Cincinnati Open Round 1: Shelton vs Opelka

Round 1 at the Cincinnati Open would see a pair of American vs American matchups. The first of these was the former NCAA division 1 champion Ben Shelton, facing off with the 6'11" Reilly Opelka. It was a match that featured serves reaching as high as 139 mph, as well as quick points. In the end Shelton would topple the giant Opelka in back-to-back tiebreakers 7-6(3), 7-6(3).

Shelton will play the winner of the Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs Matteo Arnaldi match.

Check out photos from this match below.