Daniil Medvedev and Reilly Opelka will play each other in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniil Medvedev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.21
Reilly Opelka -> 4.65
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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Reilly Opelka
This will be the 3rd time that Daniil Medvedev and Reilly Opelka face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
Daniil Medvedev
Ranked no. 6, the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Richard Gasquet 3-6 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round against Gasquet, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-0). During the match Medvedev scored 84 points vs Gasquet’s 61. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Medvedev submerged his opponent with 22 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Daniil Medvedev was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Daniil broke Gasquet 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Medvedev has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 67% of his matches (311-151). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Medvedev has a 79-42 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Medvedev’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals at the U.S. Open .
The Russian has a 16-8 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
Daniil won the title last year in St-petersburg after defeating Borna Coric .
Reilly Opelka
Ranked no. 36, Reilly got to the 2nd round after beating Nino Serdarusic 3-6 7-65 6-2.
In the 1st round against Serdarusic, Reilly recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-2). During the match Opelka scored 78 points vs Serdarusic’s 71. Opelka was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Opelka overwhelmed his opponent with 26 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Reilly Opelka was pretty efficent on serve to win 91% (49/54) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Opelka broke Serdarusic twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Delray Beach where he beat Yoshihito Nishioka in the final 7-5 6-7(4) 6-2.
Reilly has a 11-6 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
Reilly didn’t play in St. Petersburg in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Medvedev | Opelka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 30 |
| Pts | 84-61 | 78-71 |
| Total Points | 145 | 149 |
| Winners | 34 | 49 |
| %Winners | 40% | 63% |
Both Medvedev and Opelka played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Daniil Medvedev conceded 1 set, while Reilly Opelka dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Medvedev and Opelka have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Medvedev played 6 games less than Opelka. Medvedev scored 34 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 49 winners (63%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Medvedev | Opelka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 22 | 26 |
| 1st in | 41/62 | 54/70 |
| %1st in | 66% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 34/41 | 49/54 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 91% |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 10/16 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 63% |
Medvedev scored 22 aces . Opelka recorded 26 aces . Medvedev won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Opelka won 91% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Medvedev | Opelka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 67% | 67% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Daniil broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Daniil lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Opelka conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Medvedev | |||
| R1 Gasquet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 84-61 | 84-61 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 22 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/62 | 41/62 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 34/41 | 34/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Opelka | |||
| R1 Serdarusic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 78-71 | 78-71 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 63% | 63% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 26 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 54/70 | 54/70 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 49/54 | 49/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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