Such a victory was well worth a great celebration! At the WTT Champions in Incheon, South Korea, which brings together the 32 best table tennis players by gender and began this Wednesday, March 27, Simon Gauzy produced a very good performance, beating the German Dang Qiu, 10th, in the round of 16. world and seeded n°8 (11-8, 3-11, 12-10, 11-6).
“His very first victory on the WTT Champions stage”, specifies the World Table Tennis website, which the French table tennis player, 30th in the WTT rankings, celebrated in the style of PSG player Kylian Mbappé: knee on the ground, thumb on forehead and little finger raised. On his X account, Gauzy dedicated his victory to him: “For the Kyks”.
For the Kyks 🙃 pic.twitter.com/y6euT0wCi1
— Simon Gauzy (@GauzySimon) March 28, 2024
This celebration is one of the many for which Kylian Mbappé, who had the opportunity to try a few during his career, became known. The first time he performed it was in April 2022, alongside Achraf Hakimi during a match against FC Lorient at the Parc des Princes.
More notably, he also made this same celebration in Qatar, during the 2022 World Cup, from the first match of the group stage against Australia, and had repeated it in particular against Denmark.
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For his part, Simon Gauzy will be able to continue his stay in South Korea. In the 1/8 finals, this Friday, he will face the South Korean world number 29 Lee Sang Su.