Flavien Coton vs Anton Kallberg | MS R16 | #WTTMacao 2026

Will we see bravery rewarded once more for the young Frenchman? Well that's a bold start. We all know what he's about. We just saw Tomokazu Harimoto, unbelievable comeback and he sent Sweden into the final so this guy's done it under the most pressure possible, Antoine Charbet. Coming in 2024, he like a number of players in this field will be saying this week represents and as a result opportunity may knock. Charbet with his nose in front, 4-3 serving. Do the game plan affect it or does he impose himself on the young man? He's not afraid to slow the game down, he's not afraid to take the ball a little bit later and vary things. We actually saw him, he certainly wasn't favoured at times in this match to go in the rally, he's flawless. Will he play into that Antoine Charbet? Very subtle in his adjustments, very German in style you could say. Oh he's looking good, good start to this match. Securing this one, which he does, minimum of fuss. It's interesting seeing Nathaniel Mola now acting as the head coach of the Frenchmen's team, he's taken LeBron Brothers for so long. It's an interesting one, particularly if the draw works out in the way that it potentially could. He won't be getting directly involved. That doesn't look likely because he's one down and three down and struggling against an impressive Charbet. When the LeBron Brothers actually played I hope that somehow Antoine dips in form because right now he's playing as well as he can. The key thing he's doing is mixing up the serves and the returns, Antoine's going to go along with the push or not, he's hesitant. Oh snake, he went for something under the table there. Why not? He looked a bit like Anders earlier on, he never got going did he against Thomas Chalmers? Do not really show up just yet, that might be playing on his mind a little bit. Again he's just not there, so good. Went through it last season, did well but still went through it in big events. I've seen comebacks from 2-0 down at this event so far. And he surrenders this game. This is not going the way that many thought it might do. If I was put on I'd either serve longer and back it up or I'd serve with more topspin or floats. Float serve there. The push play's been stunning. Antoine is dominating the ball, dominating the game in that backhand diagonal and into that side there, creating the speed he's been. Caught on getting desperate here, rushes the reverse pendulum. It's desperation time now. Oh he's just swarming all over. Oh man, alive. Anton Shelberg here. He's in a hurry, he is in a hurry here for the third match. He's teaching him a lesson. Anton Shelberg, aspiring players, this is an intimidating attacking men's player here. The spinny ball. This young man set for superstar then to challenge him more but no. Not his time just yet. He's on the brink of defeat as Anton Shelberg serves after the timeout. And it is indeed four match points, he wins it on the third. Unbelievable, he nearly slipped like we saw from Anders Lindh earlier on but he still plays it. Flavian Coton, look at this and then down the line. Nice push from Flavian Coton but it's a done deal.