Yasutaka Uchiyama and Mukund Sasikumar will square off in the 2^nd round of the Taipei 2 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Yasutaka Uchiyama who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yasutaka Uchiyama is the pick to win this match.
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 1.191
Mukund Sasikumar -> 4.25

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Prediction and head to head Yasutaka Uchiyama vs. Mukund Sasikumar

This will be the 2^nd time that Yasutaka Uchiyama and Mukund Sasikumar square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Uchiyama (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Uchiyama won 6-4 6-7(11) 6-0 in the 1^st round in the Seoul Challenger back in 2023.

Yasutaka Uchiyama

Ranked no. 139, Yasutaka reached the 2^nd round after beating Hyeon Chung 6-0 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Chung (6-0 6-3). During the match, Uchiyama scored 57 points vs Chung’s 35. Uchiyama was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Uchiyama blasted 5 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Yasutaka Uchiyama was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yasutaka was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Chung 4 times.

Uchiyama has good match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (276-230). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Uchiyama has a composed 34-41 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Busan Challenger where he beat Seong Chan Hong in the final 7-6(4) 6-3 and the Zhangjiagang Challenger where he overcame Mark Lajal in the final 6-7(4) 6-2 6-2.

The Japanese has an aggregate 31-21 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei 2 Challenger

Mukund Sasikumar

Ranked no. 400, Kumar Mukund reached the 2^nd round after defeating Thanapet Chanta 2-6 6-2 6-0.

In the 1^st round against Chanta, Sasi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-0). During the match Kumar Mukund scored 78 points vs Chanta’s 60. The Indian was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Kumar Mukund bagged 9 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Mukund Sasikumar lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kumar Mukund put 52% of his first serves in, winning 89% (31/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (13/32) on the 2nd serve. Kumar Mukund broke Chanta 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

The Indian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Chennai,M15 Tianjin and M25 Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Sasi has a composed 38-29 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Uchiyama	Kumar Mukund
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	15	22
Pts	57-35	78-60
Total Points	92	138
Winners	21	31
%Winners	37%	40%

Both Uchiyama and Kumar Mukund played 1 match. At the moment, Mukund Sasikumar surrendered 1 set while Yasutaka Uchiyama hasn’t lost a set so far. Uchiyama has played 1 set(s) less than Kumar Mukund (2 vs 3). Therefore, Uchiyama played 7 games less than Kumar Mukund. The Japanese scored 21 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Indian managed to score 31 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Uchiyama	Kumar Mukund
Aces	5	9
Avg per match	5	9
1st in	28/55	35/67
%1st in	51%	52%
1st pts	21/28	31/35
%1st pts	75%	89%
2nd pts	17/27	13/32
%2nd pts	63%	41%

Uchiyama bagged 5 aces . Kumar Mukund made 9 aces . Uchiyama won 75% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Kumar Mukund won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Uchiyama	Kumar Mukund
Won	4	5
Converted	4/4	5/12
% Converted	100%	42%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4	2
% Saved	100%	50%
Times Broken	0	2

Uchiyama broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Yasutaka extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. Kumar Mukund broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Kumar Mukund conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Uchiyama
	R1 Chung	Total
Score	6-0 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	57-35	57-35
Total points	92	92
Winners	21	21
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	28/55	28/55
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	21/28	21/28
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	17/27	17/27
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/4	4/4
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Kumar Mukund
	R1 Chanta	Total
Score	2-6 6-2 6-0
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	22	22
pts	78-60	78-60
Total points	138	138
Winners	31	31
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	35/67	35/67
% 1st in	52%	52%
1st pts	31/35	31/35
% 1st pts	89%	89%
2nd pts	13/32	13/32
% 2nd pts	41%	41%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Taipei 2 Challenger

• Cristian Rodriguez/Matthew Christopher RomiosRodriguez/Matthew Christopher Romios – Saketh-Sai Myneni/Ramkumar RamanathanMyneni/Ramkumar Ramanathan (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Kuan-Yi LeeLee – Mitsuki Wei Kang LeongWei Kang Leong (6-4 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-4 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (7-6⁴ 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Mukund SasikumarSasikumar – Thanapet ChantaChanta (2-6 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Sanhui ShinShin (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Ray HoHo (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-4 6-7⁶ 6-0) – See score progression
• Kokoro IsomuraIsomura – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (7-6³ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Tsung-Hao HuangHuang – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Hyeon ChungChung (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (7-5 7-5) – See score progression

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