Patrick Franziska vs Truls Moregard | MS R32 | #WTTMacao 2026

I'll be better in the next tournament. So he was firm, he said I will be better. That was electric from Patrick Francisca there. Mechanical operator. Won Montpellier. Beating Sorama Tsushima. 4-0 in the final. Yeah, there he is. Charles Moragard. What a touch. Oh! 4-0. The receiver, Sensei. Excellent touch and fourth ball attack. First meeting between these two was actually at the World Championships in Houston. And that was when Moragard faced a match point against Francisca and saved it with an edge. So an edge ball makes you feel like it was kind of destined. 4-8. He has really developed that he helps him with the parallels but that one went long. It will be difficult for Moragard to survive in the longer rallies. And he manages to take it with more than double the points of his opponent there, Patrick Francisca. Got absolutely battered by Sorama Tsushima. Wasn't even close in any of the games really. But Charles is that kind of player. Doesn't bother with the doubles. Only plays the singles. But then he pops back up with a chip on his shoulder. And winning events, Charles Moragard. Great shot here from Patrick. A bit of an escape. But who else has done what Charles has done? Inspired by Matthias Falck. Who made the World Champs. What Charles has gone and done in his career. Remarkable. Still table there. Oh, as wide as can be. Charles Moragard. Smothering and covering and did well there. It's a great shot. Patrick wasn't going to risk it. He knows Francisca likes to flick. He saw it coming. It's such a clever serve from Charles. To his advantage and stunned Moragard. It was routed to the spot. He knows how to come around it. How to trap it. Maybe that's because Francisca is a bit sharper at the moment. And Francisca has a bit more of a stable backhand on him. You can see it there. The trail is by two now. On receive. Should be okay from here. Moragard gets a help in the net. And there's that shot from Charles. Third seed here. With a chance. With a lifeline. Yeah, you can't tell where he's going to go. With a flat shot. What a push from Patrick. Does well there. Short forehand. Sidespin. Moragard gets his mojo back in the nick of time. It's a fabulous touch. He tried the chop block, Moragard. The first chop block. And he takes it. But can he do it against this man, Patrick Francisca? Face of Charles' brother, Malta. Lovely recovery from Charles. He plays it again and again. That's nice from Charles. Against most players, Moragard. Prevent Patrick from playing push as well. He could try and push first and back his own counter like he did there. The reverse pendulum serve of Patrick makes it difficult. He goes long and look what happens. Before the point of contact. That's worrying for Charles. You see the vein popping when he's at his best. I think Moragard packed arenas when you think about it. You think about the world. You think about Montpellier. The Olympics. The Europe smash. Yeah, nice shot there from Moragard. And he takes it convincingly. Giving Patrick Francisca a chance. Looking like the likely favourite in that one given how well he's played recently. Unbelievable. Shell-shocking the Swede. Look at that backhand. Who overcame Chinese Taipei's fungi synth. The punch from Charles but he can't recover. Good play against. You can get into a rhythm against them. But Moragard's a maestro at disrupting the rhythm. You can see it here. He doesn't need tempo. And the opponent might be a little bit nervous or over keen to finish. Good idea from Moragard to slow down the pace. Will he go long? Goes into backhand, yeah. Because he knows Charles can't touch that with the forehand. He'll be waiting for Bruna. She's on next. Draws some credit with how he's bounced back. Because it looked like we might be seeing something similar to what we saw at the Europe smash. Still could be if... Controls find the wiggle room on receive. He can, he scuttles and plays off the half. And now he serves with a chance. There is a possibility of Wang Jing-jin being dethroned as the world number one. There's opportunities here in Macau. Oh, look at that. The bat finishing well above his head. Won the point with it. He goes into the backhand. There it is. Don't they? These two. Oh, it goes long. The flick and Charles has a game. Yeah, it was going to go long, wasn't it? And Charles says yes. I might have taken it over the table, but it was going to go long. What is going to happen? Happy bunny. Just check this out. He takes it over the table, Moragard. Probably going to go long, but you shouldn't ideally do it. Yeah, not ideal. And I think Patrick's got a right there. Here we go. Oh, it's astonishing. To withstand the power play, redirect with the parallel. Excellent play from both gentlemen here. From Charles Moragard that adds a finishing touch. And he backs up it again. Look at that now. Oh. Brings it back in towards the net, leaving Moragard with no chance. Not ideal there from Charles. He tried to play a shot there. Oh, yeah, he says, yeah. It's something which we've grown very well used to. We've been spoiled, really. In the Olympics in singles. Never meddled. But he knows, Patrick Franziska. That he is in poor position. To play in LA. Played for positioning, got Moragard out wide. And played the line. Moragard is playing much better now. Much smoother. He'd rather to keep his cool, Patrick. He's better at getting out of it. So let's see if he can do that here. Oh, whoa. Franziska. Wasn't an ideal serve. But he compensated right away. Not looking to finish points with it. But when he does, he'll take it. Oh, and he wins that one there. Oh, he did ever so well, Patrick Franziska. And Moragard will apologize for that. Because that break of the net was heavy. He curls it wide. But he's done so well, the Swede. Franziska hanging on by a thread here. Oh, what a flick. He threads it through the eye of a needle, Patrick Franziska. To even take that on is something to... What a match this has been. Oh, and he gets the dribbler to save a third match point. Takes it. He digs it out from the deck. He was 2-0 down, the Swede. And there's the celebration.