2023-10-23 01:24:45
You’re not serious when you’re 17. The Montpellier man proved it once again by bringing home his first trophy. Under the noses of the best in the world. This week in Turkey, the youngest of the Lebrun brothers began by pinning the world number 4, the Brazilian Hugo Calderano, on his hunt, pulverized in three sets (11-9, 11-6, 11-6).
Better still, in the final, the Frenchman dominated the German Dimitrij Ovtcharov, the world number 9, after an epic match. Not bad for someone who is ranked 15th in the world. However, at the start of the match, we thought that the Montpellier player was going to have fun by winning the first round (11-4). But the 35-year-old German does not hesitate to play the killjoy (5-11). Stopped in his tracks, the young prodigy again tripped up during the third set, trailing well (2-9). But the passion and mentality of Félix Lebrun overturned the German mountain, finally swept away 15-13 then 14-12 in the next round.
A good omen before the Olympics
Félix Lebrun is only one set away from a first solo victory among the big guys. This Antalya WTT Contenter is a 4th level tournament in the world after the WTT Grand Smash, WTT Champions and WTT Star Contenders, but it would be inappropriate to be choosy. Especially since the German does not look at all his considerations and comes back from nowhere to equalize at three sets everywhere (8-11 and 9-11).
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Everything will be decided in the final set, and there, Félix Lebrun once again proved that he had the mentality of a champion. Like the match, the 5th set is a mano a mano between the two players. At 9-9, the Frenchman serves the game and wins a match point, then a second, which will be the good one (12-10).
The kid from Hérault could collapse. With his head in the stars, he moves a little further into the big leagues. Less than a year before the Paris Olympics, this is rather good news for the French ping.
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