On the brink of the precipice after its defeat against Germany on Monday, the France team qualified for the second round of the Mixed Team World Cup by winning against Romania (8-6) this Tuesday.
She was hot but she will see the 2nd round. The day after its defeat against Germany (8-4) on Monday, the France team won against Romania (8-6) on Tuesday during the Mixed World Cup in Chengdu, China. In this competition where each set won is counted in the final result, the winner is the one who wins eight (over all matches). The two teams were tied (6-6) before the last men's doubles between the Lebrun brothers and the pair Eduard Ionescu-Darius Movileanu.
The Lebrun brothers won seven points out of eight
And the two French headliners did the job by winning (15-13, 11-3). Over all five matches, Alexis and Félix Lebrun contributed to gleaning seven points (sets) out of the eight in the victory. It started with the mixed doubles composed of Alexis Lebrun and Jia Nan Yuan, winner of the duo Eduard Ionescu-Bernadette Szocs (2-1; 11-5, 14-12, 7-11).
Opposed to Adina Diaconu, Prithika Pavade (2-1, 11-13, 11-7, 11-8) failed to continue by losing in singles. The counters were therefore reset to zero (3-3) but Félix Lebrun quickly put France back in front by inflicting a 3-0 on Ionescu (11-9, 11-4, 11-4) to allow France to lead 6-3. But this advantage disappeared in the next match lost (3-0) by the women's doubles Pavada-Yuan against Samara-Szocs (11-7, 11-9, 11-9). The Lebrun brothers finally managed to bring the last two points to France, which finished second in group 4 behind Germany.
It qualifies for the second group stage bringing together 8 teams (the first two in each group). In group 2, Japan and Croatia have validated their ticket while the fate of the last two groups will be sealed during the day. The plateau for the second phase will then be known.
