Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer did not dawdle on the court. In the semi-finals, the French double outclassed the Dutch Tom Egberink and Maikel Scheffers (6-2, 6-4) to have the right to defend his Paralympic title won in Rio on Friday.
“It was a very big game, we gave everything, appreciates Nicolas Peifer. Intensity in all the strokes, in the movements. We really didn’t give up! We had the right plan to play this team. “
“We know that’s part of the road we want to take. But we will go with serenity to the final ”
His friend and flag bearer of the blue delegation on these Tokyo Games confirms: “There is one thing we know how to do perfectly: be a wall. They cannot score points because we defend very well. And every time we have an opportunity, we speed up. Today, we did it wonderfully. And it smiled. We prepared really well. We know that this is part of the road we want to take. But we will go with serenity in the final. “
Before playing it against Britons Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid, the two players meet on Wednesday for their respective singles semi-finals. With a very beautiful duel in perspective for Stéphane Houdet, who will play the world No. 1 and local star, the Japanese Shingo Kunieda (at 4 a.m. in France, on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday), followed by a serious temperature measurement for Nicolas Peifer, opposed to the Englishman Alfie Hewett.
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