Learner Tien prevails over Opelka in the 1st round to clash vs Machac at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Tien dispatches Opelka to compete against Tomas Machac in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction-and-head-to-head-Learner-Tien-vs-Reilly-Opelka

Learner Tien wins against Reilly Opelka 6-4 7-6(11) in the 1st round in Rome on Thursday in what was an all-American clash. Tien will fight against Tomas Machac in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes.

Tien
Rome
Tien's Record

Tien added to his prize money € 10,075 after winning this match. He has already won € 30,895 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tien will add € 22,030 to his earnings to get in total € 52,925 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tien
Opelka
Learner Tien
6-4 7-611
1h:48
Reilly Opelka
82
82
Total points
71
71
29
29
Winners
33
33
35%
35%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
5
5
6
6
Double Faults
4
4
49%
49%
1st in
61%
61%
81%
81%
1st won
67%
67%
29/36
29/36
1st won
33/49
33/49
59%
59%
2nd won
52%
52%
22/37
22/37
2nd won
16/31
16/31
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
2/6
2/6
43%
43%
Won
33%
33%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Tien scored 82 points vs. Reilly’s 71.

Tien

Learner served pretty well to win 81% of the points (29/36) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (22/37) on his second serve. Tien won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Opelka

On the other side, Reilly was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Learner Tien vs. Tomas Machac – stats

Tien will come up against Machac in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Learner Tien and Tomas Machac face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Machac (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Machac won 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in Acapulco back in February 2025.

Learner Tien Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Tien 6-4
TienOpelka
6
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
TienOpelka
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
TienOpelka
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
TienOpelka
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
TienOpelka
3
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
TienOpelka
2
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
TienOpelka
2
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
TienOpelka
1
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
TienOpelka
1
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
TienOpelka
0
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
TienOpelka
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40

Tien had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Reilly Opelka in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Tien succeeded in coming back to break Reilly in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Learner failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.

Reilly was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.

Learner converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 8th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Opelka converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (3-6 15-40).

They played 58 points. Tien was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Reilly (31-27). Tien surrendered 11 points on serve (19-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Reilly conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).

2nd Set -
Tien 7-6
TienOpelka
7
6
T
1
0
O
2
0
O
3
0
T
4
0
T
5
0
O
5
1
O
5
2
T
5
3
T
5
4
O
5
5
O
5
6
T
6
6
T
7
6
O
7
7
O
7
8
T
8
8
T
9
8
O
9
9
O
9
10
T
10
10
T
11
10
O
11
11
O
12
11
T
13
11
TienOpelka
6
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
TienOpelka
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
TienOpelka
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
TienOpelka
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
TienOpelka
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
TienOpelka
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
TienOpelka
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
TienOpelka
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
TienOpelka
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
TienOpelka
1
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
TienOpelka
0
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A

Tien conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Reilly Opelka in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was enough for Tien to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Reilly was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from to .

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

They played 0 points. This set was so close that, Learner won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Tien was untouchable on serve to drop not even a single point during his serving games (0-0). On the losing side, Reilly conceded 0 points on serve (0-0).

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

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