Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue continue their journey to New Delhi. The Breton badista and his Ile-de-France partner, winners of the Danes Jesper Toft and Amalie Magelund, on Tuesday, for their entry into the running at the Indian Open, won again, this Thursday, in the round of 16, this time against the Japanese pair composed of Hiroko Midorikawa and Nami Matsuyama (20-22, 21-4, 21-10).
The two Frenchmen, however, got off to a bad start in this match: trailing for almost the entirety of the first set, they managed to come back to 20-20 before losing 20-22. The second round, on the other hand, was one-sided: after conceding the first two points, Gicquel and Delrue scored 17 in a row, only to concede four to their opponents (21-4)! The decisive round had an even different scenario: it was tight until 11-10 in favor of the French, before the latter scored the last ten points of the game (21-10).
Reunion with the Thais in quarters
The Bretillian and his partner, world No. 5, had never faced this Japanese pair since Hiroki Midorikawa played, until now, with Natsu Saito (two victories and two defeats against Gicquel and Delrue in this configuration).
In the quarter-finals next night, they will meet the Thais Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Supissara Paewsampran, world No. 4, whom they know well. The two duos faced each other five times, with three victories for the Thais and two for the French. But the last confrontation was to the advantage of Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue, on December 18, during the Finals, in China
