Manav Thakkar vs Tomislav Pucar _ MS R32 _ #WTTFrankfurt 2025

Oh yes, let's have a bit more of this, shall we? Straight away. This event has been wide open, that's the case this year for sure. But the question will finally come, is it will some of the European players... Yeah, he's got a lot of energy for sure, plays an enthusiastic game. Oh, that's a great get. We've got a game on our hands here, both players slinging. ...Tucker was down by quite a lot and he's in front. I remember 2-5. ...block and a finishing hooking forehand here. Manov Tucker, an artist on the table. ...as much if Manov chooses to step around, then okay. And stepping around is one thing. That shot came back with something on it. Stinging. 11-10. 12-10. Love one. 1-5? 1-6 even? 1-5? 1-5. There we go. Oh, love that. Floated from Putzer. A shot from under the table, good amount of spin, you can't see the contact, which is what makes it so difficult. Love eight. He's such a physically... ...in fashion or is it antiquated? I don't think that tells us either way. Not particularly. Are you? Not particularly, but I didn't want to say anything just in case. Could you imagine a 0-10 comeback for a win? Love one. Good start here from Manov Tucker. I think it's all fair and square. 2-1. It's the opportunity he wants. 7-3. The winner of this one incidentally goes through to the round of 16. 7-4. Out in front, it can be helpful as well. Catches the edge here, Putzer, as it just clips on the wide forehand shot. Montpellier and it was quite an exciting event. 8-6. Now when they were talking, Chris Pfeiffer and Manov Tucker, it sounded like if you can't make the opening with the backhand, hit him in the middle. Satyen and Manov. 11-6. Game to Takahashi. Send his opponent the wrong way there and that is a classy way to close out. 1-2. Putzer. 2-all. Not there. And he constructed that with some stinging backhands of his own. Yeah, if you're just joining us, you have to remember, these are best of five. It's time to prepare. 3-6. Scampering in pursuit was Manov Tucker, but in vain. We've gotten more chops out here than we usually do. 3-9. You asked me an interesting question early on about forehand to forehand between these two. 10-4. What's also fascinating as we see, it's now an opportunity to close this out and level it up and take us to a fifth. In-game, good friends, it might be a first WTT meeting, but... 10-5. I don't clap too often in the commentary booth, but I couldn't help it with this one. 11-5. 2-lob. 2-1. 3-4. And you could see there was a shallow lob, and that's what he did to it. 5-4. 8-6. 7-10. 11-7. And that is that. No need to say sorry, Manov Tucker, because you've won this one on merit. Yes, there were a couple of breaks at the end of that fifth game, but over the balance of things here, right back to the start, Adam, and we talked about it at the time, one five down early on in the match. Manov Tucker showed his fighting qualities, and he's shown his quality play as well.