Despite a desire to do well, Hennebont was beaten on Thursday evening by a team from Nîmes/Montpellier, which fielded its best team for this fourth day of Pro A (3-1). This included the essential Lebrun brothers, who did not hold back to stock up. With now three defeats in as many matches, the GVHTT is having a disastrous start to the season.
Aligned from the start, the duel between the European champion Alexis Lebrun and the African champion Omar Assar quickly turned in favor of the Montpellier player. Lacking arguments, from the first balls, the Hennebont recruit gave free rein to the desires of the French international, who won in three straight sets.
The last word to the eldest Lebrun
In match 2, the other Hennebont recruit, Lim Jonghoon, gave his team a boost by pushing Félix Lebrun to the deciding set, after being down two sets to nothing. In this one, the bronze medalist from the Paris Olympics, in men's singles and recent winner of the WTT International in Montpellier, did not let himself be surprised and won (11-8). This new point logically gleaned by the world number 5, allowed the Southerners to take the break.
As against Morez on Tuesday, at the Ping center, Vladimir Sidorenko lined up in position 3, won after the break against Montpellier's Antoine Hachard, which allowed the Bretons to regain hope. In the following match, Lim Jonghoon pushed Alexis Lebrun to his limits, leading two sets to one. But in the next two, the oldest Lebrun thwarted the Hennebontais (11-6, 11-6). This new point offered victory to the southerners.
The technical sheet
Match 1 (1-0) : Alexis Lebrun (France, world No. 14) beats Omar Assar (Egypt-Sweden, world No. 19): 3-0 (11-5; 11-3; 11-6).
Match 2 (2-0) : Félix Lebrun (France, World No. 5) vs. Lim Jongghoon (South Korea, World No. 31) : 3-1 (11-9 ; 11-5 ; 11-13 ; 3-11 ; 11-8) .
Match 3 (2-1) : Vladimir Sidorenko (Russia, not ranked in the world) beats Antoine Hachard (France, not ranked in the world): 3-1 (11-6; 15-13; 9-11; 11-9).
Match 4 (3-1) : Alexis Lebrun bats Lim Jonghoon : 3-2 (11-4 ; 10-12 ; 10-12 ; 11-6 ; 11-6).
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