While table tennis player Félix Lebrun qualified for the semi-finals of the “Grand smash of Singapore”, Christo Popov did the same in the bad version a few hours later, in the oldest tournament in the world, the All England and its 125 years of existence.
Two players who are part of the future of their sport as Christo proved a little more by clearly dominating the Japanese Watanabe (20th in the BWF) yesterday in the quarter-finals (21-17, 21-10), propelling the bad tricolor in spheres never before reached in the men’s singles. “It hadn’t gone far for his brother against this same opponent (a setback 21-18, 23-21) but he had less good feelings than the day before. We could have had a 100% Popov quarter. This proves that we are right with the team and a complete staffglisse Toma Popov. Afterwards, Christo has been in great form since the German Open. He demonstrates a little more that he has the level to be in the top 10 in the world. The hardest part is to confirm it with the results“, confides his father and coach.
A potential that he demonstrated again yesterday. After two very physical matches since the start of the tournament, he managed his quarter-final perfectly against Watanabe who found himself without a solution in the second round (20-9).
Ginting en demi-finale!
A more tactical and technical match than the previous two. “With a little rest and recovery, Christo will be in shape to fully defend his chances“, assures his father.
And he will need it because Christo will face the winner of Viktor Axelsen (8-21, 21-18, 21-19), the Indonesian Anthony Ginting whom he has already beaten in his career, in Indonesia moreover, in 2021.
Avoiding the Danish crack, world champion and Olympic champion, is necessarily good news for the Provencal to hope to be invited tomorrow to the final of the All England…
2024-03-16 09:22:22
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