Mukund Sasikumar thread

[prasen9]

Go SaKu! (No, it is not a Japanese name).

[Dinesh]

Lost 4&3. Not a bad score. Hopefully he will stay in EU, regain some confidence, and start winning.

[sameerph]

Mukund is playing in a 25K in Czech Republic this week and started with an easy win over a qualfier who retired early in the match.

At M25 Prague, Czech Republic (Clay)

[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,320) d. (Q) Vaclav Safranek (CZE,374) 31 retd.

Next,

[R2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,320) vs. (4) Chung Shin Tseng (TPE,277)

[jayakris]

Alright, Mukund, let's get an upset win here. Don't try to get Sasi to join. Let him sleep.

[sameerph]

Nope. It seems Sasi only showed up.

At M25 Prague, Czech Republic (Clay)

[R2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,320) l. (4) Chung Shin Tseng (TPE,277) 36 36

[vparam]

Mukund has gained direct entry into the Little Rock, AR challenger beginning on May 31st.

[sameerph]

Mukund had a bad loss in Q1 of Porto challenger in Potugal against 889th ranked Sam Bebeek 62 36 57.

He needs to win these matches.

[Rajiv]

Mukund makes the Quali's cut for Newport Rhode Island 250.

[Rajiv]

Mukund meanwhile with a tough opener ,the experienced 217 ranked and the 7th seed Belgian Ruben Bemelmans.

[sameerph]

He lost in straight sets.

At Hall of Fame Open, Newport ATP 250

[Q1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,321) l. (7) Ruben Bemelmans (BEL,217) 57 46

[Rajiv]

Yes fought well, but couldn't close it or stretch it longer.
Infact in S1 at 53 was serving to take the first set but lost 4 games in a row to lose the set , which is bit too common for him, to lose string of games after having being in the lead.

[jayakris]

Loss after loss for all our players lately. Somebody get into form and have a run somewhere, please. This is just frustrating.

[vparam]

I caught up with Sasi yesterday after he won the local USTA tournament in my area yesterday against VSP. Sasi hopes to gain entry into the qualifying draw at Winston Salem. He is such a nice soft spoken person. He mom was also with him this week in Pennsylvania for the tournament.

[vishalg]

He won the event (which was played with fast 4 format) beating Gulbis.
Here is an interview from earlier this week where he honestly talked about a drop in his level post covid.

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[jayakris]

Thanks for the update Vishal. That is great news that Mukund was able to beat a former top-10 player (who is still in top-200). The commentator was also saying that he was "whupping Gulbis" in the practice session he saw earlier today, so Mukund seems to have got some of his form back. That's good. But where is going to get to play next?