Félix Lebrun enters the world top 5 and leaves his mark on the history of French table tennis

Félix Lebrun reached the semi-finals of the Singapore tournament last weekend. XinHua – Then Chih Wey

Thanks to his access to the final four of the Singapore tournament last week, Félix Lebrun will become world number 5 this Tuesday, March 19.

One more place in the rankings for Félix Lebrun. This Tuesday, the resident of the Nîmes-Montpellier Alliance will climb to 5th place in the world. The reason ? His access to the semi-finals of the Singapore tournament. His journey came to an end after falling against the new world number one, the Chinese Wang Chuqin (4-1). 

The latter is ahead of three compatriots in the world rankings: Fan Zendhong, Liang Jingkun and Ma Long.

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Fourth Frenchman in a top 5

At 17 years and 6 months, Lebrun is the third youngest player to enter the world's top 5, as L'Equipe. Only three French people had managed to reach such a ranking: Jean-Philippe Gatien (world number 1 in 1992), René Roothooft (1952) and Jacques Secutin (1976-77).