Hugo Calderano vs Dang Qiu - MS R16 - #WTTMacao 2025

How many did we just see? The around the net. It looked like Ugo played one first. Wide chase here. Smooth as can be, just a brushing back. Oh, falling back, still is able to counter and put the pressure on the crowd. Two-handed backhand lob. Looking for that counter. Doesn't quite connect. Well calculated, and he's got seven game points. Power, and it is gone. Just disintegrates that ball. So, 11-3. Here we go. Patience and play. Oh, open line. No, this one, nothing wrong with that. Look at where Ugo was standing. Turn and burn once again. Six-seven. But in their history, they're three and three, 50-50. Topspin tends to make it a higher percentage shot. There it is, inside the table. He puts on a lot of topspin. The power on that backhand. He was on the move, yet still had enough force to move mountains with that backhand, and he escapes the game victoriously after saving game points. Down 9-10, won three in a row, and here he is. Haven't been working out yet. Oh, they move, dancing around after that surprise shot to the short side of the table. Ugo goes down the line. Inside-out. There's the wrap. Quick change. At least you can imagine. Just around the corner. Cracking backhand from way back again. Permission to pick up your jaw now. Don't leave without it. A little net to help in the end, but the first three shots from Ugo Calderano. ...extend this match. He dies for the opportunity, and then he bakes that potato and sends it into game. Screen. Dong Cho takes the 2-0 lead. 50-50. Here we go. Ugo gets his first on the board. Servers game number four. It hasn't been that way. Dong Cho with a change of pattern. Oh, power placement. Think back to 2018 when he beat Fang Zhendong as he was world number one the first time he did it. A little bit more margin for error. Still in it. There was a calm about Ugo in this. Jump shot blocked. ...need the second. Fourth match point. Takes care of business. Both hands in the air, and he springs with joy. A surviving moment. Bruna's face was a wise face. She knew not to celebrate too early, and Ugo, more than anybody, closed it out again. There it is. Hands above the head. Man, does she need a stretch right now. The stress watching this.