Thiem, Goffin, Berdych In Action Tuesday In Montreal

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Thiem vs. Schwartzman | Lopez vs. Chung | Anderson vs. Sela

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1) World No. 7 Dominic Thiem of Austria, American No. 1 Jack Sock and four-time quarter-finalist Tomas Berdych headline play on Court Central Tuesday at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal.

2) Thiem, seeking his first win here in four tries (2014, l. to Simon, R64; 2015, l. to Gulbis, R64; 2016, l. to Anderson, R32), vies for his 40th match win of the year when he meets Diego Schwartzman of Argentina for a berth in the R16. The No. 3 seed from Austria began his summer hard-court campaign by reaching the R16 last week in Washington (l. to Anderson) and has a 13-9 record on hard-courts this year. He is 3-0 lifetime against Schwartzman, including a 1R victory in 2015 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami. Schwartzman defeated American qualifier Reilly Opelka in three sets on Monday to earn a R32 meeting with Thiem. The Argentine is 0-13 lifetime against Top 10 opponents, including 0-7 in 2017.

3) Sock, the No. 15 seed, takes on qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert in a first-round encounter, having won his two previous meetings with the Frenchman, including a 1R victory at this year’s Australian Open. The World No. 17 has reached the R16 here the last two years (2015, l. to Djokovic; 2016, l. to Wawrinka) and is coming off a semi-final performance last week in Washington (l. to Anderson). With Sam Querrey winning the Los Cabos title last week, this marks the first time that three Americans are ranked in the Top 20 in the Emirates ATP Rankings (No. 17 Sock, No. 19 Isner, No. 20 Querrey) since Aug. 6, 2012 (No. 11 Isner, No. 13 Fish and No. 20 Roddick). Sock leads the ATP World Tour with 22 wins on hard-courts in 2017 (22-7 overall) and is seeking his third ATP World Tour title of the year Auckland (d. Sousa) and Delray Beach (w/o vs Raonic). Herbert, who achieved a career-high No. 65 in the Emirates ATP Rankings on July 24, defeated Thiem en route to the SF at Rotterdam (l. to Goffin) and advanced to the QF at Newport (l. Fratangelo).

4) Berdych, who advanced to his fifth ATP World Tour SF of the year last week in Los Cabos (l. to Kokkinakis), kicks off afternoon play on Court Central when he takes on Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia in a first-round matchup. Basilashvili won their previous meeting in the R32 at Vienna in 2016. Berdych, the No. 10 seed, is 14-12 lifetime at this event, reaching the QF in 2006 (l. to Gasquet), 2010 (l. to Federer), 2011 (l. to Tipsarevic) and 2016 (l. to Djokovic). The Czech has a 15-7 record on hard-courts in 2017. Basilashvili, making his debut at this ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament, has an 8-7 record on hard-courts this year, advancing to his 2nd ATP World Tour final at Memphis (d. Thompson, Karlovic, Ebden and Kukushkin; l. to Harrison). The Georgian is looking to snap a four-match losing streak (l. to Querrey in R64 at Wimbledon; l. to Zeballos in R32 at Bastad; l. to Ferrer in R32 at Hamburg; l. to Ofner in R32 at Kitzbuehel).

5) The second afternoon match on Court Central features 18-year-old Canadian wild card Denis Shapovalov taking on Rogerio Dutra Silva of Brazil in a first-time encounter. Last year, Shapovalov defeated Nick Kyrgios in the R64 in his debut here before falling to Grigor Dimitrov in the R32. This year, the Canadian teenager posted his first ATP World Tour match win of 2017 by defeating Kyle Edmund in the R32 at London/Queen’s Club before losing to Tomas Berdych in the R16. Shapovalov is seeking his first win on hard-courts this year (0-3). Dutra Silva is making his maiden appearance at this tournament. He advanced to the QF at Umag (d. Monfils in R16, l. to Giannessi in QF) and reached a career-high No. 63 in Emirates ATP Rankings on July 24. The Brazilian has a 2-2 record on hard-courts in 2017.

6) In second-round play on Banque Nationale Court, American Jared Donaldson takes on Frenchman Benoit Paire for the second time on the ATP World Tour. Paire won their previous meeting last year in the R32 at Washington. Donaldson eliminated No. 13 seed Lucas Pouille in two straight tiebreakers on Monday, improving to 8-7 on hard-courts this year. The 20-year-old Donaldson reached the R16 in his debut here last year (d. Millman in R64, d. Fognini in R32, l. to Raonic in R16) and is coming off his seventh R16 showing of 2017 last week in Washington (l. to Sock). Paire held off American Donald Young in three sets on Monday to record his 25th match win of 2017 and improve to 11-9 on hard-courts this year. The Frenchman reached the R16 here in 2013 (d. Wawrinka in R32, l. to Matosevic in R16).

7) Three first-round matchups are slated on Banque Nationale Court. First up is London/Queen’s Club champion Feliciano Lopez of Spain, who kicks off the afternoon session against Hyeon Chung of Korea. Lopez is 10-11 lifetime here, reaching the SF three years ago (d. Berdych in R16 and Raonic in QF before losing to Federer in SF). The Spaniard reached the QF last week at Los Cabos (l. to Dzumhur), but has struggled to a 3-7 record on hard-courts in 2017. Chung is competing at this event for the second time (l. to L. Mayer in the R64 in his debut in 2015). He reached his 1st ATP World Tour SF at Munich (d. Monfils in 2R for biggest win of career, l. to Pella) and also advanced to the QF at Barcelona as a qualifier (d. Kohlschreiber and A. Zverev, l. to Nadal). Lopez defeated Chung in the R16 at Houston earlier this year in their only previous meeting.

8) No. 9 seed David Goffin of Belgium follows on Banque Nationale Court when he takes on Antalya champion Yuichi Sugita of Japan for the first time on the ATP World Tour. Goffin has reached the R16 here the last two years (2015, d. Querrey, l. to Nishikori; 2016, d. Querrey, l. to Monfils) and is coming off a QF showing in Gstaad (l. to Haase) two weeks ago. The Belgian No. 1 has compiled a 33-14 record in 2017, including 19-7 on hard-courts. Sugita, who lost to Grigor Dimitrov in the R64 here in 2016, is competing in his first ATP World Tour match on hard-court this year. He captured his 1st ATP World Tour title in his 1st final at Antalya (d. Baghdatis and Mannarino) and has also won Challenger titles at Yokohama, JPN (d. Kwon); Shenzhen, CHN (d. Kavcic) and Surbiton, GBR (d. Thompson). Sugita achieved a career-high No. 43 in the Emirates ATP Rankings on July 17.

9) South Africa’s Kevin Anderson faces Israeli qualifier Dudi Sela in the third afternoon match on Banque Nationale Court. They have spilt two previous meeting, but have not squared off since 2011, when Anderson won their R16 matchup in Johannesburg on hard-court. Anderson is a two-time quarter-finalist here (2014, l. to Dimitrov; 2016, l. to Wawrinka) and is 10-7 lifetime. Last week, the South African reached his first ATP World Tour final of 2017 in Washington (l. to A. Zverev) and climbed from No. 45 to No. 32 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. Sela is seeking his first match win at this tournament (l. to Falla in the R64 in 2009; l. to Isner in the R64 in 2016). He advanced to 1st ATP World Tour SF since 2014 Atlanta at Chennai (l. to Medvedev after holding 1 MP). The Israeli has a 6-9 record on hard-courts this year, losing to Sock in the R16 at Atlanta and to Donaldson in the R64 last week in Washington.