ITTF WTTTC Finals London 2026, 4/28-5/10

[M51]

Ladies and gentlemen, Alexis Lebrun has left the building.

 

[Matteones]

Felix please lend your nerves to Alexis for one set.

 

[rpb23]

Seems the tide has changed. I'm actually rooting for the comeback story for an old soldier,

Now, Alex's mental status is fragile.

 

[NextLevel]

You cannot underestimate Liang Jingkun’s ability to clutch at the 11th hour against foreign players in critical matches - a quality similar to Liu Guozheng. Ask Hugo Calderano.

Nah. You cant underestimate Alexis ability to be stubborn and lose the plot when everyone else can see the path but h always wants to win with his reckless style. He juat had to stay in the rally and force Liang to make rally shots. This was the plot. It worked perfectly. Why do this????

 

[travelt123]

Seems the tide has changed. I'm actually rooting for the comeback story for an old soldier,

Now, Alex's mental status is fragile.

Alexis’ fragile mental state is why Felix surpassed him as a player even though he’s younger.

 

[rpb23]

WH is trying to save the TO. He may regret it.

 

[Robin0910]

Ok, this is officially the most volatile match of the tournament

 

[Matteones]

Alex is crazy. No Time out remaining for LJ.
Anything can happen in set 5

 

[Robin0910]

Alex is crazy. No Time out remaining for LJ

Not crazy enough :/

 

[NextLevel]

WH is trying to save the TO. He may regret it.

Timeout is already used. Alexis has found the plot again, Liang just played two amazing points. If Alexis sticks to the plot he can still win this.

 

[Persistence TT]

alexis lets his nerves get the best of him. if i were his coach the goal for the next 2 years would be to be patient and play at 80-90 % of his rhythm in general. the guy loses a point and goes to serve immediately just to blunder another point .CHILL THE FUCK OUT DUDE

2-2. come on lets go

 

[Grahf]

If Alexis does not win this match I think its possible he breaks his own hand again...

 

[lightspin]

One thing the Chinese do well is change the arc and speed of the ball. This seems to be helping LJK. When he just bangs with Alex it doesn't seem to work well.

 

[Robin0910]

I mean Liang Jingkun is the epitome of comebacks. This is not surprising

 

[Dr Evil]

Alexis made the mistake of going up 2-0 on LJK.

 

[rpb23]

I'm betting on LJK. Throughout hid career, he won the majority of match deciders.

I have no problem if Alex can prove me wrong.

 

[Matteones]

One thing the Chinese do well is change the arc and speed of the ball. This seems to be helping LJK. When he just bangs with Alex it doesn't seem to work well.

What L J does well is hitting with a lot of spin. Safest that you can be in the moments when nerves are playing with you.

 

[rpb23]

Well, Alex is visibly collapsing

 

[Robin0910]

Omg, all Alexis needed to do is finish that easy ball at 10-9 in game 3. That was the turning point.

 

[M51]

Anton Kallberg is the biggest disappointment of this tournament for me so far.

Aaaaaand...

Anton is in the clear.

This may be the biggest choke I've seen in my entire life.