Sebastian Korda tops Opelka in the 1st round of the Mutua Madrid Open – MADRID RESULTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Korda gets the better of Opelka to take on Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Korda vs. Reilly Opelka

Sebastian Korda defeats Reilly Opelka 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Madrid on Tuesday in what was an all-American contest. Korda will have to play Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the qualifications in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Korda
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Korda's Record

Sebastian added to his prize money € 21,695 after winning this match. He has won already € 48,655 after this win. If he wins the next match, Sebastian will add € 42,090 to his earnings to get in total € 90,745 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Korda
Opelka
Sebastian Korda
6-3 7-5
1h:41
Reilly Opelka
79
79
Total points
66
66
35
35
Winners
30
30
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
8
8
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
73%
73%
1st in
57%
57%
78%
78%
1st won
64%
64%
35/45
35/45
1st won
30/47
30/47
41%
41%
2nd won
44%
44%
7/17
7/17
2nd won
16/36
16/36
-- Break Points --
4/13
4/13
Total
1/3
1/3
31%
31%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Korda scored 79 points vs. Opelka’s 66.

Korda

Sebastian served extremely well to win 78% of the points (35/45) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 41% points (7/17) on his second serve. Korda won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.

Opelka

On the other side, Reilly was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Korda vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats

Korda will square off with Musetti in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Sebastian Korda and Lorenzo Musetti square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Korda and Musetti (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

Sebastian Korda Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Korda won the set after he broke Reilly 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Reilly tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) game. Anyhow, Sebastian didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-3.

One of the most important stints of the set was when Korda won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-1 to 4-1.

Korda converted 33% of his break points (3/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-1 30-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Reilly converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 70 points. Sebastian won 6 more points than Opelka (38-32). Korda surrendered 12 points on serve (16-12). In addition, on the other side, Opelka conceded 22 points on serve (20-22).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Korda conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

Sebastian was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). On the other side, Sebastian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 73 points. Korda was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Reilly (40-33). Sebastian conceded 8 points on serve (26-8). on the other side of the net, Opelka conceded 14 points on serve (25-14).

 

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