REELY OPELKA
Reilly Opelka surprised Wimbledon with a win of five marathon sets over former world number three and favorite Stan Wawrinka.
Opelka has broken his Grand Slam record with this third round match because the best before was the second round at the Australian Open.
The 21-year-old Opelka will be very happy with his performance against Wawrinka but he must call for an effort that made him beat John Isner on his journey to win the New York Open in February to combat the similar style of Milos Raonic.
MILOS RAONIC
Milos Raonic scored 31 shocking aces on his way to a fairly easy three-set victory over Robin Haase in the second round.
Raonic reappeared to his best and while he had never faced his next opponent Reilly Opelka before now, he defeated fellow big server Sam Querrey at Indian Wells.
The Canadian retired before he could play Felix Auger-Aliassime in Stuttgart and lost to champions Queen Feliciano Lopez in three sets, and he had to expect to reach the last eight at Wimbledon.
atchup
Seeing style battles, you might think this is just a big service clash. But these two people have more to offer than their service. Anyone who watches Opelka play in a number of matches, knows what I'm talking about. He is very solid from behind the baseline. It has good timing on both wings, which allows him to take the ball while riding and hit it very flat which is always difficult to handle on the grass. He also knew how to build a point, keep the ball low and move towards the goal and use large wide wings to make the opponent's troubled passing kick. Raonic is a little less versatile in my opinion. He relied more on his service and was very dependent on the 1-2 punch that followed him.
Bet & prediction opportunities
That's why I think he will have a lot of problems with Opelka in this matter. They both have large services that are not easily broken, while Raonic has little or no advantage in other areas of the game. With everything said, I have no choice but to ask for annoyance in this matter. Opelka opens as an underdog 3 to 1 and bets around +250, which in my opinion still offers a lot of value.