Reilly Opelka stuns Novak Djokovic 7-6(6) 6-3 in the quarter in Brisbane on Friday. Opelka will seek to keep on going in this event against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 14,370 after winning this match. He has already won $ 33,055 as of now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Reilly will add $ 23,525 to his earnings to get in total $ 56,580.
Highlights Reilly Opelka vs. Novak Djokovic Brisbane International – Brisbane
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Reilly scored 74 points vs. the Serbian’s 63.
Opelka
The American served extremely well to win 78% of the points (38/49) behind his first serve, and he won 87% points (13/15) on his second serve. Reilly struck 16 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Reilly won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 20% (1/5) of the procured opportunities.
Djokovic
On the other side, Novak wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Opelka and Djokovic is 1-0 for Reilly.
Draw and next match H2H: Reilly Opelka vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard – stats
Opelka will fight against Mpetshi Perricard in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Reilly Opelka and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-1 2-1 ret.)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 6-4)
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (7-66 6-3)
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Jakub MensikMensik (7-5 7-65)
Upcoming matches
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (2-1) – H2H details and stats