During an interview last week with an American standout tennis player named Reilly Opelka, I asked the towering 21-year-old to clarify his height. Is he 6’11”, as he is officially classified on the ...

Carlos Alcaraz — with a new buzz cut — was a buzzsaw against Reilly Opelka, cutting down the huge American 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in the first round of the U.S. Open. As it turns out, the close-cropped look ...

Reilly Opelka is coming in strong in the new season! The American, who has been eyeing his next title since 2022, kicked off at the Brisbane International. He took down Dane Sweeny in his opening ...

BRISBANE – Novak Djokovic was beaten 7-6 (6), 6-3 by big-serving Reilly Opelka in the Brisbane International quarterfinals on Friday. The 37-year-old Djokovic was playing his first tournament of the ...

BOCA RATON — Reilly Opelka was back at the Delray Beach Open for the first time since 2022. You can’t miss him. The Boca Raton resident is 6-foot-11 with a beard as big as Honest Abe's and a serve as ...

Reilly Opelka is as tall as six feet 11 inches and is known to hit serves as fast as 140 mph. The four-time ATP tour-level champion played his last ATP tour-level match in August of 2022 against Nick ...

Reilly Opelka was uncertain he’d play an ATP match again on grass – like he did Monday at Newport, Rhode Island’s Hall of Fame Open. In fact, Opelka wasn’t sure he’d ever play an ATP tournament on ...

Reilly Opelka happily shook his racket as he glided toward the net, waved to the crowd at Court 17 and smiled broadly. The highest-ranked American man at the U.S. Open was within one win of his best ...

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Reilly Opelka likes to joke that he’s a “servebot,” one of several huge-serving big men in men’s tennis who automatically pounds out aces in the 130-mph range and is fundamentally boring to watch ...

BRISBANE, Australia — Novak Djokovic was beaten 7-6 (6), 6-3 by big-serving Reilly Opelka in the Brisbane International quarterfinals on Friday. The 37-year-old Djokovic was playing his first ...