Alexis Lebrun vs Dang Qiu | MS Final | #WTTAstana 2026

First time these two... Alexey defeated Dang, but then the German got three wins in a row against LeBron. Twice at the same World Cup, but very impressively, the last five times they've met, Alexey's won every single in the last five meetings. The last meeting was at the finals. Alexey winning 4-1 and Dang Cho might have just felt as though LeBron played that over the table. Good sportsmanship there, great sportsmanship. In his semi-final match, Joe Chihau in great form at the moment, Chiyama, Kei Stumper and Andreas Levenko. Oh, good depth, the looping German defeated exciting young chopper from China, Li Qin Yang. He defeated Alvaro Robles of Spain, Mizuki Aikawa of Japan and Kanat Jarr. Then in the rally, so much power, such incredible recovery. Alexey played the point of the event against Dang Cho's lead teammate, Anton Shelberg in Macau. Oh, he missed the ball, did what Christian Carlsen did against Lin Shidong. Oh, two points away from taking the first game. He doesn't want to make this much of a contest. Wonderful start for the man from Montpellier. To convert his continental class now into international wins. Regardless of what Alexey throws at him. Half-long serve, there we go. His brother, strong player as well, so he's from a table tennis family. So, runs in the veins for both men. Look at how good he is at lobbing. Alexey Levenko into the crossover, tried to get in wide as well. Oh, good timing. Basically impossible to lob him down. Room to maneuver, but he managed to play down the line somehow. Nice push, oh, leathers it. All of a sudden found a frightening bit of form, and he takes it well now. Of a champions event, did that in Macau back in 2024. Oh, it was a lovely... He played the flick from the middle, then has to get behind the ball. Nice drop shot from Dang. Oh, yeah, nice leading him with that right leg there, Alexey. Making him feel very constricted. That was a nice one there. Oh, that's a stupendous shot. Draws closer to the finish line here in the third. Into that crossover again, and there we have it. One thing you know is that Alexey's gonna have to really get on top of Dang. If it did get tighter, I'd probably put my money on Dang Cho. To win. Only event that he won was the contender Zagreb. Get back to his aggressive best, but Dang smothering him. Maybe backspin and sidespin, but Dang Cho takes it. Across the European championships as well, which are going to start right after the China smash. That's just too good. He did his best to spin it, but he was already there waiting, Dang. He'd read the combination. Nice modification of each other, and they said that one. They said the star contender in Muscat. He's come so close, Alexey. Oh, what a flick. Five-point gap. Shortly after, LeBron's could depend on what happens in this point. Wants to get right back to business. Float serve to forehand. Excellent. Can't show your cards too early at this level. Melts the forehand. Gain points to Germany's very own Dang Cho. And on parallel, parallel forehand. He is rocket-fueled here, Dang Cho. Loading that ball with sidespin. Keeps the weight forward there. Oh, that's exceptional. Oh, it's five. Excellent forehand from LeBron. Dang Cho's going to look to probably serve tight here. Yeah, right idea to try and limit the damage, limit LeBron's attacking opportunity. What a block. Oh, it's so good. Dang wants to continue this. Nice slow spin. Seven championship points. Dang Cho is the men's singles champion. It's his second star contender title.