LIVE UPDATES. Lorenzo Musetti overcomes Opelka in the 1st round at the U.S. Open – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Musetti gets the better of Opelka to come up against Unknown Player in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Musetti vs. Reilly Opelka

Lorenzo Musetti hustles Reilly Opelka 7-6(3) 1-6 6-1 7-5 in the 1st round in New York on Monday. Musetti will fight against Unknown Player in the 2nd round. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Musetti's Record

Musetti added to his prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 140,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add $ 75,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 215,000 in total.

After this encounter, the head to head between Musetti and Opelka is 2-3 for Reilly.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, the Italian won the tiebreak at 7-3.

The Italian missed the chance to break the American in the 6th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Tiebreak

The Italian won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Reilly won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3) and 8th (3-5) point.

Musetti won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

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

Lorenzo was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Musetti didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 87 points. Musetti won 7 points more than the American (47-40). Lorenzo conceded 8 points on serve (29-8). In addition, on the other side, Reilly conceded 18 points on serve (32-18).

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Reilly was far too good to drop just 1 game before breaking the Italian 2 times and win the set 6-1.

The Italian was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Opelka was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 47 points. The American won 13 more points than Musetti (30-17). The American surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, Musetti conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).

3rd Set -
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Musetti had a strong start of this set after breaking Reilly Opelka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Lorenzo reinforced his lead after breaking Opelka in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Certainly, a key moment was when Lorenzo won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Musetti converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 4th game (3-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Musetti didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 39 points. Lorenzo was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than the American (27-12). Lorenzo was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).

4th Set -
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Musetti conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Reilly Opelka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, Lorenzo was not done to come back to break Opelka in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

Opelka lost the 9th game (4-5) when he was serving and leading 40-0. Reilly was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-5 to 7-5.

Musetti converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th (3-5 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). Also, on the other side, the American converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd game (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 76 points. The Italian was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Reilly (43-33). Lorenzo dropped 10 points on serve (23-10). On the other side, Reilly conceded 20 points on serve (23-20).

1st
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2nd
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1-6
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3rd
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4th
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