Alexis Galarneau and Mukund Sasikumar will face off in the 2nd round of the Bloomfield Hills Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am 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 Alexis Galarneau who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexis Galarneau is the pick to win this match.
Alexis Galarneau -> 1.37
Mukund Sasikumar -> 2.91
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Prediction and head to head Alexis Galarneau vs. Mukund Sasikumar
There is no head to head record between Alexis Galarneau and Mukund Sasikumar since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alexis Galarneau
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-9 | 5-3 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 20-18 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 215, the Canadian got to the 2nd round after defeating Eliot Spizzirri 7-63 6-3.
In the 1st round, Galarneau had a good straight sets win against Spizzirri (7-63 6-3). During the match, Galarneau scored 76 points vs Spizzirri’s 60. Galarneau was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Galarneau recorded 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexis Galarneau was extremely efficient on serve to win 87% (34/39) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexis broke Spizzirri once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Galarneau has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 54% of his matches (125-105). 11-9 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Galarneau has an aggregate73-54 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Galarneau’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Tyler Challenger.
Alexis has an aggregate 14-15 win-loss record in 2023, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger
Alexis has never competed in this tournament before.
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-14 | 14-14 | 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. 385, Sasi reached the 2nd round after defeating Ezekiel Clark 7-62 6-4, Ozan Baris 2-6 6-1 6-3 and Ethan Quinn 7-5 4-6 7-64.
In the 1st round, Sasi defeated Quinn (7-5 4-6 7-64).During the match Kumar Mukund scored less points (1) than Quinn. In fact, the world no. 215 won 108 points vs Quinn’s. That means that Kumar Mukund was more focused during the important points. Sasi was pretty aggressive to blast 52 winners.
About the serving games, Kumar Mukund blasted 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mukund Sasikumar lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kumar Mukund put 64% of his first serves in, winning 74% (52/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Sasi broke Quinn 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The Indian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Lucknow.
Sasi has a composed 17-18 win-loss record in 2023, 17-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Galarneau | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 82 |
| Pts | 76-60 | 272-252 |
| Total Points | 136 | 524 |
| Winners | 34 | 114 |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% |
Galarneau played 1 match while Kumar Mukund competed in 3 matches. Kumar Mukund started his run from the qualifications while Galarneau had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mukund Sasikumar conceded 2 sets while Alexis Galarneau hasn’t lost a set so far. Galarneau has played 6 set(s) less than Kumar Mukund (2 vs 8). Therefore, Galarneau played 60 games less than Kumar Mukund. Alexis scored 34 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Indian recorded 114 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Galarneau | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 9.7 |
| 1st in | 39/62 | 152/246 |
| %1st in | 63% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 34/39 | 114/152 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 48/94 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 51% |
Galarneau fired 7 aces . Kumar Mukund bagged 29 aces (9.7 per match). Galarneau won 87% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Kumar Mukund won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Galarneau | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 10 |
| Converted | 1/5 | 10/27 |
| % Converted | 20% | 37% |
| Conceded | 1 | 17 |
| Saved | 1 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
The Canadian broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. The Canadian pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Indian broke his opponents 10 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Indian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Galarneau | |||
| R1 Spizzirri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 76-60 | 76-60 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/62 | 39/62 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/39 | 34/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kumar Mukund | |||||
| Q1 Clark |
Q3 Baris |
R1 Quinn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | 2-6 6-1 6-3 | 7-5 4-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 24 | 35 | 82 | |
| pts | 80-70 | 84-73 | 108-109 | 272-252 | |
| Total points | 150 | 157 | 217 | 524 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | 52 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% | 48% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 14 | 6 | 9 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 40/68 | 42/69 | 70/109 | 152/246 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 61% | 64% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 31/42 | 52/70 | 114/152 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 74% | 74% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 16/27 | 18/39 | 48/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 59% | 46% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/15 | 3/5 | 10/27 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 27% | 60% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3/5 | 4/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | 57% | 177% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLLLLWW Tennis Scores in Bloomfield Hills Challenger
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (7-65 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Evan ZhuZhu (6-70 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-3 6-74 7-65) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Dane SweenySweeny (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Mukund SasikumarSasikumar – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-5 4-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Mark LajalLajal (6-73 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Aidan MchughMchugh (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (4-6 6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Michael ZhengZheng (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Li TuTu (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Christian HarrisonHarrison (6-2 6-77 7-65) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Skander MansouriMansouri (6-3 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Adam WaltonWalton (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Emilio GomezGomez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
