FULL MATCH | Feng Yi-Hsin vs Alexis Lebrun | MS R16 | #WTTSaoJose 2026

Six points, it's the first towel break and three points all. The third was very very strong from Feng Yixing. Had to play the long push in the end and Alexis quick to attack it. A lovely forehand block across court, saw it coming. Classy. Four, he takes three of the last four points, now five points to seven. It's a lovely block across court. Good work from Alexis out of the middle, kept him in the rally but Feng attacking wide one way, wide the other way to finish. He's still there. Top 50 in the world now, Feng Yixing. Opportunity for the Chinese Taipei man. Yeah, very very stable. See how solid he was on his footwork, Feng there. Forehand from the crossover, backhand hard from the backhand. Perfectly on balance. So Alexis is going to take his time out very very early in the match. Nine eight in the first and winning. A bit of a surprise but don't know why they've done it. Maybe they've spotted a problem or an opportunity. Caged tiger there walking up and down. See all of that nervous energy, just wants to get on with it. Yeah, hitting balls. Played well in the United States smash this month, Feng. Beat Guilherme Teodoro from Brazil who we saw playing here yesterday on this very table. He won that one in Ljubljana. He beat Park Ganghyun in Zagreb. He got his revenge against Elias Ranathor of Sweden who he played in the World Team Championships. So he's had some tough battles, come through many of them. Couldn't quite get back to nine all. Ten eight it is. Alexey Lebrun and serving. Alexey working hard to stay up to the table. In the end it's just the edge ball. Watch carefully on this next one. Oh what a great recovery shot from Feng. At game point down at the last minute he saw it was going wide of his forehand. Look at that speed. Big shouts. So Chinese Taipei in the lead and takes the first game. The recovery shots dealing with Alexey's first attack there. And Japan. There's Wong Chun Ting and Du Hoi Kem for Hong Kong. Shinsuke Togami and Setsuki Odo. It's the Brazilian version. Feng's on the floor. Oh superb. The change of pace there on the backhand. Medium pace, slow ball, fast ball. Medium one. No points for Feng. A tower break and nothing in the bag for Feng Yixin. Despite winning the first by the closest of margins to Feng. And he builds. Lovely shot there. Alexey just holding that forehand back until he saw Feng going across the diagonal. Players, especially Alexey and Felix, just so keen to get on with the match. Don't want to be hanging around for many seconds in between points. They like to get on with the next one. Bouncy, very enthusiastic, very springy, very dynamic. Backspin. Relaxed Alexey. Top edge. Nice. A bit of a break there. Alexey goes away from the table. Takes it 10-4. So having lost the first after having a slight lead. Alexey in a matter of just a couple of minutes has squared it at one game all 11-4. That didn't take long. Second foot first. Keen to proceed and he'll be receiving serve at the start of this third game. Short return of service. To get it out of the middle. Wide of Feng's backhand. Return of service again. Reminiscent of the last match with Ugo Calderano. That forehand across court. Slightly, slightly long or high. Add less spin. Intelligent play there from the Frenchman. Lovely technique from Feng on the backhand there. Again, Feng solid on the backhand. Just missed the switch. Alexey. There's not a great deal in this match. I'm impressed with Feng's ability to keep up. There. Forehand counter across. Massive forehand down the line. Huge forehand followed by a huge backhand. Nothing in it. One all, five all. One of Feng's best wins ever was in the group matches at the World Team Championships against Germany. He beat Chu Dang, world number 10, three games to one. His team, Chinese Taipei, made their way all the way through, beating Sweden in the quarters and going out in the semi-finals of the World Team Championships to take bronze. Block counter, Alexey. Flick, backspin coming off on occasion. So Alexey, despite all the pressure, a point ahead. The service so hard. Feng gets the first one back right out of the middle. And Feng still no point there. Oh, Alexey loves it back there. Feng did very well there. Alexey hit the net and it didn't put Feng off his stride. Well played. Margin, one just off from Alexey. The serve had Feng in more than two minds there. Very, very clever. Timeout called now by Feng. Alexey's already used his own timeout. It doesn't show on the score, but it's now all the timeouts have been used. One more match to come in this session, next doubles semi-final. In the first match this morning, the 11 a.m. match local time, Nina Hayata beat Elizabeth Ebramian. Good match, but the number one seed came through. And then really, really tough match between Bruna Takahashi on home soil against Nina Mittelham. And Nina just pinched it in the end to break the heart of the Brazilian crowd. And Hugo put things right for Brazil against Tomislav Putsar. And now two games to one. Timeout didn't give him the first point. A little smile there from Feng. He knew that Alexey came at him like a train there, but he'll have a plan now for his own services. Just asking about the touch on the ball. Rackage stuff. Hardly any time in between points and the ball being hit so hard, player to player, during the point. Express train of a match. Side's been chop-blocked from Alexey. Well dealt with. He's in there. Knew exactly what to do with it. Steady, get Alexey under pressure. Five-all. How does Feng get that first attack back? Amazing. Oh, wide of the forehand. It opened up. And a second one from Oletna Kross for the person's first attack back point immediately afterwards. It's just fantastic from both men. Really, really even. Feng can't afford to lose a couple now. Again the fantastic block, but Alexey follows up an enormous first attack. Big one and then fast again. Match point. You see the expressions on the faces of the people watching there. They look mesmerized with the pace of this game. Both players. And there it is. Backhand across court. Alexey takes it. That means a lot to him. The number C goes through into the quarter.