SHANGHAI. Reilly Opelka prevails over Lajovic in the 1st round

Reilly Opelka hustles Dusan Lajovic 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in Shanghai on Tuesday. Opelka will play Roberto Bautista Agut in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Reilly conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Similarly to the 1^st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American conquered in the 5^th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Opelka scored 65 points vs. Dusan’s 46 points.

The American served pretty well to win 89% of the points (31/35) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (11/16) on his second serve. The American fired 12 aces without committing any double fault. The American was stunning in converting all the break points (2/2). On the other side, Lajovic wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

Next Match: Reilly Opelka vs. Roberto Bautista Agut – stats

Opelka will take on Bautista Agut in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Reilly Opelka and Roberto Bautista Agut since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alexander BublikBublik (7-6⁵ 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Borna CoricCoric (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• John MillmanMillman – Guido PellaPella (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Zhe LiLi (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Andy MurrayMurray – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (2-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Gilles SimonSimon (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Ze ZhangZhang (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Christian GarinGarin – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-5 6-7¹ 6-3) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Radu AlbotAlbot (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (7-6² 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Joao SousaSousa – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (2-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – See H2H details
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Andy MurrayMurray (3-4) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (2-0) – See H2H details
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Roger FedererFederer (1-1) – See H2H details
• John MillmanMillman – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (1-0) – See H2H details
• Joao SousaSousa – Vasek PospisilPospisil (4-0) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-5) – See H2H details
• Lucas PouillePouille – John IsnerIsner (0-0) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jeremy ChardyChardy (3-1) – See H2H details
• Christian GarinGarin – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-0) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (2-0) – See H2H details