Yangzi Liu vs Elizabet Abraamian | WS R32 | #WTTMacao 2026

Hit it flat. She can still produce a good element. Just getting used to the surroundings here. First ever champion's appearance for the Russian. That's a flawless start here from Yang. Spinny flick from Elizabeth. Oh, and it's a nice switch as well, but she does apologise for the touch of the tape earlier on in that point. Nice touch there. She earns the right to attack. And she keeps applying the power that you can generate. And she's level. She's got a great backhand, but she'll want to try and get down to the air wide as well. Test those lateral movements. That was easy pickings for the Aussie. Loves that one there. Oh, but Abramian. Leaves us speechless as it whistles past the Aussie. Watch this. Oh, you cannot hit a backhand better than that. Excellent receive. It's a begging question. It's a really important moment. Nice length on that one. Oh, that's emphatic from Abramian. She's painting the table and she threads it right at the line with some style and panache. Watch this one here. The switch. What a moment to produce a point like that. Oh, but a crafty flick from Yang Solio. Good serve and a cho from Yang Solio. Abramian away from the table and she gets a touch of fortune. Oh, it's so clever from Yang Solio. It didn't take power, it took placement. Obviously a long pimples player or sometimes a medium pips player could be a chopper, so they'll go far back. That was what she realised as she took it on. You might see more touching from Abramian, more pushing into the forehand. She is good back here, the Russian. Oh, and she tries to fire the backhand to play the drop shot. Shovel serve. Oh, that's nasty. Spanked on the backhand. Brilliant recovery more than anything there from Yang Solio. Tried to play a really acute. Yang Solio with ball in hand. Again, Abramian would serve at this juncture. It is daylight robbery. Decent flick from Yang Solio, but look at that. Telegraphed shot there and she walks off like nothing happened. Now we're seeing her at her best. She's throwing things into the mix. Six of eights for the Russian. Bit of fortune and she takes advantage to go for a dive shot in that instance. Perfect length on the receive, potentially back-breaking. And Yang Solio is forced to pull out. Anna Percy on that list. She actually took the game off Sun Yingsha. She made her debut here last year as well. Macau is actually a really special place for a lot of these players. Really unusually high improvement level. She was invited to train with Team China. On Chinese table tennis, I guess you can say. And then she began playing for Australia in 2019. Not getting off to the greatest start. Like I said, she doesn't need to. She grows into games, it seems. Excellent. She's played the lines really well. And that one there was done with some finesse. Kept Abramian guessing and humble down that line. Long serve. Calibrating nicely against the short pick. She won't be confident to punch that. Abramian is taking her time here in the early stages of the rally. To really earn the right to set up a good quality attack. She wants lower trajectory driving balls. That's what she's really good against. Abramian really smart here again. Solio was returning from a bit of a break. Sensational switch. Off the bounce with the forehand. Oh, this is really good quality table tennis. The women's singles, the team, the women's doubles and the mixed doubles. For good measure. Little room here for Abramian. Will she choose to receive this one? She pushes deep. Oh, but she completely misses the backhand. Kill with the backhand side. Three game points to Yang Solio. And she takes it at the first time of asking. He's been a little bit ill, bloody. Had tonsillitis, so I'm told. Back to the match. Just to elaborate on this women's singles. You've got Ingy Di, who's the most decorated player in this draw. Up at C3 in Odo. Hayata. Really unpredictable play. And there's the long push now. To be fair, she played that one into the middle. It was when she was going into the backhand that Yang Solio was winning a lot of points. There's the rotation. That's a wicked shot. Oh, she just couldn't get over that one enough. I think it's a bit underrated, the backhand serve. Edge of the table there for Yang Solio. Great pace from Elisabeth Abramian here on a champion's debut. Time will tell. Shovel serve from Abramian. Side spin and backspin in the first bounce confused Elisabeth Abramian. Two points from two on serve. Oh, Yang Solio survives it somehow. And indeed we do see the timeout. She's looking to force a fifth. Long serve and she stays low on the backhand. Pounces. Back to the pond. Two game points. She's taken it. And I was telling you about how good she is in deciding games. 21% indecide as Abramian. Wow. Unbelievable. Beat her in the final. That's the kind of play we're talking about here. Oh, out the body. Yang Solio. Pedal to the metal. Can't play her too many times into that backhand. She's deadly with those short pips. She punches it, the Russian. Oh, she whips it away there. Again, a little bit of fortune for Abramian. But you can't credit that as the deciding factor. There was too many good shots. To play it off the angle there took some doing. Good switch there from the Aussie. Yang Solio looking to come back here. Once it reaches five points, whoever's first to get there, they're going to change ends. We knew this one was likely to be closer. Oh. That was a great pivot. And that's a high-level receive because she was caught out Counter. Drop shot from Yang Solio. Fishing shot from Abramian. Tries to come in with the backhand. Oh. Well done indeed. Stretched wide herself. Oh, that's too good. Excellent play. This serve again. Pops up. Maybe she's regretting that now. Oh. Yang Solio. What do you do here? Keeps it tight. Oh. Well, we told you that she was a fifth-game specialist. Elizabeth Abramian on her Champions debut has beaten