Perfect day for the French at the World Tour Finals, played this year in Hangzhou (China). After Christo Popov’s success against world No. 2 Kunlavut Vitidsarn in men’s singles (21-11, 18-21, 21-10), Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue offered themselves a prestigious victory in the mixed doubles table. At the end of three contested rounds, the Tricolores defeated the Thais Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Supissara Paewsampran, world No. 3 (14-21, 21-14, 21-18).
After their defeat on Wednesday against the Chinese Jiang/Weithis success in their second group match completely revives Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue in the race to qualify for the semi-finals of the competition.
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A decisive meeting against the Japanese on Friday
The Breton and his partner, bronze medalists at the world championships last August, will play a final decisive group match on Thursday against the Japanese Hiroki Midorikawa and Natsu Saito, world No. 8.
Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue are participating in the Wolrd Tour Finals for the third time in their careers. They reached the semi-finals in 2020, during their first participation.
