Wang/McGuffin vs Ho/Shimabukuro - Mixed Doubles Quarterfinal | MB Vietnam Cup 2025

So, and this time, Tama's channeling his creative energy here in pickleball. In his shots. Let's see what's about to go down. Game 1. And... 0-0-2. Terrific Thursday. Let's ball! And Tama and Hotam are on the board. That's a quick point. 1-0-2. Good lead. Tyson pulling the trigger early in the match here. 0-1-1. Third shot dropped, bro, from Tyson McGuffin, bro. Barely. Sick. Barely got past the net. And this is a message to Sadalph's mom in L.A., Mrs. Tupas. If you get a package in the mail with some pink Skechers, just know that your son is the one that sent that over there. Sorry to ruin your secret there, my friend. 1-1-1. Mrs. Tupas. I got what Tyson's wearing. I love those. 1-1-2. Tyson not wearing the pink shorts today. How does that make you feel? Well, it's still a nice contrast because the shoes pop now. The colors of the shoes pop because of the black and gray. Oh, that ball goes out. Slow start for Zoe and Tyson here. It's hard to show up and play the last... 1-1-2. ...match of the day here on championship court. I like the fact that Zoe's moving well. Yeah. Because even after that little fall, she suffered in that... Women's doubles match. Yeah, women's doubles. It was like probably second to the last rally of the match. Mm-hmm. Moving well, digging well here. Uh-oh. All right. No mercy there from Tyson. 3-1-2. Oh, Zoe with the off-speed. Off-speed to the left of Tama Shimabukuro. Clear winner here. And Tama was trying to anticipate middle. Speed up and then Tyson winning the point for him and Zoe. 5-1-2. And then so much for a slow start. Now it's 5-1. Wow. Zoe with the incredible lob. Hotem with the retrieval and back to neutral. Here we go. Oh, Tyson, you dirty boy. Ooh, ooh, ooh. Hotem. Look, if you're going to call the ball out, you got to call it out with authority and don't question anybody else. If it's out, it's out. And the referee says it was in. To be fair, Hotem wasn't sure as well. Well, yeah. If you're not sure, you should usually give him the point. Yeah. That's how I see it. Sometimes people say when in doubt, call it out. I don't believe that. I don't subscribe to that. Oh. Too good. Too good, my friend. That's the second time for Zoe right there. Same spot. Same result. This is another. Oh, Tyson. Tyson McGuffin with the McNasty, bro. Look at you, Tyson. I like this, though. Like, I'm going to copy that move from now on, the little nice lob, which you actually lob. So I don't know if you got it from Tyson or if Tyson got it from you, but it works. It works, bro. Kind of hard for me to retrieve that if you do that to me as well. You know, I won't have the foot speed to get to it. You will after you get your new shoes, though. Can't put the new shoes to shame, bro. I'm not. I love those shoes. Yeah. Why do you think I have my pink ones? I have the OG McGuffins version one. Absolutely. So this one's quick. This could be quick here if Ho-Tam and Tama can't steady the ship here. Remaining time, I receive a zero. It's about one. It's just hard, partner, when you get overwhelmed by two experienced players as well. Yeah. I mean, I want two. Zoe and Tyson are looking stronger and stronger each game that we see them play. So I just believe it comes down to a bit of familiarity and chemistry for your teammates. And rather than play two individual games, you're playing as a team. And that's what matters. Deep thoughts by Simon Yin. Nice leave there from Zoe. And that takes us to game point. Game point. 10-1-2. Yeah. Don't blink. You might miss it. Lob incoming. Oh, did I? Tama read my mind too, bro. Tama's like, nah, nah. Sir, I respect you, but no. 1-10-1. Oh, wow. Zoe, too strong, too big. 1-10-2. Also, Tyson and Zoe wanting revenge from their performance in Malaysia. Is that right? Yeah, they dropped out of the quarterfinals. Losing to Santos and Sarah. Sarah Dennehy, the surgeon. Oh, those lobs are just filthy, bro. Nice retrievals here. Yeah, good reset. Back to neutral. Oh, and that's the game. That's the game right here. 11-1. Tyson McGuffin and Zoe Wang giving a clinic, pretty much, in game number one. Yeah. That's a really strong performance, masterful performance from the experienced pair of Tyson McGuffin and Zoe Wang. This is a match, I think, that they also need partner to really work on. To grow, absolutely, yeah. And for Tama and Ho-Tam, all is not lost. You have game number two coming right up. Game two. Time in 0-0-2. Game number two here between Zoe Wang, Tyson McGuffin, and Ho-Tam and Tama Shimabukuro. 0-0-1. Wow. Point for Ho-Tam and Shimabukuro. 1-0-1. Very encouraging sign here to start game number two. Second serve. Maybe just this fresh start they need to make their mark in this match. Oh, Tama. Good drive there from Tama. 2-0-2. That one goes out. 0-2-1. Zoe and Tyson regaining serve here. What a put away from Tyson McGuffin. Point. All business there on that put away. Absolutely. 1-2-1. McGuffin beating McGuffin. Point. 2-2-1. 2-2, putting on a good fight here from Tama and Ho-Tam. 2-2-2. What a pull by Tyson. Yeah. They are really just taking it to Tama and Ho-Tam. Oh, that time. Ho-Tam got some action and applause from the crowd here. Because every time, I think, if there's a ball, there's an opportunity. Zoe just pulls the trigger every time, partner. As it should be. That one's wild from Tama. The lob, a.k.a. the McNasty from McGuffin, doing its job. 2-2-2. Here we go. Side out. 3-2-1. Point. 4-2-1. On the grandstand court, we've got Nicolas Schoeman and El Pasco down 0-4 to 5-2-1. Hoyt. 6-2-1. Hoyt. 7-2-1. Second serve. 7-2-2. Side out. 2-7-1. 7-2-2. just misses. Oh great point. Tyson's been really working on that backhand punch there and it's seeming to be to be paying off here. 8-2-1. 8-2-1. Second serve. Missing wide there. 8-2-2. Zoe and Tyson dictating pace here of the match. Oh good shot by Ho-Tam. Side out. Tyson and Tama having a business meeting in the kitchen. 2-8-1. Tyson burts for the winner. 2-8-2. Side out. Side out going to an 8-2-1 partner. Yeah Tyson and Zoe closing in on a spot in the semi-finals. One better than their state in Malaysia last week. That's kind of crazy huh? Yeah. We still have some really good teams standing here on in the mixed doubles draw. Yeah. Rose van Rieke and Eric Onsens they look unstoppable partner. Really. And just obliterated Yufei Long and Zhang Xun. Okay. And Zoe and Tyson doing the same here. Not to mention Danielle Townsend and Zane Navratil. We're gonna have a heck of a semi-finals coming up tomorrow partner. Can't wait. That's your point here. And that's it. Tyson McGuffin and Zoe Wang are through to the semi-final of your MB Vietnam Cup. Taking out young Tama Shimabukuro and Ho-Tam from Vietnam. Tyson and Zoe doing one better from the Malaysia Cup last week where they got eliminated from the quarter-finals. Rare smile there. Show of emotion from Zoe. Nice to see that. Absolutely partner. So Zoe will be we'll have two semi-finals tomorrow.