World Championships in Huelva (Spain), from December 12 to 19
Even if he presents a balanced record against the Indonesian Ginting (N.5 world), Thomas Rouxel (N.38) must say to himself this Wednesday that there was better to draw lots than the bronze medalist of the Olympics from Tokyo. Indeed the success of the Bretillian of Maure-de-Bretagne (30 years old) only dates from October 20, but he had benefited from the abandonment of his opponent at 4-1.
For her part, Xuefei Qi (N.42) can tell herself that she will have a turn within her grasp against the Danish Kjaersfeldt (N.31) – whom she has never faced on the circuit -, but the badiste de Rostrenen hasn’t really had any singles benchmarks in recent months and she only returned to competition in doubles on the last day of Interclubs. If successful, which would be a nice performance against a player who remains in two finals (Ireland and Scotland), “Feifei” would find on her way the world No. 3 and seeded No. 2, the Japanese Yamaguchi.
Gicquel – Delrue exempted from the first round
Coming back from the tour in Indonesia with two defeats in the 1st round, Thom Gicquel and Delphine were able to see that they were however on the right track to regain their level at the start of 2021. With a few additional training sessions, Thom Gicquel, injured at the end of October, will be fit to honor his No.8 seed. A status which allows the duo to be exempted from the 1st round and therefore to be able to watch the duel between Mikkelsen-Soby (N.40) and Birker-Hochmeir (N.97), which will determine the opponent of the French double on the Andalusian courts.
