Lloyd Harris gets by Reilly Opelka 6-7(6) 6-4 6-1 6-3 in the 4th round in New York on Monday. Harris will engage against Alexander Zverev in the quarter. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
The South African added to his prize money $ 160,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 425,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Lloyd will add $ 250,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 675,000 in total.
Highlights Lloyd Harris vs. Reilly Opelka U.S. Open – New York
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After this contest, the head to head between Harris and Opelka is 2-1 for Lloyd.
Draw and next match H2H: Lloyd Harris vs. Alexander Zverev – stats
Harris will take on Zverev in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Lloyd Harris and Alexander Zverev clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Zverev won 7-63 6-2 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in August 2021.
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Reilly won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (2-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game, Opelka broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 8-6.
Tiebreak
Reilly won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (3-3), 10th (5-5) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Harris won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4) and 11th (6-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Opelka saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. On the other side, Harris was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40).
They contested 88 points. It’s worth to point out that, Reilly won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Lloyd (43-45). Opelka surrendered 22 points on serve (34-22). In addition, on the other side, Harris conceded 9 points on serve (23-9).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the South African conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
The South African was unable to break the American in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
They played 66 points. The South African was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the American (37-29). Lloyd lost 9 points on serve (24-9). On the other side, the American conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).
Harris started the set strong after breaking Reilly Opelka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Harris extended his lead after breaking Reilly in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this set was when Harris won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to bring the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Harris converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3
break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 40-A). On the other side, Harris didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They played 39 points. Harris was the winner of the set after clinching 17 points more than Opelka (28-11). Harris was just too good on serve to concede just 1 point during his serving games (16-1). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
Harris didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Reilly Opelka in the 1st game (1-0). Lloyd managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the American in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set.
Harris was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Harris didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 45 points. Lloyd was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Reilly (28-17). The South African was untouchable on serve to drop barely 1 point during his serving games (16-1). On the other side, Opelka conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
Tennis Scores at the Us Open
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-76 6-4 6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Oscar OtteOtte (6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-4 6-4 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Daniel EvansEvans (6-3 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (5-7 6-1 5-7 6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (4-6 6-2 7-66 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 6-4 5-7 5-7 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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