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Badminton. The Breton Thomas Rouxel offers himself a cador at the French Open – Badminton



French Open (Super 750) in Paris

Falling (9-21, 6-21) on the ogre Viktor Axelsen during his last visit to Coubertin, Thomas Rouxel (world No.39) had, once again, the right to a big chunk for his entry into the competition at the Internationals from France, this Tuesday in Paris. Kantaphon Wangcharoen is “ultimately only” number 18 in the world, but the progress of the young Thai has been greatly hampered by the covid-19 pandemic, which occurred after his podium (3rd) at the 2019 Worlds.

A CV that ultimately did not impress Thomas Rouxel (30) who set the pace for the first round after finding his marks in the hall (9-11, 16-13). With the support of the fiery public of Coubertin, he won the bet with great authority (21-15).

After the bad news of Monday evening – package of Thom Gicquel and Xuefei Qi, injured – the bad Breton found the smile. But a fault announced in the service of the Bretillian of Maure-de-Bretagne obscured the beautiful blue horizon. A little out of his match by this decision of the referee, the Breton of Badminton Chambly Oise did not have the last word on the many rallies that the two players were engaged in on court N.3 (6-11). Dull or also wishing to preserve himself, the Habs seemed to keep some in the racket for the decisive round (11-21).

Five match wheels saved!

If the Thai was still in the lead (6-10), we felt the former French junior champion – a title acquired in 2010 in Brest – much more to his business. A series of five points allowed him to turn in the lead and increase the volume a little more in the stands of Coubertin, which was transformed into a football stadium. The racket high, the determined look and the angry fist, Thomas Rouxel was launched to erase the regrets of the past week, where he was only four points away from affording the former world No. 3 in the round of 16 of the ‘Danish Open (Super 1000).

In an untenable final, the Breton coached by Maxime Michel erased five shuttlecocks for Wangcharoen and only needed a second opportunity to get to the round of 16 (27-25 after 1 h 16 ‘of the match) . A real feat – the best of his career? – which will allow him to return on Wednesday to the IFB court to challenge the winner of the match to be played Tuesday night between Anders Antonsen (N.3) and Cheuk Lee Yiu (N.14). Still heavy but we know that this does not scare the Mauritanian badiste!

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