TENNIS FREE BETTING TIP: John Millman vs. Reilly Opelka

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Veteran John Millman unexpectedly found himself in the semifinals of the Delray Beach tournament.

The 32-year-old lost in the first rounds of both tournaments in Adelaide in January and in Dallas. His only win before this tournament came in the first round of the Australian Open against Feliciano Lopez. Millman lost the next match in Melbourne to Alexander Zverev.

Things changed in the right direction for the world no. 91 in Delray Beach. He defeated Maxime Cressy, Marcos Giron and Grigor Dimitrov on his way to the last four.

Millman is 4-4 so far in 2022 after finishing the previous year with 23-27.

Reilly Opelka is ranked no. 20 in the moment which is one spot lower than his career-high. Opelka who is one of the best servers on the tour is 10-3 so far in 2022 and is coming from winning the title in Dallas. He lifted the third trophy of his career after defeating Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Adrian Mannarino, John Isner and Jenson Brooksby.

Previously, Opelka lost in the third round of the Australian Open to Dennis Shapovalov and in Sydney to Andy Murray.

Last season Opelka finished with a 21-23 record and 14-11 on hard surfaces.

Key facts

• John Millman has won in all three matches against Reilly Opelka. All of those three have seen at least one tie-break
• Opelka has played at least one tie break in 11 of 13 matches this season
• Three of last four Millman’s and the last 4 of Opelka’s matches have gone over 22.5 games

Reilly Opelka is a player who serves very well and is very tough for his opponents to break his serve. He is coming into this match as a big favorite despite the fact that he has never defeated Millman in their previous 3 matches. The Australian is a patient player who can hold his serve and wait for the right moment to convert on return. This will be another match which will not see many breaks of serve and the sets will go over 10.5 games. Therefore the safest bet is to play on over 22.5 games on 1.63 odds.

Value Bet

Reilly Opelka to win and total over 23.5 games

3.20

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