Reilly Opelka upsets Daniil Medvedev 7-6(5) 7-6(5) in the quarter in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Friday. Opelka will engage against Zizou Bergs in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes.
Reilly added to his prize money € 15,505 after conquering this match. He has already won € 36,870 so far in this event. If he wins the next match, the American will add € 25,850 to his earnings to get in total € 62,720.
Highlights Reilly Opelka vs. Daniil Medvedev Libema Open – ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:36
At the end of the match, Reilly scored 80 points vs. Daniil’s 75.
Opelka
Reilly served very well to win 84% of the points (47/56) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (13/22) on his second serve. The American blasted 24 aces without committing any double fault. Opelka wasn’t able to conquer any break point to conquer the match only at the breakers.
Medvedev
On the other side, Daniil wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Opelka and Medvedev is 2-4 for Daniil.
Draw and next match H2H: Reilly Opelka vs. Zizou Bergs – stats
Opelka will play Bergs in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Reilly Opelka and Zizou Bergs play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bergs (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
Live score progression and stats
The American won the set after he broke Daniil .
Reilly dropped 7 points on serve (25-7). In addition, on the other side, Medvedev conceded 14 points on serve (32-14).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Reilly won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Reilly won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Daniil won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 10th (5-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
They played 76 points. Reilly won 8 more points than Medvedev (42-34). Opelka lost 10 points on serve (31-10). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 11 points on serve (24-11).
Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch
- Zizou BergsBergs – Mark LajalLajal (7-62 7-64)
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-1 6-4)
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-66 6-4)
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-65 7-65)
Upcoming matches
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Zizou BergsBergs (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – H2H details and stats
