Christo Popov vs Moh. Zaki Ubaidillah | Composure when it counted

Ah, wonderful. Lovely shot from Popov on the backhand. Start the slow-mo. Four. That's a nice smash. He puts that one away. It's been a tight match so far this one. So he extends his lead right after the interval, Zaki Ubaidullah. You can see that Popov is now, he's winning these sort of exchanges at the moment. Zaki Ubaidullah more often than not. That's better. Nice stick smash, cross court. And he's now just two points away, Zaki Ubaidullah. And that is a brilliant way to take the first game. He's been excellent. Zaki Ubaidullah. He's got that clutch mentality at times. Except the world. Maybe that disruption in rhythm is not exactly what Popov would have wanted. But he does get the very first point on resumption. Three. Well, this is going to be one of the longest rallies we've had. Well, we talked about those sort of stick smashes he can play. And we go into the interval here with Krzysztof Popov in front, only just. That's gone long, and he's just looked. Oh, it's in! Again, that's a wonderful bit of play from Zaki Ubaidullah. Make use of this. Ubaidullah still wants to hang in there. And what? Ubaidullah doesn't want this to run away from him, but it seemingly will. Oh, what a shot. Brilliant from Zaki there. Draws his opponent in. Zaki Ubaidullah has beaten the world number one. Delight from him. Avenging the French Open final from last month. Kristo Popov, very, very gracious there. His father not looking best pleased. What a win here. And you've got to say, he was excellent in that first game. Kristo Popov showing flashes of why he is the world number one in the second. He had a huge lead. Well, pretty big lead, let's say. 18-13.