Bernadette Szocs vs Sabine Winter | WS R32 | #WTTMacao 2026

Oh, she gets off to a start. Wow. Oh, what a shot here from Soch, yeah. Wonderful receive there from Soch, making Binta slip. Excellent. And grip to play it from the backhand. That's the danger there, Soch. They have to actually resist the urge. She's got such a physically demanding and taxing game. Maybe end up with a medal around her neck there as well as she did at the World Cup. The age is just a number. Yep. Liking a lot from Bernadette. Very, very vocal. Doesn't hold back with Soch. She thinks that she responds well to that kind of stuff. We heard him. Got a revenge from Frankfurt there against Samara. Yeah. National coach for the German women's team. Oh, she did it again. Oh, the edge. Couple of things that she wouldn't have even been able to prepare for, really. I think Binta has done some of what she'd already have with the head-to-head record and such. This is brilliant from Bernie, John. Really, really, really got herself up for this. And stayed really calm. Credit to her there. But she's got to get the job done. Bothered with the tomahawk because she feels like Binta will deal with it. So the pendulum long serve. And she puts it away. Behaving like that. How unsportswomanlike. Some professional. But at the end of the day, whether you chuck your bat, whether you say something that we can't say on air to your coach, then, you know, as long as you're not disrespecting the above playing surface or anything like that, why not? Soch responds well. She needs to let it all out sometimes. Bit of a shallow, bobbling float shot that you can drive. You can see she's pushed really well, but the posture's not quite there for that one. Backhand under the ball regularly. Let's see if she can set up a good shot, yeah? Yeah? It's only funny when someone knows. She has got quite a jagged serve motion, but just seemed a bit erratic there from Binta. Well played. It's the best push I've seen all event, John. And if in doubt, get around on that forehand and give it a bang. Yes. Serving in a way that invites a spin. I guarantee we see at least one long serve here. Wouldn't be surprised if both are backspin. Yep, short backspin now as you go long. OK. Perfect. Played it beautifully. You may have to see Binta taking even more risk in receive and twiddling to flick the ball. We've not seen any flick receives from Sabina Binta, have we? Not the running commentary from the coach as well. How low was that? Dominating and then Binta blossoms in the second juncture of the game. She's missed it and we're tied up. But you don't get that. Oh, what a break. Completely wrong foot to her opponent. The finals in Fukuoka back in 2024. And last season, despite making the champions final, Binta. So yeah, very unlikely. We didn't see a European, did we? No, Binta was the closest. So many ranking points up for grabs one way or another over the next couple of months. We will see substantial change. There's an opportunity. Very spectacular. You know, for the first time we're going to see the beautiful Kai Tak Sports Park in Hong Kong. Different from last year. Great shot there from Sabina. Just trapping that ball. No. What a point. I mean, it could end this game. Oh, no way. No. She wins it. She got one out of the pocket. Somehow Sabina Binta fighting for her life. And this is why you want to see a player like Sabina Binta. Recovering from an injury because that's the kind of woman she is. Clever from Binta. This is what she's doing better now. She's twiddling. It's really with these two Europeans going at it. The noise. Everything that's going on around the table. You're right. To each other's face. I was thinking Chen Yi's doing well here to handle Bernie. Because we've seen what Bernie can do even against the top Chinese. Oh, that was beautiful from Serge. You can't make it obvious she's going to do it or Binta won't budge. Oh my goodness me. She's on the ground. Very adventurous style Binta. She could win with a bagel after what's happened. Yeah. No way. But the upshot is. Succeed in trouble. Drops it. Oh, and then edges it. Oh, what happened there? A bit of adrenaline. A bit of juice there. Oh, and it's long as well. Oh, she's dropped a couple of chances. I think if Binta wins this game, she'll come back and win it. Here we go. But she misses. It's a big call. It's a big. Surely it'll be backspin. Oh, no. She's done it again. She's missed it twice now. Twice in what? Three serves? Well, no. I'll stick to what I said. If Binta wins this game, it's a tough cobweb to sweep under the carpet. And now it's Binta's chance because it's game. It's infinity and beyond, mate. Oh, wow. Wow. I'm going to hold you to that prediction, Mr. Riley, because Binta has come back. Missed serves in key moments. Binta's lucky. She was lucky. To be fair, she held in there. No, no, no. I think she has to keep doing what she's doing. The push play, the touch play. Trying to shut down the Binta forehand. This is really good. It's not 100% by some way. And then the put away. Easy. Could be wrong here. Maybe Bernie's going to... Look at this. Wow. Six, love. And look at that. She's just really... Service-wise, she's going close to 60% as well. So it's all stacked in her favor. And more than anything, how many unforced errors are we seeing? 8-1. 2-1 up. Oh, dear. Yeah, that's an unforced one, I'd say. It's all but done now. And there's a face that tells you exactly that. Ah, she's out of this now. A very, very quick race to nine match points. This time, Bernadette to get it done, surely. And there it is. Well played. Oh, she deserves that celebration because the history has been...