Hugo Calderano vs Fan Zhendong | 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Highlights (1/4) - FULL HD

Incredible match between Hugo Calderano and Fan Zhendong in the 2018 Seamaster ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Quarter-Finals!
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[@goptty]

Hugo mastering the most important skill of table tennis - unpredictably.

[@marcosmusixpcmusicam]

That's right! table tennis is all about predicting!

[@韩国80年代民主光州事]

+Vivero Bosque de Alimentos NO，speed，power，reaction，Reflex arc if u r fat guy lol，maybe u can play tennis，but definitely can‘t table tennis lol

[@napoleonsicilian7049]

@@韩国80年代民主光州事 The Chinese team calls Liang Jingkun as Big Fatty.

[@韩国80年代民主光州事]

+Napoleon Sicilian he just muscle strong and chubby，not fatty

[@napoleonsicilian7049]

@@韩国80年代民主光州事 Calm down ! I just say his teammates call him that nickname. It doesn't mean his teammates hate him, quite the opposite. It doesn't mean I hate him. I just state the fact. (I even don't feel like or hate him. To me, he is a table tennis player, that's all).

[@shark7045]

What a good quality i hope all big games can have the same quality.

[@DenisPinheir0]

But, ITTF, do not take takes with the angle far above the height of the table

[@wladyslawderstreiter9078]

what do you mean?

[@DenisPinheir0]

@@wladyslawderstreiter90784:01 is bad

[@user-gd6nh9dv9j]

Shark impossible

[@gabrieltc1001]

I came from the future to tell you that the quality will get way worse

[@archangel9674]

What an absolute rocket of a backhand. Absolute stunning performance. This must be Hugos biggest success yet. Congratulations!

[@韩国80年代民主光州事]

always say HUGO will BIG success next TOP 10 even TOP 5 player，good for Brazilian

[@PechPongTT]

I agree, this win will really boost his mental going into the future!

[@y.v3669]

The best performance in Hugo’s career. You deserved this victory. Well done!

[@Frodrigues922]

Que orgulho! Jamais poderia imaginar um brazuca vencendo o N°1 do mundo com maestria. Parabéns!!! Agora, rumo ao titulo!

[@luizalexandrevulf7347]

Não seria o N°2 do ranking?

[@fenixff8844]

@@luizalexandrevulf7347 não, Fan Zhendong é o 1°. Olha aí results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=list&listid=69&Itemid=206

[@luizalexandrevulf7347]

@@fenixff8844 é que vi uma notícia que dizia o contrário, obrigado por me atualizar. Não sabe se este torneio esta passando em algum canal de TV fechada ou na Internet?

[@caterpieshiny5547]

@@luizalexandrevulf7347 en ittf.com pero calderano ya perdio 4-0 con harimoto, FZD si es el actual Nº1

[@gmaeda08]

@@luizalexandrevulf7347 ittv

[@davesplatz]

DUDE, this is the best quality that I have ever seen (but yet again: cutting out the player's hand shake). Anyone else saw Calderano's patterns: playing parallel, playing into the body and mixing up timing on the contacts?

[@lumm71]

"Calderano beat the most unbeaten player on the planet!" This is true. Brilliant match by the Brasilian. Congrats!

[@nihalsp2348]

Ever heard of Ma Long at the time?

[@yeagerist977]

@@nihalsp2348 he was talking about that time. Ma long got beaten a lot in that time he was out of shape

[@abhinavkarajgi4019]

Thanks to his serve

[@ljjr7233]

FANTASTIC !!!!!! Brazil is very proud of Calderano ... Pure talent !!!!

[@pipaion]

I''M SHOCKED!! C'mon guys... you're kidding me... doing THAT to FAN ZHENDONG!?? Simply INCREDIBLE!! Calderano raised his level up to the sky... Thumb up for who thought it was not even conceivable.

[@PechPongTT]

abc this whole match is piece of art by Hugo! One that i will watch time and time again!

[@Zeda1002]

I'm curious about his practicing/being coached background. Looks to me nearly impossible he's done this 'straight from the Brazil'. It's much easier when you live and practice in, say, Germany, or Japan. This isn't entering into top100 or top50 ITTF, this is a top notch TT. Chinese players do wonders to get to this level, they don't get there 'out of nowhere'.

[@firasaliyan8397]

@@Zeda1002 he's from brazil but training table tennis in germany

[@Zeda1002]

@@firasaliyan8397 yeah, that explains it...anyway he has some godgiven talent too!

[@firasaliyan8397]

@@Zeda1002 he has the agility that most European player don't have..

[@chilenoecorazon]

QUE CRACK CALDERANO!!!!!😍 👏👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷, mi idolo del tenis de mesa, ORGULLO SUDAMERICANO!!! Saludos desde Chileeee🇨🇱😍

[@jossa271]

Tiene una técnica brutal

[@alanmanzano4829]

Es un maestrazo, saludos desde chile 🇨🇱

[@amandosimoes4755]

🇧🇷💚🇨🇱

[@marvind6749]

Calderano was playing on an other level 😮

[@thenewguy7527]

He just lost to harimoto 4-0

[@gdounito]

@@thenewguy7527 so what??he still played great

[@nelsonjunior2785]

@@thenewguy7527 but he win Harimoto in other game.

[@PechPongTT]

A rather quiet stretch for Hugo and then Boom! Beats Fan Zhendong on one of his best years. Hoping for big things in 2019 for Hugo! :)

[@GenyaArikado]

@@thenewguy7527Harimoto lost to Marcos Freitas, Xu Xin and Falck

[@infott85]

Amazing performance HUGO 🏓🏓🔥🔥

[@cartop-ligamensaldecartola3139]

O Hugo aínda vai ser o top1 mundial e vai conseguir medalha de ouro no individual em alguma olimpíada, sabe porque? Porque ele apesar de ser muito jovem é concentrado ao máximo, não treme na base como a maioria dos brasileiros que entram como favoritos e acabam decepcionando... Esse muleque tem o dom e merece muito ser reconhecido mundialmente... Joga o fino e sou fã demais dele. 🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@kine-tabletennisedits]

Esperanças em 2024

[@alvaroalvinho8121]

@@kine-tabletennisedits VAMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@SanD-n8b]

Brilhou no panamericano 2023 Orgulho desse br😘🇧🇷💚💛✨🐆💪🥇

[@victorlionel1]

Lo disfruto siendo argentino porque sé de la buena onda que hay entre los tenimesistas latinos. Triunfazo!!

[@Ponteiiro]

K R A L H O, PARABÉNS HUGO, E OBRIGADO PELA PARTIDA ESPETACULAR

[@ederaldomarques973]

Eu vivi pra ver isso! Obg senhor, parabéns Hugo. Merecido

[@quinnbaker1935]

My heart could not be fuller. Hugo with a huge upset, but more importantly, a good quality ITTF video

[@zaidie6883]

First of all: what a stupendous quality of video! Secondly: Hugo was simply marvelous! He wasn't a human on that day. A God was playing on his behalf! What a match! What a player!

[@fernandosantosii5276]

Um feito espetacular como a medalha de ouro no vôlei em 92, o primeiro campeonato na fórmula 1 do Emerson Fittipaldi, o título de Roland Garros do Guga, etc. Talvez um degrau acima por se tratar de um esporte inexistente no Brasil e que é o primeiro esporte na China!

[@ow5319]

Fantastic match. Never saw Fan having so many problems. And who thought his BH is unbeatable saw Calderanos even better BH. Great video quality, for the first time by ITTF i think - big thanks for that. BUT please don't spoil the result by posting short highlights-video which list the result: "Hugo Calderano knocks out Fan Zhendong". Same here: "Lin Gaoyuan beats Xu Xin and makes Semi-finals". :-/

[@thenewguy7527]

Jun Mizutani also knocked out liang jingkun 4-2

[@Ramadur1]

Calderanos BH isnt better than fans. His performance was just not good this day.

[@PechPongTT]

Ogo Wogo Hugo was able to keep Fan on his heels the whole match. Great performance by Hugo! Too mad he wasn’t able to take it all the way tho :/

[@Cornerer1]

we need all matches with this video quality!!!

[@DenisPinheir0]

But, ITTF, dont camera angles directly above the top of the table.

[@formarce]

Muito orgulhoso desse cara! Vamo Hugooo

[@felipemar1nho]

Monstro demais esse Hugo Calderano. Vim conhecer ele hoje...esse garoto em um futuro brilhante pela frente. Como que um cara desse não é tão conhecido aqui no Brasil???

[@cuboperfeito5141]

então né mano, só passa futebol na tv fazer o que

[@Kuating]

Brasil tem jogador bom em muito esporte que não é reconhecido aqui por causa de hiperfoco em futebol. É duro, mas já me acostumei.

[@Tacomaguy]

I am so happy for this. I am from Peru. I'm South American, and I'm glad South America is finally in the map at the highest level possible for table tennis

[@PechPongTT]

Rudy Lucar yeah big win! Breathing hope to all the players from South America!

[@edsoneduardo8621]

Sul America o kct, é Brasil!

[@radiobeard]

Eu tô muito orgulhoso, pqp!

[@matheuslima5492]

Todos nós estamos

[@leosmi1]

Uhul será que rola outro confronto?

[@eczavyr2899]

60 fps beautiful, thanks for better video quality ittf

[@LifeStyleBR]

Manooooo não acreditoooo... Parabéns garoto! Vai BRASILLLLL

[@fabianomoreira2567]

CALDERANO AINDA SERA O nUMERO 1 GRAVE ISSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO =D

[@alanmanzano4829]

Orgullo sudamericano, saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱

[@jaimefilho2041]

Impressionante, as pessoas não tem noção da importância e a dificuldade desse jogo, simplesmente incrível Hugo!!!

[@andresalvaromanrique442]

I felt like Hugo has been practicing all day long for this tournament. I haven’t heard about him in the last three months. I am so happy for him. He can be number one on the world for many years. Vamos con todo Hugo !!! 🇵🇪🇧🇷

[@maddymigel]

Wow..just wow. Calderano is my new idol. His back hands loops, shot placement, completely dominated Zhendong

[@mahdialmasud6479]

very rare scenes!!! fan zhendong was totally outclassed by hugo. Now I want hugo to win this grand finals.

[@jf3052]

No he hasn't 😁 Cool that Tomokazu won!!

[@ygoprotagduel6375]

PARABÉNS CALDERANO!!!!!!!!!!! O BRASIL TEM ORGULHO DE VOCÊ!!!!!! PARABÉNS!!!!!!!!!

[@jannismeyer906]

never thought that it would happen, but wow 1080p60!

[@emersongomes86]

Woooooowwwww meus parabéns Hugo, levando esse esporte que tbm é nosso para o topo do mundo junto com a nossa bandeira 🇧🇷 🇧🇷 🇧🇷. Bela vitória jogou muito bem e de forma inteligente, sem entrar naquela pancadaria que eles adoram. Isso vc mostrou que é possível, mais uma vez parabéns 🎊 🎊 e que mais vitórias venham. 👏👏👏

[@erisonlima682]

Parabéns Hugo, bateu no melhor do mundo!!

[@georgik898]

ITTF and FullHD@60fps🔥🔥🔥 Finally, the future is here!!!!!!

[@marcusvivicius1897]

O mlk já é celebridade ... ja ta em comercial da ittf direto ... ja entra nos abertos platinum como um semifinalista ... foda

[@nakkadan]

Simplesmente fantástico. Obrigado Hugo Calderano. Muitos sequer imaginam o quanto é difícil destacar-se nesse esporte, com milhares de praticantes no Oriente e Europa!!!

[@SanD-n8b]

Muito inteligente e talentoso...nosso menino de ouro✨🥇 Orgulho br❤ 🇧🇷

[@luismepu]

Dude the video quality and those 60 frames! Thanks ittf at last you listened

[@gerardosanchez8167]

SÓLO 5 AÑOS ATRÁS PARA UN JUGADOR DE OTRO CONTINENTE QUE NO SEA EUROPEO VENCER AL NÚMERO UNO DE CHINA SERIA IMPOSIBLE! HUGO CALDERANO UN ANTES Y DESPUES EN EL TENIS DE MESA BRASILEÑO,SUDAMERICANO Y DEL CONTINENTE DE AMÉRICA EL MEJOR DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS A SU CORTA EDAD! SALUDOS DESDE PERÚ ESPERO VERTE JUGAR EN LOS PANAMERICANOS!

[@bumble.bee22]

El ya ganó 2 oros en los Panamericanos Lima 2019

[@nguyenhieu7633]

I dont know are there anybody like me :v But after Huho leaded 3 1 I still worry that Fan could win the next 3 set and win the match, but Im so happy that I was wrong. Congrat Hugo.

[@PechPongTT]

Nguyen Hieu I was thinking if Hugo could keep that high level the whole match he would win. hard to beat Hugo when hes this hot, but if anyone could Fan would be a name that comes to mind ;)

[@gustavosuenaga]

I remember watching this live and I was so happy when Hugo won!

[@ramendaisuki205]

I always knew looking from Calderano fierce stance he was going to be a threat against China, Great job taking downt the #1 in the world! ALSO, THIS IS THE TYPE OF QUALITY VIDS WE WANT FROM ITTF, THANK YOU.

[@BilguunsparKO]

i'm loving this buttery 60fps videos good job ittf

[@leandromota3970]

Uooooohoooo, fantastico!!! Parabéns!!!quando vi que ia jogar com Fzd vi que ia ser duro! Jogou demais... deu cada sapeco no Fzd qie foi bonito de ver!!!kkk

[@zencosuzuki8496]

I watched this match a few times and I must confirm that Hugo was better this time. And thanks of his skills he won with no 1 , FZD. Impossible is possible .

[@alyssonviniciusalves5497]

Me emociona ver um brasileiro jogando desse jeito. MONSTRO!!!!!!!

[@Spacevet]

This video sure deserve alot of likes!

[@PongGod]

I've always been impressed by Calderano's game and believed that he was going to become a very special player. This win is really validating it.

[@PechPongTT]

PongGod yeah me to! From the first time i saw him i felt he had something special!

[@danielhuesmann6449]

Calderano knows almost every time where FZD will place the ball even before FZD knows it 😂

[@OEMM71]

Congrats, Hugo!! Wonderful and amazing performance!!

[@SuzanaNogueira7]

Choro de alegria. PARABÉNS Hugo.

[@romulorobertalves]

só não ganhou do Harimoto, pois a diferença entre os dois jogos foi pequena, não teve tempo o suficiente para se recuperar de um jogaço desse, meus parabéns, você é um orgulho para todos nós brasileiros, eu vivi para ver isso, obrigado Deus

[@marcostripoli2849]

Problema que Hugo cometeu inumeros erros em bolas fáceis contra Harimoto. Foi determinante para a derrota. Uma pena.

[@matheuslima5492]

Ele perdeu pro harimoto? Não sabia acabou com meu sia

[@fullreggaeton4822]

HUGO GRANDE SALUDOS DESDE PERU EL PROXIMO AÑO VIENES PARA LOS PANAMERICANOS ES UN HECHO QUE TENGO QUE IR A VER AL MEJOR DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO

[@matheuslima5492]

Saludos aqui mesmo do Brasil

[@eczavyr2899]

When Calderano is fully concentrated, and isn't too wild, he beats the NR1 in the world!!! What a player

[@erelaction]

Кальдерано - безусловно, самый талантливый молодой не азиатский теннисист за последнее десятилетие, а, может, и больше! Его игра гениальна! Единственное, чего ему не хватает, чтобы стать первой ракеткой мира - это стабильности и уверенности в себе.)

[@beltrangarrote1982]

Fist time I see a player (besides Ma Long at is best) actually fighting FZD, not trying to survive. Just awesome Calderano, you got him and made him play uncomfortable.

[@AshuYadav-vl7iu]

I am a big fan of Fan Zhendong backhand but Calderano's backhand was just on other level in this match.. Congratulations on the win

[@edsonfrancisquini]

Grande Calderano. O resultado e reconhecimento pelo árduo trabalho e dedicação. Parabéns

[@victor.fariasilva]

Show Chará...mandou bem. Vamos evoluindo....parabens.

[@elvisritchelle9530]

Parabéns mlkao!!! Sou teu fã!!

[@ГордеевБорис]

Wow! Amazing! Best i've seen last year. Wow!

[@gustavoc6812]

Hugo improved a lot in the close to the table game. His side spins touches are very clever.

[@Lemaninful]

Que orgulho! Simplesmente incrível!

[@ShashankJagadish]

ALL VIDEO IN HD PLEASE !!!!! GOD BLESS U

[@kyoeletronic706]

Fazendo história, orgulho nacional! Parabéns.

[@nero6790]

Unfassbare und geradezu phantastische Leistung. Calderano spielt mit wirklich hervorragender Qualität. Habe immer auf den Einbruch gewartet, der aber nicht kam. Gute Aufschläge, durchgehend aktive Rückschläge. Mit den parallel gespielten RH Topspins hat er FZD mehrmals überrascht, aber auch die VH auf den Körper war klasse. Tolles Spiel.

[@mariorobertodasilvamiranda8373]

Calderano levando o nome do Brasil no tênis de mesa, parabéns, espetacular essa vitória, em cima do número 1

[@WuFei0707]

Big deception for me, a big fan of FZD and LJK. They made me realize that in table tennis world, nobody can stay a winner forever, because this sport is so fast and needs so much focus and accuracy that if you didn't have enough rest or you're mentally weaker for any reason on that day, you can lose easily. Hugo showed his strength and he deserves the win. I never see FZD having such difficulty to return his opponent's powerful attacks until this match. But I believe he will find the way to defeat him at their next encounter, like the way he did with Dima.

[@jnkazu8091]

apparently the scoreboard of the two is 1x1 both won a match against each other

[@jesusdEcristo]

Que jogo e que qualidade de imagem! Orgulho total!

[@colinwalton3753]

Great Highlights. Well Done to Hugo.

[@fabiojunior1599]

Parabéns Hugo, todos nós brasileiros que jogamos tênis de mesa temos orgulho de você

[@ivanivan4155]

Great quality and nice angles

[@sanashy9024]

I observed four things that probably made Calderano win this epic match. 1. He was very tactful on short ball placing. 2. His execution of the "ripping" backhand surprised FZD in many instances. 3. He exploited FZD on so many cross-over points that left FZD with no time to react. 4. He committed the least forced and unforced errors. ORRRR.... Fzd was struggling mentally.

[@uchihadayne6506]

SANA SHY SHY SHY it’s also why he had no chance against harimoto. Fan should watch that match, harimoto never gets caught out of position. Against the Chinese, harimoto has a horrible game, but against Hugo and most of the Europeans, he has a much better game. Harimoto doesn’t have as good of a forehand that he looks to step around constantly, Hugo’s placement confused Fan a lot

[@danielh6559]

@@uchihadayne6506 If beating Ma Long, ZJK (twice), FZD, LGY, Zhou Yu (twice) and Wang Chuqin (twice) means having a horrible game against the Chinese, then i don't know what having a good game against the Chinese looks like.

[@sameoldrock6545]

And he served illegally for most of the match!

[@Skrippykrotangler]

The new camera angle featured in this video is fantastic. I personally would recommend this angle for as high as 1/4 of all points played. It's such a refreshing change from the norm and shows alot more the players how they are moving around while contorting their bodies.

[@tk1ngatk1nga]

What a battle. The new balls have made the backhand a viable primary weapon as they now play closer to the table, no time to turn, no real backhand is a real threat to your matches, enter Harimoto and Calderano. The backhand attack can hide directions so well that players with a natural propensity to the backhand are now on the march. Amazing.

[@adhamwaleed5946]

This is The first time in my life to see anyone overpowering fan zhendog.....WoW

[@PechPongTT]

Adham Waleed had Fan on his heels the whole match!

[@AshuYadav-vl7iu]

It was a really well played and we'll thought out match by Hugo Calderano..

[@simeleosimeleo4795]

Porra! Excelente!!! Hugo é o novo expoente do esporte brasileiro.

[@yusungson4006]

I saw the match live, it was amazing! One interesting fact: Hugo changes shirt every set!

[@marcostripoli2849]

He sweats a lot. Notice that he often fans himself with the racket.

[@tex4uinc]

Amazing! Nice game Hugo!

[@tomlong6172]

Congratulations you’re the best!!

[@PhiBrian]

Best quality since the WTTC 2017 Men Singles Final

[@marcelohpereira1606]

Awesome match!! Congratulations Calderano !! Go Brazil!!

[@felipet391]

Unfortunately, he lost in semifinals... But it is unbelievable to see a brazilian player beating the number one! Vai Hugo!! Next tournament, the golden medal it is yours!

[@PechPongTT]

F T he will be one to look out for for sure these upcoming years! He works so hard to keep pushing his level higher!

[@mabuguelo]

Show Hugoooooo evoluindo cada dia mais sempre na torcida Calderano

[@ms.p99]

Thanks for the glorious 60fps

[@summermarques2172]

Esse mlk me fez ficar com nó preso na garganta querendo chorar de emoção após esse resultado.

[@runnerbaba]

Please dont upload the result-video before the match video...

[@FD1CE]

ITTF never reads the comments!

[@pipaion]

@@FD1CE It wouldn't be necessary... some common sense would largely suffice, bloody hell!

[@fiuza78]

@@FD1CE Adam Bobrow reads it. Sometimes he replies.

[@FD1CE]

@@fiuza78 really? Interesting.

[@Al-ImprovEd2022]

They don’t respond t email suggestions either.

[@nelsonjunior2785]

eu nao consigo parar de ver esse jogo

[@renatorangel9802]

Somos 2 hahaha

[@irece2008]

Simplesmente Espetacular!!!

[@Pauloferreira1986]

Vai longe esse rapaz!!! Chances reais de medalha nas próximas olimpíadas!!!

[@glossary90]

Impressive performance from Hugo. Also nice quality finally, too bad we didnt see the best shots in slow mo.

[@ohadmanor6035]

who the hell uploads the result before the match? Official ITTF we have complained about it many times and yet you still do it. is it so hard to fulfill just two demands ? 1. High-Quality videos 2. Matches before results? The ITTF social media should be fired.

[@danklim7604]

Watch the matches live

[@misaelduran2631]

Can’t even watch them live in the Us thru Ittf

[@tehnoobestworld]

Misael Duran yes you can are you stupid

[@misaelduran2631]

tehnoobestworld then explain to me how, stupid. Everytime ittf streams, it says that its not available in my country

[@tehnoobestworld]

Misael Duran because you suck ive never met any Americans with that problem

[@joshyang7226]

I knew the Brazilian guy would win. excellent...much respect to Fan

[@FernandoHenrique-tl3cb]

Que orgulho cara sempre soube que Calderaro tinha capacidade mais esse jogo me surpreendeu muito além vou salvar nos favoritos kk👍👍💪💪

[@matmagix3845]

surprised how often FZD misread short balls in this one, Hugo played them smartly to mix the rhythm and pace, and came up with some stellar counter attacks especially on the backhand. Very flamboyant performance from him. Also using mid balls wound up into FZD's body giving him an easy kill shot after.