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Tokyo 2020. Badminton: Bretons Thom Gicquel and Xuefei Qi raise their heads – Tokyo 2020

Two victories at once for the Breton badists at the Tokyo Olympic Games! After three defeats in as many games between them, Rostrenoise Xuefei Qi and Bretillian Thom Gicquel both won on Monday morning.

After losing heavily in her first group match 21-11, 21-11 against the Vietnamese Thuy Linh Nguyen (49th in the world), Qi, ranked 41st in the world, raised her head by defeating the Swiss Sabrina Jaquet (46th) in two innings (21-10, 21-14). “I’m really happy to win this match, reacted the French N.1. We were really well prepared to play it. I also had more time to control it. In the second set, she did more pitting and rallies but I fought well. “

The Chinese-born player has little hope of qualifying for the rest of the Olympic tournament, even if the matter seems complicated since her last group opponent will be the world No. 1, the Taiwanese Tzu Ying Tai, and that only the first of each pool will be qualified. “Now there is nothing to lose”, summed up his trainer, Maxime Michel.

Gicquel and Delrue make an appointment

For their part, Thom Gicquel and his mixed doubles partner Delphine Delrue were already out of the race for a qualification in the quarter-finals before their last match… like their opponents of the day, Canadians Joshua Hurlburt-Yu and Josephine Wu. for both pairs, was therefore to end these Games on a good note and avoid the last place of the group. And the French came out largely victorious from this opposition (21-12, 21-13). “Very happy to have been able to finish on a good note! We were very solid the whole game and they didn’t have a solution. It feels good to win, ”Gicquel said after the match.

At 22 years old and despite their elimination in the first round, the two young Frenchmen made an appointment for Paris 2024. “We will have learned during these first games and we only want to come back stronger for Paris 2024. “, Also summarized Delphine Delrue.

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