Jannik Sinner and Reilly Opelka had high hopes in Atlanta to have a deep run in singles. However, that didn’t happen. Seeded no.2, the young Italian player lost in his opening match against the world no.122 Christopher O Connell 7-6(7) 6-4. Opelka was defeated by his fellow American Taylor Fritz, in the quarterfinals.
Nevertheless, this week in Atlanta has been quite successful for Jannik and Reilly after winning the competition in doubles following their win in the final against American Steve Johnson and Australian Jordan Thompson 6-4, 6-7(6).
After the match, Jannik Sinner commented:
“He gets more credit because he was serving very, very good and today obviously he was returning well. At the end of the day, we had a lot of fun the whole week. Thanks to him for playing with me.”
Reilly Opelka also confirmed that he enjoyed playing doubles with Jannik to comment:
“It was fun. You get a guy with returns as good as Jannik’s; you can beat anyone. It was unbelievable. Seriously, it was impressive to watch, and it was fun to be around a guy like him.
He’s 19, but you wouldn’t know it. He’s so far ahead of his age, and you can tell his mind works differently than a lot of the other guys’.”
Both Jannik Sinner and Reilly Opelka are going to play this week in the ATP 500 in Washington.
Jannik Sinner in 2021
Ranked world no.24, the Italian played his last match on the 29th of July when he was overcome by world no.122 Christopher O Connell 7-6(7) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Atlanta (draw).
At present, during this year, Jannik has managed to achieve an overall 24-14 win-loss record. This year, Jannik clinched 1 title in Melbourne. Sinner got to the final in Miami.
Reilly Opelka in 2021
Ranked no.36, the American played his last match on the 30th of July when he lost to world no.42 Taylor Fritz 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 7-6(4) in the quarter in Atlanta (draw).
At present, during this year Reilly has a compiled 9-13 match record. Reilly Opelka’s most significant accomplishment of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Rome.
Jannik Sinner and Reilly Opelka have never squared off.
