
Reilly Opelka stuns Alexander Shevchenko 7-6(3) 6-4 in the 1st round in Dallas on Wednesday. Opelka will face off with Cameron Norrie in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. Reilly won this tournament twice in 2019 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 18,840 after winning this match. He has already won $ 40,365 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 35,250 to his earnings to get in total $ 75,615 in total.
Highlights Reilly Opelka vs. Alexander Shevchenko Dallas Open – Dallas
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 67 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 57.
Opelka
Opelka served pretty well to win 83% of the points (34/41) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (15/22) on his second serve. Opelka fired 18 aces without committing any double fault. Reilly was absolutely great in converting the only break point that he conquered.
Shevchenko
On the other side, Shevchenko wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Opelka and Shevchenko is 1-0 for Reilly.
Draw and next match H2H: Reilly Opelka vs. Cameron Norrie – stats
Opelka will take on Norrie in the 2nd round.
This will be the 5th time that Reilly Opelka and Cameron Norrie square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Norrie (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
The American won the set after he broke the Kazakhstani .
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 played 79 points. It’s worth to point out that, Reilly won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Shevchenko (39-40). Opelka surrendered 8 points on serve (25-8). on the other side of the court, Shevchenko conceded 14 points on serve (32-14).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Opelka conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before finally winning the set (6-4).
Opelka was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the Kazakhstani (27-18). Reilly surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). In addition, on the other side, Shevchenko conceded 7 points on serve (13-7).
Tennis Scores in Dallas
- Taylor FritzFritz – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-4 6-2)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-2 6-2)
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 7-66)
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (7-63 6-4)
- Michael MmohMmoh – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-1 3-6 6-4)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-75 6-3)
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (7-5 6-2)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-76 6-3 6-4)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-3)
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (2-6 7-61 6-1)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Taro DanielDaniel (6-1 3-6 6-4)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Brandon HoltHolt (6-1 7-5)
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-5 6-3)
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Trevor SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-2)
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Casper RuudRuud (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (4-5) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Tomas MachacMachac (1-0) – H2H details and stats





