Sasi Kumar Mukund conquers Tung-Lin Wu 7-5 6-3 in the semifinal in Baotou Challenger on Saturday. Kumar Mukund will fight against James Duckworth in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Indian conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
2nd set.
There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Indian conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Sasi scored 75 points vs. the Chinese’s 58 points.
Kumar Mukund served exceptionally well to win 91% of the points (31/34) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (21/38) on his second serve. The Indian struck 16 aces and he committed 4 double faults. The Indian won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points because he converted only 40% (2/5). On the other side, Tung-Lin wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kumar Mukund and Wu is 2-1.
Next Match: Sasi Kumar Mukund vs. James Duckworth – stats
Kumar Mukund will play Duckworth in the final.
There is no head to head record between Sasi Kumar Mukund and James Duckworth since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Baotou Challenger
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jumpei YamasakiYamasaki – Evan ZhuZhu (0-0) – See H2H details
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Chuhan WangWang (0-0) – See H2H details
