Gauthier Onclin v Reilly Opelka Extended Highlights | Australian Open 2025 First Round

[@PatrickLu-z8h]

Opelka's slice serve down the T on the ad side is crazy

[@DanCrosby-hj3cn]

Got it from his wifey Venus perhaps 😂

[@noahsutter9969]

it literally crosses over the "n" in Melbourne 😂

[@corey7219]

4:01

[@mskcrc]

That contact point allows for such a nasty spin. You can’t defend against it if you aren’t cheating toward it, and if you do do, he just blasts a kick out wide.

[@Sugarmapdit]

@@corey7219 that's serve crazy

[@superg3962]

I doubt Opelka can hold up through a whole major- but you gotta love that mountain man playing some outstanding tennis!

[@jonbonesmahomes7472]

Yeah ,true,he cannot. But as long as he plays this good,he is dangerous.

[@WORLD_NATURE_FAN]

Wow I did not know that Reilly was ready to play the Australian Open after retiring from the Brisbane final. Glad he is playing here, hope he can last thru the tournament.

[@brian106699]

Yeah that was rough to get behind him for that to then happen.

[@richfaltisco3226]

THANKS for the extended highlights! Hope Opelka's back is ok after some of the amazing stretched out to the max backhands!

[@romainmj7245]

2:31 , 3:00 how on earth a Guy of his heigh can moove and make shot like that ?? insane ! best serve bot i know...hope his body won't hold him back

[@Jeteso2009]

He came back super strong. Mpetshi Pericard is being insane also while being 2.03

[@zweigackroyd7301]

"serve bot" as a phrase has absolutely no meaning

[@romainmj7245]

@ it does…that’s the term for players that the serve is the main reason of their success! Those players obviously are good and can play well in other departments but their serve is fundamental for them

[@zweigackroyd7301]

@@romainmj7245 If that were true, it wouldn't be used in a derogatory manner. Most players have key weapons, but we don't talk about forehand bots, backhand bots, return bots, etc.

[@romainmj7245]

@@zweigackroyd7301 yes but the différence is that the serve is the start of the point and a shot you have 100% control of… good servers get free points easily with having to hit another shot ! So it’s not the same as having a good forehand or back hand

[@uhhmmm-g8c]

Wimbledon and RG wish they could do extended highlights. Good on the USO and AO for actually doing them

[@brasileirosim5961]

I like Opelka, not shouting around like a madman after every point.

[@rn2511]

Great game from Onclin but Opelka is looking like a force man. He’s back and playing great. Let’s go!!!

[@andreskuryga1828]

For those who says that opelka is a "serveBot" i strongly dissagree. this man has a lot of shot consistency

[@TimelyAdventure]

He moves really well and his crown strokes are super heavy and consistent, and he can play the net so he has a really complete game

[@kalebball5144]

His improvement off the ground over the last 2 years is crazy. Most improved player on tour imo

[@uhhmmm-g8c]

@@TimelyAdventure especially for being, what, 6'11? Crazy

[@heistbeats1711]

To be 6’11 and move like that…. Talent 😳

[@kevinlocatelli1721]

other than "being a serve bot" really means just having mastered the most difficult shot of the whole sport

[@merlinburkhart2818]

super highlights. props

[@wahn10]

The big man moves surprisingly well and has lots of variety. So glad he recovered and has had a good start at AO!

[@schmiv2672]

Love Opelka and I'm happy about the win, but I will for sure root for Onclin in the future! Onclin seems like an amazing player, and I hope he makes it into the French next!

[@michaeljj43]

welcome back to the grand slams opelka. good to have you back!!!!!

[@3Wizards]

Great extended highlights. Thanks!

[@Minister-e1970]

So much attention on Opelka's serve but I think his back hand is a weapon. Well played Opelka👍

[@kiniwobo6310]

He's definitely got some more positive attitude. Looks like he wants it more. Being here after that Brisbane shortfall tells a lot. All the best, hope he goes deep. 🏆

[@TheIntellect8]

Nice comeback. 👏👏 Bravo to both of you guys.

[@livll2]

i saw opelka play during the davis cup, this performance was 300% better, both wins

[@Aman1nFull]

Onclin has a game that's nice to look at. Lots of variety. Hope we see more of him this year.

[@MrFoofarew]

Let’s goooo we getting extended highlights

[@johnvalleytube]

Gotta give props to Onclin, he’s already won three qualifying rounds, taken a set off Opelka, and had some break points. Excited to see what he does in the future!

[@SiLatics56]

Wow, Opelka looks like a world beater! Superb comeback from a long layoff. Credit to Onclin also. Superb effort.

[@moonchild9237]

Machac 3 "world beater" 2 😂

[@SiLatics56]

@moonchild9237 Haha. I wanted Machac to beat him. I'm just saying how come he suddenly looked like a world beater? 40 aces and loses the match 😲

[@vladimirsempio2134]

Opelka is a veey good tennis player. He tires his opponent by using left and right baselines. And the strength behind the shot is really strong

[@alexisperez4100]

Opelka’s serve down the middle on the deuce side, it is un returnable.

[@thatgirl9532]

Riley looked a bit off compared to Brisbane. That back injury must disturb him ….

[@revben]

He said it was the rain delay

[@kakashihatake1029]

It's also because his level isn't that consistent and never has been even when he was at his best. As is the case with most players.

[@thatgirl9532]

@@revben interesting

[@thatgirl9532]

@@kakashihatake1029 he was consistent in Brisbane until probably the Novak match… like everyone thought wrist which trouble him in past but no.., it was his back so

[@zhangyating9723]

Opelka is a giant, his court recovery would be insane💀

[@majollwp9157]

What a beast, what a monster Opelka.

[@waqarghulam3548]

The new generation has so much more power

[@BrokenToy68]

Opelka's serve curves like a Maradona free kick 😮

[@andonismoushis2847]

This was fun to watch! Great tennis from both

[@DanhPhan]

Lets go Opelka! Hoping his team can keep him healthy thru this tournament!

[@Sugarmapdit]

Excellent OPELKA! I hope hime will stay in this form and win AO this time.

[@MarcosGoncalves-uu5wk]

Opelka is a very different player 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@last.knight]

i swear opelka is so tall it looks like he was edited in 😭

[@kodilinyeobiagwu7123]

😂❤

[@nelsonc6173]

LOL Opelka makes everyone look like a miniature doll! The guy is just so tall!!

[@kiltropablinho79]

The monster opelka

[@quentincrisp6933]

Opelka got down on a half volley not a "drop volley!" Opelka is very athletic for such a big man!

[@TBmadeit]

He was getting them serves back tho he a good returner!!

[@rangewarwick]

on 4m 5sec. Opelka was serving on the Ad side (the right). When he hit the ball, I think the ball was on the Deuce side. "2 minute tennis" (youtube channel about tennis) mentioned this type of serve on his channel a few weeks ago. I did try it during a game on both sides. It worked well. I learnt about the racket drop from a Opelka slow motion video too. The drop is not as complex as I had thought.

[@TheBitterPill]

I was so impressed by how Opelka played in Brisbane. Not to take anything away from Onclin, but Opelka wasn't at the level he was in Brisbane in this match. You could tell he was nervous when things got tight or when he was on the verge of winning. Spinning his serve in relatively slowly for someone with such a huge serve, staying on the baseline countless times when he had opportunities to come in, and hitting up the middle constantly. I get that that's what people do when they're trying to compensate for their nerves, but I think he'd have won faster if he'd tried to be a little more aggressive and put more pressure on his opponent.

[@salatatoe6812]

Opelka is crazy so far

[@deirdrereynolds4684]

Show em how it’s done, big man! 👏🏽

[@johnsinalua5774]

It's dangerous when opelka's serving for the set. Ace it up! 😅

[@RoyaleBxng]

Opelka is so big he’s playing Padel while his opponent is playing tennis

[@Lord_Emre]

Watch this man out. he is absolutely coming

[@nrg4285]

OPELKA! THE AMERICAN ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN!!! Love him

[@StewNWT]

That BH get was insane

[@emmanuelle9739]

hope he will WIN AUS. OPEN

[@HaraldSchneider-m8n]

Opelka improved his fitness very much. He must have worked very hard on this topic the last months.....

[@mt817]

Del Potro jr but he possess a unique serve . It’s beautiful to watch

[@aisthpaoitht]

This is like a giant vs a gnat lol. Good fight from the gnat! But I'm glad to see Opelka back. He's a fun giant to have around.

[@rafaelafernandez1255]

Ope❤❤❤😮

[@phadley78tube]

With recent victory over Novak Djokovic this is the best play I have seen from the big man.

[@CannabutterMD]

his groundstrokes has gotten a lot better especially from the backhand side which was a big weakness

[@KCNwokoye]

Congrats to Reilly on the win. Not an easy match.

[@orwell9579]

Bien joué Gauthier!

[@globetrotter6219]

Opelka is not a fist pumper, I like that, he wins with style, hope he becomes No. 1

[@runbionic959]

it wouod have been nice to see more highights of the second set during the stretch that Opelka came from behind and won 5 games in a row to take the set.

[@Rogues-s8z]

2:12 4:03 6:51 1st serve set point

[@highsocietyskate]

Let's gooo!!!

[@taurajpn4733]

Opelka might actually have the most dominant backhand in the tour

[@TranucTV]

Extended hightlights just longer than Hightlights 4 minutes. What a shame

[@adithyanarayan7023]

Opelka the gentle giant

[@giangasaur-o3z]

I hope his back can hold itself together, he had to retire a finals last week, cmon Riley!!!!

[@wheelsofafrica]

Goliath strikes again! Well played, Reilly!

[@Kedbuka]

Very good match. Opelka had to play at a high level to win it.

[@GUTOMOFFICIAL]

boy can run!

[@user-wd7ue1wd6r]

Wait what? 😮 Is he possessed by novak? Those leaning backhands for thatheight? Woooow

[@elaitnas3306]

Love u Reilly!!!!!

[@fwvw7056]

Onclin die very well, even broke Opelkas serve a couple of time. And the highlights were good as well.

[@abrvrs6523]

Which racket it’s Opelka playing with?

[@zedalive4764]

does anyone get the impression that Opelka is wielding a kid size racquet when he holds it in his big arm?

[@miotubo839]

I really like Reilly.

[@WillyWanka]

3.26 - was that not an audible let?

[@NhangmhaOfficial]

This Onclin guy reminds me of Diego Schwartzman

[@SuperBaby11]

Bigfoots got a good serve

[@phoenix-records]

How a player can ba able to play few days after the Brisbane tournament and having resigned for the final because of injury ?...

[@walterdhu]

El "leñador" Opelka lo hizo de nuevo

[@lungchan1729]

look 3:08, a guy has his shoes on a seat!!!!!

[@TBone9078]

What is the reason for showing the winner in the highlights thumbnail? WTA usually shows both players. I am less inclined to watch knowing the winner. Just wondering why.

[@Haha-lu2fw]

they sometimes bait and post the losing player, so its ok with me

[@willzsportscards]

6:40...man...just can make mental errors like that my man.

[@MariaMaluszynska]

Cool, lovely, humble guy! If you play 'your smart tennis' like in Brisbane - you are invincible and AO trophy is yours!

[@WSBM]

Onclin reminding me of Schwartzman....

[@alvarodiaz2722]

someone can tell me why in the australian the winner of a match has to win the best of 5 sets? what is this, a semi final?, i remember that a player in the first rounds has to win the best of 3 to pass

[@Yargezim]

The Australian Open is considered one of the four major tournaments where it's best of 5

[@ig6894]

Opelka won't last to 4th round, he is at best a 3rd rounder. He is injury prone , and too big to run around the court.

[@alexcooper3007]

Кинг-Конг идёт дальше....!

[@michaelwalker2492]

Opelka never looks up from underneath his hat. It's strange.

[@sonquatsch8585]

neo roddicks. all that hard hitting (from both sides) and dominance and still misses the point. this is not tennis. this is quien es mas macho

[@OohRight]

Sasquatch through to round 2

[@GUTOMOFFICIAL]

Pink sneakers poppin

[@jaromiruhlir3665]

All hail the new king of useless statistics, the shot quality. 'His forehand was 8.5.' How extremely informative. Long live the old king, the groundstroke RMP indicator.

[@فاطمهمحمد-ط5ب3غ]

وبقينا بننام والدموع ف عنينا من كتر الجوع انقذنا قبل ان نموت من شدت الجوع آٍنًـي آٍنًـتـََخـيـٍك آٍنًـي دًآٍَخـلـٍـًـٍة عِلى ٍآٍلـٍـًلـٍـًه ثَـمٌ عِلـٍـًيـٍك آٍنًـي فـٍي وجـِهـك آٍنًـي آٍَخـتـَك آٍتـَرٍجـِآٍك آٍتـَوسَل إلـٍـًيـٍك آٍنًـقـذٍنًـآٍ لـٍـًوجـِه آٍلـٍـًلـٍـًه يـٍشـهـدًآٍلـٍـًلـٍـًه يـٍآٍآٍَخـي آٍنً مٌنً آٍلـٍـًصـبـُآٍح حتا الان ً يحرم علينا الاكل غير الماء((استغاثه انسانيه ايلا كل قلب رررحيم وْالْلْهّْ مْا كْتْبْتْ هّْذْا الْكْلْامْ الْا مْنْ الْضْيْقْ وْقْسْوْتْ الْضْرْوْفْ انْيْ طْالْبْهّْ مْنْ الْلْهّْ ثْمْ مْنْكْ لْاتْرْدْنْيْ خايبة''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''اخي اول كلامي انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه دخلة على الله ثمَّ عليكِ اني في وجه الله ثم في وجهك اني اترجاك اتوسل اليك تساعدني لوجه الله. يااخي اني وامي واخواني اسره ايتام ونازحين بسبب الحرب بيتنا ايجار والمطبخ حقنا فاضي وصاحب البيت يشتي الايجار وحنا مافي معنا حد يمد لنا يد العون ويساعدنا في هذا الضروف الصعبه والله العظيم اني طلبتك واني خجلانه ولكن الضروف القاسيه اجبرتني يشهد الله يااخي اني صادقه واذا ماانت مصدق كلامي هذا رقمي واتس اب967713563646+ اتصلبي فديو وشوف حالتنا بنفسك واذا تقدر تجه لعندنا وتشوف حالتنا بنفسك تعال ماعندي مشكله جزاك اللهخيراالتلا❤حثامثا÷€\÷\°÷√÷√÷√🎉😢🎉😢)>

[@АлевтинаГордикова]

Гигант.

[@quinby123]

The pink shoes are not a good look.

[@Popo-rg1bm]

These are all AI generated. They just put some random saved-match points.

[@west4798]

Slow asss court

[@onceortwice]

🥳🪩🏃💨

[@Mitch-z1t]

opelka moves like a 5'10 guy. incredible

[@Mr.BinBin]

He should play basketball instead.

[@celestialspartan7977]

He may not meet let alone beat Djokovic...

[@stevenhocking6407]

He met and beat djokovic only a few weeks ago

[@a66789]

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