On the badminton planet, the small Gallic village of Kreiz Breizh is taking an increasingly notable place among the biggest with a good second place in its Top 12 group halfway through the championship.
Objective, last four.
Aix-en-Provence paid the price for this great progress on Saturday, beaten at Porz Moëlou by a hypermotivated Rostrenois with a clear score of 6 to 2. President Jacques Sibéril warned: “Since the club existed, we have never fielded a team of such quality,” he said. The start of the season has already been very satisfactory and there, I think we can reasonably consider the play-offs, if our finances allow us to do so. »
In short, being part of the last four which designates the French champion at the end of the season.
Supporters got the Christmas present they were hoping for by attending high-level matches.
We hadn’t seen him since the health crisis but the young Chinese Jiahao Yu made a remarkable return to the Pors Moëlou venue.
Winning returns
Nhat Nguyen, the Irishman of Vietnamese origin, made his comeback to the team, as well as Jiahao Yu who had already played at Rostrenen before the health crisis, and who had wanted to see his friends from Rostrenen again after continuing his studies in China. Together, they scored a point for the Kreiz Breizh team, bringing the score to three by adding Nhat’s singles and Yu’s mixed doubles with Xuefei Qi. The other three points are scored by Romane Cloteaux-Foucault associated with Xuefei Qi in women’s doubles, then Bewen Zhang and Romane Cloteaux-Foucault in singles.
Good operation also from Nationale 2 against Blois with a draw, 4 to 4.
Success for Martin Boiveau and Yevheniia Paksiutova in singles and doubles Thurian Desmots-Chacun-Nils Tostivint and Thurian Desmots-Chacun associated with Yevheniia Paksiutova. The team was completed by Guillaume Gannat, Célia Frassin, Saskia Aubry and Maïlys Le Goff.
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