Brothers in gold, and in History. The French Alexis and Félix Lebrun were crowned Saturday in doubles at the WTT Table Tennis Finals in Fukuoka, the final tournament of the international circuit of the season, by winning handily against the Japanese pair Hiroto Shinozuka and Shunsuke Togami (3 -2).
This victory (12-14, 14-12, 11-6, 7-11, 11-4) allows the two ping star brothers to end the year as world No.1, a first for French people.
“Kamehaméha” celebration
Already crowned European champions together at the end of October in Austria, the Lebrun brothers won with great mental strength, while they were dominated during the first part of the meeting by the Japanese (6th in the WTT ranking), at home .
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But after reversing the trend, it was finally in the end that everything came down to the French, who celebrated this historic victory with a Kaméhaméha celebration. The WTT Finals, the equivalent of the tennis Masters, close the season on the international pinging circuit.
