Reilly Opelka ousts Brouwer in the quarter of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship. HIGHLIGHTS – HOUSTON RESULTS

US MEN'S CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIP - HOUSTON DRAW AND RESULTS. Opelka tops Brouwer to compete against Nick Kyrgios in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. Gijs Brouwer

Reilly Opelka defeats Gijs Brouwer 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in Houston on Friday. Opelka will play against Nick Kyrgios in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

Opelka
Houston
Opelka's Record

Reilly added to his prize money $ 13,050 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 31,035 so far in this event. If he wins the next match, Reilly will add $ 21,755 to his earnings to get in total $ 52,790.

Highlights Reilly Opelka vs. Gijs Brouwer US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Opelka
Brouwer
Reilly Opelka
6-3 7-5
1h:18
Gijs Brouwer
67
67
Total points
52
52
31
31
Winners
24
24
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
0
0
Double Faults
0
0
67%
67%
1st in
55%
55%
82%
82%
1st won
71%
71%
31/38
31/38
1st won
24/34
24/34
58%
58%
2nd won
46%
46%
11/19
11/19
2nd won
13/28
13/28
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
1/3
1/3
50%
50%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 67 points vs. Gijs’s 52.

Opelka

Reilly served extremely well to win 82% of the points (31/38) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (11/19) on his second serve. Opelka was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).

Brouwer

On the other side, the Dutch was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Opelka and Brouwer is 1-0 for Reilly.

Draw and next match H2H: Reilly Opelka vs. Nick Kyrgios – stats

Opelka will come up against Kyrgios in the semifinal.

This will be the 2nd time that Reilly Opelka and Nick Kyrgios clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Opelka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

Reilly Opelka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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OpelkaBrouwer
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0
0
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0
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There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the American conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before finally winning the set (6-3).

Opelka was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, Reilly didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 48 points. Opelka conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Gijs (28-20). Reilly conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Gijs conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).

2nd Set -
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Reilly conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The American broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.

They contested 71 points. Reilly was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Dutch (40-31). The American conceded 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the court, Brouwer conceded 18 points on serve (22-18).

 

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