Kuai Man vs Andreea Dragoman | WT - Groups | #ITTFWorlds2026

Happy to be quite passive and let you attack first. But she's also got some power behind her. And that's a real weapon, of course. I don't know. I feel like a jinx to her. At 4-0, I was saying, you've got to be happy. Another deadly Kwaiman serve. Yeah, flick of the net on that third ball. It was a good receive from Dragoman, actually, because this was, again, loaded. But that's what Kwaiman forces you into with that serve. She forces you with a few points playing their forehand up the line. Expecting the ball to come cross-court. That was just so casual. Kwaiman takes the opener against Andrea Dragoman. And it's so difficult to know exactly how creative as the nerves settle. She's just so happy as well being passive. And Kwaiman just holds the table. It's just phenomenal. Straight down the line. And those are such hard shots. Yeah, going to heavy spins, sometimes slowing the ball down. She's got to be the one to mix the variables. But it's so difficult. It's another slow, spinnier ball. It gets her in. Some great backhands as well from Andrea Dragoman. Five game points here. What a way to finish. 11 points to 6. The same scoreline by which she took the opener. Kwaiman looking so good out there on Table 1. Uncomfortable as well because she's a left-hander. But it's also her ability to rally. Oh, that was brilliantly done by Dragoman because Kwaiman was using all areas of the table there and she was looking like she'd got her way through. She's got to try and use heavy spin. Oh, that's not coming back. Yeah, that's why you need to try and get in first. Again, the forehand up the line. Look at that. That's a reverse. No, it's didn't phase her. She appreciated that as well. Well, she had eight match points. Dragoman into the net to finish that one off. It's another straight games win for China. Looking really, really good. The defending champions. They might be thousands and thousands of miles from home for them. But they're firmly on their turf here, aren't they? Yeah, they're laying a marker out to the rest of the field.