With the victory of the Togami-Shinozuka pair in the semi-finals of the WTT Finals, the Lebrun brothers are not guaranteed to seize first place in the world in doubles. Everything will be decided on Saturday during the final.
Everything will be played out on the pitch on Saturday. Qualified this Friday for the final of the WTT Finals table tennis, Félix and Alexis Lebrun could have become, without playing, the first French people to seize the place of world No. 1 in doubles.
Since the defeat of the Chinese Yuan Licen and Xiang Peng, beaten in the first round in Fukuoka, the throne is now vacant. But the Lebrun brothers are not the only ones with their eye on it. The Japanese Hiroto Shinozuka-Shunsuke Togami can also climb to the top by winning the tournament. And while a defeat on their part would have done Lebrun's business, the Japanese did not tremble to eliminate the Singaporean duo Pang-Quek (8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6) in the semi-finals. -finals.
Big fight ahead for the Lebrun brothers
While they watched this match at their hotel, Félix and Alexis Lebrun could have been assured of first place in the world this Friday evening. Now, they have confirmation that there will be a huge double stake on Saturday during the final (12:45 p.m. French time). And we will have to beat these Japanese in front of their home crowd.
“It’s going to be a great fight, and it would be fantastic to end this year with this title,” Alexis Lebrun told L’Equipe, before knowing who the French were going to face. Each match is difficult, in the final the teams arrive with momentum. » This one promises to be explosive.
