The Frenchman, excellent from start to finish of the tournament, won the European Top 16 this Sunday.
Title holder, French table tennis player Alexis Lebrun won the European Top 16 on Sunday in Montreux (Switzerland) by dominating Slovenian Darko Jorgic three sets to one (11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6), in a repeat of last year’s final.
Sometimes jostled by the aggressive service of his opponent, Alexis Lebrun (22 years old and 10th player in the world) was able to find solutions in return against Jorgic (27 years old, 15th in the world), who had won three times (2022, 2023, 2024) this competition which brings together the 16 best European table tennis players.
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Alexis had made short work of her brother
Falling to his compatriot Simon Gauzy in the quarter-final, Alexis won in the semi-final against his younger brother Félix Lebrun (19 years old, 6th in the world and bronze at the Paris Olympics) ending a series of defeats against him. After having dominated his younger brother for a long time with five victories in a row, Alexis remained on three consecutive losses against Félix, whom he swept aside in Montreux in three sets (11-9, 11-6, 11-9).
After a tight first set in which Alexis only broke away at 9-9, Félix was then unable to do anything against his elder, regularly showing signs of nervousness. Among the women, the experienced Frenchwoman Jia Nan Yuan (40 years old, 26th in the world), who won the competition in 2024, stopped at the semi-final stage.
