Adriana Diaz vs Wang Yidi _ WS R16 _ #WTTMacao 2025

Quite an exchange, this one. A slow opening and then a flat punch and then into the speedy shots mid-distance. ...points so far at the first dowel break. There it is, the backhand punches. All her serves. All of them? I mean, they're really good. I don't like her long serves so much. I love just the boldness to even... Adriana was not quite sure, should she do a banana or chop it? And then it was good for Wang Yidi to start. She was waiting for the service to the middle. Bob's down, Wang Yidi! Two thirds of her serves, Adriana Diaz not far behind at 58.3. I like it, this is good. Expose a piece here. Behind the table again, we remember what happened last time. Still in it, Adriana! Yes, she does it again! Two for two behind the table! I feel like the lob was so high that it was so uncomfortable for Wang Yidi. I can imagine the serve percentages will change, or have changed. Oh, that was so good! A guillotine chop block just drops it completely. So much spin, check this one out, get ready. Game number three, Wang Yidi starts it off here. Well now, taking a page out of the Diaz. You think that's a tactic? She was 16 years old and she was playing chop blocks every other point. The crowd likes it, Wang Yidi has the answers. Friends care. In the first set, she was playing a normal serve. 0 for 2 so far, can she get through it this time? She's playing more cautiously, but she's 3 for 3 on the lobs. The crowd, if you could see the faces of the players, the fans in the crowd. I don't know what percentage of them are players, but right now they're sure enjoying being spectators. But this one's shallow and it's not as high. Wang Yidi has the chance to play it wide and she takes it. All the way to the barrier, she takes the game. Back for game number four, Adriana Diaz in a must win. A little bit more of a marathon than a sprint. Oh! Get returned. Wang Yidi is able to get them back over the net, which many can't. How many can you play? How many backhands can you play on the table? Well, this time it's a forehand. Here we go, number four. Only the fourth proper lobbing point. She's 3 for 3, Adriana Diaz. A counter with the forehand, still in it, it's a fishing shot. Oh! Diaz, this is why she basically gets as close as can be. The topspin from Wang Yidi was also longer so that Adriana couldn't make this chop block. Wang Yidi is seen served with different spins today alone. Oh! I say that to say it. Think a witch. And she slows it down, a shallower shot. And we are going to the D, to the Oz. No, we're going to the D, to the side, to the dirt. In any match, this will happen. Yes, because you never know. Will it be a little bit half long? Oh, beautiful angle, the timing, short stroke. Comfortable and questionable. Now that was a long serve, and with the brushing side spin. She's baited her into playing her game. Trailing by two. A big point for Diaz, she really needs to do well. Can't receive in modern history. Pose on the finish line. Steele saves, match point. Adriana. The windshield wiper on the back hands with the win of her career. This is huge. She gets through to the quarter finals over Wang Yidi on home soil. She was down and she came back. She was down quite a ways. And this match, she came out with support. She came out with belief. She came out with a plan. And barely did it work. Something different on almost every shot from the time out.