Reilly Opelka hustles Bjorn Fratangelo 7-6(3) 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Atlanta on Wednesday in what was an all-American match. Opelka will clash against Taylor Harry Fritz in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes. His best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2016 and 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Reilly added to his prize money $ 6,625 after winning this match. He has won already $ 18,555 after this win. If he wins the next match, Reilly will add $ 9,285 to his earnings to get in total $ 27,840 in total.
Highlights Reilly Opelka vs. Bjorn Fratangelo Truist Atlanta Open – Atlanta
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Reilly scored 73 points vs. Fratangelo’s 62.
Opelka
Opelka served exceptionally well to win 88% of the points (44/50) behind his first serve, and he won 72% points (13/18) on his second serve. Opelka struck 25 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Reilly was exceptional in converting the only break point that he conquered.
Fratangelo
On the other side, Fratangelo was great in converting the only break point that he converted. Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Opelka and Fratangelo is 2-0 for Reilly.
Draw and next match H2H: Reilly Opelka vs. Taylor Harry Fritz – stats
Opelka will play Harry Fritz in the quarter.
This will be the 8th time that Reilly Opelka and Taylor Harry Fritz clash against each other. The head to head is 6-1 for Harry Fritz (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Harry Fritz won 4-6 7-66 6-74 7-65 6-2 in the 2nd round in Melbourne back in February 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Harry Fritz was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Bjorn Fratangelo in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Reilly refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Bjorn in the 6th (3-3) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.
Tiebreak
Opelka won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 10th (7-3) point.
Reilly won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
They contested 69 points. Opelka conquered the set after winning 15 more points than Bjorn (42-27). Opelka conceded 8 points on serve (28-8). on the other side of the court, Bjorn conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Reilly won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Opelka won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Fratangelo won a minibreak in the 5th (2-3) point.
Opelka won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, Opelka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 65 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Reilly won just 3 more points than Bjorn (34-31). Opelka was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (29-4). On the losing side, Bjorn conceded 5 points on serve (27-5).
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