Wang Manyu vs Kuai Man | WS SF | #EuropeSmash 2026

All right, here we go. Best of seven. Kwaimon will start it off with the serves. Love all. I think the facial expressions said it all. Wang Manyu usually converts that. Plenty of professionals on both the men's and women's sides to take from. Come on in over the table. Well, come here. Come and get this one. Franz in the front row. Slow spin. Good arc. I'd say big results in the last few years. Tough to be a table tennis fan and not know more than a handful of names on the Chinese team. Oh, where's the shirt? Oh, the special shirt photographer. It's okay. Keeping it clean. It'll be back tomorrow. Kwaimon trailing by one. Good misdirection. Reaches it. Gets one back nice and high and then it becomes more than fishing. Check this out. That one. Now, it's low to the forehand. Heavy topspin back. Even the fishing shot feels more like a loop than a fishing. It's somewhere in between, but it's enough. Wang Manyu with a bit of momentum, confidence and serves to come. Changes the mindset of the opponent. Changes the pressure. Mondays, 4pm Singapore time they get updated. It comes in so fast. Again, to make this shot is exactly where she wants to go before that. 12 of the last 16 points Wang Manyu has won. Covers the net. Gets one of her own in the end. In terms of stability right now and comfort in the stance it feels like Wang Manyu is physically there are many videos online you can find what the women do. Behind the table by that much there's just too much ground to cover. This is why you try to stay close to the table as much as possible. It's a game of speed and angles. Gets behind the table, that's when you take advantage. That with a side of extra power please. Geez man, Wang Manyu fulfilling heavy spin. The next one was a drive, forward and through. There have been a lot of nets in this match. We saw a turning point in game number 3. Although she's won the last two and hasn't been beaten since 2023 by Wang Yidi. Strawberry carries long and sets up. Only needs the one. 11 to 4. More dominant than the game before. Maybe between sessions. Don't you all want to know more about that guy? Contact. A much needed point. Some confidence. From the start of the match you said just an appetizer. We are now into the entrees. Still a lot. Oh, what an escape. And another one. Front row love. Amount of physicality that Wang Manyu brings to the table right now. The backs like winning. Can't cash in the IOU. Hashtag Hitomi Sato. One more time to recover. Not everyone has the shoulder strength of Quadriruna. Deep with topspin and it just misses. To keep Kwai Man away from the table. And it's game point for a 3-0 lead for Wang Manyu. But Wang Manyu controls the table from the inside out. Now or never a must win for Kwai Man. Sometimes rock bottom gives you a sense of clarity. This is a sense of serious, clear and present danger right now. Wang Manyu, the opening. Want to have that extra minute to think things through and try to turn things around. So back from her time out, Kwai Man, what changes can she make to cause trouble? Parallel early. Little haircut there. But she understood it. So only literally. Inside out. Success on the other side. Such a good start from Kwai Man. Racket didn't come quite centered. If you can lob the ball to the baseline. It is now or never. It is a must win for Kwai Man. You're not Jorgen Persson. Just about anyone else in the world feels quite uncomfortable with those shots. Some wishful thinking. Some hopes from the crowd. Briefest of moments. She comes into the table. And after that, everything is a backpedal. Three shots in a row. Now back one, into the middle. By the end of today, you'll be able to clock out. Just a question of when. Look at this change in momentum here. Kwai Man, six of the last eight points. Can't cash in the IOU. Serves to Kwai Man. Traditionally half long to the forehand side. And this one at full extension. Kwai Man serving to save match point. But she will not. It is Wang Manyu who finds herself in a final. Will the gap between world number two and world number one close?