the essential Heroes of French table tennis this summer at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the two Montpellier brothers will face each other this Saturday evening in the quarter-final of the WTT Champions in Montpellier. Advantage for Alexis Lebrun in terms of confrontations.
It was last March 24. And it was already in Montpellier, at home. More than six months after their historic clash in the final of the French championship, brothers Alexis and Félix Lebrun, recently crowned European doubles champions, will meet again this Saturday evening for the quarter-finals of the WTT Champions organized at the within “La Surdouée”.
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At the end of a completely crazy match, the older brother, Alexis, got the better of Félix (11-3, 11-6, 8-11, 9-11, 11-6, 16-14) to win a third French champion title. At the time, the eldest celebrated by climbing onto the ping-pong table, when the youngest burst into tears, he who has still never beaten his brother in an official competition.
Alexis Lebrun is a three-time French champion!
Victory 4 sets to 2 for the eldest sibling, who jumps on the table to celebrate.
What a final between the two players! pic.twitter.com/qJSdPwvv3T— the L’Équipe channel (@lachainelequipe) March 24, 2024
In the meantime, the two brothers from Montpellier have won a nice bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Félix even went for a second, still in bronze, as an individual. For his part, Alexis has just taken out the Swede Truls Moregard, Olympic vice-champion. A clash is therefore looming between the Lebruns to know who will join the last square.
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Alexis Lebrun vs. Félix Lebrun… The quarter-final of the WTT Champions in Montpellier will be followed from 9 p.m. on the Twitch channelbut also on the Youtube channel the RMC Sport.