In the final of the challenger in Forli, Sasha-Kumar Mukund from India will play against Italian Luca Nardi.
Sasha-Kumar Mukund
The 24-year-old representative of India performs very interestingly in Forli. Mukund reached the final of the tournament from the semi-finals of the qualification. We thought that in the 1/8 finals Mukund would already stumble in the match with Denis Evseev from Kazakhstan, but the Indian only continued to surprise. Mukund won against Evseev in two sets – 6:3; 6:2. In the quarterfinals, Sasha-Kumar made a small sensation and beat Elliot Benshetri from Morocco in two sets – 6:3; 7:6 (7:5). And yesterday in the semifinals of the tournament Mukund made quite a big sensation and beat Hungarian Zhombor Pirosh – 6:3; 7:6 (7:4). At the same time, in the second set, Mukund lost 1-4 in games, but Sasha-Kumar was able to find the strength to finish the game in his favor.
Luca Nardi
The 19-year-old representative of Italy, in turn, played at tournaments in Forli at the end of last year. This week he started immediately in the main draw, which means he played a couple of matches less and left more strength. In the 1/16 finals, Nardi won a strong-willed victory over the representative of Monaco Lucas Katarina – 3:6; 6:3; 6:2. In 1/8, Nardi again had to play a difficult match, but in the end the Italian was able to achieve a strong-willed victory over Evan Furness from France – 6:7 (5:7); 6:4; 6:1. In the quarterfinals of the tournament , Nardi beat one of the favorites Christian Harrison from the USA - 1:6; 7:5; 6:2. Yesterday, Luka did not play in the semifinals because of the refusal of German Cedric-Marcel Stebe to go on court.
Forecast
Both tennis players are in good shape now, while Luca Nardi, due to his age, may not pull the final, but he has much more strength left to still do everything possible to win the title. At the same time, bookmakers consider Luca Nardi almost a clear favorite, which is a bit strange, given that the Italian spends the first sets hard. We still propose to put on the total more than 10.5 games won by Mukund, since the representative of India will definitely not give away the final just like that.
Zsombor Piros
Sasi Kumar Mukund
Elliot Benchetrit
Denis Yevseyev
Francesco Forti
Duje Ajdukovic
Stefan Kozlov
Luca Staeheli
Alexei Popyrin
Genaro Alberto Olivieri
Brayden Schnur
Ruben Bemelmans
Nicolas Mejia
Michail Pervolarakis
Oliveira G.
Ruben Gonzales
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Roberto Cid Subervi
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
Evan Furness
Catarina L.
Aldin Setkic
Moez Echargui
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Lukas Rosol
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Vitaliy Sachko
Alexey Vatutin
Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
David Vega
