Top Points of Day 1 - #WTTMontpellier 2025

Inside out forehand battles, this was a game of dare or dare. It was just back and forth. Let's see who can go wider from the backhand counter. Here's one inside out, right back, another. Slows the game down, chop from Hiroto Shinazuka. He's still alive. Backhand away from the table, loop to loop. Asa, trying to play it across his body. It is the rally of the match here. And it's heroic from the young Hiroto. She's on the verge of a resurgence as well. Nice switch. Wide balls. Backhand rips away from the table. That is brilliant stuff. That is just entertainment throughout. Kostacic as a player. Oh, I don't know how that one came down. Oh no, Samara stayed in that rally. It was ready and waiting there, wasn't she? With that shot that just bounced on the purple line there. A non-Chinese player win a world championship. It's only usually once. Drop shot. Oh, he tried it early on in the match when Rebo didn't make it over the net, executed it that time. Oh, my goodness. You have to move quickly for that one, Hashimoto. Yeah, I think there are also a lot of confused, I don't know, a lot of confusion, let's say, about the rules. If you hit the table, if the racket hits the table, as long as it's not the freehand. Oh, the break off the net after all that. Whatever Ahn Jae-hyun did with that last ball, it came back awkward. Good turn, power on the forehand. Lee Sang-soo with the net. There's a chop block, floating shot. That's exactly how to drop it like it's hot. And again, you said when Rebo should be watching out for lessons here and how to drop shot, and that was a perfect example. Oh, no, no. Turn the other cheek, why don't you? Slapped and then slapped back even harder. Tough way to get into the point, but he's still in it with the Skylobs. Oh, you want to see that. ... to the final shot after the inside out forehand. Look at the side spin on that. Since 2021. And there it is. He tries to blitz the table. Han Ying makes her move. And I'm not including the walk over in 2022. This is a big win. And the world number 26 has eliminated. ... serves at, was it 9-7? Oh, it was, yeah, 9-7. Oh, wow. 4-9. Amazing stuff from Samara there. Showcasing a silky side there, Samara. ... is 10 years his senior, and he's had a decade more to find his identity, to hone his craft.