Nouvelle saison et plein d’ambitions pour le Montpelliérain Félix Lebrun. Midi Libre – SYLVIE CAMBON
Les trois coups de la nouvelle saison sonnent ce week-end WTT au Grand Smash de Singapour, qui voit les frères Lebrun confrontés à un sacré défi : confirmer leur exceptionnelle année post-olympique.
It's back to work for Félix Lebrun (18 years old), fuelled by a major challenge: to confirm his exceptional post-Olympic year, crowned by a double bronze medal in singles and team, alongside his brother Alexis and Simon Gauzy. A blossoming in the form of an apotheosis, in a totally conquered Paris, which will end up sinking into “Lebrunmania”.
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000A lightning season was enough to make “Ping” and “Pong” enter the history of French sport, a nascent destiny filled with promise at the dawn of a season starting with a major event.
We hope to be competitive right away
It will be “hard to do better” that last year, acknowledged the Montpellier native, climbed to 5th place in the world. But the brothers are returning to the WTT circuit this weekend at the Grand Smash in Singapore, with the ambition of continuing to grow. They will be expected, the pressure will be more intense, but their margin for improvement remains immense.
Without observation round
This first major tournament of the season (start of the main round on Sunday), equivalent to a tennis Grand Slam, will also be the first test of the two star brothers of table tennis. “We hope to be competitive right away, it's a big competition that allows you to score a lot of points”, 2000 for the winner, explained Alexis Lebrun (21 years old, 14th in the world) just before taking the plane.
A start to the season marked by the controversy surrounding the Chinese Olympic champions Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng, who announced their intention to leave the WTT World Tour on Friday, refusing to pay the fines imposed for non-participation in tournaments.
Regrettable for the competition and the image of a sport whose notoriety has exploded in France. But Félix Lebrun, for his part, is making his own way. Having become a small phenomenon in China (the “Glasses brothers”), he has always said he wants to fight against the best and climb ever higher. First response during a very enticing first tournament.
For his first appearance, Félix Lebrun will face the Egyptian Youssef Abdel-Aziz, this Sunday at 1:20 p.m. French time on RMC's Twitch and Youtube channels.