2024-04-23 17:50:07
The eldest of the Lebrun brothers is no longer the French No. 2. This Tuesday, Simon Gauzy became the 23rd player in the world and passed Alexis Lebrun, who fell to 33rd place. A fall which can be explained both by disappointing recent results but also by the loss of points in the ranking that the eldest of the Lebrun brothers had acquired a year ago.
21st before this update of the world ranking, Alexis Lebrun fell 12 places this Tuesday, he who did not manage to escape from his group at the Macau World Cup, just like Simon Gauzy. But the latter is in better form than the 20-year-old table tennis player, who is experiencing a delicate period a year after his very good performances at the WTT Champions in Xinxiang and Macau.
For his part, Simon Gauzy, 29, climbs a small place and is now the second French player in the world ranking behind Félix Lebrun, sixth, who loses one place. An important change in view of the Olympic Games. Indeed, only the first two French table tennis players in the ITTF ranking of June 18 will qualify for the Olympic Games in singles.
There are two deadlines left for Simon Gauzy and Alexis Lebrun to find out which of the two will accompany Félix Lebrun in singles in Paris this summer. Big points will be handed out at the Grand Smash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (May 1-11) and the Champions in Chongqinq, China from May 30-June 3.
The men’s world ranking is still dominated by the Chinese Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long, recent winner of the World Cup in Macau after eliminating Félix Lebrun in the round of 16.
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