TOKYO. Reilly Opelka topples Simon in the 2nd round of the Rakuten Japan Open

Reilly Opelka tops Gilles Simon 7-6(4) 7-6(2) in the 2^nd round in Tokyo on Wednesday. Opelka will clash against Yasutaka Uchiyama in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Opelka won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 6^th (2-4) game, Reilly broke back in the 7^th (3-4) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 4.

2^nd set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Reilly won the breaker at 2.

Statistics

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

Next Match: Reilly Opelka vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama – stats

Opelka will fight against Uchiyama in the 3^rd round.

There is no head to head record between Reilly Opelka and Yasutaka Uchiyama since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-7² 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Go SoedaSoeda (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Gilles SimonSimon (7-6(4) 7-6(2)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• David GoffinGoffin – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Taro DanielDaniel (1-0) – 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
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – John MillmanMillman (0-0) – See H2H details