Opelka overcomes Tsitsipas in the semifinal. HIGHLIGHTS – TORONTO RESULTS

    ROGERS CUP - TORONTO DRAW AND RESULTS. Opelka victorious over Tsitsipas to come up against Daniil Medvedev in the final

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas

    Reilly Opelka beats Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(2) 7-6(4) 6-4 in the semifinal in Toronto on Saturday. Opelka will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Daniil Medvedev in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 32 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2017. Here you can see his history at this event.

    Opelka
    Toronto
    Opelka's Record

    Reilly added to his prize money $ 89,500 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 211,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Reilly will add $ 159,290 to his earnings to get in total $ 370,290 in total.

    Highlights Reilly Opelka vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Rogers Cup – Toronto

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Opelka
    Tsitsipas
    Reilly Opelka
    6-72 7-64 6-4
    2h:32
    Stefanos Tsitsipas
    108
    108
    Total points
    107
    107
    62
    62
    Winners
    53
    53
    57%
    57%
    Ratio Winners
    50%
    50%
    -- Serve --
    17
    17
    Aces
    10
    10
    3
    3
    Double Faults
    7
    7
    72%
    72%
    1st in
    59%
    59%
    77%
    77%
    1st won
    87%
    87%
    62/81
    62/81
    1st won
    53/61
    53/61
    65%
    65%
    2nd won
    57%
    57%
    20/31
    20/31
    2nd won
    24/42
    24/42
    -- Break Points --
    1/4
    1/4
    Total
    0/1
    0/1
    25%
    25%
    Won
    0%
    0%
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    At the end of the match, Reilly scored 108 points vs. Tsitsipas’s 107.

    Opelka

    The American served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (62/81) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (20/31) on his second serve. The American blasted 17 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Opelka won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.

    Tsitsipas

    On the other side, the Greek wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

    Draw and next match H2H: Reilly Opelka vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats

    Opelka will come up against Medvedev in the final.

    This will be the 5th time that Reilly Opelka and Daniil Medvedev clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

    The last time that they fought against each other, Medvedev won 6-4 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Nottingham back in June 2021.

    Reilly Opelka Draw info

    Live score progression and stats

    1st Set -
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    Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Stefanos had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.

    Tiebreak

    Tsitsipas won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (5-1) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Reilly won a minibreak in the 8th (2-6) point.

    The Greek won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2

    Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the American was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).

    They played 82 points. Tsitsipas was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Opelka (45-37). The Greek conceded 8 points on serve (31-8). on the other side of the court, Reilly conceded 14 points on serve (29-14).

    2nd Set -
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    Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Opelka clinched in the 4th game (2-2) before ultimately winning the set (7-6).

    Tiebreak

    The American won 3 minibreaks in the 7th (4-3), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Tsitsipas won a minibreak in the 9th (4-5) point.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

    Opelka was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, Opelka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They played 78 points. Reilly was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than the Greek (41-37). Reilly lost 9 points on serve (31-9). On the other side, the Greek conceded 10 points on serve (28-10).

    3rd Set -
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    Similarly to the 2nd 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 7th game (4-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).

    They played 53 points. The American won 7 more points than Tsitsipas (30-23). Opelka dropped 6 points on serve (21-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 9 points on serve (17-9).

     

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