Flavio Cobolli v Mukund Sasikumar Live Streaming, Prediction & Preview for Pune Open 2023: Italian to See Off the Wildcard

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World no. 171, Flavio Cobolli of Italy, will take on Mukund Sasikumar of India, the world number 340, in the first round of the 2023 Pune Open on Tuesday, January 3. Get the live streaming options of this Flavio Cobolli  v Mukund Sasikumar match along with its preview, head-to-head, and tips here.

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Flavio Cobolli v Mukund Sasikumar Head to Head

The pair have never played each other before. This will the first match between the 20 year old Italian, and his Indian opponent, who is five years older.

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Cobolli Part of New Italian Generation of Players

Cobolli is part of the new generation of Italian players, and is already a Grand Slam winner from his junior days, having won the doubles at the French Open in 2020.

Having been beaten in two previous finals, he also won his first Challenger tour title on clay in Croatia, last March.

That helped him break into the top 150 in the world for the first time, although subsequent results meant that his ranking drifted after that.

And, as a consequence, he had to enter qualifying for this event in India, although that did not prove too arduous a task for him.

In his first match he breezed past Aditya Vishal Balsekar of India for the loss of just three games, and then beat the Czech Zdenek Kolar in straight sets.

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Sasikumar Made ATP Main Tour Debut in Pune

It was back in 2020 in Pune that Sasikumar made his main ATP debut after being given a wildcard, and he finds himself in the same position three years later.

His career high ranking of 229 was achieved in October 2019, but has drifted since then, with his career largely spent on the ITF tour.

He won an event at that level in Portugal in September, although, more recently than that, he was beaten in the final of another tournament in Egypt last month.

In addition, he has appeared in two Challenger finals, one of them a year ago in Forli, Italy. He was beaten on that occasion by the local player Luca Nardi in straight sets.

Cobolli v Sasikumar Prediction and Tip

In this battle between Cobolli and the local favourite, the Italian will start the favourite, despite Sasikumar having home court advantage, because his ceiling as a tennis player appears that much higher.

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The 2023 Pune Open will be played from January 2 to January 8.  You can get all the tennis betting news with our tennis betting blog here. Also get rest of the tennis match previews here.

About Andy Dalziel 1773 Articles
Andy is English but a long time resident of Cyprus. When not writing about tennis and other sports, he is also a Chartered Accountant. In his spare moments, he spends more time than is healthy worrying about his beloved Arsenal.

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