There will be no fourth consecutive semifinal for Alex Lanier. The Strasbourg resident, 45th in the world in singles, fell this Friday morning in the quarter-finals of the Guwahati Masters (India), a World Tour Super 100 tournament. The 2022 European junior champion lost to the Indonesian Alvi Wijaya Chairullah, 206th (21-19, 11-21, 17-21), who was not on his first try, since he had ousted the experienced Indian Sameer Verma, 91st, in the previous round, but 11th – his best ranking – in 2019.
Unlike his first two matches of the week, the postman, bronze medalist at the last junior world championships, did not experience a delay in starting and won a tight first round. But he then failed to maintain his level of play and despite a last stand in the decisive third set, from 7-15 to 15-16, he had to admit defeat after saving a match shuttlecock. His elimination, in principle, puts an end to his stay in India: he should give up playing there next week in another Super 100 in Cuttack.
2023-12-08 12:28:00
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