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badminton. Mulhousien Kenji Lovang and Alex Lanier remain in the race in Austria

The Mulhousien Kenji Lovang will therefore play the two tables of the double and the mixed in Graz. Admitted directly in that of the DH with the Choletais Samy Corvée, the player of the Red Star, 147e , and affrontera in 16it is of final the Dutch Andy Buijk and Brian Wassink, 407th.

With the Camblysienne Flavie Vallet, he will also play those of the mixed thanks to his controlled and easy victory from Thursday to the 2e qualifying round – the French duo were exempt from the 1is – against the Israelis Maxim Grinblat and Dana Danilenko, 770th (21-16, 21-15). The Lovang – Vallet pair, 353e , will attack Serbs Mihajlo Tomic and Andjela Vitman, 402e.

As for Alex Lanier, everything continues to go for the better. In two tournaments for seniors – the 56it is internationals of Portugal where he climbed into the main draw after having completed four qualifying rounds and the Slovenian Open where he reached the quarters after having spent three – the hope of ASPTT Strasbourg has climbed from 1840e planetary rank at 503e in simple.

However, he did not have fun at the 1is qualifying round against another Frenchman, Thomas Fourcade, 658e , which he released in 3 sets after 52 minutes of a bitter struggle (18-21, 21-15, 21-14). He then easily circumvented the obstacle formed in 2e by Austrian Rüdiger Gnedt, 471e (21-16, 21-12).

But to access for the 3e time in a row at the final table, the multiple young French champion will have to avoid this Friday morning a 3e and last pitfall, the German Brian Holtschke, 277e. Not simple, but not impossible given the state of its form.

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