Angry after his elimination in the quarter-finals of the European Table Tennis Championship this Saturday in Austria, Félix Lebrun threw away his racket.
An incredible disillusionment. Félix Lebrun was beaten in the quarter-finals of the European Table Tennis Championship by the German Benedikt Duda 4 sets to 3 on Saturday in Linz (Austria), even though he was one of the favorites for the title.
While he was leading 2-0 against the German Duda (28th in the world) and even had a match point, Félix, seeded N.1 in Austria, lost his means and his nerves, finally beaten 3-4: 11-5, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6, 6-11, 14-16, 6-11. The Montpellier native received a red card after the end of the match for throwing his racket.
“I immediately knew that I had a chance of being eliminated from the doubles final, it has already happened, so I was very afraid,” assured the youngest of the Lebrun brothers on the microphone of the channel The Team. Emotionally, it gave out at the end. I did something that I obviously regret, I didn’t want to hurt anyone. I won’t do it again. At the time, there was embarrassment, shame, it’s not something I like to do, not the image I want to give.”
Félix Lebrun can try to console himself by trying to win the European doubles title on Sunday, alongside his older brother, Alexis, qualified for the singles semi-finals.
