ITF M25 Mandya,Bhopal, Chennai- Jan 2024

[jayakris]

At the Chennai M25, Jelle Sels had nothing left to sell today, as his game didn't jell.

[SF] Mukund Sasikumar (IND,554) d. Jelle Sels (NED,711), 62 20 RET.

So Mukund won't be tired for the final. Tomic vs Vanshelboim is underway in the other semi.

[sameerph]

And Mukund plays former top 20 play Bernard Tomic in the final.

[SF] Mukund Sasikumar (IND,554) vs. (1) Bernard Tomic (AUS,290)

Tomic is tough but nowhere close to player he once was. Lost a lot of matches to lowly ranked players. So, if Mukund plays his best game he may have a chance.

[sameerph]

Tomic proved too strong for Mukund.

[F] Mukund Sasikumar (IND,554) l. (1) Bernard Tomic (AUS,290) 46 67(3)

Still, this nice run after 2 bad weeks gets Mukund 16 points and will get back inside top 500. Hope he uses this to have a good run at India challengers.

[PKBasu]

Yes, a very nice week for Mukund, and he put up a decent fight against the former top-20 player in the final too.

Hopefully, he'll get main draw wild-cards in the Challengers and will be able to capitalise on them. He will need this week's form to carry him through into next month.