BASEL RESULTS. Opelka aces Bautista-Agut in the quarter

Reilly Opelka aces Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the quarter in Basel on Friday. Opelka will seek to keep on going in this event against Alex De Minaur in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Opelka conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Reilly broke back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set 6-3.

2^nd set.

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

3^rd set.

Similarly to the 2^nd 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 8^th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the American scored 72 points vs. Bautista-Agut’s 68 points.

Opelka served exceptionally well to win 91% of the points (49/54) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 22% points (5/23) on his second serve. The American blasted 31 aces and he committed 5 double faults. The American was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (3/4). On the other side, Roberto had some problems in converting his break points since he converted only 40% of his break points (2/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Opelka and Bautista-Agut is 1-1.

Highlights Reilly Opelka vs. Roberto Bautista Agut Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel

Next Match: Reilly Opelka vs. Alex De Minaur – stats

Opelka will square off with De Minaur in the semifinal.

This will be the 4^th time that Reilly Opelka and Alex De Minaur fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, De Minaur won 7-6³ 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Cincinnati back in August 2019.

Tennis Scores in Basel

• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Roger FedererFederer – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (23-3) – See H2H details
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-3) – See H2H details