Reilly Opelka stuns Arnaldi in the 2nd round to set up a clash vs Djokovic. HIGHLIGHTS – BRISBANE RESULTS

BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL - BRISBANE DRAW AND RESULTS. Opelka surprises Arnaldi to face Novak Djokovic in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Reilly Opelka shocks Matteo Arnaldi 7-6(9) 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Brisbane on Thursday. Opelka will play against Novak Djokovic in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2019. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Opelka
Brisbane
Opelka's Record

Opelka added to his prize money $ 7,730 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 18,685 after this win. If he wins the next match, Opelka will add $ 14,370 to his earnings to get in total $ 33,055 in total.

Highlights Reilly Opelka vs. Matteo Arnaldi Brisbane International – Brisbane

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Opelka
Arnaldi
Reilly Opelka
7-69 7-64
1h:56
Matteo Arnaldi
82
82
Total points
79
79
49
49
Winners
34
34
60%
60%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
25
25
Aces
8
8
6
6
Double Faults
2
2
67%
67%
1st in
53%
53%
84%
84%
1st won
85%
85%
49/58
49/58
1st won
34/40
34/40
46%
46%
2nd won
60%
60%
13/28
13/28
2nd won
21/35
21/35
-- Break Points --
1/2
1/2
Total
1/2
1/2
50%
50%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Reilly scored 82 points vs. Matteo’s 79.

Opelka

Opelka served extremely well to win 84% of the points (49/58) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 46% points (13/28) on his second serve. The American blasted 25 aces and he committed 6 double faults. The American was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (1/2).

Arnaldi

On the other side, the Italian was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Opelka and Arnaldi is 1-0 for Reilly.

Draw and next match H2H: Reilly Opelka vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

Opelka will square off with Djokovic in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Reilly Opelka and Novak Djokovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Reilly Opelka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Opelka 7-6
OpelkaArnaldi
7
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
OpelkaArnaldi
7
6
1
0
1
1
2
1
3
1
3
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3
3
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4
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4
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6
7
7
7
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8
8
9
8
9
9
10
9
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6
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
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6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
OpelkaArnaldi
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
OpelkaArnaldi
5
4
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15
0
30
15
30
30
30
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30
40
40
40
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40
40
A
40
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4
4
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0
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0
40
0
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3
4
0
15
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30
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40
A
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3
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A
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3
2
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15
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2
0
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0
30
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40
OpelkaArnaldi
2
1
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0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
OpelkaArnaldi
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
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40
OpelkaArnaldi
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Reilly clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, The American broke back in the 8th (4-4) game to conquer the set 7-6.

The American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Arnaldi converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A).

They contested 97 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the American won barely 1 point more than the Italian (49-48). The American conceded 13 points on serve (25-13). on the other side of the net, Arnaldi conceded 24 points on serve (35-24).

2nd Set -
Opelka 7-6
OpelkaArnaldi
7
6
A
0
1
O
1
1
O
2
1
A
3
1
A
3
2
O
4
2
O
5
2
A
6
2
A
6
3
O
6
4
O
7
4
OpelkaArnaldi
6
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
OpelkaArnaldi
5
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
OpelkaArnaldi
5
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
OpelkaArnaldi
4
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
OpelkaArnaldi
4
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
OpelkaArnaldi
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
OpelkaArnaldi
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
OpelkaArnaldi
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
OpelkaArnaldi
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
OpelkaArnaldi
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
OpelkaArnaldi
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, the American won the tiebreak at 7-4.

Tiebreak

The American won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 8th (6-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Matteo won a minibreak in the 10th (4-6) point.

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

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

They contested 64 points. It’s worth to point out that, Reilly won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the Italian (31-33). The American surrendered 10 points on serve (28-10). On the losing side, Arnaldi conceded 3 points on serve (23-3).

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