In Las Vegas, Félix Lebrun once again confirmed his meteoric ascent on the world table tennis scene. The young French prodigy qualified this Friday for the semi-final of the Grand Smash in Simple, after an expeditious demonstration against his compatriot Lilian Bardet. In double, he will also play the final alongside his brother Alexis, after a final victory against a dreaded Chinese pair.
It only took 22 minutes to Félix Lebrun (18, 7th in the world) to extinguish the hopes of his compatriot Lilian Bardet (24, 84th) in the quarter -finals of the Grand Smash de Las Vegas, major tournament of the WTT in table tennis. The score is final, 4 sets at 0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-3, 11-2). A demonstration of power, speed and tactical lucidity.
“He played a great tournament, I am happy for him, but happy to have won with a perfect tactically and technically match,” said the bronze medalist of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris at the microphone of the organizers.
From the start (6-0 in the first set), the tone was set. Bardet, yet shiny until then, has never found the solution in the face of a fairly unplayable Félix Lebrun.
A shock against Wang Chuqin awaits him
This Saturday afternoon, Félix Lebrun will be opposed in the Chinese semi-finals Wang Chuqin (25, 2nd in the world), a formidable opponent whom he has never beaten in three confrontations. The challenge is immense, but the current dynamics of French and its constant progression give it all the reasons to believe it.
In doubles, the Lebrun brothers on their momentum
A few hours before his simple demonstration, Félix Lebrun had already offered a high -flying performance alongside his brother Alexis Lebrun (21). Together, the two French people (numbers a double in double) mastered the Chinese pair Liang Jingkun/Wang Chuqin in just 19 minutes and 3 sets to 0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-8).
An authoritarian victory that sends the brothers to the double final, where they will find the South Koreans in Jaehyun and Lim Jonghoon. It will be their first final of Grand Smash, a tournament which is part of the square of the most prestigious events on the international circuit.
