Benjamin Bonzi wins against Reilly Opelka 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Brussels on Monday. Bonzi will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Sebastian Baez or Valentin Royer in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The French player added to his prize money € 4,825 after winning this match. He has already won € 12,405 after this win. If he wins the next match, Bonzi will add € 8,960 to his earnings to get in total € 21,365 in total.
Highlights Benjamin Bonzi vs. Reilly Opelka European Open – Brussels
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:09
At the end of the match, Bonzi scored 62 points vs. Opelka’s 44.
Bonzi
Bonzi served pretty well to win 89% of the points (31/35) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (11/17) on his second serve. Benjamin didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that he procured (2/3).
Opelka
On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Bonzi and Opelka is 2-1 for Benjamin.
Draw and next match H2H: Benjamin Bonzi vs. Sebastian Baez or Valentin Royer – stats
Bonzi will face either Sebastian Baez or Valentin Royer in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Sebastian Baez and 0-0 vs. Valentin Royer.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Bonzi clinched in the 9th game (5-4) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Opelka was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Bonzi converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 0-40). On the other side, Benjamin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 54 points. Benjamin conquered the set after winning 14 points more than Opelka (34-20). Bonzi was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (20-2). on the other side of the court, Opelka conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Bonzi overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Reilly Opelka in the 2nd game (2-0). Bonzi improved his lead after breaking Reilly before conquering the set (6-4).
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, Benjamin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. The French player won 4 more points than Reilly (28-24). The French player dropped 8 points on serve (22-8). On the losing side, Reilly conceded 6 points on serve (16-6).
Tennis Scores in Brussels
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 6-4)
- Marcos GironGiron – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-4)
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