Alexis Lebrun vs Hugo Calderano | MS | WTT Contender Tunis 2022 (Finals)

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[@michaelshaw7652]

Among all the pros, Hugo is the player who has the most taking-no-prisoner attitude. Win or lose, he always puts all his power into each shots, leaving everything on the table. Congrats for the win.

[@cebotarivladful]

100%

[@Fan-page69]

And that s what all pro player do congratulations

[@marshuswp3325]

Nicely put

[@constanciodiniz]

A very confident play by Hugo

[@theviniso]

Reminds me of Rafael Nadal. Always gives his best no matter the opponent.

[@klaasparlevliet2952]

Hugo overall much better in servicereceive against alexis than most other players. Wellplayed...what an atlheticism!!

[@manhtuannguyen1035]

You see that at top 1 players

[@canicetang8837]

Alexis gift-wrapped so many points in fault serves not on the table and hitting the net.

[@klaasparlevliet2952]

@@canicetang8837 Yes, also due to the pressure he had to serve really well against Hugo...risk and tension can cause more mistakes...he will learn from this...

[@RedArrow2007]

First time I have seen Alexis gets dominated on the world stage! Hugo's varying spin and good placement were too much. Congrats to Hugo and congrats to Alexis for a great run! Much more to come for Alexis!

[@zerstorerzerstorer]

True, I want to sea a Match betwin Timo Boll and Alexis Lebrun. I think Timo would dominat him because He had a similar play still.

[@TheBobbymcd]

@@zerstorerzerstorer people have been taken by surprise maybe because of the Lebrun brothers age...they just might start to find the going a bit tougher from now on..we will see, and i would like to see a bit less screaming and more humility when they are winning.

[@marshuswp3325]

@@TheBobbymcd hope they continue their spontaneous emotional vocalization as this reflects their TT passion and explosivity, just as with Harimoto and a long list of others. It's part and parcel of what makes them the exceptional players they already are at such a young and tender age. Music to my ears.

[@TheBobbymcd]

@@marshuswp3325 i look forward to seeing them, i really do..screams or not

[@beglight]

Do you mean, for the first you see lebruns on the world stage and they get demolished? Playing small league euro area is one thing, playing global level is another. The kid is not bad, but just not good enough.

[@cash-only-por-favor]

Happy to see a clean game from Hugo, without many own errors 🙌 💫

[@omererdogan4972]

What a deserving victory against an incredible youngster, congrats hugo

[@animemusiclover_tsfh]

Wow! Now, even the main angle is the diagonal one! Nice! Good job, @WTT, you listened to your viewers!👍 And, of course, congrats to Hugo - that was an amazing tournament from you 👏

[@marshuswp3325]

Yes indeed. This was really cool and dynamic to see with the lower angle! Thank you WTT!

[@ttime9947]

WTT Star Contender and Grand Smash will be the dirt angle again

[@canicetang8837]

I am a traditionalist and never liked that angle. As a coach, I can never tell from the new WTT's camera angle if the serves were legal from both sides. Also, I cannot judge the spins, speed and the power of both players with the ball and their movements. Coaches like me use the vertical angle to the net rather than perpendicular to dissect the match for game films so I can use them to teach my students. Even with professional matches for upcoming preparations for drills, serves and matches for their future events. In order to attract new fans to Table Tennis by WTT, they really pissed off a lot of the traditional fans who supported them. That's not very good with a lot of things that they are doing.

[@d-rose27]

@@canicetang8837 nice troll

[@canicetang8837]

@@d-rose27 I am a table tennis coach. Not a troll. How about you????

[@LeoSEPmv]

Brabo Hugo, sempre representando bem o Brasil.

[@josildoviana5336]

Caracas, o Hugo tá num nível insano!! Parabéns, Hugo!!

[@ALTAF5780]

Hugo seems unstoppable in this tournament. I loved the way he uses the strength of his backhand...simply superb

[@seeker3983]

his forehead is rocket too. both wings full power

[@ALTAF5780]

@@seeker3983 true

[@KetsuguVOD]

Congrats to Hugo he's amazingly fit actually! Nice and remarkable run by Alexis, this kind of matches shows the improvements he have to make. 😊

[@marshuswp3325]

good point. and he has plenty of time to make improvements

[@marshuswp3325]

Congrats to the THRILL from Braziiil, HUGO the BOSS! And of course also congratulations to Alexis Lebrun for an excellent, exciting and vocally expressive tournament!

[@vivienseguy]

Hugo was too consistent today, Fan Zhendong level. Alexis still has to grow a little to reach the very top.

[@canicetang8837]

Can Hugo plays like this all the time? That's the $64,000 question that I will like to see to be answered. Long time ago in one single ITTF tournament where he blew everyone out of the water, but never since at THAT level. This is a junior tournament against the lesser opponents. Of course, he is not going to drop a single set until the Final.

[@marcostripoli2849]

@@canicetang8837 junior tournament? ..lol...Most players that played the tournament are experienced

[@canicetang8837]

@@marcostripoli2849 Why was it called the WTT CONTENDER SILLY BOY???? And the major tournament as WTT GRAND SLAM or World Event??? NOTED THE DIFFERENCES???? At the Grand slam, all top players unless they are injured, must be ENTERED. So how many top 10 or even top 16 players entered in Tunis. Hmmm, let's count them out shall we? Harimoto (#4), Hugo (#6), Lin Guoyuan (#12), Chuang Chih-Yuan (#16). There were only 4 of them. Hugo was the highest seed at #2 left against Lebrun. Come on now. Those tournaments were supposed to be for the juniors in the ITTF days. The professionals have plenty of their own events to compete without taking valuable points away from other young players looking for experiences. It is no different than having a Djokovic, a Nadal, a Medvedev, or any top 10 players in Professional Men's Tennis in a secondary tournament against the lower ranked players to get easy points. The gap between the very top table tennis players are very, very wide. I would say more than any other sports except for professional football in Europe. You have your right to say anything. I just do not think that the WTT changed the old ITTF Junior/Secondary Tournaments now to accept top players to compete is very fair indeed.

[@ttime9947]

@@canicetang8837 WTT Contender isn't a junior tournament.. Stop spreading fake news

[@gerritdeheij]

I think in the next years Alexis y´will be better than Hugo

[@ramonfernandezconde3581]

At the time that Lebrun was a new world star I thought he could win but today Hugo was almost perfect, a great match for the Brazilian.

[@canicetang8837]

A 6th Ranked player beating someone below 50th. Sure. Also someone on the ITTF circuit for almost 10 years beating the current top Junior at 19 years old. That should be expected. Then again, had Alexis won the first set when he didn't choke, also led to him losing his focus completely where he gift wrapped at least 8 points on his serves ..... I have YET TO SEE HUGO BEING CONSISTENT rather than just ONE EVENT. That's the difference between being great and THE BEST.

[@JoseMelloRadiestesia]

Foi um jogo incrível, uma sequência de jogos incríveis. Que siga neste formato agressivo , firme , que vai nos trazer ainda mais conquistas…super parabéns 👏🏼🙏🏻

[@amaterasu5767]

Hugo is in top shape, only dropping one game in the entire WTT Contender Tunis Tournament! If he maintained this form, he might defeat Fan Zhendong again!

[@canicetang8837]

The problem with Hugo is that he is not consistent. There was one rare tournament where he blew everyone including the top players from the PRC team out of the water, then he faltered badly afterwards with the PRC team studied his game films. Also Hugo is too predictable of the tactics so most would counter his style accordingly. Beating the top players one time is great, but to do it consistently like a Timo Boll, that's another level altogether. Also Hugo has beaten a young Alexis, the next time around, I expected a lot closer than a 4-1 score. By the way, it wasn't that one-sided as Alexis almost took the open set away and barely lost in Deuces.

[@sasukebyak]

@@canicetang8837 But he also is one of the strongest players out there...

[@imemine246]

Happy for Hugo! Very clever play and well-deserved victory.

[@irece2008]

Parabéns campeão!! brasileiro patriota, verde e amarelo, orgulho do Brasil!!

[@TheHelton05]

Parabéns, Hugo! Melhorando sempre. Gostei da sua constância que era o que estava faltando antes.

[@michaelshaw7652]

Rare to see Alexis was rattled and lost the focus. Of course, Hugo had something to do with it.

[@parsar9577]

It's not rare, each game where he loses he becomes completly crazy

[@ruipedro25]

Rare?? Wth? Every single game he gets rattled and he's quickly becoming one of the most annoying players because of that

[@canicetang8837]

He is still young and he will learn. I am expecting better mental games and he will breakthrough. Then again, choke master like a Lin Guoyuan still baffled me time and again.

[@anweshpradhan1842]

He is just 18. Lots of time for his prime to come.

[@juniormelo7547]

Hugo monster 🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@paulbismuth10]

Only a few months on the senior stage and already a big hope. Only time will tell how much Alexis can progress. Europe needed a boost: with him and players likeTruls maybe China won't be so dominant in the near future. Bravo Hugo ! You're consistant and so powerfull.

[@canicetang8837]

Alexis took a set from Hugo spoke volumes. Had he just snuck out with the close opening set on Deuces, I am sure that would had been a even closer match. Anyhow, Alexis is still young and needs the big matches experience in a huge international stage. He will learn and coming back even stronger than before.

[@TareqAstroPhoton]

@@canicetang8837 True, at this age or stage he was able to battle top players, imagine what he can do once he grow up more and play more and improve more.

[@adamliuyadong4711]

I like Hugo many years, since last year, he was mature, now I think he can beat every top player. his quality is amazing, consistency is also good, speed is fast, short ball touch is great, he can attack from every place.

[@r1chmyth]

Porr4. É isso que se espera do Hugo quando os chineses não estiverem. Destruir todos da forma que fez o torneio todo. Quando ele perde pra cara bem mais fraco, sou um dos que mais fica puto porque sei do potencial enorme que tem, mas jogou demais esse torneio. Espero que agora voe mais alto ainda. VAMOS HUGO

[@allandario]

no, he beat some Chinese along the way, also 4-0. Hugo is finally starting to believe that he is better than all of them. No Chinese player has the power of Hugo. I saw him at WTTC in Texas, he killed Liang 3-0 until Liang left the arena with his coach (to change shirts, which should be illegal) and played only short game. Hugo beat the Chines in almost every single rally. Vamos Brazil!

[@empirespuzzlesbrasil8456]

Hugo mesmo hoje em grande fase dificilmente ganharia do harimoto.... o jogo nao encaixa pq harimoto joga em cima da mesa e o calderano gostar de trocar drive.... Lebrun foi responsável por tirar os dois mais difíceis que seriam o harimoto e o Matias falck.... o cristian Karlsson também tem esse jogo difícil mas caiu pro seu conterrâneo... foi uma mistura de sorte nao enfrentar um deles com um belo campeonato... já que os counters nao estavam ele destruiu todo mundo

[@dimitri9780]

@@empirespuzzlesbrasil8456 well yes you have a point but if you beat Lebrun 4-1 and he is the guy that beat harimoto and falckthen i think it means that Hugo was the most inform player of the tournament. Its not Hugos fault that he dint get drawn to Harimoto in the round of 32. And i wouldnt say that Hugos draw was easy, he played all Asian players beside the final, they arent a piece of Cake to beat. Also in an othee tournament harimoto might get lucky that he doent have to ay fan zhendong in the first round i mean truls, in the world championships had the easiest part of the draw, yes boll, aruna, etc are all top players, but Boll is 41 and no in his prime quadri can lose to anyone truls had no chinese player in his draw until the final where as Hugo had lin gaoyuan, wang chuqin, Fan zhendong and Liang jingkun. But truls cant help that. So yeah table tennis is unpredictable in who you get drawn against and who can beat who. Now i know your not try annoyed or disrespectful but i thought i make a point about it😂

[@dimitri9780]

@@empirespuzzlesbrasil8456 Also besides Wtt Champions Harimoto has not been consistent at all starting from the world championships. Im not saying Hugo has been super consistent, but i think inform Hugo from this tournament stands a good chance against Harimoto.

[@mshayashi]

@@dimitri9780 It's [It's not Hugos fault...]

[@darciomoura7555]

Dá-lhe Calderano!!! Orgulho do tênis de mesa brasileiro.

[@patrickr8461]

Thanks, for the fast upload!!!

[@GhanaTableTennis]

Dropping only a game in the entire tournament. Hugo is on fire

[@canicetang8837]

It is a Junior tournament. Come on now. How many top ten besides him played there in Tunis?

[@GhanaTableTennis]

@@canicetang8837 not to have dropped a game is not easy. It means he was highly focused in the tournament to make a statement. Harimoto was in the same tournament but was knocked out.

[@canicetang8837]

@@GhanaTableTennis Harimoto is a better player than Hugo but also he is just as inconsistent. The hard ABS plastic ball suit the close to the table chop blocks female game better to him. When he is away from the table, he is in huge trouble because of his terrible footwork. If I am preparing game films for my players against Harimoto. It is not that hard, stay away from his powerful backhand. Make sure to place the ball carefully at wide angles to make him move away from his comfort zone. Don't let him freewheeling by his chiquita flip. Fluster him to change his momentum by frustrating him and not encourage his streaky runs and loud 'cho-le'. You have to be crafty both in tactics and mental games to beat these players. Come to think of it, for Hugo and Harimoto, not that difficult. Fan Zhendong and Ma Long on the other hand, extremely tough because they are good in EVERYTHING AND KNOWS ALL THE TRICKS.

[@canicetang8837]

@@GhanaTableTennis Also top African players like Quadri Aruna and Omar Assar can easily take games and beating Hugo on a regular basis. I am not saying that Hugo is not great because he really is. But there is a huge gap between the top Chinese and the world for that particular reason. The changing of the guard only happens when one player can dominate and beating everyone consistently. Someone like a Timo Boll in his prime and even a Waldner decades back. Table Tennis World is still waiting for the next one challenging the PRC National Teams in both men's and the women's game. That's the only way that the sport will grow.

[@TareqAstroPhoton]

@@canicetang8837 What is PRC?

[@varuncbv6692]

Hugo's explosiveness rocked Lebrun and unsettled him and he could never recover

[@indrasasmita8447]

Incredible Hugo calderano, speed, power, control are amazing

[@Carmondai22]

Alexis lost against Blue Hugo 1-0, against Black Hugo 2-0 and Green Hugo gave him a tie for 1-1 :D But tbh, top level from Hugo. He was fast, controlled in his moves, great timing, great placement, great receive...and few mistakes.

[@Teluric2]

Cocaine or meth?

[@arielpefaur1136]

One of the best single player tournaments in recent times, WHAT A WAY. Alexis has too bright a future. Hugo for his part is probably one of the most athletic players that can be seen in this sport. The best Latin American of all time and one of the most talented and creative in history. Congratulations to both and to continue giving us more fantastic battles and tournaments.

[@canicetang8837]

Actually, he is never the best conditioned player. If he has to change so many shirts in a single match compared with others. That means he easily over-exerted himself or being too one-sided playing a physical, taxing style which he would completely wore down if the match extended to 6 or 7 sets. I believed that anything that Hugo played over 5 sets in the ITTF/WTT top ranked tournaments, are not really that great.

[@mshayashi]

Not the best Latin American, but the best American, for sure.

[@canicetang8837]

@@mshayashi Do you study geography? American means USA citizens lol! I can tell you this. Kanak Jha who is only 21 and ranked as high as #25, is a 5 times US Table Tennis champion and playing as a professional in Europe. Give it about 3 years and he will beat Hugo relatively comfortably. He lost to Timo Boll in 6 games in Houston last year. By the way, Boll was injured and still able to beat 2 of the top 10 players along the way.

[@MrCooperscoopers]

@@canicetang8837 Nah, Kanak has reached his limit. He can't advance anymore. Hugo is only 5 years older than him

[@canicetang8837]

@@MrCooperscoopers So bloody what? 5 years is a lot in Table Tennis terms. A lot of players retired in their 30s. Ma Long had been playing injured most of the time and Timo Boll is turning 42 and still playing. You don't know Table Tennis as a sport, do you? Most professional like Hugo would peak at their late 20s, which gave him another 4 years or so. Kanak is only 2 years older than Alexis and around the same age as Fan. There are still lots of room to grow in terms of conditioning, playing shape, and most of all Mental Focus, where older players are a lot better in handling than the young ones due to experiences on and off the courts.

[@PanchoGDMKWii]

We can say Calderano is now on his prime ages I hope he can get far!

[@ttime9947]

Congratulations, Hugo! For those who don't know: Hugo only lost one game through the tournament

[@citylidamj8898]

That’s some ML, FZD level !!!

[@rogernguyen1273]

@@citylidamj8898 Not yet if Ma Long and Fan in good shape still hard to beat !

[@reinaldopessoa2603]

​@@rogernguyen1273 not what they meant, his performance was at their level.

[@sergioborges2725]

Not to compare to the Chinese duo, please. But I think, Hugo now without the coach could raise his level again especially playing on the Japanese TT League. As Brazilian I hope so. ;)

[@canicetang8837]

It is the WTT Contender and not the selected WTT World Tournaments. Many of the top 10 and top 25 can easily take 2 sets or winning against Hugo. It is like having a Top 10 Tennis players playing the Challengers and the second level circuits. In World Table Tennis where the levels are so much defined from the lower 100 to 500 ranked players, and probably at least 4 to 5 levels inside the top 100. You can say that for Hugo and Harimoto playing those junior players, that SHOULD be a cakewalk for them. Really, those tournaments are for up and comers who would be great in the future and not using them to steal ranking points away by those top 10 players. Hugo is currently ranked 6th in the world. So how fair is that?

[@shushin4651]

AWESOME ANGLE, THANK YOU ITTF

[@gojozorokyojuro]

Not at Hugo changing a new t-shirt after (almost) every game 🤣

[@mobin5320]

Yeah 😐😂😂😂😂😂

[@alexdelarge5703]

It was about time 😂

[@imemine246]

Alexis was confusing which Hugo he was playing against each new game.

[@canicetang8837]

It might be a mental tactic to throw off an opponent. For me, that means lack of conditioning with excessive sweating to change shirt every time. That's why Hugo's record in 6 sets or more are never that great.

[@Aleksandr-be5ud]

Hugo played at 100% mode. Nice to see such attitude

[@slartibarr]

Hugo was so fast and flexible in this match! Like to see him on his top

[@alyciawang2892]

Thank you 👍👍👍👍

[@tamasbrenyo1348]

Hugo played at a real world class level, he was so concentrated and able to adapt and I belive his style does not fit for Lebrun. The frenchman on the other hand had an impressive run of victories although ha had no chance here he might got tired even mentally and lacks a lot of experience and consisitency. But he has the future!

[@canicetang8837]

Alexis beat someone by the name of Dimitri Ortcharov, a former World Number 1 not long ago, so that itself spoke volumes. The way he keep developing at this current path, he will surprise more and be top 25 in the near future. Just like someone like a Kanak Jha from the USA.

[@dickn.ormous1064]

He got tired because as a 18 year old he lacks endurance compared to players in their mid 20's otherwise he beat better players than Calderano-Harimoto who has much superior serve-receive game and Ovtcharov who does everything better than Calderano.

[@canicetang8837]

@@dickn.ormous1064 Lebrun will get his experience with his growing pains. I am sure he will learn from his lessons and would be much better prepared.

[@dickn.ormous1064]

@@canicetang8837 He's definately on the right track.Unfortunately,Calderano coming from a country with no TT tradition whatsoever will always be a poor man's Ovtcharov.

[@PeTr-dj4jd]

Bravo Hugo. Juego impecable

[@vickbst]

it's the most powerful match I've seen this year

[@Joseguevara-kx3fo]

Resultado de la disciplina de años, felicidades a ambos!!

[@adan551]

Nice win Hugo 👏🏻

[@serkankeskinn]

I really love Alexis Lebrun but like all players He has to lose sometimes overwhermingly. He is still young and he has to learn what to do on pressure.

[@canicetang8837]

He is only 19 and not too much time on the big stage internationally. He will learn very quickly what and what not to do. That meltdown would be more and more rare.

[@laguyoche8151]

Hugo calderano is as much talented as the number of shirts he uses during a match ! Congrats Hugo 👏👏

[@canicetang8837]

He changed from Andros to Xiom a few years back and the new equipment suited him well. But top players shouldn't change equipment that often because just a little bit would added lots of adjustment period for them.

[@allinesatyro4696]

parabéns meu querido Por representar o Brasil

[@tonyping3678]

Such fantastic play from both players! Alex really gave Hugo a tough shot!

[@mobin5320]

It's so good! 👌🔥🔥❤️🇮🇷

[@MarcioSouzaBIO6]

Great match between Lebrun vs Hugo Calderano Congratulations to the two warriors and it's great to see a Brazilian managing to beat the great Lebrun. Lebrun is an incredible Frenchman and has a brilliant career ahead of him.

[@Chowqiao]

When Calderano is consistent, he is really unbeatable. His shots are so powerful.

[@canicetang8837]

But the problem with Hugo is that he is NEVER consistent even though he is well established in the Top 10, given that he plays all the WTT tournaments and picking up ranking points while most of the Asian teams are very selective to choose where they played. When Hugo is off his game, it truly is ugly.

[@canicetang8837]

@Najpopiči Zpopiči True. This is the only to beat the Chinese team is to be BETTER than the Chinese team themselves. That is a tall order and why you don't have a single player that can beat their top player 'Consistently'.

[@canicetang8837]

@Najpopiči Zpopiči It is not the Chinese is unbeatable, but it will take everything out of you, then some more. This is why there is ONLY ONE PLAYER who beat Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin only ONCE in their CAREER IN Franziska. But to be the very best, you have to beat them again and again. Right now, I just have seen anyone yet. With the upcoming retirement of Xu Xin and Ma Long. Fan Zhendong would be EVEN better and also with the young PRC squad coming to the force in their early 20s. Let's see if the rest of the world has the answer for them.

[@MarcosVinicius-ed5qg]

Congrats to Hugo! You were excellent! Go Hugo!!!

[@ultrafx8174]

Happy for Hugo!!! 🤩

[@shenzhenpingpong]

Lebrun doesn't return Calderano's serve with confidence. And if you give Calderano a chance at a forehand loop, it's guaranteed to come fast and hard. On return of serve, Calderano does the chiquita with pressure or he can push the ball awkwardly long into Lebrun's backhand. So Lebrun almost didn't get to forehand loop. But these are problems that Lebrun can fix with coaching, so it won't be as one-sided next time!

[@ananthahegde8476]

Isn't the jumping sound made by Alexis before receiving a little distracting for the player serving?

[@rurban]

Very impressed by Hugo. As determined as Dima, the flicks are all 100%.

[@user-ep6bg5wc9h]

Wow. Incredibly!!

[@genagrinberg9569]

Нечего сказать, просто Красава!

[@aerotus888]

Wow. Hugo did so well.

[@ttime9947]

7:24 Flat hit back for the point!

[@marshuswp3325]

yes, good eyes TTime!

[@arthursouzalima4402]

Please, tell me you are going to upload the rest of matches from this tournament. There are so many matches missing: - Alexis Lebrun x Harimoto - Alexis Lebrun x Xue Fei - Mattias Falck x Lin Gaoyuan - Calderano x Liao - Jang Woojin x Wang Yang

[@AyuuTipAyuu]

Outclassed.

[@davidkonig8414]

First time I saw Hugo Not playing Like a Robot, but with Lot of Variation.

[@dimitri9780]

No i think actually after covid lockdown id say to be more precise wtt star condender doha march 2021. He changed his game alot he was very controlled to be honeet took the power right down and focused more on spin and placement. In the olympics again had the power but only used it when neccessarily, He had alot more variation, variation in serve he doesnt always toss the ball high, he has different serve actions now. his recieve was more varied i alway think he has been strong in recieve but he had different recieves. To be honest he should have beaten Ovtcharov and played in the semis against Ma long but the pressure got to him and credit to Dima for his experience but overall Dima was struggling big time in that game because how much Hugo had changed. Then in Star condender doha September 2021 which he won , that was Hugo most tactical and calculated tournament he has ever played his variation was sublime. Now this Hugo is alot different to 2019 Hugo where he was just playing power. I think this tournament he has actually been very aggressive but calculated and precise. Hugo should keep this balance between raw power and variation whith spin and speed amd to be tactical calculated. Sorry for the long message😂

[@davidkonig8414]

@@dimitri9780 pleased Look at His Basic Standing Position, on Service and Return. Could it bei that He changed it a little Bit? I Always thought, that in the passt, it was some centimeters nearer the table. He was offen, 2018/19 a Bit to late . That causes, that He hast to move more a was from the table. This Problem i could Not See anymore.

[@vrothen1602]

Sans doute le match de trop pour Alexis, qui a semblé piocher physiquement et commis des fautes qui nous paraissent désormais inhabituelles. Retenons surtout ce qu'il a prouvé dans ce tournoi : son ancrage au plus haut niveau mondial. Bravo !

[@marshuswp3325]

Absolutment! Les Francais doivent etre assez fieres de lui!

[@SL-jo4om]

@@marshuswp3325 Fiers, oui, mais souhaitons que les fans français apprendront à se comporter avec plus d'humilité et de respect pour le sport et pour les autres nations. Franchement, à lire les commentaires live dans le chat j'avais l'impression d'avoir affaire à des Néanderthals.

[@alienapl]

Calderano rompe as barreiras da física!😳 Acabou a alegria do doido da chinela...😂 ESSA VITÓRIA DO HUGO FOI PRA MOSTRAR QUE NINGUÉM É TOP 3 DO MUNDO A TOA NÃO... 👊🏓🇧🇷👊🏓👊🇧🇷👊🏓

[@mshayashi]

Parece que ele é 6º do ranking mundial.

[@alienapl]

@@mshayashi sim..caiu pra sexto.👍👏🏻🏓

[@eseldu7906]

Hugo is a bit like Patrick Franziska - when he is on fire, even the best can‘t stop him. Luckily for his opponents, Hugo takes a break quite often and the others get better into the game. Here, Hugo only paused for a few seconds and then continued is extremely unpleasant, highly dynamic fast and powerful play. Next time, Alexis will have better chances, I am positive he figures out a way to brake Hugo‘s rhythm. Can’t wait to see it.

[@allandario]

Alex tried to break Hugo's rhythm through chop blocks and funky serve returns and serves, but Hugo seemed to not be bothered. It appears that Hugo had already studied all of Alex's tricks. He just beat him in a Brazil vs France challenge.

[@Thomas-ko1gb]

@@allandario yeah this one was a tight game. In the beginning he was loosing in the beginning after managing to pull off a great come back

[@canicetang8837]

I would love to have a 10 seconds or 15 seconds clock between points to speed up the game by WTT. I am sure that Hugo would be in huge trouble with that. His over physical game of overpowering opponents is very easy to play against and win consistently. Hugo is a great player, by way too one-sided to my liking. His tactics are so simple to be exploited and he has to be careful. By the way, changing so many shirts in the match means his match conditioning was very poor. The key in Table Tennis is to finish the points quickly and never over-exerting yourself. Especially when the game grinds to 6 or the maximum 7 sets. By the way, Hugo is always known for straight sets win or in 5 sets. His records in longer sets are very poor indeed. That's how his opponents often grinded out more because of his unforced errors the longer the match wore on.

[@canicetang8837]

@@Thomas-ko1gb That opening set. Had Alexis came out ahead. The outcome would be completely different.

[@MrCooperscoopers]

@@canicetang8837 maybe because he is vegetarian. He doesn't eat meat or eggs.

[@PowerIce123]

VAIII POHAAAAAAAAA!! VAI HUGO, VAI BRASIL!!! TU EH FODA

[@Mischgi]

Hugo in God mode! IF he keeps playing like this, he will be unstoppable

[@mauriciorosadasilva2]

Mister Hugo 👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@water9951]

When Alexis is an entertainer. Shout 5:50 Belly 8:38 Ball hit 9:32

[@ruslander1987]

Bravo, Hugo!

[@canicetang8837]

Hugo was much, much stronger. But if I am Alexis' coach, I would ask him for three things: 1. Varying tactics to counter Hugo, such as making him run at wide shots. No need for power but really good placement so he wouldn't be able to attack too easily. 2. Consistency on his serves so he wouldn't gift-wrapped too many crucial points away. 3. Mental focus on every single point as it is the last ever point. Don't let his anger get to him and reeling by taking too hard. It will be very important for Alexis before every point to think and concentrate. Asking what on earth should I be doing on this serve or this receive. Read his opponent carefully. I think he needs more film studies away from the table and having his coach to really analyze the tactics and how to counter them. This is the strength of the PRC National Men's and the Women's teams. European coaches should do exactly the same so their players are fully prepared and should never having any shock or surprise. There are tons of game films on Hugo and they should really do their homework. I will not put a lot of the blame on young Alexis but the French coaching team needs to do way, way better to prepare their players.

[@hryhry4922]

No need to mention PRC Nationals. I don't see them in this final.

[@canicetang8837]

@@hryhry4922 That's my point. Beating other juniors by a seasoned pro doesn't mean squat. Now, beating Ma Long and Fan Zhendong on a consistent basis, speaks volumes!

[@michaelferron3866]

Not sure it was a match plan or preparation problem. Hugo was just too strong.

[@canicetang8837]

@@michaelferron3866 Well, Alexis is still young and inexperienced. He would be much, much stronger given a year or two. But the problem with Hugo is that he was NEVER known to be CONSISTENT. The challenge for Hugo and anyone else outside the PRC is to beat ALL THE TOP PRC players regularly. Hardly anyone other than Franziska was able to beat Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin ONLY ONCE in their CAREER. Sad to say, that's not great to promote the sport when one country just dominated for decades. The last non-Chinese to win the World Table Tennis Championship: 2003 Austria's great Werner Schlager. 19 years ago.

[@MrCooperscoopers]

this doesn't make much sense though. Liu dingsuo lost to Hugo miserably this time. Are you saying that Liu doesn't get the China research result against Hugo cuz Liu is not the top players of China? Also Lin gaoyuan lost to Falck this time. Falck is an old soldier and China surely has studied him thoroughly already and Lin still doesn't know how to deal with him?

[@luannascimento2331]

Faltou uma vibração em português no final Seria incrível

[@allandario]

Gooooooooool de Calderaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaano! Brazil!

[@Janardd]

Hugo wore 4 different jerseys, had to double check to make sure I wasn't watching a compilation 😅

[@mimimi91914]

Congrats Hugo 🇧🇷

[@vladimir1991]

Хьюго очень хорош! Просто порвал соперника...

[@brunosantos6244]

Alem do título o Hugo ganhou 100 mil dólares, na conta atual 500 mil reais, ele merece de mais, e vai ganha ainda mais, parabéns Hugo orgulho do Brasil 🇧🇷❤

[@cartop-ligamensaldecartola3139]

Sério? Não sabia que a premiação chegava a tanto.. e esse evento foi bem mais tímido que o último, tanto em grande jogadores quanto em qualidade das luzes e plateia

[@TT11TV]

Na verdade Hugo ganhou apenas U$ 5.000, que era o valor destinado ao campeão. Vice levou metade.

[@nicolassantana2995]

Nosso menino calderano representa 😎👉

[@vr1717]

good performance by hugo !

[@burako.6447]

Go Hugo Go!!! I think more People will buy calderano HAL blade...

[@mrWXYZ7]

parabéns hugo👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Darkness48748]

desde a copa de 2021 eu tô viciada em ping pong e basquete...mais doq o normal🙃

[@mshayashi]

Você deve ter se admirado muito com o basquete feminino do Japão, que foi medalha de Prata, nos Jogos de Tokyo, né! Eu também fiquei...surpreendeu o mundo.

[@Darkness48748]

@@mshayashi não foi por conta disso, mas foi daora tbm

[@sushilhansda1345]

Alexis game remind me of mima ito. Use different serve n variation, relying on element of surprise n instant winner. But once opponent start studying u, ur element of surprise is lost. How do u deal after that shows how strong u r.

[@bloomintokyoseoul]

Thoroughly enjoyed viewing Calderano's demolition of the opposition here.

[@canicetang8837]

Junior opponents all ranked 50th and below. Really? How would Fan Zhendong or a Ma Long would do in that case? Or what is Hugo's record playing against both of them, or Xu Xin? Patrick Franziska is the only person who beat Fan, Ma and Xu once in his CAREER. Before you are jumping up and down like Brazil had won the FIFA World Cup. Look at Hugo's opponents in the tournament first. I don't know about you but I will only feel happy if I beat someone who are better and ranked above me. That would be validations that I have improved. Otherwise, beating the lower ranked players and to hoarding WTT ranking points to keep and improve your positions. Why bother?

[@bloomintokyoseoul]

@@canicetang8837 By "opposition," I meant that I thoroughly enjoyed watching Hugo destroy Alexis Lebrun.

[@romanseminogov9604]

been rooting for alexis(

[@ttime9947]

9:32 yellow card for smashing the ball away. 5:48 serve miss and scream

[@alexdelarge5703]

These brothers have a bad self control

[@walterpoelzing9412]

@@alexdelarge5703 There mental coach will work with them on that. No doubt.

[@walterpoelzing9412]

There mental coach will work with them on that. No doubt.

[@Lol-ej2uh]

Relax bro.

[@marshuswp3325]

Entspann dich TTime. TT is an emotional game. Human have emotions. Let them express it. Ever watch tennis?!

[@animaysh]

Wow. I thought Lebrun would have put a bit more hurt on Hugo. Fair enough. The more experience Alexis gets the more big wins we'll see.

[@valdojuniorpescador]

Boa Hugooo... Sensacional ! Tirando o Kristian Karlsson, já venceu quase todos os grandes ! 🤭🔥👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💯

[@dimitri9780]

Um Hugo had beaten Kristian Karlsson many time before.

[@valdojuniorpescador]

@@dimitri9780 Muuuuito antes... Kkkkkk atualmente não !!! 😎🤭🤭🤭

[@Shrimp0kUgel]

What's wrong with Alexis' block? He keeps putting it in the net. Or is it because of Hugo's varying spin?

[@sfronziogrey8475]

what's the problem with this 12 pixel-camera???

[@keepang522]

Nice

[@hellopleychess3190]

hugo is a completely new person

[@habibihabibi2565]

Only dropping 1 games for the entire tournament?

[@gavanjiart932]

Gj hugo 👍👍

[@philippelecam1419]

Dommage pour Alexis, son revers n'a pas été aussi efficace que d'habitude, Hugo a souvent joué cours et ca l'a pas mal gêné..félicitations quand même, c'est le début de nombreuses finales espérons le..

[@ebertfigueiroa3412]

Joga muito facil.

[@FUNKINETIK]

The ‘lollipop - window wiper’ type serve is something I was doing years ago, I somehow put spin on the ball but at the same time made it travel forward in a straight line. : )

[@TheBobbymcd]

i dont understand why they are talking about it as if it is something new.

[@l-jaybartolome7015]

from penhold to shake hand??

[@user-ni1td3yd7w]

pure domination

[@user-xc4xf4hx7p]

Hugo~~~🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@rapm4548]

Hugo is amazing player

[@silaturahmitenismeja1901]

what kind agility training hugo does

[@ttime9947]

Hugo Calderano will shock you ( backflip, tricshot, basketball, football, rubik's cube and more) copy and paste - video from TT Entertaining