Sergey Fomin and Kasidit Samrej will face off in the 2nd round of the Astana Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sergey Fomin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sergey Fomin is the pick to win this match.
Sergey Fomin -> 1.57
Kasidit Samrej -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Sergey Fomin vs. Kasidit Samrej
There is no head to head record between Sergey Fomin and Kasidit Samrej since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Sergey Fomin
24 - 18win/loss
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LLLLLWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26-23 | 14-13 | 8-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 61-30 | 30-16 | 31-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-23 | 15-12 | 13-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-32 | 13-15 | 22-14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-25 | 24-15 | 9-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 305, the Uzbek reached the 2nd round after beating Maxim Zhukov 7-5 4-1 ret..
In the 1st round against Zhukov, the Uzbek had a free pass after Zhukov retired on a 7-5 4-1 . scoreline.
Fomin has positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (241-196). 12-9 on hard in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Fomin has a composed 105-90 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Shymkent 1 Challenger where he overcame Timofey Skatov in the final 6-3 7-5.
Sergey has a compiled 24-18 win-loss record in 2026, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Kasidit Samrej
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34-23 | 28-18 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 47-31 | 28-26 | 0-0 | 19-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-23 | 34-19 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-20 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-16 | 25-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 406, Kasidit got to the 2nd round after beating Kokoro Isomura 5-7 6-0 6-4.
In the 1st round against Isomura, Kasidit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-0 6-4). During the match Samrej scored 107 points vs Isomura’s 95. The Thai was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Samrej made 14 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 17 double faults. Kasidit Samrej lost the serve 5 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Samrej put 52% of his first serves in, winning 78% (42/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 28% (14/50) on the 2nd serve. Kasidit broke Isomura 8 times after converting 47% of his break points (8/17).
The Thai’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Nakhon Pathom.
Samrej has a compiled 26-18 win-loss record in 2026, 20-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fomin | Samrej |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 28 |
| Pts | 61-40 | 107-95 |
| Total Points | 101 | 202 |
| Winners | 16 | 42 |
| %Winners | 26% | 39% |
Both Fomin and Samrej played 1 match. At the moment, Kasidit Samrej dropped 1 set while Sergey Fomin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Talking about their workload, Fomin and Samrej have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Fomin played 11 games less than Samrej. The Uzbek scored 16 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Samrej blasted 42 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fomin | Samrej |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 14 |
| 1st in | 20/41 | 54/104 |
| %1st in | 49% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 16/20 | 42/54 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 19/21 | 14/50 |
| %2nd pts | 90% | 28% |
Fomin fired 7 aces . Samrej fired 14 aces . Fomin won 80% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 90% of the points. On the other side, Samrej won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 28% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fomin | Samrej |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 8/17 |
| % Converted | 43% | 47% |
| Conceded | 0 | 15 |
| Saved | 0 | 10 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Sergey broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Uzbek pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Kasidit broke his opponent 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Samrej conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fomin | |||
| R1 Zhukov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-40 | 61-40 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 20/41 | 20/41 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 16/20 | 16/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/21 | 19/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 90% | 90% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Samrej | |||
| R1 Isomura |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 107-95 | 107-95 | |
| Total points | 202 | 202 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 17 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 54/104 | 54/104 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 42/54 | 42/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/50 | 14/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 28% | 28% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/17 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 10/15 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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