Table tennis: after a great battle, Alexis Lebrun gives in in the final against the 4th in the world, in Taiyuan

Newfound confidence for Alexis Lebrun. Midi Free – DORIAN CAYUELA

No feat for the Montpellier who still sold his skin dearly against Liang Jingkun, one of the best players in the world, in the final of the WTT Contender in Taiyuan,

Alexis Lebrun, 35th player in the world, faced Liang Jingkun, 4th in the world, in the final of the WTT Contender in Taiyuan (China).

From the first point, the Montpellier native showed great things, in line with his performances in recent days. He pocketed the first round (14-12), but behind, his opponent set off and didn't really give the eldest of the Lebrun siblings a chance ( 2-11, 8-11, 8-11, 5-11) winning 4-1.

A beautiful journey

Alexis held on, missed the mark a few times at the end of sets with a few small errors, but can be satisfied with this nice course. In the absence of&# Opening his record on the WTT world circuit, the three-time French champion collected valuable points in this fourth-ranked tournament, the equivalent of an ATP 250 in tennis.

𝐖𝐓𝐓 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐮𝐚𝐧 🏓

Malgré le gain de la première manche, Alexis Lebrun s'incline en finale face à Liang Jingkun (1-4) 😪

Bravo Alexis pour ton magnifique parcours en Chine 👏

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Before arriving in the final, the three-time reigning French champion played a high-level ping by having, on Saturday, Cheng-Jui Kao (32nd in the world) on the score without appeal from 3 sets to 0 (12-10, 11-6, 11-8), in the quarter-final, then easily from Lee Sang Su (29th in the world), in the semi-final (3-0). ..

With his coup against the Chinese Lin Shidong, world No.11, dispatched 3-1 in the round of 16 in Taiyuan, Alexis Lebrun scored points on this side too.< /p>

A great dynamic to be confirmed next week, at the WTT Champions in Chongqing (China).