Mukund Sasikumar and Aleksandre Bakshi will face off in the 2nd round of the Astana Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Mukund Sasikumar who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mukund Sasikumar is the pick to win this match.
Mukund Sasikumar -> 1.571
Aleksandre Bakshi -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Mukund Sasikumar vs. Aleksandre Bakshi

There is no head to head record between Mukund Sasikumar and Aleksandre Bakshi since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Mukund Sasikumar

Mukund Sasikumar

17 - 14win/loss

Hard
11-9
I Hard
3-4
Clay
3-1
Rank
519
High
229
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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
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Ranked no. 461, Kumar Mukund got to the 2nd round after defeating Shunsuke Nakagawa 6-1 6-4, Zura Tkemaladze 6-3 7-6(2) and Saba Purtseladze 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Indian had a good straight sets win against Purtseladze (6-4 6-4). During the match, Kumar Mukund scored 57 points vs Purtseladze’s 46. Kumar Mukund was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kumar Mukund fired 8 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Mukund Sasikumar was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 89% (31/35) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sasi broke Purtseladze twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Kumar Mukund has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (314-279). 11-9 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kumar Mukund has a composed 243-193 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Sasi’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Baotou and M15 Luan.

Sasi has an overall 17-14 win-loss record in 2025, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Astana Challenger

Sasi has never competed in this tournament before.

Astana Challenger
Kumar Mukund's Record

Aleksandre Bakshi

Aleksandre Bakshi

17 - 16win/loss

Hard
16-13
I Hard
0-1
Clay
1-2
Rank
538
High
448
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 34-23 33-20 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 35-26 34-22 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 20-18 19-15 0-1 1-2 0-0 0-0
2022 26-17 22-13 4-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 20-17 8-7 10-8 2-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 620, the Georgean reached the 2nd round after beating Kokoro Isomura 6-1 6-7(2) 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Georgean defeated Isomura (6-1 6-72 6-3). During the match Bakshi scored 107 points vs Isomura’s 89. Bakshi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about serving, Bakshi overwhelmed his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Aleksandre Bakshi conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Bakshi put 61% of his first serves in, winning 91% (52/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (15/37) on the 2nd serve. Aleksandre broke Isomura 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Aleksandre’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.

Bakshi has a compiled 17-16 win-loss record in 2025, 16-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Astana Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history.

Astana Challenger
Bakshi's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

S.Kumar Mukund
A.Bakshi
!
3h:56
3h:56
Time on court​
2h:11
2h:11
1h:07
1h:07
Last match​
!
2h:11
2h:11
!
3
3
Match played
1
1
59
59
Games Played​
29
29
6
6
Set played​​
3
3
193
193
Total points​
107
107
64.3
64.3
Avg point​
107
107
94
94
Winners
52
52
31.3
31.3
Avg Winners​
52
52
49%
49%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
23
23
Aces
21
21
7.7
7.7
Avg Aces
!
21
21
2
2
Double Faults
6
6
0.7
0.7
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
94/123
94/123
1st won total​
52/57
52/57
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
91%
91%
33/52
33/52
2nd won total​
15/37
15/37
!
63%
63%
2nd won %
41%
41%
-- Break Points --
8/16
8/16
BP won
3/11
3/11
2.7/5.3
2.7/5.3
Avg BP won
3/11
3/11
50%
50%
Won
!
27%
27%
7
7
Conceded
3
3
2.3
2.3
Avg Conceded
3
3
2
2
Broken
0
0
!
0.7
0.7
Avg Broken
!
0
0
5
5
Saved
3
3
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kumar Mukund Bakshi
Match played 3 1
Tot Set 6 3
Tot Games 59 29
Pts 193-147 107-89
Total Points 340 196
Winners 94 52
%Winners 49% 49%

Kumar Mukund played 3 matches while Bakshi competed in 1 match. Kumar Mukund started his run from the qualifications while Bakshi had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Aleksandre Bakshi lost 1 set while Mukund Sasikumar hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kumar Mukund has played 3 sets more than Bakshi (6 vs 3). Therefore, Kumar Mukund played 30 games more than Bakshi. Kumar Mukund scored 94 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Bakshi blasted 52 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kumar Mukund Bakshi
Aces 23 21
Avg per match 7.7 21
1st in 123/175 57/94
%1st in 70% 61%
1st pts 94/123 52/57
%1st pts 76% 91%
2nd pts 33/52 15/37
%2nd pts 63% 41%

Kumar Mukund bagged 23 aces (7.7 per match). Bakshi blasted 21 aces . Kumar Mukund won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Bakshi won 91% of the points on 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 Kumar Mukund Bakshi
Won 8 3
Converted 8/16 3/11
% Converted 50% 27%
Conceded 7 3
Saved 5 3
% Saved 71% 100%
Times Broken 2 0

Kumar Mukund broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sasi conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Bakshi broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Aleksandre was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Kumar Mukund
Q1
Nakagawa		 Q3
Tkemaladze		 R1
Purtseladze		 Total
Score 6-1 6-4 6-3 7-62 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 17 22 20 59
pts 61-44 75-57 57-46 193-147
Total points 105 132 103 340
Winners 30 33 31 94
%Winners 49% 44% 54% 49%
SERVE
Aces 9 6 8 23
Double Faults 2 0 0 2
1st in 43/60 45/66 35/49 123/175
% 1st in 72% 68% 71% 70%
1st pts 30/43 33/45 31/35 94/123
% 1st pts 70% 73% 89% 76%
2nd pts 9/17 14/21 10/14 33/52
% 2nd pts 53% 67% 71% 63%
Breaks
Won 4 2 2 8
Converted 4/5 2/7 2/4 8/16
Converted % 80% 29% 50% 50%
Conceded 4 3 0 7
Saved 3/4 2/3 0/0 5
Saved % 75% 67% – 47%
Times Broken 1 1 0 2
Bakshi
R1
Isomura		 Total
Score 6-1 6-72 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 107-89 107-89
Total points 196 196
Winners 52 52
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 21 21
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 57/94 57/94
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 52/57 52/57
% 1st pts 91% 91%
2nd pts 15/37 15/37
% 2nd pts 41% 41%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/11 3/11
Converted % 27% 27%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 33%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Astana Challenger

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