Lim Jonghoon vs Xiang Peng | MS R64 | #EuropeSmash 2026

Xim Zhang Hun will start off this best of five love all field. One is going to have to find ways to either get aggressive or touch it very softly, especially from the baseline, turning the backhand corner, playing it wide to their opponent's forehand. Falls one of the best in the world. It keeps him in better position at the table to trust his backhand. Makes it awkward for Xiang Peng. Oh, the break, an incredible off the grass of the table over the years. How difficult it is for the receiver to read. Around the edge of the table, that edge of the table is no joke, and neither is that opportunity for the next ball. Then it alternates until 10-10. Should it come to that? And it will. We've got it. Xiang Peng feels like he should make nine times out of ten. A loud point. Game point. Xim Zhang Hun saved one and closed the first opportunity after being down on his side to start off game number two. There's the backhand. Last thing to snap. Took a while to finish. Top edge and it won't come down on the. Wow. Back edge of the table, Xim Zhang Hun. The opposite spin, that is. Gold, Xiang Peng, a bit of surprise factor there. A good reminder of this story. I think it was Zhang Jike versus Stefan Fengel. Zhang Jike wins 11-0 in game one. The title. Awkward ball, but still uncomfortable, and Xiang Peng leads by one still. He's not wearing a mic. That's coming from the net, the table. Soliloquy after. Xiang Peng with the victory of the point. Good step around. Little break off, but there's a humility, there's a discipline. Nothing humble about that backhand. Cracking backhand, but after the slow spins, it's Xiang Peng to close it out 11-6. But a coach has to remind you that even 80% and just playing safely is enough. One love. But one point apiece after one game apiece. Don't see Xiang Peng on the table. Well done, Xim Zhang Hun. Ooh, a little bit off. That's the play. Oh, with the whole table. Side spin, Xiang Peng. Let's see. Elbow the target on the other side. Look for long serves here and there. But a half-long serve here. Cash in that timeout. Oh, escape. There it is, the parallel on the count. The last few points since that timeout. Three in a row now for Xiang Peng. And the backhand with authority. Wow, not an easy ball. Seems a little bit more reasonable. Still not easy. And that will be it. 11-7, Xiang Peng. We're back in the same spot this year. Podiums await. Wow, what a get. And the grunts pay off this time around. Were they beautiful sounds? No. Were they beautiful shots? Abs-a-freakin'-lutely. As far back as he is, that he puts that one down on the table. The red side is the softer, springier side of the racket for most Chinese players. One, two. Oh, straight forward leaping in. To be the wind beneath the wings of his player on court now, Xim Zhang Hun. And for the second time in recent history. Xim Zhang Hun, two in the bush. One player that comes to mind with a more pronounced difference, that's Masataka Morizono currently coaching. Good side spin on that ball to go inside out. Remember, he's 0-1 in their head-to-head. And earns himself a nice ball. Just thinking about the positioning of the ball in your hand, where the logo is on the ball. You can position them so that they give less clue. Why not? Seven points apiece. Xim Zhang Hun on the opposite side of the table here. A break off the net. Wonderful job to take advantage of a little height on the ball. 50-50. Nine all, the last two-serve combination in this game. And this is how the data showed itself. Cheering for any individual out here. Tough way to win a point, Guixiang. Second game point for Xim Zhang Hun. Alternating serves continue. The long serve finally comes out into the back end. That's a good answer to... And he takes it. Xiang Peng closes it out in three straight games after having a game point in game number one. And then games two and three would be quite a different story, but game number...