13h12
Florian Bourrassaud and Esteban Dorr will play the Lebrun brothers in the doubles semi-final
What a comeback! Getting off to a bad start in the quarter-final of the WTT Finals in Fukuoka, Florian Bourrassaud and Esteban Dorr won 3-2 (9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-6) against Lam Siu Hang and Ho Kwan Kit! They will face Félix and Alexis Lebrun on Saturday from 12 p.m.
13h04
Trailing 2-0, Florian Bourrassaud and Esteban Dorr set the record straight. Victorious in the fourth set (12-10), they imposed a final round on Lam Siu Hang and Ho Kwan Kit.
12h52
Florian Bourrassaud and Esteban Dorr return to 1-2! They won (11-8) the set that should not be lost. The hope of qualifying for the semi-final against the Lebrun brothers still exists.
12h44
Things get complicated for Bourrassaud and Dorr
The French are led 2 sets to 0, the Hong Kongers win the second set (8-11).
12h36
The Bourrassaud-Dorr duo concedes the 1st set
In a tight set, after a bad start, the Tricolores narrowly lost (9-11).
12h29
A Franco-French doubles semi-final?
Florian Bourrassaud and Esteban Dorr are currently facing the Hong Kong pair made up of Lam Siu Hang and Ho Kwan Kit. The French are 11th in the world in the WTT, their opponents 19th.
The winner will join Alexis and Félix Lebrun in the semi-final.
12h26
The match will not start on time
The duel between Alexis Lebrun and Lin Shindong will not start before 12:45 p.m. It should finally begin around 1:10 p.m.
12h07
“He knows himself better”: how Alexis Lebrun gained momentum this season
Reigning European champion, Alexis Lebrun has the means to beat the Chinese, at the end of a season which has seen him gain strength over the months.
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11h57
A close duel is expected
Alexis Lebrun enters the singles competition against an opponent he has already beaten. It was in May, in Taiyuan (China), with a score of 3-1. Before that, Lebrun had been beaten heavily (0-4), in the World Cup, a month earlier.
11:50 a.m.
Félix Lebrun, Alexis’ brother, disappointed during the WTT Finals
For his last big tournament of the season, Félix Lebrun was eliminated on Wednesday by the German Benedikt Duda as soon as he entered the WTT Finals in Fukuoka, in singles. Defeated in five sets (11-9, 6-11, 12-14, 11-6, 9-11), the Frenchman lost to his nemesis.
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11:39 a.m.
In doubles, it works well for Alexis Lebrun
In doubles, with his brother Félix, Alexis Lebrun reached the final four earlier in the day. Victory (3-1) against the Japanese Tomokazu Harimoto and Sora Matsushima.
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11:30 a.m.
Welcome to this live. We will follow together the round of 16 between Alexis Lebrun (world No. 14) and the Chinese Lin Shidong (world No. 2), at the WTT Finals. The confrontation between the two men is scheduled for 12:20 p.m.
