Mukund Sasikumar and Kaito Uesugi will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Rome Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 10:30 pm on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mukund Sasikumar who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mukund Sasikumar is the pick to win this match.
Mukund Sasikumar -> 1.28
Kaito Uesugi -> 3.54
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Prediction and head to head Mukund Sasikumar vs. Kaito Uesugi
This will be the 2nd time that Mukund Sasikumar and Kaito Uesugi play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Uesugi (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Uesugi won 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in the Kyoto Challenger back in 2018.
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-33 | 39-32 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 21-25 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-35 | 33-21 | 6-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 25-24 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-9 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 451, Sasi will start his run in the Rome Challenger after he played his last match in the Bogota Challenger where he lost 6-7(8) 6-2 6-2 to Durasovic in the 1st round on the 5th of July.
Sasi has a compiled 18-18 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The Indian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Forli 1 Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Indian has an overall 272-236 record. He has a negative 13-18 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Rome Challenger
The Indian has never competed in this tournament before.
Kaito Uesugi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-5 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-8 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 7-7 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Japanese will start his run in the Rome Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Harmon where he lost 6-0 6-1 to Shimabukuro in the quarter on the 10th of June.
Uesugi has a composed 11-7 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 22-19 record. He has a flat 3-3 record on indoor hard courts.
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