Houston Claycourt Championships 2022: Reilly Opelka vs Gijs Brouwer Prediction, Head-to-Head, Preview, and Live Stream Details

Reilly Opelka vs Gijs Brouwer

The American tennis player Reilly Opelka is likely to exhibit prominence as he takes on the 26- year old dutch, Gijs Brouwer in the quarterfinals at the U.S. men’s clay court championship on Friday.

Reilly Opelka vs Gijs Brouwer: Match Details

Fixture: (3) Reilly Opelka vs Gijs Brouwer.
Date: 8 April 2022
Tournament: U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships 2022.
Round: Quarterfinals.
Venue: Houston, Texas, USA.
Category: ATP 250.
Surface: Clay.
Prize money: $665,330.

Reilly Opelka vs Gijs Brouwer: Preview

Opelka is said to have presented a number of sturdy performances up until now this season. The 6’11’’ American had entered the semifinals in Sydney before undertaking a successful title-winning campaign in Dallas. He then continued to reach the final in Delray Beach but was unable to take over Norrie in the encounter.

The world number 18 was taken over by the 21-time grand slam winner Rafael Nadal in the fourth round at the Indian wells.his journey at the Miami Open was cut short due to a right shoulder injury which made him withdraw from his round against Francisco Cerundolo in the opening match. The player is yet to fully recover from the injury and admittedly still feels discomfort while serving. In the second round at Houston on Sunday, the American dug deep to win against Mitchell Krueger in the second round.

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On the other hand, Gijs Brouwer has never played in a tour-level match until arriving in Houston this week. the dutch has achieved a career-high ranking of 339 at the ATP challenger circuit and ITF futures events. Yet he has pushed himself up this week in the city of his birth. Brouwer knocked out the top seed and the seventh seed before taking over Feliciano Lopez and wolf in the main draw.

Reilly Opelka vs Gijs Brouwer: Head-to-Head

Brouwer and Opelka have never come face to face, hence their head to head is at 0-0

Reilly Opelka vs Gijs Brouwer: Prediction

Despite his injury in the shoulders, Opelka did his best to beat Krueger in Houston at the opening match. He delivered terrifying serves on his way to a three-set win. Although it was not his cleanest of performances, he had numerous hiccups at the match where he managed to come up with goods on the big points after losing the first set.

On the contrary, Brouwer had some powerful moves in Houston. In his encounter with Wolf in the second round, he landed the majority of his first serves and saved three of the breakpoints he confronted.

There will be a lot of propulsion in the contest. There are high chances for Opelka to dominate the contest if he finds the spots of the browser with his serve and enormous forehand. This could be too intense for the 26-year old dutch.

Prediction: Reilly Opelka to win in three sets.