Kobayashi/Kihara vs Chen/Wang | XD Final | #WTTAstana 2026

And it's the mixed doubles final. Miyuki Hara has a chance to become a triple crown champion here, and has a chance of taking this title here with Kobayashi. But they are taking on Romania, the Russians in a five game thriller, Artomenko and Abramyan. And then, as Wang Yidi plays a beautiful backhand. He was playing with Yuan Shan'an. Chen and Wang won 3-0 against those guys. And a strong backhand flick as well from Kobayashi. The European champions, Robles and Xiao, and then Park Ganghyun and Yu Siwoo. Very unusual left-handed player with that equipment. Missing goals, top seed, but she was beaten by Hitomi Sato after being 2-0 up and having a match point. Oh, what a receive from... Couple of times we've seen a worldy from Miyuki Hara. That time she goes into backhand. Missing goals in her match. Shovel serve, what's the top spin? Wang Yidi just... With the short pips. Can he return this one? He can't. It's two errors on receive from Kobayashi. Wang Yidi serving again. She won both points on serve at 9-0. ...recently. My counterpart, Kobayashi, 23 years of age, currently ranked outside the top 200 in the world. Park last year. Chen. Nice backhand. Oh, beautiful. Oh, clever shot from Chen Junsu. Top spin serve. Top spin is a good idea to play into someone with short pips. Hard for them to receive it powerfully. But it was better placement on that one there from Chen Junsu. How they were able to withstand that. Kobayashi having it. First pendulum. Oh, and that's a big break. Wonderful stretching shot from... Four game points here. Oh, loaded it up. Beautiful ball striking. Hanging on by a thread here. Kihara and Kobayashi. Save another one. They take it. Cashing in the timeout. Singles and the doubles, world championships. Could be Sora Matsushima and Miwa Haramoto, but I don't think Sora's very keen on the doubles. Formerly it was Tomokazu Haramoto and Hina Hayata who were two-time world championship finalists. Toshin Yingsha and Wang Kehara are concerned. Kobayashi especially seems to touch to the backhand. Seems to be working really well for Yidi Yan. Chen Junsung. Touching to that direction there. Seems a little bit odd. Against Dimitrij Ovtcharov. What a match that was. Oh, crafty shot from Kehara. A chance to keep a bit of a clean sheet if they can win the next two points. Oh, and it's emphatic from Chen Junsung. And they convert on receive. Touch. Wang Yidi. They're two away now from sealing it. It's the forehand again of the world number five. And they take it with four points on the bounce. On their debut together as a mixed doubles partnership.