Here is a beautiful revenge! Spent very close, Saturday, in the semifinals of the Yonex Open of Thailand, Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue (world No. 15) made good use of the four days that separated them from the revenge against Jordan and Oktavianti (No. 4 ).
For what was a beautiful – the Blues having won in three rounds in January 2020 for their first confrontation – the 22-year-old Bretillian had released a very beautiful jersey in the colors of Brittany.
In an always special atmosphere on the Bangkok court, this second Open still taking place without an audience, the French champions saw the first set slip through the mesh of the racket (14-21), before achieving a perfect match: 21-9 21-13, with an incisive Delphine Delrue (US Ezanville-Ecouen) at the net and an intractable Thom Gicquel from the baseline.
Watch their match on video below
A first in the next round
The seeded N.2 on the mat, this is the second big meeting of 2021 which now opens wide for the Breton of Red Star Mulhouse and his partner. On Thursday, they will face the winner of the match between Malaysians Hoo -Cheah (N.35) and Indians Sikky and Sumeeth Reedy (unclassified), two duos they have never faced.
Qi tried his luck
A little earlier in the day, there had already been a reunion between Qi Xue Fei and Carolina Marin. A week after a severe 21-10, 21-12 in the same room, the badiste of BC Rostrenen, if she quickly saw the first round fly (9-21), proved in the second set (18-18 , 18-21) that she would have deserved to try her luck against an opponent of another caliber than the three-time world champion, crowned last Sunday in Jakarta for the Yonex Open of Thailand.
Watch his match in video below
