Opelka tops Anderson in the 1st round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Opelka aces Anderson to compete against Dominik Koepfer in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Reilly Opelka vs. Kevin Anderson

Reilly Opelka gets by Kevin Anderson 6-3 6-4 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Opelka will face off with Dominik Koepfer in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes. This run will match his best result in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.

Opelka
Melbourne
Opelka's Record

Opelka added to his prize money $ 50,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 140,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Reilly will add $ 40,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

Highlights Reilly Opelka vs. Kevin Anderson Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Opelka
Anderson
Reilly Opelka
6-3 6-4 7-63
1h:44
Kevin Anderson
92
92
Total points
67
67
51
51
Winners
44
44
55%
55%
Ratio Winners
66%
66%
19
19
Unforced
18
18
51%
51%
Ratio Unforced
49%
49%
5/9
5/9
Net Approaches
18/27
18/27
56%
56%
Perc
67%
67%
-- Serve --
23
23
Aces
11
11
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
74%
74%
1st in
64%
64%
91%
91%
1st won
83%
83%
51/56
51/56
1st won
44/53
44/53
90%
90%
2nd won
53%
53%
18/20
18/20
2nd won
16/30
16/30
222
222
Fastest serve
208
208
203
203
AVG 1st Serve
191
191
167
167
AVG 2nd Serve
170
170
-- Break Points --
2/3
2/3
Total
0/0
0/0
67%
67%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 92 points vs. Anderson’s 67.

Opelka

Reilly served pretty well to win 91% of the points (51/56) behind his first serve, and he won 90% points (18/20) on his second serve. Reilly fired 23 aces without committing any double fault. Opelka was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (2/3).

Anderson

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

After this match, the head to head between Opelka and Anderson is 2-0 for Reilly.

Draw and next match H2H: Reilly Opelka vs. Dominik Koepfer – stats

Opelka will compete against Koepfer in the 2nd round.

This will be the 7th time that Reilly Opelka and Dominik Koepfer square off. The head to head is 3-3 for Opelka and Koepfer (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Koepfer won 6-4 6-4 7-62 in the 2nd round in New York back in 2019.

Reilly Opelka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Reilly conquered in the 4th game (3-1) just before eventually conquering the set (6-3).

Opelka converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Opelka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 42 points. Opelka conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Anderson (27-15). Reilly was just too good on serve to concede just 1 point during his serving games (20-1). on the other side of the net, the South african conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).

2nd Set -
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Opelka took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Kevin Anderson in the 1st game (1-0). That break was enough for Opelka to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.

They contested 50 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than Kevin (32-18). Reilly was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (20-2). On the losing side, Kevin conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).

3rd Set -
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Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Opelka won the breaker at 7-3.

Tiebreak

Reilly won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point.

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

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Furthermore, on the other side, Opelka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 68 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Kevin (36-32). Opelka was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (28-4). Regarding the other side of the net, the South african conceded 8 points on serve (28-8).

 

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