Goncalo Oliveira and Sasi Kumar Mukund will play each other in the 2nd round of the Little Rock Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 13. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sasi Kumar Mukund who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sasi Kumar Mukund is the pick to win this match.
Sasi Kumar Mukund -> 1.666
Goncalo Oliveira -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Goncalo Oliveira vs. Sasi Kumar Mukund
This will be the 2nd time that Goncalo Oliveira and Sasi Kumar Mukund clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kumar Mukund (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kumar Mukund won 7-6(8) 3-6 7-6(6) in the 1st round in the Kaohsiung Challenger back in 2019.
Goncalo Oliveira
Ranked no. 317, Oliveira reached the 2nd round after beating Ryan Harrison 7-5 7-66.
In the 1st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Harrison (7-5 7-66). During the match, Oliveira scored 79 points vs Harrison’s 75. Oliveira was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Oliveira blasted 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Goncalo Oliveira was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (39/48) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Oliveira broke Harrison twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Oliveira has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (355-311). 2-1 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Oliveira has an overall55-68 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Oliveira’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger.
Oliveira has a compiled 8-11 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.
Sasi Kumar Mukund
Ranked no. 326, the Indian got to the 2nd round after defeating Roberto Cid Subervi 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kumar Mukund had a good straight sets win against Cid (6-3 6-4). During the match Kumar Mukund scored 61 points vs Cid’s 50. Sasi was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Kumar Mukund managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Sasi Kumar Mukund was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (20/28) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sasi broke Cid 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Kumar Mukund’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm El Sheikh.
Kumar Mukund has a compiled 16-12 win-loss record in 2021, 14-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Oliveira | Kumar Mukund |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 25 | 19 |
Pts | 79-75 | 61-50 |
Total Points | 154 | 111 |
Winners | 39 | 20 |
%Winners | 49% | 33% |
Both Oliveira and Kumar Mukund played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Oliveira and Kumar Mukund have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Oliveira played 6 games more than Kumar Mukund. The Portuguese scored 39 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Indian fired 20 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Oliveira | Kumar Mukund |
---|---|---|
Aces | 5 | 4 |
Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
1st in | 48/75 | 28/56 |
%1st in | 64% | 50% |
1st pts | 39/48 | 20/28 |
%1st pts | 81% | 71% |
2nd pts | 14/27 | 15/28 |
%2nd pts | 52% | 54% |
Oliveira fired 5 aces . Kumar Mukund struck 4 aces . Oliveira won 81% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kumar Mukund won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Oliveira | Kumar Mukund |
---|---|---|
Won | 2 | 4 |
Converted | 2/7 | 4/7 |
% Converted | 29% | 57% |
Conceded | 1 | 2 |
Saved | 0 | 0 |
% Saved | 0% | 0% |
Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Portuguese broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Goncalo lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Indian broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kumar Mukund conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
Oliveira | |||
R1 Harrison |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 7-66 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
pts | 79-75 | 79-75 | |
Total points | 154 | 154 | |
Winners | 39 | 39 | |
%Winners | 49% | 49% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 5 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
1st in | 48/75 | 48/75 | |
% 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
1st pts | 39/48 | 39/48 | |
% 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
% 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Kumar Mukund | |||
R1 Cid |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
pts | 61-50 | 61-50 | |
Total points | 111 | 111 | |
Winners | 20 | 20 | |
%Winners | 33% | 33% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 4 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 28/56 | 28/56 | |
% 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
1st pts | 20/28 | 20/28 | |
% 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
% 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Head 2 Head
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