Reilly Opelka outlasts John Millman 7-6(8) 6-7(3) 7-6(4) in the semifinal in Delray Beach on Saturday after winning a huge battle. Opelka will face Cameron Norrie in the final. The epic lasted exactly 3 hours. Reilly won this tournament once in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Opelka added to his prize money $ 21,710 after winning this match. He has won already $ 52,690 after this win. If he wins the next match, Reilly will add $ 37,640 to his earnings to get in total $ 90,330 in total.
Highlights Reilly Opelka vs. John Millman Delray Beach Open – Delray Beach
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:00
At the end of the match, Reilly scored 130 points vs. Millman’s 116.
Opelka
The American served very well to win 82% of the points (60/73) behind his first serve, and he won 75% points (27/36) on his second serve. Reilly struck 16 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Reilly won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 10% (1/10) of the procured opportunities.
Millman
On the other side, Millman didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Opelka and Millman is 1-3 for John.
Draw and next match H2H: Reilly Opelka vs. Cameron Norrie – stats
Opelka will fight against Norrie in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Reilly Opelka and Cameron Norrie clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Norrie (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Norrie won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in USA F21 back in 2016.
Live score progression and stats
Opelka started the set in the best possible way after breaking John Millman in the 1st game (1-0). However, that was not enough for the American to win the set because John managed to break back in the 8th (4-4) game. The American kept his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 8.
Tiebreak
Opelka won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, John won a minibreak in the 6th (3-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
Opelka converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). Opelka saved 2 set points when he was 4-5 and 6-7 down. In addition on the other side, Millman converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 89 points. Opelka won 9 more points than John (49-40). Opelka lost 8 points on serve (29-8). on the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 20 points on serve (32-20).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the Australian won the breaker at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Millman won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Reilly won a minibreak in the 2nd (1-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the American was on the money in converting all his break points in the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 84 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Australian won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Opelka (41-43). The Australian conceded 15 points on serve (32-15). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 9 points on serve (28-9).
Also throughout this set, nothing could divide these 2 players and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Opelka won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Reilly won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Reilly was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 73 points. Reilly conquered the set after winning 5 points more than John (39-34). Opelka dropped 5 points on serve (30-5). On the losing side, John conceded 9 points on serve (29-9).
Tennis Scores in Delray Beach
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – John MillmanMillman (7-68 6-73 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Tommy PaulPaul (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (1-1) – H2H details and stats
