LIVE UPDATES. Lorenzo Musetti gets the better of Opelka in the 1st round – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Musetti bests Opelka to fight against Unknown Player in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Lorenzo Musetti aces Reilly Opelka 7-6(3) 1-6 6-1 7-5 in the 1st round in New York on Monday. Musetti will have to play Unknown Player in the 2nd round. His best 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 conquering 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 match, the head to head between Musetti and Opelka is 2-3 for Reilly.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Lorenzo won the breaker at 7-3.

Lorenzo missed the chance to break Reilly 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.

The Italian 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

The Italian 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, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 87 points. The Italian won 7 more points than Opelka (47-40). Musetti dropped 8 points on serve (29-8). On the losing side, Reilly conceded 18 points on serve (32-18).

2nd Set -
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Opelka was too strong to concede just 1 game before breaking Musetti 2 times and win the set 6-1.

The Italian was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Reilly was flawless 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, Reilly didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 47 points. Reilly was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Lorenzo (30-17). The American dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).

3rd Set -
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Musetti took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Reilly Opelka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Lorenzo extended his lead after breaking Opelka in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A defining moment of this set was when Musetti won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Lorenzo 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 played 39 points. Lorenzo was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than the American (27-12). Musetti was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).

4th Set -
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Musetti conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Reilly Opelka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, Musetti was not done to come back to break Reilly 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 had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve. Reilly had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-5 to 7-5.

Lorenzo 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). Moreover, on the other side, Reilly 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 contested 76 points. Musetti conquered the set after winning 10 points more than the American (43-33). Musetti dropped 10 points on serve (23-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 20 points on serve (23-20).

1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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