Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue lost this Friday against the Indonesians Jafar Hidayatullah and Felisha Alberta Pasaribu.
A little disappointment at the Masters in Indonesia – a tournament ranked Super 500, the third level on the world circuit – with the elimination in the quarter-finals of the French mixed doubles composed of Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue.
After the eliminations of the other French representatives in this event – Arnaud Merkle in the first round in singles, as well as for the men’s doubles composed of Léo Rossi and Eloi Adam while the mixed pair made up of Léa Palermo and Julien Maio was eliminated in the 2nd round by… Gicquel-Delrue (21-12, 21-8) -, all hopes rested on the number 4 seeds of the Asian tournament.
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Unfortunately, this Friday, they suffered the law of the 9th in the world, Jafar Hidayatullah and Felisha Alberta Pasaribu, who also had the advantage of playing at home. However, the match started well for the Blues, trailing 12-9 in the first set before inflicting an impressive 12-1 on their opponents to win the set (21-13). In the second set, Gicquel and Delrue managed to put aside three set shuttlecocks to get back to 20-20 but the Indonesian pair did not break down and still came back level (20-22).
The third act was very close until 16-15 in favor of the Indonesians who came away 20-15, before concluding two points later (21-13, 20-22, 16-21). A defeat which marks the end of the French pair’s Asian tour. This was not as good as hoped with two quarter-finals – in Indonesia and India – and an entry elimination at the Malaysian Super 1000.
