TENNIS SCORES. Opelka stuns Fognini in the 1st round in New York

Reilly Opelka surprises Fabio Fognini 6-3 6-4 6-7⁶ 6-3 in the 1^st round in New York on Monday. Opelka will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Dominik Koepfer in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the American conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Similarly to the 1^st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the American conquered in the 5^th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

Reilly wasted a good opportunity to break Fabio in the 1^st game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

3^rd set.

Opelka was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Fognini in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Fabio found the way to come back to break the American in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 12^th (6-6) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.

4^th set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the American conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Reilly scored 125 points vs. Fabio’s 109 points.

The American served pretty well to win 79% of the points (56/71) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (31/53) on his second serve. The American struck 26 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Opelka won this match even if he was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (5/15). On the other side, the Italian was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 29% of his break points (2/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Opelka and Fognini is 1-0 for Reilly.

Next Match: Reilly Opelka vs. Dominik Koepfer – stats

Opelka will play Koepfer in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Reilly Opelka and Dominik Koepfer since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

The last time that they fought against each other, Opelka won 7-6⁹ 3-6 7-6¹² in the quarter in Dallas Challenger back in February 2019.

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