"He's the one seed for a reason" says Opelka on facing Norrie in the final

Reilly Opelka will face Cameron Norrie in the Delray Beach final in a few hours and the American is looking forward to the matchup.

It's been a very long week for Opelka who spent over 7 hours on the court in order to reach the final of the event. The run is coming off of a great week in Dallas last week where the American lifted the trophy. Opelka won his third straight three-setter in the Saturday nightcap, outlasting Aussie John Millman, 7-6(8), 6-7(3), 7-6(4) after three hours.

On the match he said:

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"It would have been nice to have been out of there in two. I would have been home, probably in bed by now. He hit one unbelievable forehand on one of those match points, so not much I can do. There's one backhand that I'm kicking myself over that I missed in the net, that I kind of had the whole court. It's unfortunate that that happened, but I was able to get a win."

On the final matchup with Norrie, Opelka said:

"He's the one seed for a reason. He won a lot of matches last year. He's definitely fresher than I am, I had a long week last week and a long night tonight. It's the last one, I'll leave it all on the line."