Victory for Wang Chuqin: Expeditious and dominant from the first point of the match, the world number 1 simply left no chance to Félix Lebrun, who endured the entire match to lose in four short sets. A demonstration of strength from the Chinese, who won this Beijing Grand Smash in style (11-7, 11-2, 11-5, 11-7).
4E Set – 7-11: Wang Chuqin once again pushes Félix Lebrun to make a mistake after two short exchanges. It's finished!
4E Set – 7-10: Three match points for the world number 1…
4E Set – 7-9: What anticipation from Wang Chuqin, who sends an elusive return of service…
4E Set – 7-6: The fight continues… and Félix Lebrun pushes the world number 1 into error with a high ball which destabilizes him!
4E Set – 4-4: Everything is hard for Félix Lebrun, but he manages to make his opponents fold after several attacks on his forehand to equalize at 4-4!
4E Set – 2-2: Two good serves for the Frenchman, who is in the race at the start of the 4th round.
4E Set – 0-0: With his back against the wall, Félix Lebrun now no longer has the right to make mistakes.
3rd set – 5-11: Wang Chuqin takes the 3rd set. Félix Lebrun seems totally stunned by the level of play of the world number 1, simply unplayable this Sunday in Beijing.
3e set – 4-10 : Wang Chuqin sends a return of serve into the net, a valuable action as it seems impossible since the start of the match.
3e set – 3-8 : The world number 1 excels at serving, his balls seem unreadable for Félix Lebrun.
3e set – 3-6 : What a reflex from the Frenchman who takes a smash at the end of the racket!
3e set – 2-4 : Finally a long exchange, unfortunately, Félix Lebrun makes a mistake. But the Frenchman seems (finally) up to the occasion.
3e set – 0-2 : Wang Chuqin quickly takes control of this third set. Time out for the Frenchman, who needs to be reassured by his trainer.
2nd set – 2-11: Two sets to zero for world number 1 Wang Chuqin, who is showing a stratospheric level of play at the moment. Everything is difficult for Félix Lebrun, who cannot play his game.
2e set – 2-10 : The Chinese accelerates on each ball to reduce the rallies as much as possible.
2e set – 1-8 : Félix Lebrun seems frustrated by his opponent's level of play. This final is currently one-sided.
2e set – 0-6 : Wang Chuqin is unplayable, everything succeeds…
2e set – 0-2 : After a perfect sequence on his serve, the world number 1 takes control of this second round.
1st set – 7-11: Taking advantage of the bad start to the match by Félix Lebrun who was a little overwhelmed by the event, Wang Chuqin logically won the first round of this final.
1er set – 5-9 : The world number 1 dominates this first set, but Félix Lebrun hits a few winning shots which seem to give him confidence.
1er set – 3-6 : Félix Lebrun finally entered his match and made two winning shots.
1er set – 1-5 : A little tense Félix Lebrun finds the net again.
1er set – 0-2 : Félix Lebrun loses his first two serves…
12h27 : Let's go for the final of this Grand Smash in Beijing! Félix Lebrun serves first.
12h25 : Both players are warming up. Start of the match in 2 minutes.
12h21 : Félix Lebrun (blue jersey) and Wang Chuqin (black jersey) appear in the room to the cheers of the numerous spectators present in Beijing.
12h10 : The organization is in the process of presenting the trophies for the women's tournament. The men's final should begin in a few minutes.
12h02 : The women's final, which pitted the Chinese Yingsha Sun and Manyu Wang, who are the two best players in the world, has just ended. It turned to the advantage of the latter, in 6 sets: 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-5, 8-11, 11-2.
11h55 : In four confrontations, Félix Lebrun has never managed to beat world number 1 Wang Chuqin. But their last meeting, in mid-July, gives hope to the young French, who lost 9-11 during the decisive round at the end of an exceptional semi-final at the Grand Smash in Las Vegas.
11h51: To achieve this feat, Félix Lebrun defeated another Chinese man, Lin Shidong, who is world number 2 this Sunday morning. The youngest of the Lebrun brothers (19 years old) won his semi-final 4 sets to 2 (11-5, 7-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6). For his part, Wang Chuqin beat his compatriot Xiang Peng 4 sets to 3 in the semi-finals.
11h47 : This is the first time in history that a French table tennis player finds himself in the final of a table tennis Grand Smash, which is the equivalent of a Grand Slam in tennis.
This is a great first for a French table tennis player: Félix Lebrun will play in the final of the Grand Smash in Beijing, the equivalent of a Grand Slam tournament in tennis. After eliminating Lin Shidong in the semi-final, the Frenchman tackles another mountain: world number 1 Wang Chuqin.
