No time to breathe. In Montpellier last weekend to compete in the French Championships, the Lebrun brothers headed to South Korea this week to compete in the WTT Champions in Incheon (South Korea). Nearly 9,400 km from France, Alexis and Félix experienced very different fates.
During the night from Thursday to Friday, Alexis Lebrun (20 years old), just crowned with a crown of French champion in Montpellier and eldest of the two, gave in in the round of 16, beaten after four sets by the Brazilian Hugo Calderano (11-8, 6-11, 6-11, 6-11).
Félix (17 years old) will continue his journey. The one we saw in tears after the final lost to his brother, made short work of the German veteran Dimitrij Ovtcharov, swallowed up in three sets (11-6, 11-7, 11-5). The French table tennis player will cross paths with the one who beat his brother, the Brazilian Calderano, to reach the last four.
Guazy in quarters too
Another tricolor shone, Simon Gauzy, who, after having pushed the German Dang Qui (10th player in the world) out of his way, confirmed against Sangsu Lee (12-10, 11-7, 11-7). Here he is in the quarter-finals too, Jingkun Liang, double Chinese world champion.