Mukund Sasikumar and Naoki Nakagawa will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Busan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Mukund Sasikumar who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mukund Sasikumar is the pick to win this match.
Mukund Sasikumar -> 1.61
Naoki Nakagawa -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Mukund Sasikumar vs. Naoki Nakagawa
There is no head to head record between Mukund Sasikumar and Naoki Nakagawa since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-18 | 21-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 358, Kumar Mukund got to the qualifications after defeating Duckhee Lee 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, Sasi had a good straight sets win against Hee Lee (6-1 6-4). During the match, Kumar Mukund scored 62 points vs Hee Lee’s 40. The Indian was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kumar Mukund managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mukund Sasikumar lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kumar Mukund put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Sasi broke Hee Lee 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Kumar Mukund has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 54% of his matches (291-245). 23-14 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kumar Mukund has a composed216-156 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Sasi’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Forli 1 Challenger,M15 Jakarta and M25 Sintra.
Kumar Mukund has an aggregate 37-27 win-loss record in 2022, 23-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Naoki Nakagawa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 42-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-27 | 16-16 | 10-9 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-15 | 32-13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-4 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 455, the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Daisuke Sumizawa 6-74 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications against Sumizawa, Naoki recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-4 6-1). During the match Nakagawa scored 105 points vs Sumizawa’s 85. Nakagawa was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Nakagawa made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Naoki Nakagawa lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Nakagawa put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (41/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (26/39) on the 2nd serve. Naoki broke Sumizawa 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Naoki has a compiled 27-20 win-loss record in 2022, 15-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kumar Mukund | Nakagawa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 30 |
| Pts | 62-40 | 105-85 |
| Total Points | 102 | 190 |
| Winners | 22 | 41 |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% |
Both Kumar Mukund and Nakagawa played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Naoki Nakagawa conceded 1 set while Mukund Sasikumar hasn’t lost a set so far. Kumar Mukund has played 1 set(s) less than Nakagawa (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kumar Mukund played 13 games less than Nakagawa. The Indian scored 22 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Naoki recorded 41 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kumar Mukund | Nakagawa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7 |
| 1st in | 33/56 | 59/98 |
| %1st in | 59% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 41/59 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 26/39 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 67% |
Kumar Mukund struck 4 aces . Nakagawa bagged 7 aces . Kumar Mukund won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Nakagawa won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kumar Mukund | Nakagawa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 55% | 56% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 57% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Kumar Mukund broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Sasi dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Nakagawa conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kumar Mukund | |||
| Q1 Hee Lee |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-40 | 62-40 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/56 | 33/56 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 22/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Nakagawa | |||
| Q1 Sumizawa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 105-85 | 105-85 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 59/98 | 59/98 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 41/59 | 41/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/39 | 26/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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