Reilly Opelka upsets Daniil Medvedev in ‘s-Hertogenbosch after double fault catastrophe | ATP Tour

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Opelka upsets Medvedev in ‘s-Hertogenbosch after double fault catastrophe

Diallo units Humbert semi-final at grass-court ATP 250

June 13, 2025

Reilly Opelka summoned his finest serving efficiency of the 12 months on Friday on the Libema Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the place he upset prime seed Daniil Medvedev 7-6(5), 7-6(5) to succeed in the semi-finals.

The 27-year-old American slammed 24 aces — probably the most he has hit in a best-of-three set match in 2025 — through the one-hour, 36-minute conflict. Within the second-set tie-break, Medvedev led 4/1, however he fired three double faults in his subsequent three service factors to bow out.

“It’s been a very good serving week, particularly at present,” mentioned Opelka, who’s 2-4 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence with Medvedev. “When it’s scorching like this, the court docket begins to bounce much more and react extra to the completely different spins on my serve. Medvedev has been among the best gamers on the planet the previous 5 years, so to get by way of him is a good win.

“His double faults on the finish have been due to my serve. The stress that I placed on him after serving so properly and persistently is what induced the three double faults on the finish of the tie-break.”

 

Having misplaced to Estonian Mark Lajal within the ultimate spherical of qualifying, Opelka is the second fortunate loser to advance to the ‘s-Hertogenbosch semi-finals after Rinky Hijikata in 2023. The American will subsequent face Zizou Bergs for a spot within the championship match, after the Belgian edged Lajal 7-6(2), 7-6(4) to advance to the third ATP Tour semi-final of each his profession and his 2025 season (Auckland, Marseille).

Ben Shelton has climbed to No. 10 within the PIF ATP Stay Rankings by defeating Jiri Lehecka within the Stuttgart quarter-finals, and Medvedev will subsequently drop outdoors of the High 10 on Monday.

Within the different half of the attract ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Gabriel Diallo delivered a press release by upsetting third seed Karen Khachanov 7-6(6), 6-4 to succeed in his second ATP Tour semi-final. The 23-year-old Canadian, who’s up seven spots to No. 48 within the PIF ATP Stay Rankings, will debut contained in the High 50 on Monday.

Previous to this week, Diallo was but to earn a tour-level win on grass, however has since proven a sure pedigree on the floor. He saved two match factors to defeat two-time ‘s-Hertogenbosch finalist Jordan Thompson, and fired 19 aces throughout his one-hour, 52-minute win in opposition to Khachanov.

Chasing a spot in his second ATP Tour ultimate (Almaty 2024), Diallo will face second seed Ugo Humbert, who produced a scientific show to defeat Nuno Borges 6-1, 6-4 in simply 67 minutes. Fired up from the outset, the Frenchman didn’t face a break level, based on Infosys ATP Stats, en path to incomes consecutive wins at an occasion for the primary time since claiming his seventh ATP Tour title in Marseille in February.