Filus is redefining the modern chopper’s play style with those outstanding backhand attacks. Another great match in this tournament.

Class fought by Ruwen ! I couldn't have imagined that he would win against Calderano

This guy is redefining what is allround defence, amazing

Very entertaining game, both played very variably with changes in tempo, sometimes attacking, sometimes returning with great touch ... Congrats to Filus.

After a whirlwind start by Calderano, Filus combined spot-on-tactics and and brave execution with very few unforced errors to claim a well deserved victory in this top flight competition. Looking forward to his next match.

I feel like I’m missing out on an incredible era of table tennis with the side of the table camera angle. It robs all of us of the incredible bilateral dynamics that define Table Tennis

Cmoooon Ruwen!!! Great Great play, you bring hope to us chopper around the world!

switching the sides of the racket is thing of a beauty. Very hard style to success in such tournaments, bravo Ruwen!

Parabéns Filus! Hugo, também aprendemos e evoluímos após uma derrota! Estaremos torcendo pra VC 🇧🇷🚀

Epic Ruwen Filius match ... what a fight :)))

Droga!!!jurava que essa partida era do Hugo! O cateiro filus foi paciente e eficiente e valorizou cada ponto ao extremo. Resultado...a potência do Calderano sucumbiu a paciência do filus. Detalhes do xadrez de mesa com bola. E filus geralmente perde do calderano. Hoje foi sua vez de dar cheque-mate. Parabéns!🏓👏🏻🤔

Ruwen Filus seems to be Hugo's kryptonite

I thought I would see a flying racket at the end of the match but no.😱 Let's be honest, Ruwen Filus' counter-attacks + racket flipping (changing ball spin) during rallies did the job. Great performance !

Inacreditável o Hugo ser freguês desse kateiro....

Amazing match from Filus, once again showing what it really means to be a modern chopper. He flipped his script so well after that first game, going from a far from the table defense plan to a more close up pips attack plan. No we get to see the rematch between him and Lin Yun Ju

Ruwen, du bist eine Inspiration!!!

Chinese audiences are really passionate about the game and players' performance! great climate!

Now that's how to play a hybrid of defence and offense. You never know what's coming. Also, Filus has so many tools to work with.

Incredible match!

Valeu Hugo. Por pouco. Alto nível sempre.

Foi um jogo muito duro de fato. O HUgo buscou 3 x 8x10 para 10x10, mas não conseguiu sustentar, o Filus jogou muito hoje, parabéns! Hugo, seguimos te acompanhando e torcendo como nunca...segue firme nosso menino de ouro!!!

Ruwen zrobiłeś to - brawo 💪👊👏👍

The second set has not been easy for Filus. Congrats to him for winning against Hugo. A big win definitely. Defense doesn't easily earn you points; attacks are the king.

Grinding points with close wins all 3 sets. Just what Filus wrote with a classic chopper victory. Excellent!

Glückwunsch Ruwen! Freut mich sehr, dass du noch im Rennen bist, weiter so!

Нервно но красиво, браво Филус

Geiler Typ!

Well deserved. Good job. That's the spirit.

Increíble partida no me imagine que el tipo de saque del alemán fuera tan eficaz 😯🏓⚡️

Hugo Calderano is such a spectacular player, brilliant technique and a imaginative game... but not enough to touch Filus this time. It's really entertaining to watch Filus when he's in this kind of shape. I think his style is the way to go if one goes for defending style now, and in the future. Only a strong def isn't enough anymore, you simply have to be sharp in the attack every time the opponent hesitates.

Excellent commentator!

i love this game

Geil geil geil. Auf gehts Deutschland!!!!

Bravo Ruwen! Hugo wasn't ready for such all round defender.

Good game ! I guess mr fillus have studied Calderano’s serves and position on the table! Not mentioning that he has chosen the right wood and rubber against the slow speed rubber of Calderano

Офигеть неожиданно. Кальдерано, видимо, давно не играл против запильщиков.)

Very impressive performance by Ruwen after a poor start... congratulations!

Filus fez o jogo da vida dele!!

O Hugo teve muitas dificuldades com o jogo corta físico do alemão! É um estilo de jogo muito atípico! Serve como experiência

Filus redefines a new modern defensive playing style!

ruwen filus played so tactic and tehnic !

Both played very well, but it was just Filus day

Filus is the GOAT

Body armor companies will soon become the sport’s biggest sponsors if the chopper keeps winning

Good play Ruwen

Hugo hit the ball with so much force that Ruwen had no chance if he had used chop as his usual main play. What Ruwen did? He changed his game to an attack oriented defender taking advantage that Hugo maybe powerful but very rough and error prone. The tactic worked wonder in this match. However, Ruwen will still have no chance against top Chinese players like Xu Xin, Fan and Ma Long as these players not only have power but control as well.

for quarter final: 4 chinese, 1 german, 1 french, 1 taiwanese, 1 korean. The final should be played between 2 chinese. But the good suprise could be Lebrun vs Fan zendhong.

Filus is so smart!!

Pq o segundo ponto foi para o cara se pegou na mesa ?

Like that modern defenders now win by attack. But still missing old school like Chshetinin.

Ruwens offensive game brought the win

Ruwen❤️

Who do you prefer Gionnis or filus

how did Calderano get up to Nr. 5? Have not seen him play a lot the last couple of years

Filus on fire

Ruben imposed his game on caldorado; he slowed things down for a player who plays fast pace tennis.

Feels like Calderano got outperformed by the tactics of Rosskopf. He was trying to just attack everything with power, but Filus would return short balls or long bien coupés and then attack him in his forehand

А начал-то хорошо...

Hugo loses against Filus???? That was unexpected

Maybe the most awkyard game i have seen so far. If you see this and the slow clunky movement of filus in comparison to other players and then see him beat calderano, you go "why arent more players chopping?!" must have been really hard for calderano to play the not so used to play against long knob-style mix

sometimes the better player loses the match

Филус защитник, но выиграл за счет атаки справа и слева, разве такое бывает?

Filus exposed Caldearnos weakness in his short Forehand service return .NO Forehand Flick at all. just bad pushes and sometimes mediocre flicks, which allowed Filus to attack.

BASTANTE DISPUTADO, COM 3 SETS EM MELHOR DE DOIS.

Calderano should practice defending more often. He is purely agressive and can do nothing when he gets attacked.

great game but WHY IS A R16 BEST OUT OF 5?!!?!??! IT should be best out of 7!!! these guys worked way too hard to have it just be 5

Congrats to Ruwen Phallus ! ! !

Cannot believe he lost to the chopper.

insane performance. Hugo is much better, but on this match he made too many unforced errors. Ruwen deserves his win.

雨果看来不擅长打削球

Every year i see Hugo, his hairline just leans back one step 🥲

Who said defenders don't win?

Офигеть. Игрок первой десятки с защитником не справился. Как и Лин Юн Ю в финале против Филуса тоже проиграл. Походу с топовыми защитниками только у китайцев проблем нет. Наверное всё дело в китайской липучке справа и самом топсе справа у китайцев это лучше всего получается по шипам самое верное средство

Time to ditch those rubbers Hugo.

Хитрый немец 😂

Pareceu fácil no início. Jogo não encaixou.

Depois do jogo de hoje, jogado pelo Brasileiro Hugo Calderano, ficou claro para mim. Hugo Calderano, és um excelente e Atlético jogador de ténis de mesa. Mas, infelizmente, depois de jogar no clube russo desde janeiro de 2022, seu jogo ficou ruim. Há um ano e meio que vejo você jogar como se estivesse sob alguma substância, se preocupando muito, tremendo e cometendo muitos erros estúpidos e não forçados em seu jogo. Infelizmente, não há mais o Hugo Calderano que derrotou Fan Zhendong em 2018. Você perdeu a energia e a impressionabilidade que teve desde o início de sua carreira até janeiro de 2022. Você tem 26 anos, mas há um ano e meio que joga como se tivesse 40 anos. E é uma pena que o Brasil não aloque dinheiro para o desenvolvimento do tênis de mesa no Brasil. Hugo Calderano, obrigado por todos os torneios que você ganhou e que me fizeram feliz. Serás sempre o meu ídolo. Mas, infelizmente, você não realizou todo o seu potencial porque os treinadores no Brasil não são muito fortes. Obrigado por tudo. Você é um cara bonito que conseguiu levar o Brasil a um novo nível de tênis de mesa. Obrigado, Hugo Calderano, por sua carreira no tênis de mesa. É uma pena que você não tenha realizado todo o seu potencial. Obrigado, Hugo Calderano, por tudo.

После сегодняшнего матча, который сыграл бразилец Уго Калдерано, мне стало всё понятно. Уго Калдерано, ты великолепный и атлетичный настольный теннисист. Но к сожалению, после игры в российском клубе с января 2022 года твоя игра стала плохой. Уже полтора года я наблюдаю за тем, как ты играешь словно под какими-то веществами, много волнуешься, трясёшься, и допускаешь в своей игре много глупых и невынужденных ошибок. К сожалению, уже нет того Уго Калдерано, который победил Фан Жендонга в 2018 году. Ты потерял свою энергичность и впечатлительность, которая была у тебя от начала твоей карьеры до января 2022 года. Тебе 26 лет, но уже полтора года ты играешь так, как будто тебе 40 лет. И очень жаль, что Бразилия не выделяет деньги на развитие настольного тенниса в Бразилии. Уго Калдерано, спасибо тебе за все турниры, которые ты выиграл, и которые сделали меня счастливым. Ты навсегда будешь моим кумиром. Но, к сожалению, ты не реализовал весь свой потенциал из-за того, что тренера в Бразилии не очень сильные. Спасибо тебе за всё. Ты красавец, что смог вывести Бразилию на новый уровень настольного тенниса. Спасибо тебе, Уго Калдерано, за твою карьеру в настольном теннисе. Очень жалко, что ты не смог реализовать весь свой потенциал в полной мере. Спасибо тебе, Уго Калдерано, за всё.

After today's match, which was played by Brazilian Hugo Calderano, everything became clear to me. Hugo Calderano, you are a great and athletic table tennis player. But unfortunately, after playing in a Russian club since January 2022, your game has become bad. For a year and a half, I've been watching you play as if under some substances, you worry a lot, you shake, and you make a lot of stupid and unforced mistakes in your game. Unfortunately, the Hugo Calderano who defeated Fan Zhendong in 2018 is no longer there. You have lost your energy and impressionability, which you had from the beginning of your career until January 2022. You're 26 years old, but for a year and a half you've been playing like you're 40 years old. And it is a pity that Brazil does not allocate money for the development of table tennis in Brazil. Hugo Calderano, thank you for all the tournaments that you have won and that have made me happy. You will always be my idol. But, unfortunately, you didn't realize your full potential due to the fact that the coach is in Brazil

Congrats to Ruwen. And yes, Hugo's not a robot. Fortunately.