Francisco Comesana dispatches Reilly Opelka 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati on Tuesday. Comesana will play Andrey Rublev in the 4th round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 8 minutes.
Francisco added to his prize money $ 42,825 after winning this match. He has already won $ 103,225 after this win. If he wins the next match, Francisco will add $ 85,850 to his earnings to get in total $ 189,075 in total.
Highlights Francisco Comesana vs. Reilly Opelka Cincinnati Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Argentine scored 117 points vs. Reilly’s 109.
Comesana
Comesana served very well to win 76% of the points (45/59) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (25/44) on his second serve. Francisco struck 15 aces and he committed 6 double faults. The Argentine won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.
Opelka
On the other side, Reilly had some problems converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Comesana and Opelka is 1-0 for Francisco.
Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Comesana vs. Andrey Rublev – stats
Comesana will face Rublev in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Francisco Comesana and Andrey Rublev face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Comesana (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Reilly won the set after he broke the Argentine in the 11th (6-5) game. Francisco tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 12th (6-6) game. Anyhow, Opelka managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 7-6.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.
Opelka was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 0-40). On the other side, Francisco was unerring in converting all his break points in the 10th (5-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 88 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Reilly won just 2 points more than the Argentine (45-43). The American surrendered 22 points on serve (36-22). In addition, on the other side, the Argentine conceded 9 points on serve (21-9).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Argentine clinched in the 7th
game (4-3) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).Francisco converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Argentine didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 70 points. Comesana was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Reilly (39-31). Francisco conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). On the other side, Opelka conceded 19 points on serve (25-19
).The Argentine won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Argentine broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.
Francisco converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the American converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 68 points. Comesana was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Opelka (36-32). The Argentine dropped 17 points on serve (25-17). In addition, on the other side, Reilly conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
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- Holger RuneRune – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-64 6-3)
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