Mukund Sasikumar and Rimpei Kawakami will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines 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 -> 1.58
Rimpei Kawakami -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Mukund Sasikumar vs. Rimpei Kawakami
This will be the 2nd time that Mukund Sasikumar and Rimpei Kawakami clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kumar Mukund (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kumar Mukund won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in M15 Sharm El Sheikh back in 2021.
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. 361, the Indian got to the qualifications after beating Keisuke Saitoh 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kumar Mukund had a good straight sets win against Saitoh (6-3 6-2). During the match, Kumar Mukund scored 64 points vs Saitoh’s 46. Kumar Mukund was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kumar Mukund scored 8 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Mukund Sasikumar was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kumar Mukund broke Saitoh 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Kumar Mukund has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 54% of his matches (294-248). 26-17 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kumar Mukund has an aggregate219-159 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Kumar Mukund’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Forli 1 Challenger,M15 Jakarta and M25 Sintra.
The Indian has a compiled 40-30 win-loss record in 2022, 26-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Sasi has never competed in this tournament before.
Rimpei Kawakami
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11-11 | 7-6 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-16 | 13-8 | 22-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-23 | 11-9 | 34-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 14-16 | 10-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 503, Rimpei reached the qualifications after beating Naoya Komoda 6-0 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Komoda (6-0 6-3). During the match Kawakami scored 63 points vs Komoda’s 39. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Kawakami made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rimpei Kawakami lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kawakami put 50% of his first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Kawakami broke Komoda 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Kawakami’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Doboj,M15 Prijedor and M25 Kashiwa.
The Japanese has an aggregate 34-13 win-loss record in 2022, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kumar Mukund | Kawakami |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 15 |
| Pts | 64-46 | 63-39 |
| Total Points | 110 | 102 |
| Winners | 28 | 20 |
| %Winners | 44% | 32% |
Both Kumar Mukund and Kawakami played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kumar Mukund and Kawakami have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kumar Mukund played 2 games more than Kawakami. Sasi scored 28 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Rimpei struck 20 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kumar Mukund | Kawakami |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3 |
| 1st in | 39/62 | 29/58 |
| %1st in | 63% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 20/29 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 14/29 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 48% |
Kumar Mukund recorded 8 aces . Kawakami blasted 3 aces . Kumar Mukund won 72% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kawakami won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kumar Mukund | Kawakami |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 80% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Kumar Mukund broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Sasi lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Kawakami broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Rimpei conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kumar Mukund | |||
| Q1 Saitoh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 64-46 | 64-46 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 39/62 | 39/62 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kawakami | |||
| Q1 Komoda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 63-39 | 63-39 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/58 | 29/58 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | 20/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 14/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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