Debora Vivarelli vs Lily Zhang | WS R32 | #WTTSaoJose 2026

She went for the forehand pivot but couldn't quite get there. That one was much better though. This is what you're likely to see. Will always stay on her tiptoes. She's always bouncing around the court. She's very well balanced. She'll use shorter, more balanced. Three apiece. Racket high. She uses the pace on the ball and before you know it, the ball's come back to you really fast. So it's on Jang. Shout out Nandan Duresh at the top left of your screen. In Lily Jung's corner. Of course there he is. In the game. His Instagram's world class. Go follow it if you don't. Points and again, perfectly balanced. Five all. For the first time, Viverelli goes to the pendulum. Barely any backlifts. She just drives through it. The amount of spin, whether that's the location, whether that's the pace on the ball. There's anything that's advantage in this opener. Reverse pendulum serve. Presented the opportunity and Viverelli takes it. Oh, what a serve receive. Viverelli did really get a good serve receive on this. Fast, fast. I wonder if she's going to go top spin. Fast serve here to just open this up. Can the Italian get this done? Reverse serve again. Back to 10 all. Alternating serves we go. An outright pace. She's doing damage. Oh, and she gets a break of luck. It was a short float serve. This backhand serve was money yesterday. It's proven to be the way. Jiang, she's got to try and force this into a fast affair. Hack down the back of the ball. But this is the change of the paces between these two in the world rankings. Viverelli has been inside the top 70. She's showing it here against this brilliant backhand serve. And it's forced Viverelli to change approach. Back to that reverse. Good adjustment from the American. Didn't panic. Would have been easy to. She didn't. Putting it back into awkward locations. Oh, that was wonderful footwork from Viverelli. Just watch in case there's a fast one that comes. Yes. Team USA's number one on the board end of game two. Lily Jiang started to take over. That's where Viverelli, when she does get the opportunity to attack, she can't afford to go straight into the wings. And it's because she's able to absorb and counter. So you've got to try and play. Back to the backhand serve we go though. And just take a moment. She's rushing. It feels like these two have actually stayed within touching distance. Simpler serve again. Play the ball to the same place twice against someone as good as Jiang. Oh, it dribbled her. It was a flick of the net. Viverelli stopped in her tracks. It looked like she didn't realize it was going on. Otherwise she could have rolled forward and hit this one. But again, it started off with a far. She's so good at it. She traps you there. Before you realize it, yes. Oh, net to an edge. An event in India. Great human beings. Fierce competitors on the table. Four game points here. And it's forcing Viverelli to take. One way traffic in that third game. It's on Viverelli to try and change things up. I wonder if it didn't quite kick through the way that Viverelli thought it was going to. It's a wonderful pick up. There with a forehand. Corked and ready to go. She's just... And Viverelli's playing well. She's getting that first attack in. To try and wrestle back some control. Can just see. That's better. A change of pace. That was vicious. She's still got a lifeline here. But you can just see. She's a master at it, the American. And then when she needs the points. Gets it done at the first time of asking. Lily Zhang. Into the round of 16. Where she will face. Number six seed Miyu Nagasaki. But shout out to Deborah Viverelli.