Zsombor Piros and Sasi Kumar Mukund will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Forli 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CITTÀ DI FORLÌ. 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 Zsombor Piros who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zsombor Piros is the pick to win this match.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.178
Sasi Kumar Mukund -> 4.9

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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Sasi Kumar Mukund

There is no head to head record between Zsombor Piros and Sasi Kumar Mukund since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Zsombor Piros

Ranked no. 288, Zsombor got to the semifinal after defeating Louis Wessels 6-4 6-4, Michael Vrbensky 6-2 6-3 and Jay Clarke 6-3 6-3.

In the quarter, Zsombor had a good straight sets win against Clarke (6-3 6-3). During the match, Piros scored 57 points vs Clarke’s 44. Zsombor was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Piros struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Zsombor Piros was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zsombor broke Clarke 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Piros started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Piros has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (149-82). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Piros has an aggregate19-11 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Zsombor has an aggregate 3-0 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Forli 1 Challenger

The Hungarian has never competed in this tournament before.

Sasi Kumar Mukund

Ranked no. 414, Kumar Mukund reached the semifinal after defeating Patrik Niklas-Salminen 6-3 6-4, Francesco Vilardo 6-2 6-4, Francesco Forti 7-6³ 6-3, Denis Yevseyev 6-3 6-2 and Elliot Benchetrit 6-3 7-6⁵.

In the quarter, The Indian had a good straight sets win against Benchetrit (6-3 7-6⁵). During the match Kumar Mukund scored 84 points vs Benchetrit’s 74. Kumar Mukund was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Kumar Mukund blasted 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Sasi Kumar Mukund was very efficient on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Indian broke Benchetrit twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sasi started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Sasi has an overall 5-0 win-loss record in 2022, 5-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Piros	Kumar Mukund
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	6	10
Tot Games	55	98
Pts	199-145	342-268
Total Points	344	610
Winners	73	139
%Winners	37%	41%

Piros played 3 matches while Kumar Mukund competed in 5 matches. Kumar Mukund started his run from the qualifications while Piros had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Piros has played 4 set(s) less than Kumar Mukund (6 vs 10). Therefore, Piros played 43 games less than Kumar Mukund. The Hungarian scored 73 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Indian managed to score 139 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Piros	Kumar Mukund
Aces	16	27
Avg per match	5.3	5.4
1st in	92/146	176/300
%1st in	63%	59%
1st pts	73/92	139/176
%1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	35/54	74/124
%2nd pts	65%	60%

Piros fired 16 aces (5.3 per match). Kumar Mukund fired 27 aces (5.4 per match). Piros won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Kumar Mukund won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Piros	Kumar Mukund
Won	11	15
Converted	11/29	15/36
% Converted	38%	42%
Conceded	6	19
Saved	4	14
% Saved	67%	74%
Times Broken	2	5

The Hungarian broke his opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. Piros conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Kumar Mukund broke his opponents 15 times with a 42% conversion rate. Kumar Mukund conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.

Piros
	R1 Wessels	R2 Vrbensky	1/4 Clarke	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-2 6-3	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	17	18	55
pts	73-53	69-48	57-44	199-145
Total points	126	117	101	344
Winners	25	27	21	73
%Winners	34%	39%	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	5	6	16
Double Faults	0	2	2	4
1st in	27/46	38/50	27/50	92/146
% 1st in	59%	76%	54%	63%
1st pts	25/27	27/38	21/27	73/92
% 1st pts	93%	71%	78%	79%
2nd pts	15/19	7/12	13/23	35/54
% 2nd pts	79%	58%	57%	65%
Breaks
Won	2	5	4	11
Converted	2/8	5/13	4/8	11/29
Converted %	25%	38%	50%	38%
Conceded	0	2	4	6
Saved	0/0	1/2	3/4	4
Saved %	–	50%	75%	42%
Times Broken	0	1	1	2

Kumar Mukund
	Q1 Niklas-Salminen	Q3 Vilardo	R1 Forti	R2 Yevseyev	1/4 Benchetrit	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-2 6-4	7-63 6-3	6-3 6-2	6-3 7-65
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	2	10
Tot Games	19	18	22	17	22	98
pts	60-41	63-46	76-66	59-41	84-74	342-268
Total points	101	109	142	100	158	610
Winners	22	21	43	24	29	139
%Winners	37%	33%	57%	41%	35%	41%
SERVE
Aces	5	5	6	4	7	27
Double Faults	0	2	1	1	1	5
1st in	30/51	26/45	53/81	31/53	36/70	176/300
% 1st in	59%	58%	65%	58%	51%	59%
1st pts	22/30	21/26	43/53	24/31	29/36	139/176
% 1st pts	73%	81%	81%	77%	81%	79%
2nd pts	16/21	15/19	11/28	13/22	19/34	74/124
% 2nd pts	76%	79%	39%	59%	56%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	3	3	4	2	15
Converted	3/3	3/10	3/4	4/9	2/10	15/36
Converted %	100%	30%	75%	44%	20%	42%
Conceded	2	0	11	5	1	19
Saved	1/2	0/0	9/11	4/5	0/1	14
Saved %	50%	–	82%	80%	0%	71%
Times Broken	1	0	2	1	1	5

Tennis Scores in Forli 1 Challenger

• Luca NardiNardi – Christian HarrisonHarrison (1-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Luca PotenzaPotenza (7-5 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Zsombor PirosPiros – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (0-0) – H2H and prediction