We can’t stop Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue anymore. After having eliminated, among others, the pair world champion and world number 1, the French duo qualified this Saturday morning for the final of the Indonesia Master (Super 500). Gicquel and Delrue, 11th in the world, beat the Thais Supak Somkoh and Supissara Paewsampran (n°24) in two sets (22-20, 21-12).
“They had a scare at the end of the first set, but luckily we’re doing well, analyzes Baptiste Careme, their coach. Thom and Delphine are much better than the Thais at the moment. This allowed them to take the lead immediately and maintain it until the end, against opponents who could not find a solution in the rallies. »
They will face in the final, Sunday morning, the Chinese Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, world number 2, Asian champions and silver medalists at the Tokyo Olympics. “We’re going to take all the crumbs they leave us to beat them!” »assures Thom Gicquel.
