{"id":420557,"date":"2026-01-20T03:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T03:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/420557\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T03:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T03:03:08","slug":"reilly-opelka-vs-alejandro-davidovich-fokina-preview-prediction-2026-australian-open-second-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/420557\/","title":{"rendered":"Reilly Opelka vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Preview &#038; Prediction | 2026 Australian Open | Second Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestatszone.com\/betting-tips\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for today\u2019s sports betting tips from our expert analysts!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two strong servers lock horns in the second round of the Australian Open as Reilly Opelka meets 14th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina<\/p>\n<p>Start date\/time:<\/p>\n<p>Venue:\u00a0Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia<\/p>\n<p>Surface:\u00a0Outdoor hard<\/p>\n<p>How to watch on TV:\u00a0UK \u2013 TNT Sports \/ USA \u2013 ESPN<\/p>\n<p>How to watch online:\u00a0UK \u2013 discovery+ \/ USA \u2013 ESPN+ &amp; Tennis Channel<\/p>\n<p>Tickets:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ausopen.com\/ticket-info\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Visit this link for the latest Reilly Opelka vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina ticket information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reilly Opelka vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina prediction<\/p>\n<p>Reilly Opelka delivered his best performance for some time in the first round, dispatching of Nicolai Budkov Kjaer in straight sets and serving 23 aces along the way.<\/p>\n<p>The American won a massive 94% of points behind his first serve, and that will surely fill him with confidence as he looks to make the third round of the Australian Open for only the second time in his career.<\/p>\n<p>14th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina also looked assured in his straight-sets victory over Filip Misolic, although it wasn&#8217;t a surprising result given that the Spaniard reached the semi-finals of the recent Adelaide International.<\/p>\n<p>Davidovich Fokina is favoured by the bookies here, but if Opelka can serve as well as he did in his opener, he will give himself every chance. Expect this one to go over 3.5 sets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reilly Opelka vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina tip:\u00a0Over 3.5 sets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Click here for today\u2019s sports betting tips from our expert analysts! Two strong servers lock horns in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-420557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}