Luca Nardi and Sasi Kumar Mukund will square off in the final of the Forli 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 6:00 pm on CITTÀ DI FORLÌ. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Nardi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.41
Sasi Kumar Mukund -> 2.91
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Sasi Kumar Mukund
There is no head to head record between Luca Nardi and Sasi Kumar Mukund since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Luca Nardi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-27 | 13-14 | 8-5 | 9-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-9 | 7-2 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 364, Nardi reached the final after defeating Lucas Catarina 3-6 6-3 6-2, Evan Furness 6-75 6-4 6-1, Christian Harrison 1-6 7-5 6-2 and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe w/o.
In the semifinal, The Italian defeated Stebe (w/o). During the match, Nardi and Stebe scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 364 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Nardi was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Talking about the service games, Nardi wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Luca Nardi conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 3 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Nardi has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (50-37). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nardi has a composed8-13 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Nardi’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Forli 1 Challenger.
Nardi has a composed 3-0 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 1 Challenger
Sasi Kumar Mukund
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|
Ranked no. 414, Kumar Mukund reached the final 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, Elliot Benchetrit 6-3 7-65 and Zsombor Piros 6-3 7-64.
In the semifinal, Kumar Mukund had a good straight sets win against Piros (6-3 7-64). During the match Kumar Mukund scored 73 points vs Piros’s 63. Sasi was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Kumar Mukund scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Sasi Kumar Mukund was very efficient on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sasi broke Piros 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Indian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Kumar Mukund’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Forli 1 Challenger.
Kumar Mukund has an aggregate 6-0 win-loss record in 2022, 6-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nardi | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 83 | 120 |
| Pts | 280-240 | 415-331 |
| Total Points | 520 | 746 |
| Winners | 98 | 170 |
| %Winners | 35% | 41% |
Nardi played 3 matches while Kumar Mukund competed in 6 matches. Kumar Mukund started his run from the qualifications while Nardi had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Luca Nardi dropped 3 sets while Sasi Kumar Mukund hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nardi has played 3 set(s) less than Kumar Mukund (9 vs 12). Therefore, Nardi played 37 games less than Kumar Mukund. The Italian scored 98 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Sasi struck 170 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nardi | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 28 |
| Avg per match | 5.7 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 129/239 | 219/376 |
| %1st in | 54% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 98/129 | 170/219 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 61/110 | 93/157 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 59% |
Nardi scored 17 aces (5.7 per match). Kumar Mukund managed to score 28 aces (4.7 per match). Nardi won 76% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kumar Mukund won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nardi | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 18 |
| Converted | 12/35 | 18/42 |
| % Converted | 34% | 43% |
| Conceded | 16 | 22 |
| Saved | 10 | 15 |
| % Saved | 63% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 7 |
Nardi broke his opponents 12 times with a 34% conversion rate. Nardi conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Sasi broke his opponents 18 times with a 43% conversion rate. Kumar Mukund conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nardi | ||||||
| R1 Catarina |
R2 Furness |
1/4 Harrison |
1/2 Stebe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-75 6-4 6-1 | 1-6 7-5 6-2 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 30 | 27 | – | 83 | |
| pts | 90-77 | 101-83 | 89-80 | – | 280-240 | |
| Total points | 167 | 184 | 169 | – | 520 | |
| Winners | 27 | 40 | 31 | – | 98 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 40% | 35% | – | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 10 | 5 | – | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 3 | – | 10 | |
| 1st in | 37/77 | 50/87 | 42/75 | – | 129/239 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 57% | 56% | – | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 40/50 | 31/42 | – | 98/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 80% | 74% | – | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/40 | 22/37 | 16/33 | – | 61/110 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 59% | 48% | – | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/7 | 4/16 | – | 12/35 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 57% | 25% | – | 34% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 6 | – | 16 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 2/2 | 2/6 | – | 10 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 33% | – | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | |
| Kumar Mukund | ||||||||
| Q1 Niklas-Salminen |
Q3 Vilardo |
R1 Forti |
R2 Yevseyev |
1/4 Benchetrit |
1/2 Piros |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 7-63 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 7-65 | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 120 | |
| pts | 60-41 | 63-46 | 76-66 | 59-41 | 84-74 | 73-63 | 415-331 | |
| Total points | 101 | 109 | 142 | 100 | 158 | 136 | 746 | |
| Winners | 22 | 21 | 43 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 170 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% | 57% | 41% | 35% | 42% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 26/45 | 53/81 | 31/53 | 36/70 | 43/76 | 219/376 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 58% | 65% | 58% | 51% | 57% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 21/26 | 43/53 | 24/31 | 29/36 | 31/43 | 170/219 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 81% | 81% | 77% | 81% | 72% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/21 | 15/19 | 11/28 | 13/22 | 19/34 | 19/33 | 93/157 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 79% | 39% | 59% | 56% | 58% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/10 | 3/4 | 4/9 | 2/10 | 3/6 | 18/42 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 30% | 75% | 44% | 20% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 9/11 | 4/5 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 82% | 80% | 0% | 33% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
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