Reilly Opelka and Lorenzo Musetti will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Musetti who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Musetti is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Musetti -> 1.36
Reilly Opelka -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. Lorenzo Musetti
There is no head to head record between Reilly Opelka and Lorenzo Musetti since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Reilly Opelka
Ranked no. 47, Reilly got to the 2nd round after beating Richard Gasquet 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Gasquet (6-1 7-5). During the match Opelka scored 60 points vs Gasquet’s 44. Reilly was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Opelka managed to score 18 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Reilly Opelka was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Reilly was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Gasquet 3 times.
Opelka has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (181-133). 1-1 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Opelka has a 53-38 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
The American has a 3-7 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019. See his history.
Lorenzo Musetti
Ranked no. 82 (career high), the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Hubert Hurkacz 6-4 2-0 ret..
In the 1st round, Lorenzo had a good straight sets win against Hurkacz (6-4 2-0 ret.). During the match Musetti scored 45 points vs Hurkacz’s 32. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Musetti scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Lorenzo Musetti was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Hurkacz twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Musetti’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Antalya Challenger and the Biella 2 Challenger.
Lorenzo has a 23-12 win-loss record in 2021, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Opelka | Musetti |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
Tot Games | 19 | 12 |
Pts | 60-44 | 45-32 |
Total Points | 104 | 77 |
Winners | 30 | 23 |
%Winners | 50% | 51% |
Both Opelka and Musetti played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Opelka has played 1 set(s) less than Musetti (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Opelka played 7 games more than Musetti. The American scored 30 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Musetti recorded 23 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Opelka | Musetti |
---|---|---|
Aces | 18 | 1 |
Avg per match | 18 | 1 |
1st in | 38/57 | 29/39 |
%1st in | 67% | 74% |
1st pts | 30/38 | 23/29 |
%1st pts | 79% | 79% |
2nd pts | 12/19 | 6/10 |
%2nd pts | 63% | 60% |
Opelka bagged 18 aces . Musetti made 1 ace . Opelka won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Musetti won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Opelka | Musetti |
---|---|---|
Won | 3 | 2 |
Converted | 3/3 | 2/6 |
% Converted | 100% | 33% |
Conceded | 0 | 2 |
Saved | 0 | 2 |
% Saved | NAN% | 100% |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The American pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Italian broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Italian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
Opelka | |||
R1 Gasquet |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
pts | 60-44 | 60-44 | |
Total points | 104 | 104 | |
Winners | 30 | 30 | |
%Winners | 50% | 50% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 18 | 18 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 38/57 | 38/57 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
% 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
Saved % | – | 0% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Musetti | |||
R1 Hurkacz |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 2-0 ret. | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
pts | 45-32 | 45-32 | |
Total points | 77 | 77 | |
Winners | 23 | 23 | |
%Winners | 51% | 51% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 1 | 1 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 29/39 | 29/39 | |
% 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
% 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Hugo DellienDellien – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (2-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (3-6 6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Alexander BublikBublik (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Christian GarinGarin – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Daniel EvansEvans (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Laslo DjereDjere (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-3 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Alexander BublikBublik (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (2-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
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