Mukund Sasikumar and Naoki Nakagawa will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mukund Sasikumar is the pick to win this match.
Mukund Sasikumar -> 1.73
Naoki Nakagawa -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Mukund Sasikumar vs. Naoki Nakagawa
This will be the 3rd time that Mukund Sasikumar and Naoki Nakagawa clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Nakagawa won 6-3 7-6(5) in the qualifications in the Kobe Challenger back in November 2022.
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-17 | 20-17 | 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. 349, the Indian will start his run in the Yokkaichi Challenger after he played his last match in the Kobe Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-6(5) to Nakagawa in the qualifications on the 14th of November.
Kumar Mukund has a compiled 42-32 win-loss record in 2022, 27-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Sasi’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Forli 1 Challenger,M15 Jakarta and M25 Sintra.
Talking about his overall career, The Indian has an overall 296-250 record. He has a positive 220-160 record on hard.
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
The Indian has never competed in this tournament before.
Naoki Nakagawa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 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. 448, Naoki will start his run in the Yokkaichi Challenger after he played his last match in the Kobe Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Hazawa in the 2nd round on the 17th of November.
The Japanese has a compiled 31-26 win-loss record in 2022, 16-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 256-166 record. He has a positive 133-88 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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