Reilly Opelka and Lorenzo Musetti will face off in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 17. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Reilly Opelka who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Reilly Opelka is the pick to win this match.
Reilly Opelka -> 1.444
Lorenzo Musetti -> 2.86

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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. Lorenzo Musetti

This will be the 2nd time that Reilly Opelka and Lorenzo Musetti fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Opelka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Opelka won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Rome back in May 2021.

Reilly Opelka

Ranked no. 24, Reilly reached the 2nd round after beating Soon-Woo Kwon 7-63 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, Reilly had a good straight sets win against Kwon (7-63 6-4 6-4). During the match, Opelka scored 111 points vs Kwon’s 93. Reilly was quite aggressive to blast 59 winners.

Talking about the service games, Opelka submerged his opponent with 33 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Reilly Opelka conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Opelka put 70% of his first serves in, winning 83% (59/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Opelka broke Kwon twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Opelka has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (183-139). 11-9 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Opelka has an aggregate87-72 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Toronto.

Opelka has a composed 17-16 win-loss record in 2021, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.

U.S. Open
Opelka's Record

Lorenzo Musetti

Ranked no. 60, the Italian reached the 2nd round after defeating Emilio Nava 6-75 6-4 6-1 6-3.

In the 1st round against Nava, Musetti recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 6-1 6-3). During the match Musetti scored 129 points vs Nava’s 98. Lorenzo was quite aggressive to blast 57 winners.

Talking about serving, Musetti recorded 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Lorenzo Musetti was extremely efficient on serve to win 78% (57/73) of his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Lorenzo broke Nava 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).

Lorenzo’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Antalya Challenger and the Biella 2 Challenger.

Lorenzo has an overall 31-21 win-loss record in 2021, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Lorenzo has never competed in this tournament before.

U.S. Open
Musetti's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Opelka
L.Musetti
2h:13
2h:13
Time on court​
2h:31
2h:31
!
2h:13
2h:13
Last match​
!
2h:31
2h:31
1
1
Match played
1
1
33
33
Games Played​
39
39
3
3
Set played​​
4
4
111
111
Total points​
129
129
111
111
Avg point​
129
129
59
59
Winners
57
57
59
59
Avg Winners​
57
57
53%
53%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
33
33
Aces
6
6
!
33
33
Avg Aces
6
6
6
6
Double Faults
5
5
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
5
5
59/71
59/71
1st won total​
57/73
57/73
!
83%
83%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
15/30
15/30
2nd won total​
22/41
22/41
50%
50%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
BP won
7/12
7/12
2/4
2/4
Avg BP won
7/12
7/12
50%
50%
Won
!
58%
58%
2
2
Conceded
3
3
2
2
Avg Conceded
3
3
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2
2
2
2
Saved
1
1
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Opelka Musetti
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 4
Tot Games 33 39
Pts 111-93 129-98
Total Points 204 227
Winners 59 57
%Winners 53% 44%

Both Opelka and Musetti played 1 match. At the moment, Lorenzo Musetti lost 1 set while Reilly Opelka hasn’t lost a set so far. Opelka has played 1 set(s) less than Musetti (3 vs 4). Therefore, Opelka played 6 games less than Musetti. Reilly scored 59 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Musetti recorded 57 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Opelka Musetti
Aces 33 6
Avg per match 33 6
1st in 71/101 73/114
%1st in 70% 64%
1st pts 59/71 57/73
%1st pts 83% 78%
2nd pts 15/30 22/41
%2nd pts 50% 54%

Opelka made 33 aces . Musetti managed to score 6 aces . Opelka won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Musetti won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Opelka Musetti
Won 2 7
Converted 2/4 7/12
% Converted 50% 58%
Conceded 2 3
Saved 2 1
% Saved 100% 33%
Times Broken 0 2

The American broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Opelka quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Musetti broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Opelka
R1
Kwon		 Total
Score 7-63 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 33 33
pts 111-93 111-93
Total points 204 204
Winners 59 59
%Winners 53% 53%
SERVE
Aces 33 33
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 71/101 71/101
% 1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 59/71 59/71
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 15/30 15/30
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/4 2/4
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Musetti
R1
Nava		 Total
Score 6-75 6-4 6-1 6-3
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 39 39
pts 129-98 129-98
Total points 227 227
Winners 57 57
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 73/114 73/114
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 57/73 57/73
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 22/41 22/41
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/12 7/12
Converted % 58% 58%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 1/3 1
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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