Denis Evseev from Kazakhstan will play against Sasha-Kumar Mukund from India in the 1/8 finals of the challenger in Forli.
Sasha-Kumar Mukund
The 24-year-old representative of India made his way to the main draw of the tournament through qualification, but Mukund did it quite confidently. In the semifinals, Sasha-Kumar beat Patrick Niklas-Salminen from Finland in two sets – 6:3; 6:4. In the qualifying final, Italian Francesco Villardo was already beaten - 6:2; 6:4. And in the 1/16 finals, Mukund coped with another representative of Italy Francesco Forti in two sets – 7:6 (7:3); 6:3.
Denis Evseev
The 28-year-old representative of Kazakhstan also had to make his way to the main draw of the tournament through qualification. In the semi-finals of the qualification, Evseev confidently beat My Echargi from Tunisia - 7:5; 6:1. And in the final of the qualification there was already a difficult fight with the German Elmar Eyupovich – 6:7 (8:10); 7:6 (7:5); 6:2. In the 1/16 finals, Evseev had a confident match against the strong Portuguese Gonzalo Oliveira and won in two sets - 6:4; 6:4.
Between themselves, Sasha-Kumar Mukund and Denis Evseev played in the 2019 challenger in Vietnam. On the hard in the 1/8 finals, the representative of Kazakhstan was much stronger - 6:4; 6:2.
Forecast
Both tennis players are in good shape now, and therefore we believe that a good fight can turn out here and we offer to put you on a total of more than 19.5 games.