TOKYO. Opelka dispatches Harry Fritz in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open

Reilly Opelka overcomes Taylor Harry Fritz 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in Tokyo on Tuesday. Opelka is going to play against Gilles Simon in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Opelka conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Opelka had a racing start in this set after breaking Harry Fritz in the 1^st game (1-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Opelka to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Reilly scored 61 points vs. Harry Fritz’s 47 points.

Reilly served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (31/40) behind his first serve, and he won 71% points (12/17) on his second serve. Opelka fired 16 aces without committing any double fault. Reilly was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (2/4). On the other side, Taylor wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Opelka and Harry Fritz is 1-2 for Taylor.

Next Match: Reilly Opelka vs. Gilles Simon – stats

Opelka will fight against Simon in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Reilly Opelka and Gilles Simon since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Gilles SimonSimon – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Borna CoricCoric (6-4 4-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Go SoedaSoeda – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Hyeon ChungChung – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Joao SousaSousa (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – See H2H details
• John MillmanMillman – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – See H2H details
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (1-0) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (1-2) – See H2H details
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (0-0) – See H2H details
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Lucas PouillePouille (0-1) – See H2H details
• Hyeon ChungChung – Marin CilicCilic (0-3) – See H2H details
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Gilles SimonSimon (0-0) – See H2H details
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-0) – See H2H details
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – See H2H details