Since the start of the Yonex French International Badminton Championships, the French badminton players have experienced varying fortunes. State of play.
Two days after the start of the French Open played at the Adidas Arena, some French badistas have already left the competition. Others are still in the running, ready to conquer crucial points for the Olympic Games in the hall which will host the badminton events this summer.
The qualified
Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue started the competition with a bang by winning their first match easily against Malaysians Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Jemie Lai in straight sets. Today, the French pair, world number 13, will compete in the round of 16 against the number 8 pair from Hong Kong, Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet. A nice face-to-face is coming. “It could be great to ensure our qualification for the Games here in France, the French hope. It’s great to be able to experience the conditions of the arena”.
The second French pair, composed of Lucas Corvée and Ronan Labar, also qualified for the round of 16. The French, 36th in the world ranking, achieved a feat a few hours ago by winning for the first time against the Indonesians Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan, number 13. This victory allows them to acquire valuable points to qualify at the Olympic games. “The room is magnificent. It’s a bit reminiscent of the big Asian halls or the All England, that is to say very large halls, with a lot of volume, very easy to play, with good playing conditions,” Ronan Labar told the resulting from the meeting. The two men once again face an experienced pair, the Danes Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen world number 4.
The eliminated
In the women’s doubles draw, Anne Tran and Margot Lambert (number 20) lost to the best Japanese pair in the world, Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida (number 6). “I think they played really well. They put a lot of pressure on us even when we were in the attacking phase, they managed to change the game a lot and that put more pressure on us on our shots, regrets Anne Tran. I will say that the Adidas Arena is a good venue, neither too slow nor too fast, there are things to play in this venue, especially in defense and in attack variations”. The brothers Christo and Toma Junior Popov (42nd) also left the competition following their defeat against the Chinese He Ji Ting and Ren Xiang Yu (14th).
In singles, Christo Popov was opposed to world number 2, the Chinese Shi Yu Gi. Even if the French badista was not unworthy, the world number 23 was logically beaten in two sets. “Not too many regrets because I really gave everything, I left everything on the pitch, and maybe at a fresh level it could have been another match,” he believes. But I’m still quite happy with my level of play and I think that even if it wasn’t a victory, there were still some good qualities in my game.”
2024-03-07 10:01:01
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