig); Gstaad (l Haase); Metz (l Paire) YTD W-L: 46-18 (30-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: December 7, 1990 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 11 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 6-1 (2016 Finalist) Tournament Note: Last year's finalist (d. Cilic in SF, l. to Kyrgios) opened with a 75 61 win over Lopez on Wednesday and followed with a 26 75 76(1) victory over [Q] Ebden to reach his 10th QF of season Snapped 6-match losing streak in ATP World Tour finals with 1st title in 3+ years at Shenzhen (d. Dolgopolov) Achieved career-high No. 10 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 20 -- 1st Belgian men s player ever in Top 10 Tied Simon in 2008 as lightest player in Top 10 (150 lbs) since Coria (145 lbs) and Grosjean (147 lbs) in 2004 Advanced to back-to-back finals at Sofia (l. to Dimitrov) and Rotterdam (d. Dimitrov in QF, l. to Tsonga) Earned biggest win of career over No. 2 Djokovic in ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo QF (l. to Nadal in SF) Reached QFs at Australian Open (d. Thiem, l. to Dimitrov) and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d. Raonic, l. to Nadal) Made run to 2nd week of US Open for 1st time (d. Pella in 5 sets, l. to Rublev in 4R) Saved 4 MPs vs Albot in Gstaad 2R (l. to Haase in QF), but squandered 1 MP vs Paire in Metz QF Owns 4-0 Davis Cup record, leading Belgium to final vs France (d. Seppi, Lorenzi, Millman and Kyrgios) Retired in Roland Garros 3R vs Zeballos and withdrew from s-hertogenbosch, Queen s and Wimbledon (right ankle) HARD-COURT WINS LEADERS: Goffin is No. 2 on the ATP World Tour this season with 30 hard court wins: No. This Week 1 Rafael Nadal 31 Playing in Beijing QF 2 David Goffin* 30 Playing in Tokyo QF 3 Roberto Bautista Agut 29 Playing in Beijing QF 4T Grigor Dimitrov 27 Playing in Beijing QF 4T Roger Federer 27 6 Damir Dzumhur 26 7T Nick Kyrgios 25 Playing in Beijing QF 7T Alexander Zverev 25 Playing in Beijing QF 9 Jack Sock 23 10 Sam Querrey 22
Day 5 Friday, October 6, 2017 Page 5 of 6 [1] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Ryan Harrison (USA) Cilic Leads 4-1 11 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Marin Cilic 6-2 7-5 7-6(6 14 Delray Beach (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Marin Cilic 6-3 6-4 16 Acapulco (Mexico) Hard R32 Ryan Harrison 6-3 3-6 6-2 16 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Marin Cilic 6-4 6-3 17 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R32 Marin Cilic 6-3 6-2 Cilic 2017 Summary 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) YTD W-L: 35-15 (9-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 17 Date of Birth: September 28, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 5 (Career-high) Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 8-4 (2016 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Opened with 63 62 win over [Q] Tsitsipas on Monday and followed with 63 64 victory over [WC] Uchiyama on Wednesday. Reached QF in 2015 (l. to Nishikori) and SF last year (l. to Goffin) Appeared in 2nd Grand Slam final at Wimbledon (d. Muller in 5 sets and Querrey in 4 sets, l. to Federer) Achieved career-high No. 5 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 11 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 426) 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) Harrison 2017 Summary W(1): Memphis (d Basilashvili); F(1): Atlanta (l Isner); QF(1): Estoril (l Ferrer) YTD W-L: 17-19 (13-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 7, 1992 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 52 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 2-3 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Won 1st main draw match over [Q] Takahashi 64 46 64 on Monday and followed with 63 16 76(2) victory over [5] Anderson. Came in with an 0-3 record with 1R losses in 2011, 2013 and last year (all as a qualifier) Earned all 6 wins in 3 sets for 1st Grand Slam doubles title at Roland Garros w/venus (d. S. Gonzalez/Young) Did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP singles final and title at Memphis (d. Basilashvili after saving 12/12 BPs) Two weeks earlier, did not drop a set en route to 4th Challenger title at Dallas, USA (d. Fritz) First player to follow a Challenger title with an ATP title in consecutive appearances since Goffin in 2014 Also reached Memphis doubles final with 1st-time partner Johnson (l. to Baker/Mektic) Saved 1 MP vs Millman in Atlanta 2R en route to 2nd ATP World Tour singles final (l. to Isner 76 76) Achieved career-high rankings of No. 40 in singles on July 17 and No. 20 in doubles on August 21 Won Estoril doubles title w/venus (d. Marrero/Robredo) and reached Cincinnati SF w/venus (l. to Herbert/Mahut) Suffered 5-match singles losing streak from May 16 to July 4 Has a 2-28 record (0-2 in 2017) vs. Top 10 opponents with wins over No. 10 Dimitrov in 2015 Acapulco and No. 6 Raonic at 2016 US Open. Looking for first Top 5 win (0-14) FIRST-TIME ATP CHAMPIONS (7): Harrison is one of seven first-time champions on the ATP World Tour in 2017: Age Tournament Gilles Muller 33 Sydney Ryan Harrison 24 Memphis Borna Coric 20 Marrakech Yuichi Sugita 28 Antalya Andrey Rublev 19 Umag Damir Dzumhur 25 St. Petersburg Peter Gojowczyk 28 Metz
Day 5 Friday, October 6, 2017 Page 6 of 6 Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs Adrian Mannarino (FRA) Series Tied 1-1 17 Antalya (Turkey) Grass F Yuichi Sugita 6-1 7-6(4) 17 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R64 Adrian Mannarino 6-1 5-7 4-6 7-6(2) 6-2 Other meetings: 12 Nottingham-2 CH (Great Britain) Grass R32 Yuichi Sugita 6-4 3-6 7-6(3) 17 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco)Clay Q2 Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-4 Sugita 2017 Summary W (1): Antalya (d Mannarino); SF (1): Chengdu (l Istomin); QF (2): Barcelona (l Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Dimitrov) YTD W-L: 20-11 (11-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September 18, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 40 (Career-High) Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 2-5 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Posted first main draw win on Tuesday over Paire who retired due to fatigue after losing first set 6-4. Owns 2-9 main draw and qualifying record in Tokyo, posting qualifying win in 2009 Q1 (d. Devvarman) Captured 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final and following 1st SF at Antalya (d. Baghdatis and Mannarino) Won Challenger titles at Yokohama, JPN (d. Kwon); Shenzhen, CHN (d. Kavcic) and Surbiton, GBR (d. Thompson) First player to win ATP and Challenger titles on grass in single season (Antalya and Surbiton, GBR Challenger) Achieved career-high No. 40 in Emirates ATP Rankings on October 2 Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Cincinnati (d. Sock, Sousa and Khachanov; l. to Dimitrov) Reached Chengdu SF (l. to Istomin) and Barcelona QF as LL (d. Carreno Busta, l. to Thiem) Earned 1st Grand Slam win at Wimbledon (d. Klein, l. to Mannarino in 5 sets) Clinched Japan s Davis Cup Play-off win over Brazil (d. Clezar and Monteiro) Lost Challenger doubles final at Bangkok, THA w/wu (l. to Barrere/Eysseric) YUICHI SUGITA S SEASON OF FIRSTS: Sugita is trying to reach his first SF in Tokyo and add to the list: April 24: First clay-court win at Barcelona (d. Tommy Robredo) April 27: First Top 20 win at Barcelona (d. Pablo Carreno Busta) May 1: Breaks into Top 80 of Emirates ATP Rankings June 12: Breaks into Top 70 of Emirates ATP Rankings June 30: First ATP World Tour SF at Antalya (d. Marcos Baghdatis) July 1: First ATP World Tour final and title at Antalya (d. Adrian Mannarino) July 3: Breaks into Top 60 and Top 50 of Emirates ATP Rankings July 4: First Grand Slam win at Wimbledon (d. Brydan Klein) August 18: First ATP Masters 1000 QF at Cincinnati (l. to Grigor Dimitrov October 2: Breaks into Top 40 of Emirates ATP Rankings Mannarino 2017 Summary F (1): Antalya (l Sugita); QF (2): Los Cabos (l Berdych); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Shapovalov) YTD W-L: 26-22 (16-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 29, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 31 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 2-0 (2017 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: In Tokyo debut has defeated [WC] Soeda 75 76 and Vesely 63 62 to reach fourth QF in 2017 In July, advanced to 3 rd career ATP World Tour final at Antalya (l. to Sugita) Avenged loss to Sugita and beat countryman Monfils in 5 sets to reach Wimbledon 4R for 2nd time (l. to Djokovic) Reached US Open 3R for 3rd time, capping 16-7 run from June 26 through September 2 (l. to Thiem) Defeated Raonic en route to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Montreal (l. to Shapovalov) Also at ATP Masters 1000s, reached Miami 4R (l. to Berdych) and Cincinnati 3R (d. Haase after saving 1 MP, l. to Thiem). Qualified at Monte-Carlo (ret vs Pouille in 3R), Madrid (l. to Donaldson in 1R) and Rome (l. to Cuevas in 1R). Snapped 8-match tour-level losing streak by beating Fritz in Acapulco 1R (l. to Thiem in 2R) Has a 10-0 ATP Challenger Tour record, winning 12th and 13th Challenger titles respectively at Noumea, CAL (d. Milojevic) and Quimper, FRA (d. Gojowczyk) Retired in Monte-Carlo 3R and withdrew from Budapest, Munich, Geneva and Atlanta (hip), as well as Houston (ill)
RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, October 5, 2017 Ariake Tennis Forest Park Tokyo, Japan October 2-8, 2017 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,563,795 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RakutenOpen.com Richard Evans: revans@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @RakutenOpen Press Room: +81 3 3529 4960 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @RakutenJapanOpen RAONIC, GOFFIN, SUGITA HEADLINE DAY FOUR ACTION Former finalists No. 3 seed Milos Raonic and No. 4 David Goffin along with Japanese No. 2 Yuichi Sugita headline second round action on Thursday at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships. Raonic was a finalist in 2012-13-14 and Goffin last year. Sugita is trying to reach his first quarter-final in Tokyo. In the opening match on Colosseum, Alexandr Dolgopolov brings a 2-1 head-to-head record against Steve Johnson. The 28-year-old Ukrainian won both of last year s meetings and he s trying to reach the Tokyo quarter-finals for the first time since his 2013 debut. Johnson is coming off his career-best win over No. 7-ranked Dominic Thiem on Tuesday and he is looking to reach his first Tokyo quarter-final since his 2014 debut. In the next match on, 2007 finalist Richard Gasquet takes a 2-0 record against Yen-Hsun Lu, who has not won a set (0-4) in their two previous meetings. The Frenchman, who beat No. 6 seed Sam Querrey in the first round on Tuesday, is trying to reach his first Tokyo quarter-final since 2008 (SF). Lu is playing in the second round here for the fourth time and he s trying to advance to his first quarter-final. Last week he reached the quarter-finals in Chengdu, his best ATP World Tour result of the season. Lu is 23-5 on the ATP Challenger Tour with three titles in 2017. In the third match on, Aussie qualifier Matthew Ebden looks for his first win against Goffin, who won both previous meetings in straight sets. Ebden qualified into his sixth ATP World Tour level tournament of the season and in July he reached his first ATP World Tour singles final in Newport (l. to Isner) as a qualifier. He ranked a season-low No. 699 on Jan. 2 and has climbed to No. 139 this week. The 26-year-old Belgian is No. 13 in the Emirates ATP Race to London standings and 150 points behind Sam Querrey, who holds the final spot. He will move past Andy Murray for the No. 12 position if he reaches the quarter-finals. In the final match on, Raonic meets Sugita for the third time on the ATP World Tour. The Canadian leads 2-0 but both of his wins have come in three sets, including a first round match in Tokyo in 2011 when Raonic prevailed in a third set tie-break. Raonic is returning to the ATP World Tour after a seven-week absence after he underwent left wrist surgery in August. He comes in No. 12 in the Emirates ATP Rankings after starting the season at No. 3. Sugita won his first main draw match (1-5) in Tokyo on Tuesday over Benoit Paire who retired due to fatigue. The Japanese No. 2 is trying to earn his 20th win of the season (19-11) and advance to his fifth ATP World Tour quarterfinal in 2017.
Day 4 Thursday, October 5, 2017 Page 2 of 6 EMIRATES ATP RACES (going into Thursday) EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON KEY Bold: Qualified No Player Points Scenario * Playing in Beijing this week 1 Rafael Nadal* 9,410 +45 with 2R win ^ Playing in Tokyo this week 2 Roger Federer 7,505 3 Alexander Zverev* 4,220 +0 with 2R win 4 Dominic Thiem^ 3,715 Eliminated in 1R 5 Grigor Dimitrov* 3,185 +90 with QF win 6 Stan Wawrinka 3,150 7 Marin Cilic^ 3,085 +90 with QF win 8 Pablo Carreno Busta* 2,595 Eliminated in 1R 9 Novak Djokovic 2,585 10 Sam Querrey^ 2,435 Eliminated in 1R 11 Kevin Anderson^ 2,380 Eliminated in 2R 12 Andy Murray 2,290 13 David Goffin^ 2,285 +45 with 2R win 14 Tomas Berdych* 2,005 +0 with 2R win 15 Roberto Bautista Agut* 1,915 +90 with QF win NOTE: Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON No Team Points Scenario 1 Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo* 6,910 Eliminated in 1R 2 Henri Kontinen/John Peers* 5,740 +90 with QF win 3 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau^ 4,665 +90 with QF win 4 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan 4,355 5 Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares^ 4,250 +90 with QF win 6 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut 4,215 7 Ryan Harrison/Michael Venus^ 3,060 Eliminated in 1R 8 Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram^ 2,795 +90 with QF win 9 Ivan Dodig/Marcel Granollers* 2,720 Eliminated in 1R 10 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez^ 2,520 Eliminated in 1R 11 Oliver Marach/Mate Pavic* 2,490 Eliminated in 1R 12 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah* 2,450 +120 with SF win NOTE: Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP RACE TO MILAN No Player Points Scenario 1 Alexander Zverev* 4,220 +0 with 2R win 2 Andrey Rublev* 1,129 +45 with 2R win 3 Karen Khachanov* 1,010 +45 with 2R win 4 Denis Shapovalov 926 5 Borna Coric* 886 Eliminated in Q2 6 Jared Donaldson* 825 Eliminated in 1R 7 Daniil Medvedev^ 717 Eliminated in 1R NOTE: Top 7 qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals (+1 Wild Card)
Day 4 Thursday, October 5, 2017 Page 3 of 6 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: THURSDAY 2ND ROUND MATCHES COLOSSEUM [SE] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs Steve Johnson (USA) Dolgopolov Leads 2-1 15 Vienna (Austria) Hard R32 Steve Johnson 6-3 4-6 6-2 16 Acapulco (Mexico) Hard R32 Alexandr Dolgopolov 7-5 7-6(4) 16 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay R64 Alexandr Dolgopolov 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) Dolgopolov 2017 Summary W(1): Buenos Aires (d Nishikori); F(2): Bastad (l Ferrer); Shenzhen (l Goffin); QF(1): Rio de Janeiro (l Carreno Busta) YTD W-L: 26-19 (13-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: November 7, 1988 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 44 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 3-3 (2013 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Opened with 61 62 win over Medvedev on Tuesday. Best result is QF in 2013 debut (l. to No. 7 del Potro). Since then lost in 1R in 2014 (l. to Sock) and 2015 (l. to Querrey) Captured 3rd ATP World Tour title and 1st since 2012 Washington at Buenos Aires (d. Nishikori) Reached finals at Bastad (d. Khachanov after saving 2 MPs in QF l. to Ferrer) and Shenzhen (l. to Goffin) Advanced to US Open 4R for 2nd time (d. Berdych in 2R, l. to No. 1 Nadal) Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Anderson, l. to Kyrgios in 2R) Snapped 8-match losing streak by reaching Australian Open 2R (d. Coric, l. to Monfils) Held 1 MP against eventual champion Muller before falling in Sydney 1R Fell to No. 89 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 15 -- 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 Johnson 2017 Summary W (1): Houston (d Bellucci); SF (1): Auckland (l Sock); QF (6): Memphis (l Kukushkin); Delray Beach (l Sock); Acapulco (w/o vs Cilic); Geneva (l M. Zverev); Eastbourne (l Medvedev); Winston-Salem (l Edmund) YTD W-L: 27-18 (15-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: December 24, 1989 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 46 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 4-2 (2014 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Posted biggest career win (3rd Top 10 victory) over No. 7-ranked Thiem 46 76 64 on Tuesday. Beat Moriya and Granollers to reach 2014 QF (l. to Simon) Defeated Olympic bronze medal partner Sock en route to 2nd ATP title at Houston (d. Bellucci 76 in 3rd) Advanced to Auckland SF (d. Isner, l. to Sock) and 6 other QFs, including Acapulco (d. Isner in 1R, w/o vs Cilic) Reached 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Thiem) and Wimbledon (l. to Cilic) Did not drop a set en route to Memphis doubles final with 1st-time partner Harrison (l. to Baker/Mektic) Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) Gasquet Leads 2-0 08 Beijing (China) Hard R16 Richard Gasquet 7-5 6-1 10 Basel (Switzerland) Hard R32 Richard Gasquet 6-3 6-1 Gasquet 2017 Summary F (1): Montpellier (l A. Zverev); SF (3): Marseille (l Pouille); Halle (l A. Zverev); Eastbourne (l Monfils); QF (1): Estoril (l Anderson) YTD W-L: 22-14 (13-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 14 Date of Birth: June 18, 1986 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 30 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 10-5 (2007 Finalist)
Day 4 Thursday, October 5, 2017 Page 4 of 6 Tournament Note: Opened with 64 76 win over [6] Querrey on Tuesday. Did not drop a set en route to 2007 final (l. to Ferrer) and SF in 2008 (l. to del Potro) Reached 5th straight Montpellier final, falling to A. Zverev as 11-match tournament win streak came to an end Beat Monfils en route to SFs at Marseille (l. to Pouille) and Halle (l. to A. Zverev), but lost to him in Eastbourne SF Advanced to 3R at Australian Open (l. to Dimitrov) and Roland Garros (ret vs Monfils due to right thigh injury) Squandered 3 MPs to eventual champion A. Zverev in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R Fell to 0-15 lifetime against Nadal with loss in ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati 2R Dropped to No. 30 in Emirates ATP Rankings on June 19 -- lowest since No. 31 on February 14, 2011 Returned to ATP Challenger Tour for 1st time since 2010 and won 9th title on tour at Szczecin, POL (d. F. Mayer) Missed 1st 5 ATP Masters 1000 events of season -- Indian Wells, Miami and Monte-Carlo following appendicitis surgery, then Madrid and Rome due to back injury. Also withdrew from Bastad and Hamburg due to back injury. Lu 2017 Summary QF (1): Chengdu (l Baghdatis) YTD W-L: 9-13 (9-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 14, 1983 (34) Emirates ATP Ranking: 63 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 4-4 (2006-08, 2017 2nd Round) Tournament Note: All 4 Tokyo wins vs non-top 100 (d. No. 119 Delgado in 2006, No. 122 Udomchoke in 2007, No. 245 Gregorc in 2008 and No. 116 Daniel on Tuesday) Has 23-5 mark on ATP Challenger Tour record with 27th, 28th and 29th titles at Taipei, TPE (d. Ito); Chengdu, CHN (d. Donskoy) and Jinan, CHN (d. Berankis). Did not drop a set en route to hometown title at Taipei, TPE. Last week advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF in more than a year at Chengdu (l. to Baghdatis) Reached 2R at 6 events, including Auckland (d. Khachanov 46 76 76 after saving 2 MPs, l. to Johnson) Held 3 MPs before falling to Fritz 46 76(4) 76(7) in Memphis 1R Withdrew from Geneva, s-hertogenbosch, Halle and Antalya due to right elbow injury Retired in Shanghai, CHN Challenger final vs Y. Wu due to right shoulder injury [Q] Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs [4] David Goffin (BEL) Goffin Leads 2-0 11 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Hard R32 David Goffin 6-4 7-6(4) 13 Brisbane (Australia) Hard R32 David Goffin 6-2 6-2 Other meeting: 10 Loughborough CH (Great Britain) Carpet R32 Matthew Ebden 3-6 6-1 7-5 Ebden 2017 Summary F(1): Newport (l Isner); QF(1): Memphis (l Basilashvili) YTD W-L: 9-6 (4-3 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: November 26, 1987 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 139 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 2-2 (2011, 2017 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Qualified for third time in main draw and opened with 64 63 win over Karlovic on Tuesday to improve his record to 2-2. Made debut in 2011 (d. Andujar, l. to No. 5 Ferrer). In 2015, lost to Krajicek in 1R Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour SF and final at Newport as 249th-ranked Q (l. to Isner) after ranking a season-low No. 699 on Jan. 2. Missed final five months of last year with a left leg injury Reached Quito 2R (l. to Lorenzi) and Memphis QF as Q in back-to-back weeks (d. Fritz, l. to Basilashvili) Also qualified at Antalya (l. to Sugita in 1R), Los Cabos (l. to Lopez in 2R) and Shenzhen (l. to Sela in 1R) Fell in Challenger QFs at Burnie, AUS (l. to Jasika); Taipei, TPE as Q (l. to Santillan) and Busan, KOR (l. to Soeda) Goffin 2017 Summary W(1): Shenzhen (d Dolgopolov); F(2): Sofia (l Dimitrov); Rotterdam (l Tsonga); SF(1): ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); QF(5): Aus. Open (l Dimitrov); Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); Umag (l Dodig); Gstaad (l Haase); Metz (l Paire) YTD W-L: 45-18 (29-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: December 7, 1990 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 11 / Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 5-1 (2016 Finalist)
Day 4 Thursday, October 5, 2017 Page 5 of 6 Tournament Note: Last year's finalist (d. Cilic in SF, l. to Kyrgios) opened with a 75 61 win over Lopez on Wednesday Snapped 6-match losing streak in ATP World Tour finals with 1st title in 3+ years at Shenzhen (d. Dolgopolov) Achieved career-high No. 10 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 20 -- 1st Belgian men s player ever in Top 10 Tied Simon in 2008 as lightest player in Top 10 (150 lbs) since Coria (145 lbs) and Grosjean (147 lbs) in 2004 Advanced to back-to-back finals at Sofia (l. to Dimitrov) and Rotterdam (d. Dimitrov in QF, l. to Tsonga) Earned biggest win of career over No. 2 Djokovic in ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo QF (l. to Nadal in SF) Reached QFs at Australian Open (d. Thiem, l. to Dimitrov) and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d. Raonic, l. to Nadal) Made run to 2nd week of US Open for 1st time (d. Pella in 5 sets, l. to Rublev in 4R) Saved 4 MPs vs Albot in Gstaad 2R (l. to Haase in QF), but squandered 1 MP vs Paire in Metz QF Owns 4-0 Davis Cup record, leading Belgium to final vs France (d. Seppi, Lorenzi, Millman and Kyrgios) Retired in Roland Garros 3R vs Zeballos and withdrew from s-hertogenbosch, Queen s and Wimbledon (right ankle) HARD-COURT WINS LEADERS: Goffin is trying to win his 30th hard court match of the season on Thursday: 1 Rafael Nadal* 30 2T Roberto Bautista Agut 29 2T David Goffin* 29 4T Grigor Dimitrov 27 4T Roger Federer 27 6 Damir Dzumhur 26 7 Nick Kyrgios 25 8 Alexander Zverev* 24 9 Jack Sock 23 10 Sam Querrey 22 * Playing Thursday in Beijing or Tokyo [3] Milos Raonic (CAN) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN) Raonic Leads 2-0 11 Tokyo (Japan) Hard R32 Milos Raonic 6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(1) 16 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Milos Raonic 6-1 3-6 6-1 Other meeting: 09 Granby CH (Canada) Hard R32 Yuichi Sugita 7-6(3) 6-1 Raonic 2017 Summary F (2): Delray Beach (w/o vs Sock); Istanbul (l Cilic); SF (2): Brisbane (l Dimitrov); Lyon (l Berdych); QF (4): Australian Open (l Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l A. Zverev); Wimbledon (l Federer); Washington (l Sock) YTD W-L: 29-11 (14-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: December 27, 1990 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 12 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 15-5 (2012-14 Finalist) Tournament Note: Opened on Tuesday hitting 16 aces in 63 64 win over Troicki in first Tokyo match since 2014. Reached finals in 2012 (l. to Nishikori), 2013 (l. to del Potro) and 2014 (l. to Nishikori) Appeared in 1st clay-court final at Istanbul (l. to Cilic). Also reached Delray Beach final (d. del Potro, w/o vs Sock). Advanced to Australian Open QF (l. to Nadal) and Wimbledon QF (d. A. Zverev in 5 sets, l. to Federer) Reached SFs at Brisbane (d. Nadal in 3 sets, l. to Dimitrov) and Lyon (l. to Berdych) Also reached ATP Masters 1000 Rome QF (l. to A. Zverev) and Roland Garros 4R (l. to Carreno Busta 86 in 5th) Fell to No. 698 Kokkinakis in London/Queen s Club 1R as World No. 6 -- worst loss by a Top 6 player since No. 6 Ivanisevic lost to No. 1,013 Cahill in 1994 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R Played 31 tournaments since last ATP World Tour title at 2016 Brisbane (d. Federer) Right leg injury forced walkovers in Delray Beach final vs Sock and Miami 3R vs Donaldson, as well as withdrawals from Acapulco, Indian Wells and Monte-Carlo. Withdrew from Cincinnati and US Open due to left wrist injury. Sugita 2017 Summary W (1): Antalya (d Mannarino); SF (1): Chengdu (l Istomin); QF (2): Barcelona (l Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Dimitrov) YTD W-L: 19-11 (10-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September 18, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 40 (Career-High) / Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 1-5 (2017 2nd Round)
Day 4 Thursday, October 5, 2017 Page 6 of 6 Tournament Note: Posted first main draw win on Tuesday over Paire who retired due to fatigue after losing first set 6-4. Owns 2-9 main draw and qualifying record in Tokyo, posting qualifying win in 2009 Q1 (d. Devvarman) Captured 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final and following 1st SF at Antalya (d. Baghdatis and Mannarino) Won Challenger titles at Yokohama, JPN (d. Kwon); Shenzhen, CHN (d. Kavcic) and Surbiton, GBR (d. Thompson) First player to win ATP and Challenger titles on grass in single season (Antalya and Surbiton, GBR Challenger) Achieved career-high No. 40 in Emirates ATP Rankings on October 2 Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Cincinnati (d. Sock, Sousa and Khachanov; l. to Dimitrov) Reached Chengdu SF (l. to Istomin) and Barcelona QF as LL (d. Carreno Busta, l. to Thiem) Earned 1st Grand Slam win at Wimbledon (d. Klein, l. to Mannarino in 5 sets) Clinched Japan s Davis Cup Play-off win over Brazil (d. Clezar and Monteiro) Lost Challenger doubles final at Bangkok, THA w/wu (l. to Barrere/Eysseric) Withdrew from Umag and Hamburg due to an elbow injury YUICHI SUGITA S SEASON OF FIRSTS: Sugita is trying to reach his first QF in Tokyo and add to the list: April 24: First clay-court win at Barcelona (d. Tommy Robredo) April 27: First Top 20 win at Barcelona (d. Pablo Carreno Busta) May 1: Breaks into Top 80 of Emirates ATP Rankings June 12: Breaks into Top 70 of Emirates ATP Rankings June 30: First ATP World Tour SF at Antalya (d. Marcos Baghdatis) July 1: First ATP World Tour final and title at Antalya (d. Adrian Mannarino) July 3: Breaks into Top 60 and Top 50 of Emirates ATP Rankings July 4: First Grand Slam win at Wimbledon (d. Brydan Klein) August 18: First ATP Masters 1000 QF at Cincinnati (l. to Grigor Dimitrov October 2: Breaks into Top 40 of Emirates ATP Rankings
RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Ariake Tennis Forest Park Tokyo, Japan October 2-8, 2017 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,563,795 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RakutenOpen.com Richard Evans: revans@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @RakutenOpen Press Room: +81 3 3529 4960 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @RakutenJapanOpen SEEDS CILIC, ANDERSON, SCHWARTZMAN EYE QUARTER-FINALS There are two first round and four second round matches on Wednesday s schedule at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships with top seed Marin Cilic, No. 5 Kevin Anderson and No. 8 Diego Schwartzman leading the way. They are all trying to reach the quarter-finals. No. 4 seed David Goffin of Belgium is playing a first round match. In the opening match on Colosseum, a first round contest features Shenzhen finalist Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine against #NextGenATP Russian star Daniil Medvedev for the first time. Dolgopolov is 1-2 in ATP World Tour finals this season and Medvedev is trying to earn a spot in next month s Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan. The 21-year-old Russian holds the No. 7 position for the eight-player field featuring the top 21 & under players on the ATP World Tour. In the next first round match, Feliciano Lopez takes on Goffin, who won the only previous meeting 75 60 in the first round at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo last year. Lopez is making his seventh appearance in Tokyo and he reached the quarter-finals in 2002 and 2007. Goffin was a finalist last year (l. to Kyrgios) in his Tokyo debut. The 26-year-old Belgian is No. 13 in the Emirates ATP Race to London standings and 150 points behind Sam Querrey, who holds the final spot. In a second round match, Ryan Harrison looks for his first win (0-2) against Anderson, who has won both previous meetings (2013 Atlanta, 2016 Stockholm) in straight sets. Both players are trying to reach their first Tokyo quarter-final. Harrison captured his first ATP World Tour singles title in Memphis (d. Basilashvili) in February and Anderson advanced to his first Grand Slam final at the US Open (l. to Nadal) last month. Anderson trails Querrey by 55 points in the Race to London. In the last singles match on, Cilic and wild card Yasutaka Uchiyama square off for the first time. Cilic was a semi-finalist here last year and quarter-finalist in 2015. The 29-year-old Croat is trying to reach his 10 th quarter-final of the season. The 25-year-old Uchiyama won his first career ATP World Tour main draw match on Monday over Cilic s countryman Franko Skugor. Uchiyama is ranked No. 214 after reaching a career-high No. 162 on July 31 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. His best results have come on the ATP Challenger Tour with a 15-11 record and first career title in Kyoto. On Show Court 1, left-handers Adrian Mannarino of France and Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic meet for the second time. Vesely won the previous meeting in the 2015 Auckland final. Both players are looking to reach their first Tokyo quarter-final. In the next match on, Schwartzman takes a 2-0 head-to-head advantage against Bernard Tomic. This is their first meeting on hard courts after the Argentine won on clay last year in Istanbul and in April at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo. Tomic is trying to reach his third quarter-final of the season and first in Tokyo since his 2011 debut. Schwartzman is attempting to advance to his ninth quarter-final in 2017 and first in Tokyo.
Day 3 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Page 2 of 6 EMIRATES ATP RACES (going into Wednesday) EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON KEY Bold: Qualified No Player Points Scenario * Playing in Beijing this week 1 Rafael Nadal* 9,410 +45 with 2R win ^ Playing in Tokyo this week 2 Roger Federer 7,505 3 Alexander Zverev* 4,220 +0 with 2R win 4 Dominic Thiem^ 3,715 Eliminated in 1R 5 Stan Wawrinka 3,150 6 Grigor Dimitrov* 3,140 +45 with 2R win 7 Marin Cilic^ 3,040 +45 with 2R win 8 Pablo Carreno Busta* 2,595 Eliminated in 1R 9 Novak Djokovic 2,585 10 Sam Querrey^ 2,435 Eliminated in 1R 11 Kevin Anderson^ 2,380 +45 with 2R win 12 Andy Murray 2,290 13 David Goffin^ 2,285 +0 with 1R win 14 Tomas Berdych* 2,005 +0 with 2R win 15 Roberto Bautista Agut* 1,915 +0 with 2R win NOTE: Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON No Team Points Scenario 1 Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo* 6,910 Eliminated in 1R 2 Henri Kontinen/John Peers* 5,740 +90 with QF win 3 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau^ 4,665 +90 with QF win 4 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan 4,355 5 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut 4,215 6 Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares^ 4,160 +90 with 1R win 7 Ryan Harrison/Michael Venus^ 3,060 Eliminated in 1R 8 Ivan Dodig/Marcel Granollers* 2,720 Eliminated in 1R 9 Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram^ 2,705 +90 with 1R win 10 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez^ 2,520 Eliminated in 1R 11 Oliver Marach/Mate Pavic* 2,490 Eliminated in 1R 12 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah* 2,360 +90 with QF win NOTE: Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP RACE TO MILAN No Player Points Scenario 1 Alexander Zverev* 4,220 +0 with 2R win 2 Andrey Rublev* 1,129 +45 with 2R win 3 Karen Khachanov* 1,010 +45 with 2R win 4 Denis Shapovalov 926 5 Borna Coric* 886 Eliminated in Q2 6 Jared Donaldson* 825 Eliminated in 1R 7 Daniil Medvedev^ 717 +0 with 1R win NOTE: Top 7 qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals (+1 Wild Card)
Day 3 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Page 3 of 6 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: WEDNESDAY 1ST & 2ND ROUND MATCHES COLOSSEUM 1R: [SE] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs Daniil Medvedev (RUS) First Meeting Dolgopolov 2017 Summary W(1): Buenos Aires (d Nishikori); F(2): Bastad (l Ferrer); Shenzhen (l Goffin); QF(1): Rio de Janeiro (l Carreno Busta) YTD W-L: 25-19 (12-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: November 7, 1988 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 44 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 2-3 (2013 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Making 4th Tokyo appearance in 5 years (except last year) and best result is QF in 2013 debut (l. to No. 7 del Potro). Since then lost in 1R in 2014 (l. to Sock) and 2015 (l. to Querrey) Captured 3rd ATP World Tour title and 1st since 2012 Washington at Buenos Aires (d. Nishikori) Reached finals at Bastad (d. Khachanov after saving 2 MPs in QF l. to Ferrer) and Shenzhen (l. to Goffin) Advanced to US Open 4R for 2nd time (d. Berdych in 2R, l. to No. 1 Nadal) Qualified at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Anderson, l. to Kyrgios in 2R) Snapped 8-match losing streak by reaching Australian Open 2R (d. Coric, l. to Monfils) Held 1 MP against eventual champion Muller before falling in Sydney 1R Fell to No. 89 in Emirates ATP Rankings on May 15 -- 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 Medvedev 2017 Summary F(1): Chennai (l Bautista Agut); SF(1): Eastbourne (l Djokovic); QF(5): Montpellier (l Tsonga); Marseille (l Pouille); s Hertogenbosch (l Karlovic); London / Queen's Club (l Dimitrov); Washington (l A. Zverev) YTD W-L: 20-21 (12-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: February 11, 1996 (21) Emirates ATP Ranking: 64 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main Draw Debut) Tournament Note: No. 3 Russian (behind No. 39 Rublev, No. 42 Khachanov) is making his debut Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour SF and final at Chennai (d. Sela after saving 1 MP, l. to Bautista Agut) On grass, reached Eastbourne SF (l. to Djokovic) and Wimbledon 2R (d. No. 3 Wawrinka, l. to Bemelmans) First player to earn 1st Grand Slam win over Top 3 opponent since Karlovic beat No. 2 Hewitt at 2003 Wimbledon Reached QFs at Montpellier (l. to Tsonga), Marseille (l. to Pouille), s-hertogenbosch as Q (l. to Karlovic), London/Queen s Club (l. to Dimitrov) and Washington (d. Opelka after saving 1 MP and Dimitrov, l. to A. Zverev) Achieved new career-high 7 times, peaking at No. 48 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 24 Suffered 6-match tour-level losing streaks from February 28 to June 13 and August 4 to present Retired with cramps in 4th set vs Djokovic in Davis Cup 1R (SRB d. RUS 4-1) and vs Bonzi in Roland Garros 1R Withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Miami and Marrakech due to mononucleosis Also retired in Budapest 1R vs Djere and withdrew from Estoril and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid Q (left leg strain) 1R: Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs [4] David Goffin (BEL) Goffin Leads 1-0 16 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco) Clay R64 David Goffin 7-5 6-0 Lopez 2017 Summary W(1): London / Queen's Club (d Cilic); F(1): Stuttgart (l Pouille); QF(2): Houston (l Sock); Los Cabos (l Dzumhur) YTD W-L: 23-19 (6-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 6 Date of Birth: September 20, 1981 (36) Emirates ATP Ranking: 34 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 7-6 (2002, 2007 Quarter-finalist)
Day 3 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Page 4 of 6 Tournament Note: Madrid native reached QFs in 2002 debut (l. to Spadea) and 2007 (l. to No. 8 Ferrer) in next visit. Then 2R in 2010 (l. to Garcia-Lopez) and 2013 (l. to Nishikori). Lost in 1R in last two years, to Sousa in 2015 and Duckworth (ret.) last year Saved 1 MP against both Berdych and Cilic to win 6th and biggest singles title of career at London/Queen s Club Also on grass, defeated Chardy, Berdych and M. Zverev in 3 sets to reach Stuttgart final (l. to Pouille in 3 sets). Had 9-2 record on grass but only 8-7 on clay and 6-10 on hard Reached 3R at Roland Garros (d. Ferrer, l. to Cilic) and US Open (l. to Federer), falling to 0-13 vs Federer Saved 1 MP vs Benneteau in Montpellier 1R (l. to Paire in 2R); squandered 3 MPs vs Dzumhur in Los Cabos QF Dropped to No. 40 in Emirates ATP Rankings on April 10 -- lowest since No. 43 on June 3, 2013 Doubles finalist w/m. Lopez at US Open (d. Bryan/Bryan, l. to Rojer/Tecau) and Monte-Carlo (d. Herbert/Mahut, l. to Bopanna/Cuevas), as well as at Acapulco w/isner (d. Marach/F. Martin 16-14 in Match TB, l. to J. Murray/Soares) Conceded walkover to Chardy in Auckland 2R (lower back) and retired vs Mannarino in Wimbledon 1R (left foot) Goffin 2017 Summary W(1): Shenzhen (d Dolgopolov); F(2): Sofia (l Dimitrov); Rotterdam (l Tsonga); SF(1): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); QF(5): Australian Open (l Dimitrov); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); Umag (l Dodig); Gstaad (l Haase); Metz (l Paire) YTD W-L: 44-18 (28-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: December 7, 1990 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 11 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 4-1 (2016 Finalist) Tournament Note: Last year's finalist (d. Cilic in SF, l. to Kyrgios) is making second tournament appearance Snapped 6-match losing streak in ATP World Tour finals with 1st title in 3+ years at Shenzhen (d. Dolgopolov) Achieved career-high No. 10 in Emirates ATP Rankings on February 20 -- 1st Belgian men s player ever in Top 10 Tied Simon in 2008 as lightest player in Top 10 (150 lbs) since Coria (145 lbs) and Grosjean (147 lbs) in 2004 Advanced to back-to-back finals at Sofia (l. to Dimitrov) and Rotterdam (d. Dimitrov in QF, l. to Tsonga) Earned biggest win of career over No. 2 Djokovic in ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo QF (l. to Nadal in SF) Reached QFs at Australian Open (d. Thiem, l. to Dimitrov) and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (d. Raonic, l. to Nadal) Made run to 2nd week of US Open for 1st time (d. Pella in 5 sets, l. to Rublev in 4R) Saved 4 MPs vs Albot in Gstaad 2R (l. to Haase in QF), but squandered 1 MP vs Paire in Metz QF Owns 4-0 Davis Cup record, leading Belgium to final vs France (d. Seppi, Lorenzi, Millman and Kyrgios) Retired in Roland Garros 3R vs Zeballos and withdrew from s-hertogenbosch, Queen s and Wimbledon (right ankle) 2R: Ryan Harrison (USA) vs [5] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Anderson Leads 2-0 13 Atlanta (U.S.A.) Hard SF Kevin Anderson 6-3 7-6(3) 16 Stockholm (Sweden) Hard R16 Kevin Anderson 7-6(8) 6-4 Harrison 2017 Summary W(1): Memphis (d Basilashvili); F(1): Atlanta (l Isner); QF(1): Estoril (l Ferrer) YTD W-L: 16-19 (12-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 7, 1992 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 52 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 1-3 (2017 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Won 1st main draw match over [Q] Takahashi 64 46 64 on Monday after 0-3 in 2011, 2013 and last year (all as a qualifier) Earned all 6 wins in 3 sets for 1st Grand Slam doubles title at Roland Garros w/venus (d. S. Gonzalez/Young) Did not drop a set en route to 1st ATP singles final and title at Memphis (d. Basilashvili after saving 12/12 BPs) Two weeks earlier, did not drop a set en route to 4th Challenger title at Dallas, USA (d. Fritz) First player to follow a Challenger title with an ATP title in consecutive appearances since Goffin in 2014 Also reached Memphis doubles final with 1st-time partner Johnson (l. to Baker/Mektic) Saved 1 MP vs Millman in Atlanta 2R en route to 2nd ATP World Tour singles final (l. to Isner 76 76) Achieved career-high rankings of No. 40 in singles on July 17 and No. 20 in doubles on August 21 Won Estoril doubles title w/venus (d. Marrero/Robredo) and reached Cincinnati SF w/venus (l. to Herbert/Mahut) Suffered 5-match singles losing streak from May 16 to July 4
Day 3 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Page 5 of 6 Anderson 2017 Summary F (2): Washington (l A. Zverev); US Open (l Nadal); SF (1): Estoril (l Muller); QF (2): Geneva (l Nishikori); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l A. Zverev) YTD W-L: 30-16 (16-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: May 18, 1986 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 16 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 2-4 (2014, 2017 2nd Round) Tournament Note: Making 5th straight visit and opened with 62 76 win over Simon on Monday. Previous win came in 2014 (d. Thiem, l. to Chardy in 2R) Reached 1st Grand Slam final at US Open as World No. 32 (l. to No. 1 Nadal), becoming lowest-ranked US Open finalist since inception of rankings in 1973 and Grand Slam finalist since No. 38 Tsonga at 2008 Australian Open Became 1st South African US Open finalist in Open Era and Grand Slam finalist since Curren at 1984 Aus. Open Also tallest Grand Slam finalist in Open Era at 6-foot-8, oldest 1st-time Grand Slam finalist at age 31 since Pilic at 1973 Roland Garros, and 1st Grand Slam finalist who played college tennis (Illinois) since T. Martin at 1999 US Open Saved 1 MP to beat No. 1 seed Thiem in Washington 3R en route to 1st final since 2015 (l. to A. Zverev) Fell in 4R at Roland Garros (ret vs Cilic due to left thigh injury) 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) Advanced to Estoril SF (l. to Muller), Geneva QF (l. to Nishikori after holding 3 MPs) and Barcelona 3R (l. to Nadal) Dropped to No. 80 in Emirates ATP Rankings on January 16 -- lowest since No. 87 on August 9, 2010 Withdrew from Brisbane (hip), Australian Open (hip), London/Queen s Club Q (leg) and Winston-Salem (right elbow) 2R: [1] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs [WC] Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) First Meeting Cilic 2017 Summary 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) YTD W-L: 34-15 (8-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 17 Date of Birth: September 28, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 5 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 7-4 (2016 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Opened with 63 62 win over [Q] Tsitsipas on Monday Reached QF in 2015 (l. to Nishikori) and SF last year (l. to Goffin) Appeared in 2nd Grand Slam final at Wimbledon (d. Muller in 5 sets and Querrey in 4 sets, l. to Federer) Achieved career-high No. 5 in Emirates ATP Rankings on September 11 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 424) 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 Uchiyama 2017 Summary YTD W-L: 2-1 (2-1 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 5, 1992 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 214 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 1-1 (2017 2nd Round)
Day 3 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Page 6 of 6 Tournament Note: Posted first career ATP World Tour main draw win over [Q] Skugor 63 36 61 on Monday. Lost qualifying matches in 2011-14 and 2016. Received WC in 2015 (l. to Vesely in 1R) Achieved career-high No. 162 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 31 Earned lone tour-level win of season in dead rubber of Davis Cup 1R (d. Herbert). His other tour-level win came in 2013 Davis Cup tie vs. Indonesia Fell in qualifying at Australian Open, Roland Garros, Stuttgart, Wimbledon, US Open and Chengdu Captured 1st ATP Challenger Tour title on home soil at Kyoto, JPN (d. Kavcic) and advanced to Winnipeg, CAN Challenger SF (l. to Polansky). Has a 15-11 Challenger record SHOW COURT 1 2R: Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs Jiri Vesely (CZE) Vesely Leads 1-0 15 Auckland (New Zealand) Hard F Jiri Vesely 6-3 6-2 Mannarino 2017 Summary F (1): Antalya (l Sugita); QF (2): Los Cabos (l Berdych); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Shapovalov) YTD W-L: 25-22 (15-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: June 29, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 31 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 2nd Round) Vesely 2017 Summary SF(1): Marrakech (l Coric); QF(3): Auckland (l Baghdatis); Umag (l Lorenzi); Hamburg (l Mayer) YTD W-L: 24-23 (8-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: July 10, 1993 Emirates ATP Ranking: 62 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 3-2 (2015-16-17 2nd Round) 2R: [8] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs Bernard Tomic (AUS) Schwartzman Leads 2-0 16 Istanbul (Turkey) Clay R16 Diego Schwartzman 6-2 6-2 17 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (Monaco) Clay R64 Diego Schwartzman 6-1 7-6(3) Schwartzman 2017 Summary SF(1): Istanbul (l Cilic); QF(7): Rio de Janeiro (l Thiem); Sao Paulo (l Cuevas); ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); Bastad (l Kuznetsov); Hamburg (l Mayer); ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (l Haase); US Open (l Carreno Busta) YTD W-L: 30-23 (13-9 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: August 16, 1992 (25) Emirates ATP Ranking: 29 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 1-0 (2017 2nd Round) Tomic 2017 Highlights: QF(2): Istanbul (l Raonic); Eastbourne (l Monfils) YTD W-L: 10-17 (3-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: October 21, 1992 (24) Emirates ATP Ranking: 162 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 3-4 (2011 Quarter-finalist)
RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Ariake Tennis Forest Park Tokyo, Japan October 2-8, 2017 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,563,795 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RakutenOpen.com Richard Evans: revans@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @RakutenOpen Press Room: +81 3 3529 4960 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @RakutenJapanOpen RAONIC RETURNS TO ATP, SUGITA SEEKS 1ST TOKYO VICTORY Milos Raonic returns to the ATP World Tour after a seven-week absence when opening-round play continues in Tokyo on Tuesday. Raonic, a three-time Rakuten Japan Open finalist, underwent left wrist surgery in August and fell to No. 12 in the Emirates ATP Rankings on Monday after starting the season at No. 3. The Canadian is 5-1 lifetime against his opponent at 12 pm, Viktor Troicki. Former finalists Richard Gasquet and Benoit Paire follow against No. 6 seed Sam Querrey and Yuichi Sugita respectively. Querrey leads No. 5 seed Kevin Anderson by 55 points on the cut of the Emirates ATP Race to London. Sugita seeks another first in his breakout season on the ATP World Tour. The No. 2 Asian is 0-5 in main draw matches at his hometown tournament in Tokyo. Also trying to earn his first win in Tokyo is Japanese wild card Taro Daniel, who meets Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei on Centre Court. Then, No. 2 seed Dominic Thiem concludes play against Steve Johnson. With Thiem ranked a career-high No. 7, Johnson is bidding for the biggest win of his career. The American is 2-20 against Top 10 opponents, with both wins over the World No. 10. YUICHI SUGITA S SEASON OF FIRSTS o o o o o o o o o o April 24: First clay-court win at Barcelona (d. Tommy Robredo) April 27: First Top 20 win at Barcelona (d. Pablo Carreno Busta) May 1: Breaks into Top 80 of Emirates ATP Rankings June 12: Breaks into Top 70 of Emirates ATP Rankings June 30: First ATP World Tour SF at Antalya (d. Marcos Baghdatis) July 1: First ATP World Tour final and title at Antalya (d. Adrian Mannarino) July 3: Breaks into Top 60 and Top 50 of Emirates ATP Rankings July 4: First Grand Slam win at Wimbledon (d. Brydan Klein) August 18: First ATP Masters 1000 QF at Cincinnati (l. to Grigor Dimitrov) October 2: Breaks into Top 40 of Emirates ATP Rankings
Day 2 Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Page 2 of 6 EMIRATES ATP RACES (as of Tuesday at 12 pm) EMIRATES ATP RACE TO LONDON KEY Bold: Qualified No Player Points Scenario * Playing in Beijing this week 1 Rafael Nadal* 9,365 +45 with 1R win ^ Playing in Tokyo this week 2 Roger Federer 7,505 3 Alexander Zverev* 4,220 +0 with 1R win 4 Dominic Thiem^ 3,715 +0 with 1R win 5 Stan Wawrinka 3,150 6 Grigor Dimitrov* 3,105 +35 with 1R win 7 Marin Cilic^ 3,040 +45 with 2R win 8 Pablo Carreno Busta* 2,595 Eliminated in 1R 9 Novak Djokovic 2,585 10 Sam Querrey^ 2,435 +0 with 1R win 11 Kevin Anderson^ 2,380 +45 with 2R win 12 Andy Murray 2,290 13 David Goffin^ 2,285 +0 with 1R win 14 Tomas Berdych* 2,005 +0 with 1R win 15 Roberto Bautista Agut* 1,915 +0 with 2R win NOTE: Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP DOUBLES RACE TO LONDON No Team Points Scenario 1 Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo* 6,910 +90 with 1R win 2 Henri Kontinen/John Peers* 5,740 +90 with 2R win 3 Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau^ 4,575 +90 with 1R win 4 Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan 4,355 5 Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut 4,215 6 Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares^ 4,160 +90 with 1R win 7 Ryan Harrison/Michael Venus^ 3,060 +90 with 1R win 8 Ivan Dodig/Marcel Granollers* 2,720 +90 with 1R win 9 Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram^ 2,705 +90 with 1R win 10 Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez^ 2,520 +90 with 1R win 11 Oliver Marach/Mate Pavic* 2,490 Eliminated in 1R 12 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah* 2,270 +90 with 1R win NOTE: Top 8 qualify for Nitto ATP Finals EMIRATES ATP RACE TO MILAN No Player Points Scenario 1 Alexander Zverev* 4,220 +0 with 1R win 2 Andrey Rublev* 1,084 +45 with 1R win 3 Karen Khachanov* 990 +20 with 1R win 4 Denis Shapovalov 926 5 Borna Coric* 886 Eliminated in Q2 6 Jared Donaldson* 825 +25 with 1R win 7 Daniil Medvedev^ 717 +0 with 1R win NOTE: Top 7 qualify for Next Gen ATP Finals (+1 Wild Card)
Day 2 Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Page 3 of 6 FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: TUESDAY 1ST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES CENTRE COURT [3] Milos Raonic (CAN) vs Viktor Troicki (SRB) Raonic Leads 5-1 12 ATP Masters 1000 Toronto (Canada) Hard R32 Milos Raonic 6-3 6-4 12 Tokyo (Japan) Hard R16 Milos Raonic 3-0 ret 15 Beijing (China) Hard R32 Viktor Troicki 6-4 6-4 16 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R32 Milos Raonic 6-2 6-3 6-4 17 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Milos Raonic 6-3 7-5 17 Istanbul (Turkey) Clay SF Milos Raonic 6-2 6-3 Raonic 2017 Summary F (2): Delray Beach (w/o vs Sock); Istanbul (l Cilic); SF (2): Brisbane (l Dimitrov); Lyon (l Berdych); QF (4): Australian Open (l Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l A. Zverev); Wimbledon (l Federer); Washington (l Sock) YTD W-L: 28-11 (13-4 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: December 27, 1990 (26) Emirates ATP Ranking: 12 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 14-5 (2012-14 Finalist) Tournament Note: Reached Tokyo finals in 2012 (l. to Nishikori), 2013 (l. to del Potro) and 2014 (l. to Nishikori) Appeared in 1st clay-court final at Istanbul (l. to Cilic). Also reached Delray Beach final (d. del Potro, w/o vs Sock). Advanced to Australian Open QF (l. to Nadal) and Wimbledon QF (d. A. Zverev in 5 sets, l. to Federer) Reached SFs at Brisbane (d. Nadal in 3 sets, l. to Dimitrov) and Lyon (l. to Berdych) Also reached ATP Masters 1000 Rome QF (l. to A. Zverev) and Roland Garros 4R (l. to Carreno Busta 86 in 5th) Fell to No. 698 Kokkinakis in London/Queen s Club 1R as World No. 6 -- worst loss by a Top 6 player since No. 6 Ivanisevic lost to No. 1,013 Cahill in 1994 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2R Played 31 tournaments since last ATP World Tour title at 2016 Brisbane (d. Federer) Right leg injury forced walkovers in Delray Beach final vs Sock and Miami 3R vs Donaldson, as well as withdrawals from Acapulco, Indian Wells and Monte-Carlo. Withdrew from Cincinnati and US Open due to left wrist injury. Troicki 2017 Summary SF (2): Sydney (l Muller); Istanbul (l Raonic); QF (2): Sofia (l Dimitrov); St. Petersburg (l Bautista Agut) YTD W-L: 20-23 (13-14 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: February 10, 1986 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 55 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 7-5 (2010 Semi-finalist) Tournament Note: Won ATP debut at 2006 Tokyo (d. Vicente) and reached SF in 2010 (l. to No. 1 Nadal 76 in 3rd) Reached Sydney SF (l. to Muller), Istanbul SF (l. to Raonic), Sofia QF (l. to Dimitrov) and St. Petersburg QF (l. to Bautista Agut) Advanced to 3R at Australian Open (d. Dzumhur and Lorenzi in 5 sets, l. to Wawrinka) and US Open (d. Gombos in 5 sets, l. to Dolgopolov). Win over Gombos snapped 6-match losing streak. Saved 1 MP vs countryman Tipsarevic in London/Queen s Club 1R (l. to Young in 2R) Captured 2nd ATP World Tour doubles title at Sofia w/zimonjic (d. Elgin/Kuznetsov) Clinched Serbia s 4-1 Davis Cup wins over Russia in 1R (d. Khachanov in 4h30m after saving 1 MP, w/zimonjic d. Kravchuk/Kuznetsov) and Spain in QF (d. Carreno Busta, w/zimonjic d. Carreno Busta/M. Lopez) Withdrew from Geneva (hamstring tear), as well as Bastad, Gstaad and Kitzbuehel (lower back) Retired in Wimbledon 1R vs F. Mayer due to right shoulder injury [6] Sam Querrey (USA) vs Richard Gasquet (FRA) Gasquet Leads 2-1 08 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo Clay R16 Sam Querrey 2-6 6-4 6-3 13 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Richard Gasquet 6-2 7-6(8) 16 Beijing (China) Hard R32 Richard Gasquet 2-6 6-3 6-2
Day 2 Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Page 4 of 6 Querrey 2017 Summary W (2): Acapulco (d Nadal); Los Cabos (d Kokkinakis); SF (1): Wimbledon (l Cilic); QF (5): Delray Beach (l del Potro); Houston (l Bellucci); Geneva (l Wawrinka); London/Queen's Club (l Muller); US Open (l Anderson) YTD W-L: 34-17 (22-10 on hard) YTD Titles: 2 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: October 7, 1987 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 15 (Career-High) Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 1-3 (2015 Round of 16) Tournament Note: Defeated Dolgopolov to reach 2015 Tokyo 2R (l. to Nishikori) 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 1988-89 to beat World No. 1 and since Sampras in 1992-93 to beat defending champion at back-to-back Wimbledons (d. Djokovic in 2016 Wimbledon 3R and Murray in 2017 Wimbledon QF) Also 1st player since Tipsarevic in 2007 with 3 straight 5-set wins 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 against Americans 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) Achieved career-high No. 15 in October 2 Emirates ATP Rankings after reaching US Open QF (l. to Anderson) 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 Gasquet 2017 Summary F (1): Montpellier (l A. Zverev); SF (3): Marseille (l Pouille); Halle (l A. Zverev); Eastbourne (l Monfils); QF (1): Estoril (l Anderson) YTD W-L: 21-14 (12-8 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 14 Date of Birth: June 18, 1986 (31) Emirates ATP Ranking: 30 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 9-5 (2007 Finalist) Tournament Note: Did not drop a set en route to 2007 Tokyo final (l. to Ferrer) and 2008 Tokyo SF (l. to del Potro) Reached 5th straight Montpellier final, falling to A. Zverev as 11-match tournament win streak came to an end Beat Monfils en route to SFs at Marseille (l. to Pouille) and Halle (l. to A. Zverev), but lost to him in Eastbourne SF Advanced to 3R at Australian Open (l. to Dimitrov) and Roland Garros (ret vs Monfils due to right thigh injury) Squandered 3 MPs to eventual champion A. Zverev in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R Fell to 0-15 lifetime against Nadal with loss in ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati 2R Dropped to No. 30 in Emirates ATP Rankings on June 19 -- lowest since No. 31 on February 14, 2011 Returned to ATP Challenger Tour for 1st time since 2010 and won 9th title on tour at Szczecin, POL (d. F. Mayer) Missed 1st 5 ATP Masters 1000 events of season -- Indian Wells, Miami and Monte-Carlo following appendicitis surgery, then Madrid and Rome due to back injury. Also withdrew from Bastad and Hamburg due to back injury. Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 12 Le Gosier CH (Guadeloupe) Hard R16 Yuichi Sugita 7-6(2) 2-6 6-4 Paire 2017 Summary F (1): Metz (l Gojowczyk); SF (4): Chennai (l Bautista Agut); Montpellier (l Gasquet); Marrakech (l Kohlschreiber); Stuttgart (l Pouille) YTD W-L: 30-26 (16-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: May 8, 1989 (28) Emirates ATP Ranking: 37 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 4-3 (2015 Finalist)
Day 2 Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Page 5 of 6 Tournament Note: Won 3-setters vs Dimitrov, Baghdatis, Kyrgios & Nishikori at 2015 Tokyo (l. to Wawrinka in final) Snapped 8-match SF losing streak by reaching Metz final (d. Goffin in QF after saving 1 MP, l. to Gojowczyk) Fell in SFs at Chennai (l. to Bautista Agut), Montpellier (l. to Gasquet), Marrakech (l. to Kohlschreiber) and Stuttgart (l. to Pouille) Advanced to Grand Slam 4R for 2nd time at Wimbledon (l. to No. 1 Murray) Earned biggest win of career by beating No. 3 Wawrinka in ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 2R (l. to Cuevas in 3R) Played an ATP World Tour or Grand Slam event in 19 straight tournament weeks to start season (Chennai-Halle) Upset in 1R matches by No. 333 de Minaur at Sydney, No. 136 Fritz at Indian Wells, No. 655 Haas at Monte-Carlo, No. 134 F. Mayer at Halle, No. 148 De Schepper at Umag and No. 244 Krueger at Cincinnati Reached 12th ATP Challenger Tour final at Sophia Antipolis, FRA (l. to Bedene) Teamed with older brother Thomas to reach Lyon doubles QF as WC (d. Raja/Sharan, l. to Marach/Pavic) Sugita 2017 Summary W (1): Antalya (d Mannarino); SF (1): Chengdu (l Istomin); QF (2): Barcelona (l Thiem); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Dimitrov) YTD W-L: 18-11 (9-5 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: September 18, 1988 (29) Emirates ATP Ranking: 40 (Career-High) Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-5 (2008, 2011-13, 2016 1st Round) Tournament Note: Owns 1-9 main draw and qualifying record in Tokyo, posting only win in 2009 Q1 (d. Devvarman) Captured 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final and following 1st SF at Antalya (d. Baghdatis and Mannarino) Won Challenger titles at Yokohama, JPN (d. Kwon); Shenzhen, CHN (d. Kavcic) and Surbiton, GBR (d. Thompson) First player to win ATP and Challenger titles on grass in single season (Antalya and Surbiton, GBR Challenger) Achieved career-high No. 40 in Emirates ATP Rankings on October 2 Advanced to 1st ATP Masters 1000 QF at Cincinnati (d. Sock, Sousa and Khachanov; l. to Dimitrov) Reached Chengdu SF (l. to Istomin) and Barcelona QF as LL (d. Carreno Busta, l. to Thiem) Earned 1st Grand Slam win at Wimbledon (d. Klein, l. to Mannarino in 5 sets) Clinched Japan s Davis Cup Play-off win over Brazil (d. Clezar and Monteiro) Lost Challenger doubles final at Bangkok, THA w/wu (l. to Barrere/Eysseric) Withdrew from Umag and Hamburg due to an elbow injury [WC] Taro Daniel (JPN) vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) First Meeting Daniel 2017 Summary QF (1): Estoril (l Muller) YTD W-L: 4-9 (1-3 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: January 27, 1993 (24) Emirates ATP Ranking: 116 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-2 (2014, 2016 1st Round) Tournament Note: Lost to Istomin in 2014 Tokyo 1R and Tipsarevic in 2016 Tokyo 1R Advanced to 2nd ATP World Tour QF at Estoril (d. Olivo and Fratangelo, l. to Muller) Reached 2R at Roland Garros as Q (l. to Carreno Busta) and US Open (d. Paul in 5 sets, l. to No. 1 Nadal in 4 sets) Also qualified at Marrakech (l. to Struff in 1R) and Barcelona (l. to Basilashvili in 1R) Captured 5th ATP Challenger Tour title at Buenos Aires, ARG (d. L. Mayer) Reached Challenger finals at Maui, USA (l. to Chung) and Lisbon, POR (l. to Otte) Lu 2017 Summary QF (1): Chengdu (l Baghdatis) YTD W-L: 8-13 (8-11 on hard) YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 0 Date of Birth: August 14, 1983 (34) Emirates ATP Ranking: 63 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 3-4 (2006-08 2nd Round)
Day 2 Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Page 6 of 6 Tournament Note: All 3 Tokyo wins vs non-top 100 (d. Delgado in 2006, Udomchoke in 2007, Gregorc in 2008) Added to ATP Challenger Tour record with 27th, 28th and 29th titles at Taipei, TPE (d. Ito); Chengdu, CHN (d. Donskoy) and Jinan, CHN (d. Berankis). Did not drop a set en route to hometown title at Taipei, TPE. Advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF in more than a year at Chengdu (l. to Baghdatis) Reached 2R at 6 events, including Auckland (d. Khachanov 46 76 76 after saving 2 MPs, l. to Johnson) Held 3 MPs before falling to Fritz 46 76(4) 76(7) in Memphis 1R Withdrew from Geneva, s-hertogenbosch, Halle and Antalya due to right elbow injury Retired in Shanghai, CHN Challenger final vs Y. Wu due to right shoulder injury Steve Johnson (USA) vs [2] Dominic Thiem (AUT) Thiem Leads 2-0 14 Nice (France) Clay R32 Dominic Thiem 3-6 7-6(5) 7-5 17 Roland Garros (France) Clay R32 Dominic Thiem 6-1 7-6(4) 6-3 Johnson 2017 Summary W (1): Houston (d Bellucci); SF (1): Auckland (l Sock); QF (6): Memphis (l Kukushkin); Delray Beach (l Sock); Acapulco (w/o vs Cilic); Geneva (l M. Zverev); Eastbourne (l Medvedev); Winston-Salem (l Edmund) YTD W-L: 26-18 (14-12 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: December 24, 1989 (27) Emirates ATP Ranking: 46 Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 3-2 (2014 Quarter-finalist) Tournament Note: Beat Moriya and Granollers to reach 2014 Tokyo QF (l. to Simon) Defeated Olympic bronze medal partner Sock en route to 2nd ATP title at Houston (d. Bellucci 76 in 3rd) Advanced to Auckland SF (d. Isner, l. to Sock) and 6 other QFs, including Acapulco (d. Isner in 1R, w/o vs Cilic) Reached 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Thiem) and Wimbledon (l. to Cilic) Did not drop a set en route to Memphis doubles final with 1st-time partner Harrison (l. to Baker/Mektic) Conceded walkover in Acapulco QF vs Cilic (right foot) and withdrew from ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (lower back) Thiem 2017 Summary W (1): Rio de Janeiro (d Carreno Busta); F (2): Barcelona (l Nadal); ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); SF (2): ATP Masters 1000 Rome (l Djokovic); Roland Garros (l Nadal); QF (6): Brisbane (l Dimitrov); Sydney (l Evans); Rotterdam (l Herbert); Acapulco (l Querrey); ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Wawrinka); ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Ferrer) YTD W-L: 46-21 (18-13 on hard) YTD Titles: 1 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: September 3, 1993 (24) Emirates ATP Ranking: 7 (Career-High) Tokyo W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2014 1st Round) Tournament Note: Lost to Anderson 76(5) 64 in 2014 Tokyo 1R Swept all 10 sets en route to 2nd ATP World Tour 500 title and 8th title overall at Rio de Janeiro (d. Carreno Busta) Appeared in 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF and final at Madrid (d. Dimitrov after saving 5 MPs in 3R, l. to Nadal) Earned 1st win over World No. 1 by beating Murray to reach ATP World Tour 500 final at Barcelona (l. to Nadal) Did not drop a set en route to 2nd straight Roland Garros SF (d. Djokovic 76 63 60, l. to Nadal 63 64 60) Saved 3 MPs vs Querrey and ended Nadal s 19-match win streak on clay to reach Rome SF (l. to Djokovic 61 60) Became 2nd player to post clay-court wins over Nadal, Federer, Murray and Djokovic (also Wawrinka) Reached 4R at Aus. Open (l. to Goffin), Wimbledon (l. to Berdych) and US Open (l. to del Potro after holding 2 MPs) One of 2 players to reach 2nd week at all 4 Grand Slams in 2017 (also Nadal) Owns 5-0 record in QFs on clay, 0-6 record in QFs on hard, and 10 losses in 1st or 2nd match at a tournament Squandered 1 MP vs Anderson in Washington 3R and 4 MPs vs Schwartzman in ATP Masters 1000 Montreal 2R SHOW COURT 1 [8] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs Donald Young (USA) Young Leads 1-0 15 Auckland (New Zealand) Hard R16 Donald Young 2-6 6-4 6-1 Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs [Q] Matthew Ebden (AUS) Series Tied 1-1 13 Atlanta (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Matthew Ebden 6-2 ret 14 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Ivo Karlovic 7-5 6-4
RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, October 2, 2017 Ariake Tennis Forest Park Tokyo, Japan October 2-8, 2017 Draw: S-32, D-16 Prize Money: $1,563,795 Surface: Outdoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com RakutenOpen.com Richard Evans: revans@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @RakutenOpen Press Room: +81 3 3529 4960 Facebook: @ATPWorldTour @RakutenJapanOpen 10 THINGS TO WATCH IN TOKYO 1) The Race is On: With 500 points on the line at this week s Rakuten Japan Open, the Emirates ATP Race to London is heating up. Top 2 seeds Marin Cilic and Dominic Thiem are on pace to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals, while No. 5 seed Kevin Anderson and No. 6 seed Sam Querrey are battling near the cut. With Stan Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic out for the season, Querrey would be the last London qualifier if the season ended today. Anderson trails Querrey by 100 points. 2) Cilic s Challenge: Cilic reached his second Grand Slam final at Wimbledon and broke into the Top 5 of the Emirates ATP Rankings on September 11. But the Croat is 7-8 on hard courts this season and 9-12 since defeating then-no. 1 Djokovic at ATP Masters 1000 Paris on November 4, 2016. 3) Early Exits: Only two men reached the second week at all four Grand Slam events in 2017: Thiem and World No. 1 Rafael Nadal. However, Thiem has suffered losses in his first or second match at 10 ATP World Tour events this season. He fell to Guido Pella in his opener at Chengdu last week. 4) Raonic s Return: No. 3 seed Milos Raonic is back on the ATP World Tour after undergoing left wrist surgery and missing seven weeks. The Canadian has not played in Tokyo since finishing as the runner-up in 2012, 2013 and 2014. Raonic lost a first-set tiebreaker 7-5 in all three finals. 5) Back in the Race: David Goffin was No. 6 in the Emirates ATP Race to London when he injured his right ankle at Roland Garros on June 2. The Belgian missed six weeks and fell to No. 13, but he won his first title in three years on Sunday in Shenzhen. He trails Querrey by only 150 race points. 6) Comeback Kev: Since the start of 2016, Anderson has endured injuries to his ankle, elbow, groin, hip, knee and shoulder. He fell to No. 80 on January 16, 2017 and was No. 32 when he became the lowest-ranked US Open finalist in history. Anderson returned to the Top 15 on September 11. 7) Big Rivalry: The 6-foot-8 Anderson and 6-foot-6 Querrey have had one of the greatest rivalries of the season. Anderson avenged his five-set loss to Querrey at Wimbledon with wins at ATP Masters 1000 Montreal and the US Open. Their battle for a berth at the Nitto ATP Finals continues in Tokyo. 8) Size of the Heart: Before Anderson made history as the tallest Grand Slam finalist in the Open Era, 5-foot-7 Diego Schwartzman became the shortest Grand Slam quarter-finalist in 23 years. The No. 8 seed has posted a career-high 29 wins this season, including an upset of Cilic at the US Open. 9) Career Year: With Kei Nishikori injured, all eyes in Tokyo are on No. 2 Asian Yuichi Sugita. The 29-year-old Japanese player is enjoying a breakthrough season with his first ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final at Cincinnati and his maiden ATP World Tour semi-final, final and title at Antalya. 10) US Open Final Rematch: No. 1 doubles seeds Jean Julien-Rojer and Horia Tecau will play a US Open final rematch against Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez in the Tokyo first round. Rojer and Tecau earned their second Grand Slam title on September 8 with a 6-4, 6-3 win over the Spaniards.