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Badminton. Thom Gicquel steps up a gear at the Yonex Thailand Open

Obviously, the forced ten-month stop that Thom Gicquel had to observe, between the coronavirus crisis and sprained ankle this fall, did not slow down the Mulhousien of the Red Star and his partner Delphine Delrue, too. weaned from competition throughout this period.

A new level reached

Already easy winners of Danes Mikkel Mikkelsen and Rikke Soby (21-15, 21-10) Wednesday in Bangkok in the round of 16 of the mixed at the Yonex Thailand Open for their first match since March 2020, the reigning triple French champions, 15th in the world, signed a performance of choice the next day.

In 8th in this important ‘Super 1000’ tournament in the race for Olympic qualification in which they occupy 12th place, the French internationals, with great control, ousted Malaysians Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing, n ° 11 World Championships and in 10th place for the Tokyo Games (21-16, 21-15).

“We played a good game, but not above our current level. Compared to this level, it is not an extraordinary performance, even if it remains one of our best, ”judges the RSM player, convinced that his duet with the Ezanvilloise has reached a new level during this constrained truce. . “We have improved a lot and we now have a very high level playing field. But it’s true that it’s been ten months since we faced opponents of this caliber. Beating them clearly is therefore very satisfying. “

Remembering Azerbaijan

This Friday in the quarterfinals, the champions of France will also have a new opportunity to calibrate against another pair of the world’s top, Mark Lamsfuss and Isabel Herttrich, 17th.

In their first duel in June 2019, they defeated the Germans in the final of the Azerbaijan Open (9-21, 23-21, 21-15). “But it had been tight,” recalls the Breton who expects an equally indecisive revenge: “It’s going to be a big battle. “

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