Who Will Win: Opelka Vs Musetti? Prediction For ATP Us Open 2024

What Time Will Reilly Opelka Play Against Lorenzo Musetti?

Opelka and Musetti are on the Day 1 Schedule at Us Open 2024 on Monday 26 August 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

[PR] Reilly Opelka (USA) and [18] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) have faced each other three times before, with Opelka leading the head-to-head 3-0. The first match took place at the 2021 ATP Masters 1000 Rome on clay, where Opelka defeated Musetti 6-4 6-4. The second match happened at the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells on hardcourt, with Opelka winning 6-1 6-4.

Reilly Opelka has had notable achievements in his career. He became the former Wimbledon junior champion and ranked as the No. 1 American player in June 2021. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 17 in February 2022 before undergoing hip surgery. Opelka returned to the ATP Tour in July 2024.

Opelka won his fourth ATP 250 title on American soil at the 2022 Houston, defeating Isner 7-6(7) 7-6(22). He also won the longest tiebreak in ATP Tour history during the 2022 Dallas tournament. In the 2020 Delray Beach, Opelka saved a match point against Raonic and went on to win the title after defeating Nishioka on the same day. He also saved six match points against Isner and hit 43 aces in the semifinals of the 2019 New York tournament, eventually winning his first title by

hitting 43 more aces against Schnur in the final. Opelka’s biggest career win came at the 2021 Toronto, where he upset No. 3 Tsitsipas to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 final.

Lorenzo Musetti, a former World No. 1 junior, broke into the Top 20 in January 2023 and achieved a career-high ranking of No. 15 in June. He had a successful 2022 season with a personal-best of 34 wins. Musetti won the 2022 Hamburg final against Alcaraz at the age of 20, marking the youngest ATP Tour final since the 2005 Bastad. He had a notable victory at the 2023 Monte-Carlo, defeating Nardi 6-0 6-0 in the second round and upsetting No. 1 Djokovic in the third round to reach his second ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal. Musetti also upset defending champion Zverev on his way to winning the bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, earning Italy’s first Olympic singles medal in the Open Era. He won his second ATP title at the 2022 Naples, defeating Berrettini in the final on home soil.

In addition, Musetti became the first player born in 2002 to win an ATP Tour match at the 2020 Rome tournament.

The match between Opelka and Musetti will take place on Court 8.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Opelka will win.
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