Reilly Opelka wins against Botic Van De Zandschulp 7-6(5) 6-7(7) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Basel on Thursday. Opelka will have to play Taylor Fritz or Ugo Humbert in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Reilly added to his prize money € 32,225 after winning this match. He has already won € 69,125 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add € 66,175 to his earnings to get in total € 135,300 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Opelka scored 61 points vs. Botic’s 57.
Opelka
The American served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (29/38) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (13/21) on his second serve. Opelka struck 16 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Reilly won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities.
Van De Zandschulp
On the other side, Botic wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2
). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.After this match, the head to head between Opelka and Van De Zandschulp is 2-1 for Reilly.
Draw and next match H2H: Reilly Opelka vs. Taylor Fritz or Ugo Humbert – stats
Opelka will square off with either Taylor Fritz or Ugo Humbert in the 3rd
round. The head to head is 1-7 vs. Taylor Fritz and 0-0 vs. Ugo Humbert.Tennis Scores in Basel
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Taylor FritzFritz (6-3 6-4)
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-65 6-77 6-3)
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Marin CilicCilic (7-62 7-62)
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Ben SheltonShelton (6-3 6-4)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Valentin RoyerRoyer (7-63 6-2)
- Casper RuudRuud – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 7-65)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-76 6-4 7-5)
- Joao FonsecaFonseca – Jakub MensikMensik (w/o)
Upcoming matches
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Ugo HumbertHumbert (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (3-2) – H2H details and stats
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (1-1) – H2H details and stats