Between a success against the 4th in the world for the first and a first victory in the Super 1000 tournament for the second the day before in the round of 16, the two Red Star players, Thom Gicquel (mixed) and Margot Lambert (in women’s doubles), hoped to continue their momentum this Thursday in the 8th of the Toyota Open Thailand in Bangkok.
Unfortunately for them, the Mulhousiens both stumbled with their respective partners. This elimination marks the end of the Thai stay for Margot Lambert, but not for Thom Gicquel, on track next week, still in Bangkok, at the finals of the “BWF World Tour” (from Wednesday 27 to Sunday 31 January).
This Thursday at the start of the morning (French time), Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue, knockers the day before the Indonesians Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva Oktavianti (Indonesia), seeded n ° 2 (14-21, 21-9, 21- 13), fell to Malaysians Hoo Pang Ron and Cheah Yee See, 35th, whom they had never faced (14-21, 16-21).
Semi-finalists of the Yonex Thailand Open last Saturday – released precisely by the Jordan-Oktavianti duo -, the reigning triple French champions, 15th in the world, will now devote themselves to a short week of training before chaining a third competition since their arrival in Bangkok in early January. “There won’t be any quarterbacks for us this week,” Thom Gicquel reacted briefly, “Congratulations to the Malaysians who made a big game. “
“We lacked a little experience”
A little later in the day, Margot Lambert and Vimala Hériau, 60th in the world, fell with the honors against the 39th, the Malaysians Tan Pearly and Thinaah Muralitharan (21-19, 16-21, 9-21). “We lacked a little experience at the end of the second set”, analyzes the RSM player, “We did not manage to keep what worked well in the first and to manage the change of sides. Too bad. We are disappointed, but it remains positive for the future. “
A future that is inscribed in dotted lines. “Perhaps the European mixed team championships in three weeks (Editor’s note: from February 16 to 20 in Vantaa, Finland, where France must face England, the Netherlands and Russia in the pool). After that, it remains unclear. “
In the immediate future, the Red Star player will return to France and find her family in Ardèche. “We cannot go back to INSEP because of the seven days of isolation. It will do good to come back. “
