This Saturday, August 30 is historic for French badminton. Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue won the very first French medal in a world badminton championship. The icing on the cake, these championships took place in Paris, at Adidas Arena, Porte de la Chapelle. If this medal is only in bronze, the feat is in gold to him for the French pair.
Their competition started in the best way on Wednesday, August 27 on Wednesday, August 27. The French easily qualified in the round of 16 by beating the Brazilian pair Farias/Lima (21-9, 21-15). Classified in the world, Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue, licensed at the Badminton Club Chambly Oise, had a lot to do the next round. In three sets, they managed to get rid of the Taiwanese Ye Hong Wei and Nicole Gonzales Chan (19-21, 21-14, 21-17). An already historical qualification: it is the first time that a pair of French mixed doubles qualified in the quarterfinals as a World Cup.
Defeat against the world’s fourth in half
As the exploits do not come alone, the Blues have managed to rise to the semi-finals by beating the Chinese pair Cheng/Zhang (21-19, 21-18), world twelfths, thus ensuring the bronze medal (no match for third place being planned).
This Saturday, August 30, Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue were opposed to the Malaysians Chen and Toh, the world’s fourth, in the semi-finals. In the first set, the French have defended themselves very well, returning several times equally, but finally losing 21-18. The second set was more to the advantage of Malaysians, despite an excellent defense of the French pair, which finally bowed in two sets (21-18, 21-16). Reducting the first world medal in double for France.
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