Mukund Sasikumar and Zura Tkemaladze will play each other in the qualifications of the Astana Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:30 am on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mukund Sasikumar who should win in 3 sets.
Mukund Sasikumar -> 1.43
Zura Tkemaladze -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Mukund Sasikumar vs. Zura Tkemaladze
This will be the 2nd time that Mukund Sasikumar and Zura Tkemaladze clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tkemaladze (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Tkemaladze won 6-4 7-5 in the qualifications in the Hangzhou Challenger back in 2024.
Mukund Sasikumar
15 - 14win/loss
519
229
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-25 | 29-19 | 3-1 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 463, Sasi reached the qualifications after beating Shunsuke Nakagawa 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Indian had a good straight sets win against Nakagawa (6-1 6-4). During the match, Kumar Mukund scored 61 points vs Nakagawa’s 44. Sasi was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kumar Mukund fired 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mukund Sasikumar lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kumar Mukund put 72% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. The Indian broke Nakagawa 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Kumar Mukund has positive record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (312-279). 9-9 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kumar Mukund has a composed 241-193 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Kumar Mukund’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Baotou and M15 Luan.
Sasi has a composed 15-14 win-loss record in 2025, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Sasi has never competed in this tournament before.
Zura Tkemaladze
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-22 | 9-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-30 | 21-21 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-33 | 31-24 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-27 | 29-19 | 9-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-13 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 849, the Georgean reached the qualifications after defeating Ruslan Tiukaev 1-6 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Tiukaev, The Georgean recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-4).During the match Tkemaladze scored less points (8) than Tiukaev. In fact, the world no. 463 won 93 points vs Tiukaev’s. That means that Tkemaladze was more focused during the important points. Zura was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Tkemaladze struck 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Zura Tkemaladze lost the serve 6 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Tkemaladze put 64% of his first serves in, winning 57% (36/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (14/36) on the 2nd serve. Tkemaladze broke Tiukaev 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
The Georgean has an aggregate 4-12 win-loss record in 2025, 4-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kumar Mukund | Tkemaladze |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 27 |
| Pts | 61-44 | 93-101 |
| Total Points | 105 | 194 |
| Winners | 30 | 36 |
| %Winners | 49% | 39% |
Both Kumar Mukund and Tkemaladze played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Zura Tkemaladze conceded 1 set while Mukund Sasikumar hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kumar Mukund has played 1 set(s) less than Tkemaladze (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kumar Mukund played 10 games less than Tkemaladze. Kumar Mukund scored 30 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Georgean fired 36 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kumar Mukund | Tkemaladze |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 3 |
| 1st in | 43/60 | 63/99 |
| %1st in | 72% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 36/63 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 57% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 14/36 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 39% |
Kumar Mukund managed to score 9 aces . Tkemaladze fired 3 aces . Kumar Mukund won 70% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Tkemaladze won 57% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kumar Mukund | Tkemaladze |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 80% | 60% |
| Conceded | 4 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 75% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Sasi broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Sasi dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Zura broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kumar Mukund | |||
| Q1 Nakagawa | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-44 | 61-44 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/60 | 43/60 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| 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 | |
| Tkemaladze | |||
| Q1 Tiukaev | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 93-101 | 93-101 | |
| Total points | 194 | 194 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 63/99 | 63/99 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 36/63 | 36/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/36 | 14/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 7/13 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 54% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
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