Reilly Opelka beat Isner 24-22 in a second-set tiebreaker Saturday to finish a victory that put him in the final of the inaugural Dallas Open. The second-seeded Opelka sent a winner down the line ...
But perhaps there was a more dramatic matchup in recent days — American big men John Isner (6'10") and Reilly Opelka (6'11") took a break from the tennis court to play some one-on-one basketball.
“Every tennis purist’s dream clay court final,” Reilly Opelka tweeted before his title match against John Isner in Houston on Sunday. Anyone who follows tennis understood that Opelka had his ...
ATLANTA (AP) Three-time defending champion John Isner won the tallest matchup in ATP World Tour history, beating Reilly Opelka 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday in the BB&T Atlanta Open semifinals.
John Isner, Ivo Karlovic and Reilly Opelka are all standing tall this week in Memphis, with all three appearing in the second round. It isn’t too often that you can find a tennis player taller ...
Opelka has won 83.4% of his service games in the past 12 months, and 10.6% on return. Opelka is 272nd in break points won on all surfaces in the past year, converting 15 of 57 (26.3%).
Opelka also has unexpected foot speed. For the doubters out there, he would like everyone to know that he once outran the speedy Tommy Paul in a 40-yard-dash. Isner is listed at 6’10” but ...
Reilly Opelka claimed his only win of the 2023 season at the Charlottesville Challenger. A year later, the American is back ...
Opelka underwent surgery on his hip and his wrists which kept him out of action for such a long time. Making a comeback after having gone through multiple surgeries is never an easy task, but ...
In the Rolex Shanghai Masters Round of 128 on Monday, we have a matchup of No. 60-ranked Arthur Rinderknech versus No. 307 Reilly Opelka. Opelka’s most recent action was on September 26 ...
Four Americans are into the ATP Newport semifinals for the first time since 1995 as Marcos Giron takes on Christopher Eubanks and Reilly Opelka squares off against Alex Michelsen. As always ...
NEW YORK (AP) John Isner beat fellow American Robby Ginepri in straight sets Friday to reach the third round at the U.S. Open for the third straight year. The 28th-seeded Isner won 6-4 ...