Manav Thakkar vs Alexis Lebrun | MS R32 | #WTTMacao 2026

There he is. Go between Alexey and Manushin, there was a lot of noise at the start but in the end he won it very comfortably. Broadly speaking, get swept away in the emotion of matches. That was always... Alexey's a bit more emotional, a bit more unstable as you see. A wonderful backhand punch, get engulfed and burn up in these energy exchanges. This is what Manav Tak has added. You are right, he's a lot thinner. You rotate through the ball. It's a wonderful point. Overwhelming the opponent. This might be the last match after a very lengthy session but this is going to be a spectacular finale. It doesn't matter as much for these two. It's never a passive shot. Well played. That had a bit of hot sauce on it. They're cranking it up, aren't they? You learn what their habits are. He's on the attack, this time game point for Taka. Gets on the front foot. Game point again to the Indian star. Another chance. Misses this time. Taka as a result, the bellows. When Alexey goes forward, the hardest part of Nat Malan's job is trying to not get him to step backwards. Because he is so good back there. When he stands there and crunches the ball, it's hard to deal with. Flat batted back by Manav. We start to see consistent results. Alexey just holds it back on the table. It's so wonderful when he's here, that back spin block on that as well. And again, look at the range where Alexey's at. But that's where he's at his best. Hover close. Because there was an opening and he doesn't get that if he's another pace back. Just punch that through. Not off the screen, just watching him move. He does look trimmer. Yeah, he's flowing well, athletic. And he is moving incredibly well. He's moved into a great position. Six game points for Tulav and he does it now. And for all the quality we've seen from him, unlike any other. Oh, that's bounced twice. And of course, success for the Lebruns there always brings out the best in the Montpellier crowd here. Alexey looking to get the job done here in Macau. Pretty deep. Absolutely. Number six seed and his backhand has just been wonderful. That one that he's staying close and he fires it up the line again. His seed, his immediate side would have been Lin Wenru, who of course got deleted from the draw. So win this one and it would be either Benedikt Düder or Guoguan Hong. Here we go. Oh, they were shaping up for points. Too close, yeah. So for all that long range forecasting about who might play whom, Manap Tak will be saying, hang on a minute, I'm still here. Fighting hard now. And he's going to have to continue to fight hard. Not a point we'd expect him to win there. Take a look at how quickly these points are moving on. Yeah, you might as well try not to. Well, even then, it was a quickie. Oh, well played. Deception from Tak is their appetite to get to the table and play. Oh, yes. Well played, Manap Tak. Punched back, driven back. And then he knew he had to sprint forward, which he did. Oh, that's a beauty. Rips one with the backhand. Doesn't need a timeout because he's got four attempts now. Oh, is that the edge? Oh, again. Well, he took a little bit of a risk there. Went all in, did Tak. And as a result, was never good. Still holds one. And he's done it. Back off the timeout. Well done, coach. Well done, Manap Tak. That is an excellent... He's on the attack. He's on the backhand up the line. It's difficult for Tak. That's the spade off. That Molan knows that. Oh, that was good. He anticipated so well. He hit it so hard with perfect precision. Back into the crossover of Tak. It's probably not really this guy's fault. It's just that Alexis come at him. There's that backhand again. And that is that. Well, I didn't expect it to finish quite like that because this has been a blowout. And ultimately what turned out to be the final game.