NEW YORK OPEN: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, 17 February 2018 ANDERSON-NISHIKORI, QUERREY-MANNARINO IN NEW YORK SEMIS

NEW YORK OPEN: DAY 6 MEDIA NOTES Saturday, 17 February 2018 NYCB Live - Nassau Coliseum - Uniondale, New York February 12-18, 2018 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $668,460 Surface: Indoor Hard door Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com newyorkopen.com/ Greg Sharko: gsharko@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @NewYorkOpen Press Room:Brittany Borsanyi (BBorsanyi@brooklynse.com) Facebook: @ATPWorldTour facebook.com/newyorkopentennis TV & Radio: TennisTV.com ANDERSON-NISHIKORI, QUERREY-MANNARINO IN NEW YORK SEMIS Saturday's semi-finals at the New York Open feature two former U.S. Open finalists squaring off, and two players currently at their career-high ranking on the ATP World Tour, all of whom survived difficult quarter-final matches to set up a marquee slate of action at NYCB Live, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The highest-ranked American on the ATP World Tour, No. 2 seed Sam Querrey, kicks things off on Stadium Court Saturday afternoon when he takes on No. 4 seed Adrian Mannarino of France for a spot in Sunday's final. Querrey moved into his first ATP World Tour SF of the season by getting past hard-serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic in two straight tie-breakers on Friday. Currently ranked at a career-high No. 12, Querrey has not dropped a set in two matches this week en route to his 35th career ATP World Tour SF (17-17) and first since winning the Los Cabos title last August (d. Dzumhur in SF, d. Kokkinakis in F). Mannarino also advanced to his first ATP World Tour SF of 2018 with a three-set win over Spanish qualifier Adrian Menendez-Maceiras on Friday. The 29-year-old Frenchman has played solid tennis since the end of last year, reaching three ATP World Tour SF since October 2017, including this week (2017 Tokyo, d. Cilic in SF, l. to Goffin in F; 2017 Moscow, l. to Berankis in SF). Mannarino, at a career-high No. 25, is currently the highest-ranked player without a singles title on the ATP World Tour. He will look to continue his mastery over Querrey, winning all three previous matches against the American, all on hard-courts. The evening semi-final matchup will see No. 1 seed Kevin Anderson of South Africa, last year's U.S. Open runner-up, take on Japanese No. 5 seed Kei Nishikori, the U.S. Open runner-up in 2014. Anderson advanced to his second ATP World Tour SF of the year with a hard-fought three-set victory over #NextGenATP American Frances Tiafoe in Friday's quarter-finals. The 31-year-old South African, who also needed three sets to get past American qualifier Ernesto Escobedo in the R16, is seeking his second ATP World Tour final of 2018, having reached the final at Pune last month (l. to Simon). Competing in his first ATP World Tour event of 2018, Nishikori continues to impress in his comeback from right wrist surgery, rallying for a three-set win over Moldovan Radu Albot on Friday. Nishikori missed the entire Australian swing last month to ensure he was 100 percent ready to compete and returned to action on the ATP Challenger Tour, claiming the title in Dallas, TX two weeks ago (d. McDonald). Overall, he has won eight straight matches heading into Saturday's semi-final encounter with Anderson and will look to improve on his 4-1 lifetime record against the South African, including 3-1 on hard-courts. A victory would propel Nishikori into his first ATP World Tour final since Buenos Aires last February (l. to Dolgopolov). FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: SATURDAY SEMI-FINAL SINGLES MATCHES STADIUM COURT [1] Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs [5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) Nishikori Leads 4-1 15 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard F Kei Nishikori 15 Acapulco (Mexico) Hard SF Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-4 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 15 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R16 Kevin Anderson 7-6(10), 7-6(3) 17 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-3 17 Geneva (Switzerland) Clay QF Kei Nishikori 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(6) Other Meetings: 10 Washington Q (U.S.A.) Hard -- Kei Nishikori 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4

Day 6 Saturday, 17 February 2018 Page 2 of 4 Anderson Summary: 2018 Highlights: F (1): Pune (l. Simon); SF (1): New York YTD W-L: 5-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: 18 May 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 11 Tournament Note: Advanced to his second ATP World Tour SF of the year with a three-set win over #NextGenATP American Frances Tiafoe in Friday's quarter-finals. Fell to 3-11 lifetime in ATP World Tour finals with loss to Simon at Pune. Suffered 6th Australian Open 1R loss of career (l. to Edmund). Became 1st player to follow US Open final with Australian Open 1R loss since Hewitt in 2002. In 2017, made 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. Last year, saved 1 MP to def. No. 1 seed Thiem in Washington 3R en route to 1st final since 2015 (l. to A. Zverev). Also in 2017, fell in 4R at Roland Garros (ret. vs Cilic due to left thigh injury) and Wimbledon (l. to Querrey in 5 sets). Nishikori Summary: 2018 Highlights: SF (1): New York YTD W-L: 3-0 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: 29 December 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 27 Tournament Note: Appearing in his first ATP World Tour event of 2018, continued his comeback from a right wrist injury by rallying for a three-set QF win over Moldovan Radu Albot on Friday. Appearing in his first ATP World Tour SF since Washington, D.C. in 2017 (l. to A. Zverev) Withdrew from Brisbane, Sydney and Australian Open due to right wrist injury. Returned to action at ATP Challenger in Newport Beach, CA, USA, and lost 1R to Novikov. In second event back, won ATP Challenger in Dallas, TX, USA (def. McDonald in F). Last year, fell in finals at Brisbane (d. Wawrinka, l. to Dimitrov) and Buenos Aires (l. to Dolgopolov). Suffering a 6-match losing streak in finals since winning Memphis in 2016 (d. Fritz). In 2017, made ATP Masters 1000 QFs at Indian Wells (l. to Sock), Miami (l. to Fognini), Madrid (w/o vs Djokovic). 2014 US Open runner-up has a career-high ranking of No. 4, attained on 2 March 2015. Dropped outside Top 10 of ATP Rankings on 11 September 2017 for 1st time since reaching 2014 US Open final. [4] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs [2] Sam Querrey (USA) Mannarino Leads 3-0 13 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Adrian Mannarino 7-6(4), 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-4 16 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Adrian Mannarino 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-4 17 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 7-6(4) Mannarino Summary: 2018 Highlights: SF (1): New York YTD W-L: 7-4 Date of Birth: 29 June 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 25

Day 6 Saturday, 17 February 2018 Page 3 of 4 Tournament Note: Defeated Spanish qualifier Adrian Menendez-Maceiras on Friday to move into his first ATP World Tour SF of the season. Has reached three ATP World Tour semi-finals since October 2017 (2017 Tokyo, d. Cilic in SF, l. to Goffin in F; 2017 Moscow, l. to Berankis in SF) Currently highest-ranked player (No. 25) without a singles title. This is his career-high ATP ranking. Advanced to Australian Open 3R for 1st time in 9th appearance, falling to 0-6 lifetime vs. Thiem. Started season with QF result in Sydney (l. to Fognini); also lost in 2R of Sofia to Baghdatis after 1R bye. Last year, earned biggest win of career over No. 5 Cilic to reach biggest final of career at Tokyo (l. to Goffin). Finished 2017 season on a 25-13 stretch that began on June 25 with run to Antalya final (l. to Sugita). Querrey Summary: 2018 Highlights: SF (1): New York YTD W-L: 4-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: 7 October 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 12 Tournament Note: Advanced to his first ATP World Tour SF of the season by eliminating 38-year-old Ivo Karlovic in two straight tie-breakers on Friday Competing in his first ATP World Tour SF since winning the Los Cabos title last August (d. Dzumhur in SF, d. Kokkinakis in F) Has a 17-17 lifetime record in ATP World Tour SF Currently at a career-high ATP ranking of No. 12 Claimed a win over Djere in USA s 3-1 victory over Serbia in the Davis Cup World Group. Lost 2R matches at Auckland (l. to Vesely) and Australian Open (l. to Fucsovics). Last year 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). Last year, beat Goffin, Thiem, Kyrgios, and Nadal to win Acapulco title; also captured 10th ATP World Tour title at Los Cabos (d. Kokkinakis). FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: POTENTIAL SINGLES FINALS [5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs [4] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) First Meeting [5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs [2] Sam Querrey (USA) Nishikori Leads 5-4 08 Delray Beach (U.S.A.) Hard SF Kei Nishikori 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(7) 11 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R64 Sam Querrey 6-3, 6-4 12 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (Canada) Hard R32 Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-3 12 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R32 Sam Querrey 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 14 Washington (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Kei Nishikori 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 15 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard SF Kei Nishikori 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-6(5) 15 Tokyo (Japan) Hard R16 Kei Nishikori 7-6(3), 6-3 16 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard SF Kei Nishikori 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 16 Acapulco (Mexico) Hard R16 Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-3

Day 6 Saturday, 17 February 2018 Page 4 of 4 [1] Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs [4] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) Anderson Leads 3-1 11 Johannesburg (South Africa) Hard SF Kevin Anderson 6-7(3), 6-0, 6-4 12 Auckland (New Zealand) Hard R32 Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 6-3 14 Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Kevin Anderson 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 17 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard R64 Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-1 Other Meetings: 08 Cremona CH (Italy) Hard R32 Kevin Anderson 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 08 Surbiton CH (Great Britain) Grass SF Kevin Anderson 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(5) 08 Grenoble CH (France) Hard R32 Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 7-6(4) [1] Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs [2] Sam Querrey (USA) Querrey Leads 8-7 08 Las Vegas (U.S.A.) Hard F Sam Querrey 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 09 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain) Grass R32 Sam Querrey 10 Los Angeles (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Sam Querrey 7-5, 6-3 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-0 10 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (Canada) Hard R32 Kevin Anderson 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4 11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay R64 Sam Querrey 12 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Sam Querrey 7-6(1), 1-0, ret 7-6(4), 6-4 12 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-3 12 Houston (U.S.A.) Clay R16 Kevin Anderson 7-6(3), 3-6, 7-6(2) 12 Washington (U.S.A.) Hard QF Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-4 14 Acapulco (Mexico) Hard R16 Kevin Anderson 7-6(2), 6-4 14 Winston-Salem (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Sam Querrey 7-6(4), 6-4 15 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Kevin Anderson 6-7(5), 7-6(3), 6-4 17 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass R16 Sam Querrey 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-7(11), 6-3 17 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (Canada) Hard R16 Kevin Anderson 6-4, 6-1 17 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard QF Kevin Anderson 7-6(5), 6-7(9), 6-3, 7-6(7) Other Meetings: 07 Sacramento CH (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Sam Querrey 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

NEW YORK OPEN: DAY 5 MEDIA NOTES Friday, 16 February 2018 NYCB LIVE Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, New York 12-18 February 2018 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $668,460 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com newyorkopen.com/ Greg Sharko: gsharko@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @NewYorkOpen Press Room:Brittany Borsanyi (BBorsanyi@brooklynse.com) Facebook: @ATPWorldTour facebook.com/newyorkopentennis TV & Radio: TennisTV.com NISHIKORI, ANDERSON GO FOR MORE NEW YORK VICTORIES ON DAY 5 Quarter-final Friday at the New York Open contains two former US Open finalists aiming to keep their strong play going during the night session. First, Japanese No. 5 seed Kei Nishikori, the US Open runner-up in 2014, will try to keep winning in his first ATP World Tour event of the year when he takes on Moldova s Radu Albot. Nishikori has won his first two matches in straight sets, extending the form which saw him claim the ATP Challenger Tour title in Dallas, TX two weeks ago, despite missing the entire Australian swing with a wrist injury. Albot has also recovered from a difficult start to the season on the ATP World Tour: the Moldovan had lost his first four main draw matches before coming to New York. Following that match, top seed Kevin Anderson of South Africa, last year s US Open runner-up, will face off against Frances Tiafoe, one of two Americans left in the field and the youngest player remaining in the draw. Anderson reached the final at Pune in the first week of the season, but fell in the first round of the Australian Open to eventual semi-finalist Kyle Edmund, and had not played another match until he squeaked by American qualifier Ernesto Escobedo in the second round here. Meanwhile, Tiafoe s three-set wins over Sebastian Korda and Dudi Sela means the 20-year-old has made the first ATP World Tour quarter-final of his career in New York. The other American joining Tiafoe in the quarter-finals is No. 2 seed Sam Querrey, who won two titles and reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon and the quarter-finals of the US Open last year. Querrey will meet the big-serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic, who claimed his 350th ATP World Tour main draw win in the first round, and then upset No. 6 seed Ryan Harrison in the second round. Finally, play will kick off on Stadium Court when 4th seed Adrian Mannarino of France squares off against Spanish qualifier Adrian Menendez-Maceiras. The Spaniard saved five match points against No. 7 seed Steve Johnson in the first round en route to the first ATP World Tour quarter-final of his career. Mannarino will try to stop the qualifier s run in hopes of claiming his first ATP World Tour title, as he is currently the highest-ranked player without a singles title to his name. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: FRIDAY QUARTER-FINAL SINGLES MATCHES STADIUM COURT [Q] Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) vs [4] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meetings 06 Spain F20 (Spain) Hard SF Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-2 07 France F18 (France) Hard QF Adrian Mannarino 6-2 6-1 12 Istanbul CH (Turkey) Hard QF Adrian Mannarino 7-6(3) 4-6 7-6(4) 13 Guadalajara CH (Mexico) Hard QF Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-4 14 Segovia CH (Spain) Hard F Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-0 16 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid Q (Spain) Clay Q-1R Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 6-3 3-6 6-2 Menendez-Maceiras Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): New York YTD W-L: 2-1 Date of Birth: 28 October 1985 (32) ATP Ranking: 128

Day 5 Friday, 16 February 2018 Page 2 of 4 Tournament Note: Into 1st ATP World Tour quarter-final of career at age 32 after 7-5 7-6(5) win over Chardy in 2R; saved 5 match points to upset No. 7 seed Johnson in 1R. Lost 1R in Quito last week to WC Moutet. Fell in qualifying at Pune (l. to Nagal in Q2) and Australian Open (l. to No. 365 Dancevic in Q1). Last year, earned 2nd ATP World Tour win of career at Newport (d. Kozlov, l. to Herbert in 2R). Also last season, qualified at Istanbul (l. to Thompson in 1R) and US Open (d. Kypson, l. to del Potro in 2R). At 2017 US Open, ended streak of 18 straight Grand Slams in which he lost in qualifying rounds. In 2017, captured ATP Challenger Tour titles at Leon, MEX as Q (d. Quiroz) and Samarkand, UZB (d. Setkic) Mannarino Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (2): Sydney (l. Fognini), New York YTD W-L: 6-4 Date of Birth: 29 June 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 25 Tournament Note: After 1R bye, moved into 2R after Gojowcyzk ret. with foot injury while Mannarino was leading 4-1 in 3rd set. Currently highest-ranked player (No. 25) without a singles title. This is his career-high ranking. Advanced to Australian Open 3R for 1st time in 9th appearance, falling to 0-6 lifetime vs. Thiem. Started season with QF result in Sydney (l. to Fognini); also lost in 2R of Sofia to Baghdatis after 1R bye. Last year, earned biggest win of career over No. 5 Cilic to reach biggest final of career at Tokyo (l. to Goffin). Finished 2017 season on a 25-13 stretch that began on June 25 with run to Antalya final (l. to Sugita). Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs [2] Sam Querrey (USA) Querrey Leads 5-1 07 Memphis (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Sam Querrey 6-3 6-2 07 Indianapolis (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Sam Querrey 5-7 7-5 7-6(6) 08 Nottingham (Great Britain) Grass R16 Ivo Karlovic 7-6(3) 7-6(14) 08 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Sam Querrey 7-6(5) 7-6(5) 6-2 13 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Sam Querrey 6-3 6-4 13 Metz (France) Hard R32 Sam Querrey 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 Other Meetings 11 Sacramento CH (U.S.A.) Hard SF Ivo Karlovic 7-6(6) 3-6 6-4 11 Tiburon CH (U.S.A.) Hard F Ivo Karlovic 6-7(2) 6-1 6-4 Karlovic Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): New York YTD W-L: 5-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: 28 February 1979 (38) ATP Ranking: 89 Tournament Note: Defeated American Jared Donaldson in 1R to claim 350th ATP World Tour main draw win; followed up by ousting No. 6 seed and last year s Memphis champion R. Harrison in 2R. In 2R of Australian Open, hit 53 aces to beat Sugita 12-10 in 5th. In 3R, hit 52 aces but lost to Seppi 97 in 5th. Became oldest player since 44-year-old Rosewall in 1978 to reach Australian Open 3R. Reached Quito 2R (l. to wild card Moutet 5-7 7-6 6-7, squandering 1 match point). Withdrew from Pune due to left ankle injury. In 2017, hit Australian Open-record 75 aces and rallied from 2 sets down in 1R to beat Zeballos 22-20 in 5th after 5h14m. Also last year, lost to Muller, 34, in s-hertogenbosch final -- oldest ATP final since 1977 Hong Kong (Rosewall vs Gorman). Querrey Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): New York YTD W-L: 3-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: 7 October 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 12

Day 5 Friday, 16 February 2018 Page 3 of 4 Tournament Note: After 1R bye, beat former Top 10 player Mikhail Youzhny to make first quarter-final appearance of the year. Claimed a win over Djere in USA s 3-1 victory over Serbia in the Davis Cup World Group. Lost 2R matches at Auckland (l. to Vesely) and Australian Open (l. to Fucsovics). Last year 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). Last year, beat Goffin, Thiem, Kyrgios, and Nadal to win Acapulco title; also captured 10th ATP World Tour title at Los Cabos (d. Kokkinakis). Radu Albot (MDA) vs [5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) First Meeting Albot Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): New York YTD W-L: 2-4 Date of Birth: 11 November 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 91 Tournament Note: Claimed first two ATP World Tour main draw wins of the season with 1R victory over [Q] Fratangelo and 2R upset of No. 3 seed Isner. Qualified at Auckland (l. to Vesely in 1R after holding 4 MPs). Also lost in 1R at Pune (l. to Kukushkin), Australian Open (l. to Fucsovics), and Sofia (l. to Kovalik). In 2017, advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF at Antalya (d. Sousa and Lorenzi, l. to Seppi). Last season, reached US Open 3R as Q (d. Lu 76 in 5th, l. to Querrey) and Wimbledon 2R (l. to Johnson). Also last year, qualified at ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells (l. to Chardy 1R) and Miami (l. to Seppi 1R). Last year, won Challenger title at Shenzhen, CHN (d. Hurkacz) and reached F at Suzhou, CHN (l. to Kecmanovic). Achieved career-high No. 81 in ATP Rankings on 17 April 2017. Nishikori Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): New York YTD W-L: 2-0 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: 29 December 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 27 Tournament Note: Ousted [WC] Rubin in 1R and Donskoy in 2R for first two ATP World Tour wins of the season. Withdrew from Brisbane, Sydney and Australian Open due to right wrist injury. Returned to action at ATP Challenger in Newport Beach, CA, USA, and lost 1R to Novikov. In second event back, won ATP Challenger in Dallas, TX, USA (def. McDonald in F). Last year, fell in finals at Brisbane (d. Wawrinka, l. to Dimitrov) and Buenos Aires (l. to Dolgopolov). Suffering a 6-match losing streak in finals since winning Memphis in 2016 (d. Fritz). In 2017, made ATP Masters 1000 QFs at Indian Wells (l. to Sock), Miami (l. to Fognini), Madrid (w/o vs Djokovic). 2014 US Open runner-up has a career-high ranking of No. 4, attained on 2 March 2015. Dropped outside Top 10 of ATP Rankings on 11 September 2017 for 1st time since reaching 2014 US Open final. [1] Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs Frances Tiafoe (USA) First Meeting Anderson Summary: 2018 Highlights: F (1): Pune (l. Simon); QF (1): New York YTD W-L: 4-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: 18 May 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 11

Day 5 Friday, 16 February 2018 Page 4 of 4 Tournament Note: After 1R bye, defeated [Q] Escobedo 7-6 in 3rd set in 2R, for 1st win since 1st week of season. Fell to 3-11 lifetime in ATP World Tour finals with loss to Simon at Pune. Suffered 6th Australian Open 1R loss of career (l. to Edmund). Became 1st player to follow US Open final with Australian Open 1R loss since Hewitt in 2002. In 2017, made 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. Last year, saved 1 MP to def. No. 1 seed Thiem in Washington 3R en route to 1st final since 2015 (l. to A. Zverev). Also in 2017, fell in 4R at Roland Garros (ret. vs Cilic due to left thigh injury) and Wimbledon (l. to Querrey in 5 sets). Tiafoe Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): New York YTD W-L: 2-2 Date of Birth: 20 January 1998 (20) ATP Ranking: 98 Tournament Note: Moved into 1st ATP World Tour QF of career with 3-set win over Sela in 2R; emerged victorious in 1R battle of the 2 youngest players in the draw by defeating [WC] Korda in 3 sets. Suffered 1R losses at Brisbane (l. to Ebden) and Australian Open (l. to Del Potro). In 2017, achieved new career-high in ATP Rankings 11 times, peaking at No. 60 on 24 July. Last year, earned best win of career over then-no.7 A. Zverev to reach ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati 3R (l. to Isner). Went 0-3 in 2017 vs. Federer with 5-set loss in US Open 1R and straight-set loss in Basel 1R. Last season, advanced to 1st ATP doubles final at Houston with 1st-time partner Brown (l. to Peralta/Zeballos). In 2017, captured Challenger titles at Sarasota, USA (d. Sandgren) and Aix en Provence, FRA (d. Chardy 76 in 3rd).

NEW YORK OPEN: DAY 4 MEDIA NOTES Thursday, 15 February 2018 NYCB LIVE Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, New York 12-18 February 2018 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $668,460 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com newyorkopen.com/ Greg Sharko: gsharko@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @NewYorkOpen Press Room:Brittany Borsanyi (BBorsanyi@brooklynse.com) Facebook: @ATPWorldTour facebook.com/newyorkopentennis TV & Radio: TennisTV.com ANDERSON, QUERREY, BRYANS PLAY OPENING MATCHES ON DAY 4 The top two seeds at the New York Open will start their singles tournaments on Thursday after their first-round byes. No. 1 seed Kevin Anderson of South Africa will hit Stadium Court to take on American qualifier Ernesto Escobedo. Anderson, who reached the final of the US Open last year, started the season well by reaching the final at Pune in the first week of 2018, but fell in the first round of the Australian Open to eventual semi-finalist Kyle Edmund, and has not played a match since. He ll meet Escobedo for the first time, after the American was pushed to a final-set tiebreak by compatriot Mackenzie McDonald in the first round before prevailing. The last singles match of the day will feature 2nd-seeded Sam Querrey in his first match of the tournament, when the American squares off against Russian Mikhail Youzhny. Querrey attained his best year-end ranking in 2017, finishing the season at No. 13 behind two titles and a semi-final appearance at Wimbledon. He will face a player who is five years older but has had similar career highlights: Youzhny and Querrey have each won ten ATP World Tour singles titles, and the Russian has two Grand Slam semi-finals to his credit (at the US Open in 2006 and 2010) as well as a career-high ranking of No. 8. They have played each other twice before, with Querrey winning both, including an encounter at the ATP Masters 1000 in Cincinnati way back in 2007. Two players who hit career milestones in the first round will collide in the second round. No. 6 seed Ryan Harrison, who defeated fellow American Donald Young in the first round to claim his 100th ATP World Tour main draw win, will play Ivo Karlovic of Croatia, who notched his 350th ATP World Tour main draw win over American Jared Donaldson in the opening round. Another American, Frances Tiafoe, the youngest player remaining in the draw at age 20, will face off against Israel s Dudi Sela in the first match on Stadium Court. Finally, Day 4 play will end with top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan s first-round doubles match, as the Americans start their campaign for a 115th ATP World Tour title as a team against the French tandem of Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: THURSDAY SECOND-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES STADIUM COURT Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs Dudi Sela (ISR) First Meeting Tiafoe Summary: YTD W-L: 1-2 Date of Birth: 20 January 1998 (20) ATP Ranking: 98 Tournament Note: Emerged victorious in 1R battle of the 2 youngest players in the draw: def. [WC] Korda in 3 sets. Suffered 1R losses at Brisbane (l. to Ebden) and Australian Open (l. to Del Potro). In 2017, achieved new career-high in ATP Rankings 11 times, peaking at No. 60 on 24 July. Last year, earned best win of career over then-no.7 A. Zverev to reach ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati 3R (l. to Isner). Went 0-3 in 2017 vs. Federer with 5-set loss in US Open 1R and straight-set loss in Basel 1R. Last season, advanced to 1st ATP doubles final at Houston with 1st-time partner Brown (l. to Peralta/Zeballos). In 2017, captured Challenger titles at Sarasota, USA (d. Sandgren) and Aix en Provence, FRA (d. Chardy 76 in 3rd).

Day 4 Thursday, 15 February 2018 Page 2 of 4 Sela Summary: YTD W-L: 3-2 Date of Birth: 4 April 1985 (32) ATP Ranking: 100 Tournament Note: Upset No. 8 seed Basilashvili in straight sets in 1R. Picked up first two wins of season at Davis Cup tie vs. South Africa (def. L. Harris and Scholtz). Suffered 6th Australian Open 1R loss (l. to Harrison in 5 sets). Also fell in 1R at Doha (l. to Verdasco) and Canberra, AUS Challenger (l. to Grenier). In 2017, advanced to 1st ATP World Tour SF since 2014 Atlanta at Chennai (l. to Medvedev after holding 1 MP). Last year, also reached Shenzhen QF (d. M. Zverev, ret vs Dolgopolov) and Moscow QF (l. to Mannarino). Also in 2017, earned 5-set wins over Granollers and Isner to reach Wimbledon 3R (ret. vs Dimitrov due to right adductor injury). [6] Ryan Harrison (USA) vs Ivo Karlovic (CRO) Harrison Leads 1-0 15 Acapulco (Mexico) Hard QF Ryan Harrison 4-6 7-6(0) 7-6(4) Harrison Summary: 2018 Highlights: F (1): Brisbane (l. Kyrgios) YTD W-L: 7-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 7 May 1992 (25) ATP Ranking: 44 Tournament Note: Claimed 100th ATP World Tour main draw win with 1R victory over countryman Donald Young. Beat Sela for 1st win in a 5-setter en route to 2nd Grand Slam 3R at Australian Open (l. to Cilic). Advanced to 3rd ATP World Tour singles final of career at Brisbane (d. de Minaur, l. to Kyrgios). Withdrew from Auckland due to fatigue. In 2017, did not drop a set en route to winning 1st career ATP singles title at Memphis last year (d. Basilashvili in F). Last year, earned all 6 wins in 3 sets for 1st Grand Slam doubles title at Roland Garros w/venus (d. S. Gonzalez/Young). In 2017, defeated defending and eventual champions Kontinen/Peers w/venus at Nitto ATP Finals (l. to Kubot/Melo in SF). Karlovic Summary: YTD W-L: 4-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 8 Date of Birth: 28 February 1979 (38) ATP Ranking: 89 Tournament Note: Defeated American Jared Donaldson in 1R to claim 350th ATP World Tour main draw win. Became oldest player since 44-year-old Rosewall in 1978 to reach Australian Open 3R. In 2R of Australian Open, hit 53 aces to beat Sugita 12-10 in 5th. In 3R, hit 52 aces but lost to Seppi 97 in 5th. Reached Quito 2R (l. to wild card Moutet 5-7 7-6 6-7, squandering 1 match point). Withdrew from Pune due to left ankle injury. In 2017, hit Australian Open-record 75 aces and rallied from 2 sets down in 1R to beat Zeballos 22-20 in 5th after 5h14m. Also last year, lost to Muller, 34, in s-hertogenbosch final -- oldest ATP final since 1977 Hong Kong (Rosewall vs Gorman).

Day 4 Thursday, 15 February 2018 Page 3 of 4 [1] Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs [Q] Ernesto Escobedo (USA) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 17 ATP Masters 1000 Rome Q (Italy) Clay Q-FR Kevin Anderson 6-2 6-3 Anderson Summary: 2018 Highlights: F (1): Pune (l. Simon) YTD W-L: 3-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: 18 May 1986 (31) ATP Ranking: 11 Tournament Note: After 1R bye, top seed is aiming to claim his 1st win since 1st week of season. Fell to 3-11 lifetime in ATP World Tour finals with loss to Simon at Pune. Suffered 6th Australian Open 1R loss of career (l. to Edmund). Became 1st player to follow US Open final with Australian Open 1R loss since Hewitt in 2002. In 2017, made 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. Last year, saved 1 MP to def. No. 1 seed Thiem in Washington 3R en route to 1st final since 2015 (l. to A. Zverev). Also in 2017, fell in 4R at Roland Garros (ret. vs Cilic due to left thigh injury) and Wimbledon (l. to Querrey in 5 sets). Escobedo Summary: YTD W-L: 1-2 Date of Birth: 4 July 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 131 Tournament Note: Claimed 1st ATP World Tour main draw win of season by overcoming compatriot [WC] McDonald in 1R, winning in final-set tiebreak. Qualified at Brisbane (l. to Zeballos in 1R), but fell in final round of qualifying at Australian Open (l. to Ruud). Took 1R losses at Quito (l. to Karlovic) and ATP Challenger at Newport Beach, CA, USA (l. to Bachinger). Last year, reached 1st ATP World Tour QF and SF of career at Houston as WC (d. Isner 76 67 76, l. to Bellucci). During 2017, achieved career-high 9 times in ATP Rankings, peaking at No. 67 on 17 July. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs [2] Sam Querrey (USA) Querrey Leads 2-0 07 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Sam Querrey 5-7 6-3 6-4 13 Beijing (China) Hard R32 Sam Querrey 7-6(3) 6-3 Youzhny Summary: YTD W-L: 1-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: 25 June 1982 (35) ATP Ranking: 94 Tournament Note: Defeated Ebden in 1R, extending head-to-head record against the Australian to 3-0. Started season with 7th Australian Open 1R loss of career (l. to Cuevas); also fell 1R at Sofia (l. to Seppi). In 2017, advanced to Chennai QF (d. Myneni and Olivo, l. to Bautista Agut after leading 62 41). Snapped 6-match losing streak at 2017 US Open (l. to Federer in 2R after leading 2 sets to 1). Now 0-17 vs Federer. Last year, captured back-to-back ATP Challenger Tour titles at Ningbo, CHN and Ho Chi Minh City, VIE. Reached career-high ranking of World No. 8 on 28 January 2008.

Day 4 Thursday, 15 February 2018 Page 4 of 4 Querrey Summary: YTD W-L: 2-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: 7 October 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 12 Tournament Note: 2R win would propel him to first quarter-final appearance of the year. Claimed a win over Djere in USA s 3-1 victory over Serbia in the Davis Cup World Group. Lost 2R matches at Auckland (l. to Vesely) and Australian Open (l. to Fucsovics). Last year 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). Last year, beat Goffin, Thiem, Kyrgios, and Nadal to win Acapulco title; also captured 10th ATP World Tour title at Los Cabos (d. Kokkinakis).

NEW YORK OPEN: DAY 3 MEDIA NOTES Wednesday, 14 February 2018 NYCB LIVE Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, New York 12-18 February 2018 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $668,460 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com newyorkopen.com/ Greg Sharko: gsharko@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @NewYorkOpen Press Room:Brittany Borsanyi (BBorsanyi@brooklynse.com) Facebook: @ATPWorldTour facebook.com/newyorkopentennis TV & Radio: TennisTV.com ISNER, MANNARINO, NISHIKORI IN ACTION ON DAY 3 IN NEW YORK Three Top 5 seeds will hit the courts at the New York Open on Wednesday, as the second round gets underway. First up on Stadium Court will be the debut of No. 4 seed Adrian Mannarino of France, who will meet Germany s Peter Gojowczyk. Mannarino sits at a career-high No. 25 ranking, but he is still looking for his first ATP World Tour singles title, and he is currently the highest-ranked player without one in his career. Gojowczyk won his first ATP World Tour singles title in Metz last year, and has already reached two quarterfinals this season, in Doha and Auckland. Following that encounter, another Frenchman, Jeremy Chardy, will face off against Spanish qualifier Adrian Menendez-Maceiras. Chardy, who turned 31 years old on Monday, survived a tight first-round match against qualifier Stefano Travaglia, while Menendez-Maceiras lived even more dangerously in his first round, saving five match points en route to an upset of American No. 7 seed Steve Johnson. 3rd-seeded John Isner will kick off the night session on Wednesday, as the American will square off against Moldova s Radu Albot. The long-time top-ranked American is now third in the national standings, behind Jack Sock and Sam Querrey, who is seeded 2nd here. Albot beat another American in the first round, easing past qualifier Bjorn Fratangelo to pick up his first ATP World Tour main draw win of the season. No. 5 seed Kei Nishikori will play the final match of the day for the second day in a row, as he battles Evgeny Donskoy of Russia for a quarter-final spot. Nishikori appears to have kickstarted his 2018 campaign after missing the Australian swing with a wrist injury, backing up his title at the ATP Challenger Tour event in Dallas, TX, USA two weeks ago with a first-round win in New York over Long Island native Noah Rubin. Donskoy, though, has a notable upset in his recent history the Russian knocked off Roger Federer 12 months ago in Dubai, after saving three match points and trailing 5-2 in the third set and 5-1 in the decisive final-set tiebreaker. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: WEDNESDAY SECOND-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES STADIUM COURT Peter Gojowczyk (GER) vs [4] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meetings 12 Vienna Q (Austria) Hard Q-1R Peter Gojowczyk 6-2 6-3 17 Quimper CH (France) Hard F Adrian Mannarino 6-4 6-4 Gojowczyk Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (2): Doha (l. Monfils); Auckland (l. Haase) YTD W-L: 6-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 15 July 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 63 Reached back-to-back QFs at Doha (l. to eventual champion Monfils) and Auckland (l. to Haase). Defeated defending champion and World No. 8 Sock in Auckland 2R for biggest win of career. Earned 1st Australian Open win in 5th try (d. Kukushkin, l. to A. Zverev in 2R). In 2017, earned 7 wins in 8 days at Metz to capture 1st ATP World Tour title in 1st final as a qualifier (d. Paire). Last year, did not drop a set en route to 5th ATP Challenger Tour title at Happy Valley, AUS (d. Jasika). Achieved career-high No. 60 in ATP Rankings on 6 November 2017.

Day 3 Wednesday, 14 February 2018 Page 2 of 3 Mannarino Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (1): Sydney (l. Fognini) YTD W-L: 5-4 Date of Birth: 29 June 1988 (29) ATP Ranking: 25 Tournament Note: Currently highest-ranked player (No. 25) without a singles title. This is his career-high ranking. Advanced to Australian Open 3R for 1st time in 9th appearance, falling to 0-6 lifetime vs. Thiem. Started season with QF result in Sydney (l. to Fognini); also lost in 2R of Sofia to Baghdatis after 1R bye. Last year, earned biggest win of career over No. 5 Cilic to reach biggest final of career at Tokyo (l. to Goffin). Finished 2017 season on a 25-13 stretch that began on June 25 with run to Antalya final (l. to Sugita). [Q] Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA) Chardy Leads 1-0 13 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Jeremy Chardy 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 6-2 6-1 Other Meeting 12 Noumea CH (New Caledonia) Hard F Jeremy Chardy 6-4 6-3 Menendez-Maceiras Summary: YTD W-L: 1-1 Date of Birth: 28 October 1985 (32) ATP Ranking: 128 Tournament Note: Saved 5 match points to upset No. 7 seed Johnson in 1R. Lost 1R in Quito last week to WC Moutet. Fell in qualifying at Pune (l. to Nagal in Q2) and Australian Open (l. to No. 365 Dancevic in Q1). Last year, earned 2nd ATP World Tour win of career at Newport (d. Kozlov, l. to Herbert in 2R). Also last season, qualified at Istanbul (l. to Thompson in 1R) and US Open (d. Kypson, l. to del Potro in 2R). At 2017 US Open, ended streak of 18 straight Grand Slams in which he lost in qualifying rounds. In 2017, captured ATP Challenger Tour titles at Leon, MEX as Q (d. Quiroz) and Samarkand, UZB (d. Setkic) Chardy Summary: YTD W-L: 2-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 12 February 1987 (31) ATP Ranking: 95 Tournament Note: Survived 1R win over qualifier Travaglia, 4-6 7-6 6-4. Turned 31 years old on Monday. Won first match of year over #NextGenATP contender Tsitsipas in Montpellier 7-5 in 3rd set (l. to Rublev in 2R). Suffered 3rd straight Grand Slam 1R loss at Australian Open (l. to Sandgren). Currently ranked No. 95 lowest ranking since No. 103 on January 2, 2012. In 2017, ended 8-match losing streak vs. Top 10 by beating Cilic in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R (l. to Fognini in 3R). Reached career-high ranking of No. 25 on 28 January 2013. [3] John Isner (USA) vs Radu Albot (MDA) First Meeting Isner Summary: YTD W-L: 1-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 12 Date of Birth: 26 April 1985 (32) ATP Ranking: 18

Day 3 Wednesday, 14 February 2018 Page 3 of 3 Picked up 1st win of season at Davis Cup, def. Lajovic 7-6 in 5th set in U.S.A. s 3-1 win over Serbia. Saved 0/4 BPs in 1R loss to Ebden at Australian Open. Also lost opening match at Auckland (l. to Chung in 2R following 1R bye). In 2017, did not drop a set en route to back-to-back titles at Newport (d. Ebden) and Atlanta (d. Harrison). At 2017 Newport, became 2nd ATP champion to not face break point since at least 1991 (Haas: 2007 Memphis). Also last year, advanced to ATP Masters 1000 SFs at Rome (d. Wawrinka and Cilic, l. to A. Zverev), Cincinnati (l. to Dimitrov) and Paris (d. Dimitrov in 3R after saving 1 MP, l. to Krajinovic). Attained career-high ranking of No. 9 on 16 April 2012. Albot Summary: YTD W-L: 1-4 Date of Birth: 11 November 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 91 Tournament Note: Claimed first ATP World Tour main draw win of the season with 1R victory over [Q] Fratangelo. Qualified at Auckland (l. to Vesely in 1R after holding 4 MPs). Also lost in 1R at Pune (l. to Kukushkin), Australian Open (l. to Fucsovics), and Sofia (l. to Kovalik). In 2017, advanced to 1st ATP World Tour QF at Antalya (d. Sousa and Lorenzi, l. to Seppi). Last season, reached US Open 3R as Q (d. Lu 76 in 5th, l. to Querrey) and Wimbledon 2R (l. to Johnson). Also last year, qualified at ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells (l. to Chardy 1R) and Miami (l. to Seppi 1R). Last year, won Challenger title at Shenzhen, CHN (d. Hurkacz) and reached F at Suzhou, CHN (l. to Kecmanovic). Achieved career-high No. 81 in ATP Rankings on 17 April 2017. Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) vs [5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) Nishikori Leads 1-0 13 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R32 Kei Nishikori 7-6(3) 6-2 6-3 Donskoy Summary: YTD W-L: 2-4 Date of Birth: 9 May 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 72 Tournament Note: Eliminated Victor Estrella Burgos in 1R for first win since Australian Open. Advanced to Australian Open 2R (d. F. Mayer, l. to Fognini). Suffered 1R losses at Sofia (l. to Lacko), Doha (l. to Thiem), and Sydney as Q (l. to Mannarino). In 2017, earned biggest win of career over No. 10 Federer 36 76(7) 76(5) in 2R of Dubai after saving 3 MPs and trailing 5-2 in 2nd-set TB, 5-2 in 3rd set and 5-1 in 3rd-set TB (l. to Pouille in QF). Also won 10th and 11th Challenger titles last year, at Zhuhai, CHN (d. Fabbiano) and Kaohsiung, TPE (d. Copil). Nishikori Summary: YTD W-L: 1-0 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: 29 December 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 27 Tournament Note: Ousted [WC] Rubin in 1st round for first ATP World Tour win of the season. Withdrew from Brisbane, Sydney and Australian Open due to right wrist injury. Returned to action at ATP Challenger in Newport Beach, CA, USA, and lost 1R to Novikov. In second event back, won ATP Challenger in Dallas, TX, USA (def. McDonald in F). Last year, fell in finals at Brisbane (d. Wawrinka, l. to Dimitrov) and Buenos Aires (l. to Dolgopolov). Suffering a 6-match losing streak in finals since winning Memphis in 2016 (d. Fritz). In 2017, made ATP Masters 1000 QFs at Indian Wells (l. to Sock), Miami (l. to Fognini), Madrid (w/o vs Djokovic). 2014 US Open runner-up has a career-high ranking of No. 4, attained on 2 March 2015. Dropped outside Top 10 of ATP Rankings on 11 September 2017 for 1st time since reaching 2014 US Open final.

NEW YORK OPEN: DAY 2 MEDIA NOTES Tuesday, 13 February 2018 NYCB LIVE Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, New York 12-18 February 2018 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $668,460 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com newyorkopen.com/ Greg Sharko: gsharko@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @NewYorkOpen Press Room:Brittany Borsanyi (BBorsanyi@brooklynse.com) Facebook: @ATPWorldTour facebook.com/newyorkopentennis TV & Radio: TennisTV.com NISHIKORI, AMERICANS TAKE CENTER STAGE ON DAY 2 IN NEW YORK 5th-seeded Kei Nishikori leads the field on Tuesday as the first round continues at the New York Open. The 2014 US Open runner-up is back on the ATP World Tour for the first time since losing to Gael Monfils in Montreal on 9 August of last year, having been sidelined with a right wrist injury. He comes into New York on a winning streak, having claimed the ATP Challenger Tour event in Dallas, TX, USA two weeks ago. Nishikori will take on wild card Noah Rubin, a Long Island native. Rubin also has a ATP Challenger title to his credit this year, winning the New Caledonia Challenger in the opening week of the season. Another wild card, Mackenzie McDonald, faces off against qualifier Ernesto Escobedo in an all-american affair on Tuesday night. McDonald is having a strong start to 2018, as he was Nishikori s opponent in the final of the ATP Challenger in Dallas, and claimed his first Tour-level win in the first round of the Australian Open, losing an epic encounter with No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov in the second round by 6-8 in the fifth set. Escobedo is still looking for his first ATP singles match victory of the year, but he did beat McDonald in an ATP Challenger in Binghamton, NY, USA in 2014. No. 7 seed Steve Johnson kicks off play on Tuesday, as the American will meet Spanish qualifier Adrian Menendez-Maceiras on Stadium Court. Johnson is looking to win his third career title, and first since Houston last year. Also on Stadium Court, former Top 25 player Jeremy Chardy of France will also play a qualifier, Stefano Travaglia of Italy. Travaglia saved four match points against American Tim Smyczek before prevailing in the final round of qualifying. An American qualifier starts Day 2 play on Grandstand when Bjorn Fratangelo meets Radu Albot of Moldova. In other Grandstand matches, Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia plays German Peter Gojowczyk, Victor Estrella Burgos of the Dominican Republic squares off against Russian Evgeny Donskoy, and former Top 10 player Mikhail Youzhny of Russia takes on Australian Matthew Ebden. FEDEX ATP HEAD2HEADS: TUESDAY FIRST-ROUND SINGLES MATCHES STADIUM COURT [7] Steve Johnson (USA) vs [Q] Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) First Meeting Johnson Summary: YTD W-L: 1-4 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 2 Date of Birth: 24 December 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 49 New York W-L (Best Result): 5-5 (2013, 2015, 2017 Quarter-finals) Tournament Note: 3-time quarter-finalist lost to then-no. 15 Anderson, this year s top seed, in 2015. Advanced to Auckland 2R (l. to eventual champion Bautista Agut). Fell in 1R at Brisbane (l. to de Minaur) and Australian Open (l. to Kudla). Last year, defeated Olympic bronze medal partner Sock en route to 2nd ATP title at Houston (d. Bellucci 76 in 3rd). Traveled from Davis Cup QF in Australia to Houston, then overcame cramps and 4-2 deficit in final vs Bellucci. Also in 2017, beat Isner 76 in 3rd before falling to Sock in Auckland SF. Also lost to Sock in Delray Beach QF. Last season, reached 3R at Roland Garros (l. to Thiem) and Wimbledon (l. to Cilic).

Day 2 Tuesday, 13 February 2018 Page 2 of 5 Menendez-Maceiras Summary: YTD W-L: 0-1 Date of Birth: 28 October 1985 (32) ATP Ranking: 128 New York W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main draw debut) Tournament Note: Playing main draw for first time after unsuccessful qualifying attempts in 2015 and 2016. Lost 1R in Quito last week to WC Moutet. Fell in qualifying at Pune (l. to Nagal in Q2) and Australian Open (l. to No. 365 Dancevic in Q1). Last year, earned 2nd ATP World Tour win of career at Newport (d. Kozlov, l. to Herbert in 2R). Also last season, qualified at Istanbul (l. to Thompson in 1R) and US Open (d. Kypson, l. to del Potro in 2R). At 2017 US Open, ended streak of 18 straight Grand Slams in which he lost in qualifying rounds. In 2017, captured ATP Challenger Tour titles at Leon, MEX as Q (d. Quiroz) and Samarkand, UZB (d. Setkic) [Q] Stefano Travaglia (ITA) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA) First Meeting Travaglia Summary: YTD W-L: 2-2 Date of Birth: 28 December 1991 (26) ATP Ranking: 132 New York W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut) Tournament Note: Saved 4 match points to defeat Smyczek in final qualifying round, 7-6 in 3rd set. Reached 2R at Doha (as Q, def. WC Al-Mutawa, l. to Pella) and Quito (def. Andujar, l. to Jarry). Fell in 2R of Australian Open qualifying to Munar. In 2017, qualified at US Open and defeated No. 1 Italian Fognini for 1st Grand Slam win (l. to Troicki in 2R). Also last season, made Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon as Q (l. to Rublev in 5 sets). Last year, captured 1st ATP Challenger Tour title in 1st final at Ostrava, CZE (d. Cecchinato). Chardy Summary: YTD W-L: 1-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 12 February 1987 (31) ATP Ranking: 95 New York W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2010 1st Round) Tournament Note: Making first appearance at event since 1R loss to Phau upon debut in 2010. Turned 31 years old on Monday. Won first match of year over #NextGenATP contender Tsitsipas in Montpellier 7-5 in 3rd set (l. to Rublev in 2R). Suffered 3rd straight Grand Slam 1R loss at Australian Open (l. to Sandgren). Currently ranked No. 95 lowest ranking since No. 103 on January 2, 2012. In 2017, ended 8-match losing streak vs. Top 10 by beating Cilic in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R (l. to Fognini in 3R). Reached career-high ranking of No. 25 on 28 January 2013. [WC] Noah Rubin (USA) vs [5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) First Meeting Rubin Summary: YTD W-L: 0-0 Date of Birth: 21 February 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 232 New York W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut)

Day 2 Tuesday, 13 February 2018 Page 3 of 5 Tournament Note: Long Island native received wild card to make tournament debut. Won 3rd career ATP Challenger Tour title at Noumea, CAL (d. Fritz). Followed up Noumea title with 61 60 loss to McDonald in 1R of Australian Open qualifying. Reached QFs at Challenger events in Newport Beach (l. to Fritz) and San Francisco (l. to Jung). Achieved new career-high ranking of No. 161 on 15 January. Last year, qualified for Australian Open and reached 2R of main draw for 2nd straight year (d. Fratangelo in 5 sets, l. to Federer). Also in 2017, claimed 2nd career Challenger title at Launceston, AUS (d. Krueger 60 61). Nishikori Summary: YTD W-L: 0-0 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 11 Date of Birth: 29 December 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 27 New York W-L (Best Result): 15-3 (2014, 2015, and 2016 Champion) Tournament Note: Three-time titlist is on a 12-match winning streak at event (did not play in 2017). Withdrew from Brisbane, Sydney and Australian Open due to right wrist injury. Returned to action at ATP Challenger in Newport Beach, CA, USA, and lost 1R to Novikov. In second event back, won ATP Challenger in Dallas, TX, USA (def. McDonald in F). Last year, fell in finals at Brisbane (d. Wawrinka, l. to Dimitrov) and Buenos Aires (l. to Dolgopolov). Suffering a 6-match losing streak in finals since winning Memphis in 2016 (d. Fritz). In 2017, made ATP Masters 1000 QFs at Indian Wells (l. to Sock), Miami (l. to Fognini), Madrid (w/o vs Djokovic). 2014 US Open runner-up has a career-high ranking of No. 4, attained on 2 March 2015. Dropped outside Top 10 of ATP Rankings on 11 September 2017 for 1st time since reaching 2014 US Open final. [Q] Ernesto Escobedo (USA) vs [WC] Mackenzie McDonald (USA) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 14 Binghamton CH (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Ernesto Escobedo 3-6 6-4 6-4 Escobedo Summary: YTD W-L: 0-2 Date of Birth: 4 July 1996 (21) ATP Ranking: 131 New York W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut) Tournament Note: Advanced to main draw with qualifying wins over Ramanathan and compatriot Eubanks. Qualified at Brisbane (l. to Zeballos in 1R), but fell in final round of qualifying at Australian Open (l. to Ruud). Took 1R losses at Quito (l. to Karlovic) and ATP Challenger at Newport Beach, CA, USA (l. to Bachinger). Last year, reached 1st ATP World Tour QF and SF of career at Houston as WC (d. Isner 76 67 76, l. to Bellucci). During 2017, achieved career-high 9 times in ATP Rankings, peaking at No. 67 on 17 July. McDonald Summary: YTD W-L: 1-1 Date of Birth: 16 April 1995 (22) ATP Ranking: 146 New York W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut) Tournament Note: Former UCLA Bruin received wild card for first appearance at event. Earned 1st tour-level win at Australian Open as Q (d. E. Ymer, l. to Dimitrov 86 in 5th) Fell in 1R at Playford, AUS Challenger (l. to Ignatik), where he won doubles title w/paul (d. Banes/Kubler). Reached ATP Challenger Tour final at Dallas, TX, USA (l. to Nishikori). In 2017, won 1st career ATP Challenger Tour title in Fairfield, CA, USA (d. Klahn). Won 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships in both singles and doubles during junior year at UCLA.

Day 2 Tuesday, 13 February 2018 Page 4 of 5 GRANDSTAND Radu Albot (MDA) vs [Q] Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) First Meeting Albot Summary: YTD W-L: 0-4 Date of Birth: 11 November 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 91 New York W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2017 1st Round) Fratangelo Summary: YTD W-L: 0-0 Date of Birth: 19 July 1993 (24) ATP Ranking: 109 New York W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main draw debut) Blaz Kavcic (SLO) vs Peter Gojowczyk (GER) First Tour-Level Meeting Other Meeting 14 Doha Q (Qatar) Hard Q-FR Peter Gojowczyk 6-3 6-3 Kavcic Summary: YTD W-L: 1-3 Date of Birth: 5 March 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 108 New York W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2013 1st Round) Gojowczyk Summary: 2018 Highlights: QF (2): Doha (l. Monfils); Auckland (l. Haase) YTD W-L: 5-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 1 Date of Birth: 15 July 1989 (28) ATP Ranking: 63 New York W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut) Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) vs Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) First Meeting Estrella Burgos Summary: YTD W-L: 1-3 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 3 Date of Birth: 2 August 1980 (37) ATP Ranking: 139 New York W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Main draw debut) Donskoy Summary: YTD W-L: 1-4 Date of Birth: 9 May 1990 (27) ATP Ranking: 72 New York W-L (Best Result): 0-1 (2013 1st Round)

Day 2 Tuesday, 13 February 2018 Page 5 of 5 Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs Matthew Ebden (AUS) Youzhny Leads 2-0 12 Basel (Switzerland) Hard R16 Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-1 13 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R128 Mikhail Youzhny 4-6 6-7(0) 6-2 7-6(4) 6-3 Other Meeting 16 Tokyo Q (Japan) Hard Q-1R Matthew Ebden 6-2 6-2 Youzhny Summary: YTD W-L: 0-2 YTD Titles: 0 / Career Titles: 10 Date of Birth: 25 June 1982 (35) ATP Ranking: 94 New York W-L (Best Result): 0-0 (Debut) Ebden Summary: YTD W-L: 2-2 Date of Birth: 26 November 1987 (30) ATP Ranking: 79 New York W-L (Best Result): 4-5 (2017 Quarter-finals)

NEW YORK OPEN: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, 12 February 2018 NYCB LIVE Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, New York 12-18 February 2018 Draw: S-28, D-16 Prize Money: $668,460 Surface: Indoor Hard ATP World Tour Info Tournament Info ATP PR & Marketing ATPWorldTour.com newyorkopen.com/ Greg Sharko: gsharko@atpworldtour.com Twitter: @ATPWorldTour @NewYorkOpen Press Room:Brittany Borsanyi (BBorsanyi@brooklynse.com) Facebook: @ATPWorldTour facebook.com/newyorkopentennis TV & Radio: TennisTV.com 10 THINGS TO WATCH IN NEW YORK 1) Tour Returns to Long Island: This is the first ATP World Tour tournament on Long Island since 2004 when action took place in August one week before the US Open. This year s tournament is being played at the NYCB Live, home of the Nassau Coliseum. It is the first of 10 tournaments in the U.S. and the only U.S. indoor event on the ATP World Tour. 2) Anderson Leads Field: This is the fifth time Kevin Anderson is the No. 1 seed in an ATP World Tour tournament. He is trying to win his first ATP title as the top seed. He opened the season with a runner-up at Pune (l. to Simon) and followed with a 1R at the Aust. Open (l. to Edmund in five sets). 3) Americans Seeded: Four of the top eight seeds are Americans, led by No. 2 Sam Querrey, No. 3 John Isner, No. 6 Ryan Harrison and No. 7 Steve Johnson. Last year each player won at least one title and the foursome accounted for six of the nine titles won by Americans. Overall there are 10 Americans in the main draw, not including possible qualifiers. 4) Nishikori Returns: No. 5 seed Kei Nishikori returns to the ATP World Tour for the first time since losing in his opening match on Aug. 9 to Gael Monfils in Montreal. The Japanese star has been sidelined with a right wrist injury. He came back last month at the Newport Beach, CA Challenger and lost in the 1R. Last Sunday he won the title at the Dallas Challenger. 5) Harrison Quick Starter: Harrison comes in with a 6-2 record this season after reaching the final in Brisbane (l. to Kyrgios) and the 3R at the Australian Open (l. to Cilic). A year ago Harrison won his maiden ATP singles title in Memphis and finished in the Top 50 for the first time at No. 47. 6) Youthful Wild Cards: The American trio of Sebastian Korda (17), Noah Rubin (21) and Mackenzie McDonald (22) are the wild cards in the draw. All three have played well in the early part of the season. Korda won the Australian Open boys junior title and is now the No. 1 junior in the world, Rubin captured the New Caledonia Challenger in the opening week of the season and McDonald was runner-up at the Dallas Challenger last week. 7) Youth is Served: The two youngest players in the draw: Korda (17) and Frances Tiafoe (20), meet in the 1R. Korda is making his ATP World Tour debut. 8) Like Father & Son: Korda captured the Australian Open boys crown 20 years after his father Petr claimed his biggest career title Down Under in Melbourne. Petr Korda also won the Hamlet Cup in Long Island in 1992 for one of his 10 career singles titles. 9) From Clay to Hard: Victor Estrella Burgos and Ivo Karlovic both lost in the 2R this past week on clay in Quito. They are the two oldest players in the draw at 37 and 38, respectively. 10) Doubles Draw: The top seeds are Bob and Mike Bryan, who have combined to win a record 114 doubles titles. No. 2 are Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald, No. 3 are Nicholas Monroe and John- Patrick Smith, and No. 4 are Robert Lindstedt and Franko Skugor.