Table Tennis is a sport that is played one against one, or two against two, and in the end, it is always a Lebrun who wins. Well, not tonight for Félix.
Qualified for the quarter-finals of the WTT Champions in Frankfurt, unlike his brother Alexis, Félix Lebrun faced Truls Moregard, who has been being spanked by the Montpellier brothers for a month. While all predictions gave the Frenchman the overwhelming favorite against the Swede, the reality was quite different. For our greatest happiness.
Félix Lebrun puts the lie to our pre-match pessimism
The match begins, and the points are quite close. But against all odds, it is Truls who makes Félix dance. The Swede takes the first round (7-11), but fears the second round and the possible reaction against the younger Lebrun. This revolt lasts exactly two points (2-0), then it's a black hole. Of the nine points that follow, Moregard does not leave a single one to the Frenchman (2-9). Lebrun lost in this second set (6-11), and gave a glimpse of a magnificent defeat in three short sets. At the same time, what better place than Frankfurt to send your best sausages?
But as is often the case with these siblings coming straight from Montpellier, nothing ever goes our way. Between Féfé's return to form, and Moregard's tantrum who vents on the referee because the latter penalized him with a point because of a service throw that wasn't high enough, it's the berezina for the FFL. Lebrun wins this round (11-5) and has decided to make our nerves his toy.
The fourth set is, as expected, unbreathable. Despite the stakes, Moregard's wrist did not weaken, and he managed to obtain two match points (8-10). Unfortunately opposite, it's Félix Lebrun if you had forgotten him. The Frenchman erases a first match point, then a second (10-10). The cold shower. But the third is one too many for the youngest Lebrun. He finally lost in four sets (11-13) and said goodbye to his dreams of coronation in Frankfurt. Yes, a Lebrun can lose a table tennis match.
Did you savor this defeat and are you asking for another? To do this, we will have to wait until November 20, and the WTT Finals which will see the light of day with the Lebrun brothers. Courage, only 12 days to wait!
