Reilly Opelka victorious over Sebastian Baez 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Basel on Tuesday. Opelka will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Jiri Lehecka
or Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.The American added to his prize money € 17,220 after conquering this match. He has already won € 36,900 after this win. If he wins the next match, Reilly will add € 32,225 to his earnings to get in total € 69,125 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Reilly scored 67 points vs. Baez’s 50.
Opelka
Opelka served very well to win 86% of the points (37/43) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (5/8) on his second serve. Opelka struck 19 aces without committing any double fault. Opelka won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.
Baez
On the other side, Baez wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Opelka and Baez is 1-0 for Reilly.
Draw and next match H2H: Reilly Opelka vs. Jiri Lehecka or Botic Van De Zandschulp – stats
Opelka will come up against either Jiri Lehecka or Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-1 vs. Jiri Lehecka and 1-1 vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp.
Tennis Scores in Basel
- Marin CilicCilic – David GoffinGoffin (7-69 7-5)
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-1 7-63)
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Raphael CollignonCollignon (6-4 7-65)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Marcos GironGiron (6-73 6-0 7-64)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-72 6-3 7-67)
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4)
- Joao FonsecaFonseca – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (7-66 6-3)
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 6-3)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-62 6-4)
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Remy BertolaBertola (6-2 6-4)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Henry BernetBernet (7-61 6-77 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Quentin HalysHalys (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-1) – H2H details and stats