Ricardo Walther vs Hugo Calderano MS R64 WTTSingapore2026

Carter Walter serves this, I think, short forehand. Yeah, and Dima really wrote the blueprints. It is play short to forehand. Oh, you don't do that. And the reason you don't do that is that. Yeah, he hits the ball incredibly hard. You can already hear it. Play short into middle to stop the backhand Chiquita. Carter Walter is in the subtlety. Is the double hander going to come out? It didn't, yeah. That was a smart change of pace from Ricardo Walter with Hugo that far behind the table to slow it way down. Hugo called the roster for power, and you can see why. There it is, wraps up game number one with a nice, pretty bow on it. 11 to 6, to and from, to Ricardo Walter, courtesy from, courtesy of. A different outfit, 20-26, pretty cool. Elbow, baby, the target is right. Now we're playing Ricardo's game. This is the Ricardo. Try and make him step to his right first. Valley here, the exchange, it's a scary thing having Hugo Calderano freely going for forehand counters. For the German. For the briefest of moments, Hugo, big. Well, definitely shorter side of the serve, how much spin was on it. Enough to get back a push anyway that he could do something with. Ricardo Walter, let's take a look one more time. Two backhands are so good, the brushing. Quality on the ball, knowing that he can hit the next one if it comes back. No chance on this one, Walter taking advantage. Ricardo Walter outplayed in that rally. It was beautiful touch play from Ricardo. Was actually going to be enough to set up a winner. There's the twoy. Oh, man. Kazuhari Moto that made the highlights. You just want a speed gun on. Great sound when they engage in forehand, forehand. There's that touch again. So Hugo, there's a couple of things he can do to avoid. Coming close doesn't quite have the same effect. Wow, Hugo Calderano recognizing how intense. And he suffers that touch again. Doesn't miss by much. Blitzing the table here after a backhand. So four in a row. Now we're talking. The power, oh, and Walter tries something. Couldn't see what it was, but the fact is, Hugo Calderano has enough power to drive him all the way back to the barriers. Especially in that last point, it was an engagement in pace with Hugo, It's very difficult to beat Hugo in all out pace. And when you try and play long, if it's not. He's been in control. He's been winning. Okay, let's, oh, man, you want to see it. Would have been funny if he got called. Yeah, I was going to say, I feel like that backhand serve was by design. And he's done it again now. From Vegas is still fascinating. Long conversation. Let's see. Hole ball must disappear. I'm waiting to see. Challenge successful. One challenge remain. Four, nine. If you can freeze frame it and see nothing, I say it's right before it passes by the nose. That challenge successful. It's a good answer. Man. And our raspberries up here in the commentary booth. It is six match points, Hugo. It's exhibition mode. That's a lot of power. Can they circle? Nope. Not going to circle the table. As soon as he volunteers the table. Ricardo Balter backs off. I think Hugo with the score line in this, had to keep him away from the table just to be sure for a bit. Four points. We've seen bigger comebacks. Hugo Calderano was quite tested in this, despite the three to one victory. Last year was a fascinating year.