Reilly Opelka surprises Mpetshi Perricard in the semifinal to set up a battle vs Lehecka at the Brisbane International. HIGHLIGHTS – BRISBANE RESULTS

BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL - BRISBANE DRAW AND RESULTS. Opelka stuns Mpetshi Perricard to square off with Jiri Lehecka in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Reilly Opelka upsets Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-3 7-6(4) in the semifinal in Brisbane on Saturday. Opelka will face Jiri Lehecka in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 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.

Opelka
Brisbane
Opelka's Record

The American added to his prize money $ 23,525 after winning this match. He has already won $ 56,580 after this win. If he wins the next match, Reilly will add $ 40,405 to his earnings to get in total $ 96,985 in total.

Highlights Reilly Opelka vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard Brisbane International – Brisbane

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Opelka
Perricard
Reilly Opelka
6-3 7-64
1h:26
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
73
73
Total points
60
60
38
38
Winners
38
38
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
63%
63%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
10
10
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
70%
70%
1st in
70%
70%
84%
84%
1st won
79%
79%
38/45
38/45
1st won
38/48
38/48
68%
68%
2nd won
43%
43%
13/19
13/19
2nd won
9/21
9/21
-- Break Points --
1/2
1/2
Total
0/4
0/4
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 73 points vs. the French player’s 60.

Opelka

Reilly served very well to win 84% of the points (38/45) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (13/19) on his second serve. The American struck 12 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The American didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (1/2).

Mpetshi Perricard

On the other side, Giovanni wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Reilly Opelka vs. Jiri Lehecka – stats

Opelka will compete against Lehecka in the final.

There is no head to head record between Reilly Opelka and Jiri Lehecka since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Reilly Opelka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

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

Opelka commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for Reilly to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.

Reilly was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A). On the other side, Mpetshi Perricard was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 63 points. The contest during this set was so even that Reilly won barely 1 point more than Giovanni (32-31). Opelka dropped 10 points on serve (22-10). On the other side, Mpetshi Perricard conceded 10 points on serve (21-10).

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

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Opelka won the tiebreak at 7-4.

Tiebreak

Reilly won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Giovanni won a minibreak in the 6th (3-3) point.

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

Reilly wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (3-3 40-A). On the other side, Opelka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 70 points. Opelka was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Mpetshi Perricard (41-29). Reilly was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (29-3). In addition, on the other side, Giovanni conceded 12 points on serve (26-12).

1st
Opelka
Perricard
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Opelka
Perricard
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
 

Tennis Scores in Brisbane

  • Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-3 7-64)
  • Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-4 4-4 ret.)

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