Reilly Opelka shocks Constant Lestienne 6-1 2-6 7-6(2) in the 1st round in Newport on Monday. Opelka will face off with Adrian Mannarino in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 5 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2017. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Opelka's Record

Opelka added to his prize money $ 4,515 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 11,610 after this win. If he wins the next match, Reilly will add $ 8,385 to his earnings to get in total $ 19,995 in total.

Highlights Reilly Opelka vs. Constant Lestienne Infosys Hall of Fame Open – Newport

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Opelka
Lestienne
6-1 2-6 7-62
2h:05
91
91
Total points
79
79
42
42
Winners
38
38
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
16
16
Aces
3
3
6
6
Double Faults
3
3
58%
58%
1st in
56%
56%
89%
89%
1st won
76%
76%
42/47
42/47
1st won
38/50
38/50
47%
47%
2nd won
46%
46%
16/34
16/34
2nd won
18/39
18/39
-- Break Points --
2/10
2/10
Total
2/4
2/4
20%
20%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Reilly scored 91 points vs. Constant’s 79.

Opelka

Reilly served extremely well to win 89% of the points (42/47) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 47% points (16/34) on his second serve. Reilly struck 16 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Opelka won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 20% (2/10) of the procured opportunities.

Lestienne

On the other side, the French player was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Reilly Opelka vs. Adrian Mannarino – stats

Opelka will square off with Mannarino in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Reilly Opelka and Adrian Mannarino fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Opelka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Opelka 6-1
OpelkaLestienne
6
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
OpelkaLestienne
6
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
OpelkaLestienne
5
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
OpelkaLestienne
5
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
OpelkaLestienne
4
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
OpelkaLestienne
3
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
OpelkaLestienne
2
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
OpelkaLestienne
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

Opelka conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Constant Lestienne in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Opelka reinforced his lead after breaking Lestienne in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the American won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Reilly converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40). On the other side, Reilly didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 51 points. The American conquered the set after winning 11 points more than the French player (31-20). Opelka conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, the French player conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).

2nd Set -
Lestienne 6-2
LestienneOpelka
6
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
LestienneOpelka
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
LestienneOpelka
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
LestienneOpelka
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
LestienneOpelka
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
LestienneOpelka
3
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
LestienneOpelka
3
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
LestienneOpelka
2
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40

Opelka had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Constant Lestienne in the 2nd

game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Lestienne improved his lead after breaking Reilly in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.

Constant failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.

Lestienne was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the American was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 9th game (1-6 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 48 points. Constant was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Reilly (29-19

). The French player lost 6 points on serve (17-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Opelka conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
3rd Set -
Opelka 7-6
OpelkaLestienne
7
6
L
1
0
O
2
0
O
3
0
L
3
1
L
3
2
O
4
2
O
5
2
L
6
2
L
7
2
OpelkaLestienne
6
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
OpelkaLestienne
5
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
OpelkaLestienne
5
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
OpelkaLestienne
4
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
OpelkaLestienne
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
OpelkaLestienne
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
OpelkaLestienne
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
OpelkaLestienne
2
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
OpelkaLestienne
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
OpelkaLestienne
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
OpelkaLestienne
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. the American had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.

Opelka lost a big opportunity to break Constant in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Tiebreak

Reilly won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point.

The American won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

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

The American was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 71 points. Opelka conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Constant (41-30). Opelka lost 6 points on serve (29-6). On the other side, Lestienne conceded 12 points on serve (24-12).

1st
Opelka
Lestienne
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Opelka
Lestienne
2-6
2
6
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
3rd
Opelka
Lestienne
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1

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