The revenge of the Lebrun brothers. After their quick elimination in singles, Alexis and Félix Lebrun easily qualified for the doubles final of the WTT table tennis finals by beating the other French pair, Florian Bourrassaud and Esteban Dorr, 3 sets to 0 in the semi-finals on Friday. in Fukuoka, Japan.
Faced with these two friends whom they know by heart – they also train in Montpellier – Alexis and Félix were largely dominant. Despite their lack of freshness due to an exceptional but grueling season, marked by the Olympic podiums, they left no chance for the world number 11 pair, made up of two players above 100th place in the individual ranking (12- 10, 11-6, 11-3).
“Never easy to play against friends”
The world number 2 and European doubles champions will face each other on Saturday in the final of this competition which brings together the best table tennis players of the year during the final meeting of the season, with the winners of the second semi-final opposing each other in the evening. the Japanese Shunsuke Togami and Hiroto Shinozuka (6th) to the Singaporeans Pang Koen and Quek Izaac (10th).
“Never easy to play against partners and friends, but today we played well,” rejoiced Alexis, concluding with an “Arigato” (thank you in Japanese) which pleased the local audience waving fans at their effigy.
Individually, the week came to an end for the new stars of French table tennis, eliminated as soon as they entered the competition in the round of 16. Felix by the German Benedikt Duda (3-2) followed twenty-four hours later by Alexis dominated by the world number 2 and big favorite of the tournament, the Chinese Lin Shidong (3-1).
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