Tomohiro Masabayashi and Mukund Sasikumar will face off in the qualifications of the Taipei Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on SHOW 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mukund Sasikumar is the pick to win this match.
Mukund Sasikumar -> 1.142
Tomohiro Masabayashi -> 5.1
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Prediction and head to head Tomohiro Masabayashi vs. Mukund Sasikumar
There is no head to head record between Tomohiro Masabayashi and Mukund Sasikumar since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tomohiro Masabayashi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-24 | 21-20 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-18 | 16-15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-7 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Evan Zhu 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Masabayashi had a good straight sets win against Zhu (6-2 6-4). During the match, Masabayashi scored 67 points vs Zhu’s 50. Masabayashi was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Masabayashi scored just 1 ace in the match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Tomohiro Masabayashi conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Masabayashi put 49% of his first serves in, winning 67% (18/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 79% (22/28) on the 2nd serve. Masabayashi broke Zhu 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Masabayashi has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 55% of his matches (76-63). 3-4 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Masabayashi has an aggregate64-52 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Japanese has an aggregate 3-4 win-loss record in 2024, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Taipei Challenger
Tomohiro has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 471, the Indian got to the qualifications after defeating Kuan-Yi Lee 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Sasi had a good straight sets win against Lee (6-3 6-4). During the match Kumar Mukund scored 64 points vs Lee’s 52. The Indian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Kumar Mukund bagged 9 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mukund Sasikumar was quite effective on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sasi broke Lee twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
The Indian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Chennai.
Kumar Mukund has an aggregate 13-13 win-loss record in 2024, 13-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Masabayashi | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 |
| Pts | 67-50 | 64-52 |
| Total Points | 117 | 116 |
| Winners | 18 | 28 |
| %Winners | 27% | 44% |
Both Masabayashi and Kumar Mukund played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Masabayashi and Kumar Mukund have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Masabayashi played 1 game less than Kumar Mukund. Masabayashi scored 18 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Kumar Mukund made 28 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Masabayashi | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 9 |
| 1st in | 27/55 | 37/57 |
| %1st in | 49% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 18/27 | 28/37 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 22/28 | 14/20 |
| %2nd pts | 79% | 70% |
Masabayashi recorded 1 ace . Kumar Mukund also recorded 9 aces . Masabayashi won 67% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 79% of the points. On the other side, Kumar Mukund won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Masabayashi | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 75% | 25% |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Tomohiro broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Tomohiro pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Kumar Mukund broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Sasi was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Masabayashi | |||
| Q1 Zhu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 67-50 | 67-50 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/55 | 27/55 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 18/27 | 18/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/28 | 22/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 79% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kumar Mukund | |||
| Q1 Lee |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-52 | 64-52 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/57 | 37/57 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 28/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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