Qualified for the quarter-finals of the WTT in Frankfurt, Félix Lebrun is already assured of occupying his best ranking next week.
Félix Lebrun continues to shine at the end of the season. Elimination in the quarter-finals of the European Championship digested, the double bronze medalist at the Games has indeed won the WTT Champions in Paris – a first for a French table tennis player – and hopes to do it again this weekend in Frankfurt .
The Montpellier native has so far negotiated his first two matches in Germany well. After dominating his compatriot Simon Gauzy in the first round, the French prodigy managed to get rid of An Jae-hyun (11-9, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9) despite the Korean's good performance . And Félix Lebrun can see far in Frankfurt.
Félix Lebrun will be third in the event of a final in Frankfurt
In the quarter-finals, the Frenchman will certainly face the Swede Truls Moregard, Olympic vice-champion, but the path to the final has necessarily opened up somewhat following the elimination of world number 1 Wang Chuqin by the Swede Kallberg from the round of 16.
A presence in the final would allow Félix Lebrun to enter the annals of table tennis a little further since he would be guaranteed to climb onto the podium in the world rankings! Currently third in the world, Fan Zhendong, absent in Germany, is only 521 points ahead of the Frenchman while a place in the final in Frankfurt will bring in no less than 700 points.
And Félix Lebrun is already guaranteed to be at worst fourth next week, which would constitute his best career ranking. If he scores 338 points over Liang Jingkun while a place in the quarter-finals only earns 175 points, the Chinese table tennis player will lose the 700 points from his final last year in Frankfurt.
